The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-12-04
PENSION POINTERS.
Answered and Sugges'
lions Made.

uler y te1tn was Que 10 ulSaDillty llcurTeu
in the service and line of duty. the widow
can obtain pension under the general law
from the date of the soldiers death to the
date of her remarriage. Ii the children
We're under 16 at the date of her remar-
riage, they can obtain pension from that
date until they became l6, provided they
were under Ii on July l. 1880.
ID. G. S.-If the wife of an invalid pen
sioncr, who has been deserted by her huS-
band, is denied half of his pension in ac
cordanee with the act of March ). 1899,
because Of her alleged immoral conduct.
it would seem that upon unimpeachable
proof of reformation she might apply again
with success This point does not appear
to have been ruled upon by the Secretary
of the Interior. A pension may be re-
vokcd ifSt appears that it was granted
upon fraudulent evidence, a mistake of
fact, or error of law. No pension is alb
soutely vested in the recipient.
NJ. H., Franklin, Pa.-Applications for
removal of charge of desertion and for dis
charge from military service in the war
of the rebellion are made to the 'Chief of
Record and Pension Office, War Depart
ment, Washington, ID. c."
]. w. E., Long Lane, Mo.-Members
of the Enrolled Missouri Militia do not
come under the general pension laws un-
less they served in the provisional regi-
ments" which were formed from the En-
rolled Missouri Militia early in 1863.
There was no ''60th" Provisional regi-
ment.
Subscriber, Weatherf0rd. Tex.-See re-
ply to ID. q. s., above. The act of Dec.
q, 1893, makes a pension IA vested right
in the grantee" only to the extent that
it ''shall not be withheld or suspended I'M
til, after due notice to the grantee of not
less than 30 days, the Commissioner of
Pensions, after hearing all the evidence,
shall decide to annul, yacate, modify, and
set aside the decision upon which such pen
sion was granted" Previous to this stat
ute it was the practice to suspend payment
of the pension pending investigation: in
other words, it was apparently assumed
that the pensiOner was not entitled until
he had cleared himself Of the suspicion at
taching to his case.
NJ. c., Salisbury, Pa.-If an invalid
pensioner, whether under the general law
or under the act of 1890, is an habitual
drunkard, he may thereby raise a qucs-
ton as to whether or not his disability is
due to his excessive drinking. or course.
whether this question arises or not will
depend greatly on the nature or character
of disability for which he is pensiOned.
O.-As a matter of law drafted man
was in service from the date he was
uidlteu- biSdDlilty iicuTTeu iIteT Ue WIS
drafted must have been incurred Sin line
of duty" to be pensionable under the gen.
eral law. If he incurred disability after
being drafted, but before reporting to be
mustered in, the disability would hardly
be regarded as incurred in line of duty
III. J., Hartselle, Ala.-The Board of
Pension Appeals Of the Interior Depart
ment is about two years in arrears with
current work. The Board has been great
~ increased since July 1, last, and it is
thought that within a year the work will
be brought practically up to date. All
increases of pension that are granted by
special act of Congress commence from
the date of the special act becoming law,
which is the date of its approval or of
its becoming n law through the failure to
disapprove. a member of Congress has
no jurisdiction over cases pending on APP
peal at the Interior Department.
j. A. n, Deer Park, Wash.-See reply
to ii. j., above. The members of the
Board are presumed to be at work con-
sidering cases each business day from 0
Il. III. to 4 p. III. The full membership of
the. Board is now about 40, including
clerks, etc.
w. III. r., ByrdstOwn, Tenn.-The chill
dren of a marriage since June 90, $780,
may obtain pension under the act of June
81, 1890. as though no widow survived
even if she be living and unmarried. but
it must be shown to the satisfaction of the
Pension Bureau that the widow is not en-
titled to pension under the general law;
that is, that the soldiers death cannot be
shown to be due to the service. OF course
the children must be under the age of 10
when they make application, and the PEN
sion ceases when they become Is.
S. III. L.. San Diego. Cal.-What is now
section 1924. Revised Statutes, was en-
acted April 30, 1914. Section 4747 does
not apply where the Government seeks
for pension enormously
paid to and drawn by n pensioner while
in United States military or naval SER
vice.
G. B. S., Maiden. Mass.-The names Of
the Senate Committee on Pensions are as
follows: Senators Gallinger chairman,
Pritchard, DebOe, McCumber, Simon,
Scott, Foster of Washington, Burton,
Turner, TaliaferrO, Patterson, Carmack
and Gibson.
The names of the House Committee on
Invalid Pensions are: Messrs. Sulloway
chairman, Gibson, Samuel w. Smith.
RUMBLE, Alpin, Deemer. HOl-
liday, Darragh, Miers of Indiana, Norton,
Crowley, Kleberg, Latimer and Lindsay.
Names of House Committee on Pensions
are: Messers. Loudenslag ger (Chairman),
Cromwell, Sheldon, Boreihg, Weeks. Pat
terson of Pennsylvania, Draper, Ball of
Delaware. De Graffenreid Richardson of
A I,hop,a Inv White