The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-12-18
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges.
tons Made.

Subscriber.-Senate bill 1859 iacreasin;
the pension for total deafness from SD
to $40 per month is now on the Uous
calendar for action. 1t will probably b.
acted on during the present session o
Congress.
j. III. S., Lawrence, Kan.-There is NJ
law giving a service pension TO the chill
dren of soldiers who served during thu
War of 1872.
A. l.. p. Gardner. Mass.-The widow
of Spanish war soldier can secure pen
sion under tie general pension law, pro
vided it can he shown that the death OF
the soldier resulted from his military ser
. vice. If size married the soldier after hi.
discharge from the army, that fact vii
not prevent her from securing 4 pension
II it is shown that they lived together con
: tinuousiy from the date of their marriage
to the date of his death. The National
Tribune Soldiers Handbook contains al
the pension laws and can be had for 25
cents.
.. G. S.-The right of the soldiers chill.
dren to one-half of his pension is DEEPEN
dent upon whether or not he has actually
abandoned them. The fact that his wife,
during her lifetime, failed to secure a divi-
sion OF the pension, will have no bearing
on the application fled in behalf of the
children.
: &c, Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Wis.
The army appropriation act of May 20,
1900, provides: Hereafter the following
persons only shall be entitled to the bene-
fits of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers, and may be admitted
thereto upon the order of a member of the
Board of Managers, namely: All honor
ably discharged officers, soldiers and
sailors who served in the regular or vol
unteer forces of the United States in any
war in which the country has been en-
gagged, who are disabled by disease,
: wounds, or otherwise. and who have no
adequate means of support, and by rea-
son of such disability are incapable Of
earning their living" This law renders
eligible TO admission to the Home the SOL
diers and sailors of all wars of the United
States. either past or future. AS to
whether or not Contract Surgeon is en-.
titled to admission to the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is a ques-
ton to be determined by the Board of
Managers of the Home.
W. A. B., Fremont, Mich.-If a pen
sion claim has been rejected after being
specially examined in the field by a Special
Examiner. the applicant, notwithstanding
said rejection, has the right to submit any
additional evidence obtainable, with q
view to securing the reconsideration of the
should be made in an affidavit after it is
prepared. unless the person who is to
qualify to it is present and authorizes the
changes, and then the changes should be
noted by the executing officer in his jurat.
, Old Subscriber, Seattle, Wash.-The
rules Of the Pension Bureau permit an an
piicant to appoint new attorney in his
case. provided the attorney previously en-
ployed has neglected the prosecution of
the pending case for at least one year. II
the claim has been rejected, the applicant.
At the expiration of three months from
the date OF rejection, can employ a new
attorney. He can employ a new attorney
Immediately after the rejection of the case
and il the former attorney tnkes no ac-
ton therein within three months from the
date Of rejection. the newly appointed at
torney win be recognized by the Pension
Bureau.
e. W., viedler.-To enter a State
Home, apply to the Superintendent of the
Home you wish to enter. He will inform
you as to all terms and conditions, with
reference to your pension or otherwise.