The National tribune., 1902-09-18
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and sugges'
tons Made.


J. l.. B.. Msslicine Lodge, kan.-Tht
only official collection of addresses Of sur
yiving soldiers and sailors of the war OF
the rebellion is to be found ut the Fen
sion Bureau. 1t is not surprising thai
you do not hear more promptly from thu
Pension Bureau; delays are common there
Your clients Representative in Congress:
would be able to secure a more prompt re
ply if he mdde request for the desired III
formation. as he would doubtless be glat
to do if asked. Evidence filed in for
mer claim will be considered in subse
quent claim so far as applicable, even II
the claims are filed under different laws
Apply to the Secretary of the interior
Chief Clerks Otlice) for official publica
tions on pension law and practice. The
soldiers discharge certificate filed in {
claim is deliverable TO his widow after th'
adjudication of the claim. She shoult
personally sign the request therefor. II
Congress has by special enactment, pen
sion or otherwise, recognized person ;is
having been Il member of a certain Organi
zation. or as having been commissioner
officer. it would seem that such recognl
ton should enable the widow of such per
son TO prosecute Il claim before any OF
the Departments with all the benefits OF
the special enactment, without applying
again to Congress.
w. w. r.. Anacortes. Wash.-rThc act
of August /. 1856, increased The genera
law rate of pension for loss of Il hand ol
foot. or total disability of the same, from
S24 to $50, but left the rate for disability
equivalent in degree to loss of hand OF
foot at S24.
A. D., Chicago-Your attorney should
he able to advise you whether the addi-
tiona evidence filed is likely ito lead to
the claim being rcopcnod. If it is right
to the point of rejection and the witnesses
ire reliable, there should be a chance for
:, favorable decision.
&. H., Walton. y. Y.-If the pension
ar and wife were married before March
). 1899, she would be entitled TO his ac-
rrued pension as his legal widow, not
withstandng their separation, if there be
no legal divorce. OF course. if not di-
vorced, the legal widow is always entitled
% share in her husbands estate, unless
some provision was made for her III place
of such share before the husbands death
md accepted by her.
J. s.. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-The OILY
Missouri Stale Militia Of the war of the
rebellion that are rcnSionaDle under the
,ct of June ~, 1850, are those that are
pensonablc under the general law. This
comprises the home guards organized i'll
he Spring of 1851, that We're recognized
md paid by the Hawkins Taylor Commits
sion in 1868; the ih.ce-years militia,
tcarly all cavalry. organized in the Win
Ter of 1872 under authority of the War
department by General Order 36, dated
Nov. Z, 1861; and the provisional reSi-
ments' organized by selection early in
1863, from the enrolled Missouri militia,
which WAS organized i'll companies and
regiments. If !, widow is not pensionahle
,,nder the act Of 1880, because of her mar
riase to the soldier after June 26, 1880,
the children of. the soldier under 1G,
whether by her or by IL former marriage.
are pensionable ss though no widow sur
vived.
r. C.. NJ, NIprrisville Vt-The filing
Of II new claim for inci ease Oh pensioned
disability would not disturb the appea!
ending in Il former increase claim that
yas rejected; nor wculd the action Of the
Pension Bureau Gil the new claim have
any effect OH the appeal.
w. ID. NJ, Mt. Gilead. Ohio.-1nvalid
pension under the act Of June 81, 1880,
is payable from date of filing fist appli-
cation under the act, if satisfactory evil
dence is filed showing the applicant TO
have been pensionably disabled (under the
lcD at that time.
y. B. C., s. Hancock, Me.-As to
whether or not malarial poisoning will
cause heart disease is purely a medical
question. Your family physician should
he able to advise You as to what the
medical authorities have to say on the
subject
Il. S. NJ, Pittsburg, Kan.-The increase
of pension on pensioned disability would
date back to first medical examination if
both that and the subsequent examination
are considered favorable.
X, Los Angeles, Cal. - The act of
March 3, 1901, providing for the restora-
ton of general law pension to remarked
widows in certain cases requires absO-
lutely that the widow must have been
married to the soldier before or during
the service from which the pension claim
arises.
J. NJ. Ardmore, l. T.-The Pension
Bureau holds that to obtain the benefit of
the joint resolution of July 1, 1902, rela-
tive to xConfcderates' pension title un-
der the act of June 27, 1880, on account
of subsequent loyal service. n new appli-
cation must be filed by those who had ap-
plicatioDs OH file ut the date of passage
of the joint resolution. The question has
been appealed, but no decision has been
rendered. Meanwhile it would be well
in all such eases to get new application
Oh file.
G. III. S., Chcnango. n Y.-No bill has
passed Congress increasing the rate of
general law pension for total deafness
Such n bill is under consideration and
may pass at the next session. which con-
venes in December. No law has passed
increasing all pensioners under general
law by 81 per month, nor has any gen
eral increase pension bill passed the pres
cnt Congress. If you are ii regular read
er of The National Tribune, you will
have authoritative information as to all
new pension laws as soon as enacted.