The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-04-09
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges-
lions Made.

G. Fl. S., Boston, Mass.-A subsequent
allegation as to what disabilities are
claimed on is admissible as a part of the
original claim, il it is substantially an ex
PLANTATION or completion of former allega
tions in the original claim.
G. A., bingham, Mass.-1f you ar,
pensiOned at $50 per month and your pen
stoned disability is confined to the lee
below the knee, you are evidently pen
stoned for total disability of the foot, and
will be entitled to an increase to $40 per
month under the new law of March =
1903.
J. II. s., Fayetteville, Ark, and Cor
respondent, Washington, ID. C.-The new
pension law of March =, 1903. does not
increase the pension rate of those draw
ing S24 per month for disability eQuiva-
lent in degree TO the loss of a hand or foot
If in consequence of disability of service
origin you are wholly unable to perform
any manual labor, you can obtain rate
of $50 per month, commencing from the
date of medical examination confirming
your ciaim to such rate.
s. s., Bloomington, Tenn.-Unless the
dependent child was under 10 when his
father, the soldier, died. the child would
not be entitled to any benefit under the
permanently helpless" provision of the
act of June %, 1890. State your ease.
l.. w. F., Humeston. Iowa.-For full
text of the new law of March =, 1908, see
issue of March 10.
r.. H., Mills, Pa.-The new law of
March ., 1908, relates only to loss of limbs
or total disability of the same. Your pen
stoned disabilities do not fall under this
head, relating to other parts of the body.
c. A.. Petersburg, Mich.-.As your claim
for invalid pension under the general law
was filed before your claim for invalid
pension under the act of June p. 1880,
you can in any event obtain arrears under
the old claim from date of filing Tor from
date of your discharge, if filed before July
/, 1880 up to the date your act of 1880
pension began. If under the general law
claim you should be awarded a present
rate of $40 or more per month, it would be
to your interest to change, of course. As
the child is over 1G and the father is still
living, there is no general law under
which the child can obtain any pension
after the fathers death, Notwithstanding
helpless condition.
w. II. H., Elizabethtown, Tenn.-See
reply to ]. r. S., above. Even if the pen
stoned disability relates in part to limb,
the act of March 2, 1903, cOnfers no bene-
fit unless there is total disability of the
have apparently established pension
case according to the requirements OF the
Pension Bureau, and the case is neverthe-
ess rejected, it would seem to be we'll to
take an appeal to the Secretary of the
Interior. Where it is question as to
proof of origin and existence of the al
legged disability in the service, it is al
ways we'll to obtain the testimony Of as
many comrades lean be found that had
personal knowledge Of and remember the
facts.
Subscriber, Lancaster, Ohio.-The bene-
fciaries of the new act of March 2. 1908,
will obtain their increases without formal
application therefor, unless increase is
Gained under the clause taking into ac-
count a condition of the stump of an am
putated limb which prevents the attaching
and use of an artificial limb.
Old Subscriber, Geneseo. Ill.-Your at
torney should be able to advise you as to