The National tribune., 1903-11-26
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges.
tiOns Made.

Springfield. Ohio.-Various amounts
were appropriated from time to time. each
year of the war of the rebellion, to cover
the items of army clothing and rations
There was no fixed or settled amount for
each year. -
n. r., Little Falls, Minn.-The act of
Jan. IL, 1903 increased the general law
pension rate for total deafness from $50
per month to $40 per month. Aside from
this there has been no change in the rates
for deafness.
l.. l.. b., Revere. Mass-The additional
bounty act of July 2S. 1Si6. i'll Il measure
did justice to the early volunteers wEo 70
ceived no bounty because they did no:
serve long enough or were discharged for
reasons which did not entit!e them Il
bounty This act expired by limitation
on June 80, 1880. The limitation ought III
Justice TO be removed. The equalization
bounty bill that was vetoed by President
Grant ought also to be revived. There IS
no bounty law that provides generally for
bounty for soldiers of the war of the
rebellion who are not entitled to bounty
under some other law.
S. G. H., Vancehurg, Ky.-The clipping
you send taken from this heading cor
rectly states the present construction of
the law. Children of marriages entered
into since June %, 1890. are now regarded
as entitled TO pension under the act of
June %, 1890, even though the widow he
still living and unmarried.
W. G.. Westfield. Vt.-The total mem
bership of the Board of Pension Appeals
of the Interior Department is 81. The
work of considering pension appeals is
still far in arrears and will hardly be up
to date within six months or more.
j. NJ, Woodstock, \. Y.-As you are
pensioned under the act of June 81. 1880.
and are 10 and over, you should have S12
in, with np.lar
of the Commissioner of Pensions, dated
Sept. ., 1898. You are unlikely to jeopar-
dize your pension by applying for an in-
crease. The National Tribune Soldiers
Handbook is now out of print, but a new
edition will be forthcoming early in 1904.
E. p. NJ, Cave Greek, Ariz.-It is i'm
possible to fully decipher your inquiry.
many of the words being blurred and
ilegble. You surely can obtain admis-
sion in some State Home or Branch of
the National Home. even if you are pen.
sioned at ST per month or more.
S. r. p. Oakdale, Mass.-For informa-
tion relative to Communication of rations
while on furlough, apply to the .Commis-
sary-General of Subsistence, L. S. A.
Washington, d. c.
II. II. G., Hamilton, Ohio.-If a pen.
sion claim has been pending for 13 years.
the evidence must be pretty weak. 1t
would not avail the attorney anything tn
delay the prosecution of the claim. as his
fee is dependent upon getting it allowed,
and the sooner he gets it allowed the
sooner he will get his fee. Still. it is
possible that the attorney has not prose-
cuted the claim in the hest possible man
ner. You can submit the case to some
other attorney if you wish. and he can de-
terinine from the particulars you can
doubtless supply. whether it is worth
while to take up the matter with you. +
]. II. b., Eaton, Ohio.-The Govern
ment does not pay more for diseases
contracted during the war in line of duty"
In continuing you at So per month under
the act of 1890, the Pension Bureau has
doubtless taken into cOnsidera ton your
physical condition from age and other
causes having no proven connection with
your service The Pension Bureau is not
always consistent, and if you have been
granted $40 per month under the general
law, it is quite possible, in view of what
you say, that you are entitled to $12 or
more under the general law.
Subscriber. Claremont, n. H.-If you
are drawing So per month under the net
of June %. 1890, that is as high as you
can go under that law. Of course. you
can not get your pension rerated at So
unless you have been practically totally
disabled for all sorts of manual labor
for the entire period over which you re-
ceived less than SO.
Mrs. NJ. E. r.. Lodi, Ohio.-Unless the
soldiers death can be shown to be due
to the service and line of duty, the widow
can not obtain pension under the general
law. A widow who is entitled to pension
under both the general law and the act
of 1880. can usually apply for and obtain
the act of 1890 pension while she is prov
ing up her claim under the general law.