The National tribune., 1903-10-22
PENSION POINTERS.
INQUIRIES Answered and Sugges'
tons Made.

lSGU, HI anu lTum lilue VI thc
of your first application for pension under
the act of 1880, You can get the pension
back to the date of filing Of said appii
cation. The trouble is to obtain salts
factory testimony.
G. Il, st. Louis, Mo.-You will find
the bounty ACT of July %, 1883, on page
274 of The National Tribune Soldier $
Handbook. All communications received
in the Pension Bureau relating t" cases
on file ,here are preserved in ths tie jacket
of the particular cases to which they re-
late.
H. A NJ, Buffalo, n. Y.-If the pen.
sioner's wife is adjudged entitled to half
his pension, size will he entitled to half
of any increase awarded him. The Ma
tional Tribune Soldiers Handbook. price
% cents, gives all the pension laws and
important decisions appertaining thereto.
w. G. H., West Middleton. Ind.-Ail
records of medical and surgical treatment
of the soldier in the service are considered
in his pension claim under the general law.
In claims under the act of June %. 1850,
of course, such records are not necessary
us evidence. There is no fixed rate OF pen
sion for bowel trouble, stomach trouble,
rheumatism, etc. etc.
w NJ. d., Haverhill, Mass.-If the
widow is barred from pension under the
act of June 81. 1880. because her income
eAcptUS lUe tttI VI .'Aas
. 8, 1900, the children of the pensioner are
equally barred.
G. II. j., Palmer Mass.-The Senate in
the last Congress declined to accept the
amendment of the House of Representa-
tives increasing the helpless soldier pen
stoned under the act of June q, 1890, from
$12 to $50 per month.
w. G. NJ, Martins Ferry, Ohio-The
act of July ii. 1862. forming the basis of
what is now known rs the general PEN
sion law, is quite voluminous. Consult the
u. S. Statutes at Large: or, you will find
the act embodied in the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
Ii. S, Vevay, Ind-If the wife of the
soldier is divorced from him, of course, she
could not be considered his legal widow
when he is deceased. His children, how
ever. are still his children under the pen
sion law, even though the court granting
the divorce gave the wits the custody of
the children.
Z. l.. W., Montesano. Wash.-If an ap-
e pealed pension case does not appear to
have been fully and properly considered
on the appeal, motion for reconsideration
would be in order. Consult your attorney.
Further evidence may be filed in the PEN
sion Bureau, if desired, before a reconsid-
Grafton is asked.
w. G. T., Malaga, Ohio.-No person is
entitled TO child's pension unless under 16
when the soldier died, no matter how help
less. Such case might be good one for
special act of Congress.
G. W. s., Oakland. W. Va.-Widow's
pension under the general law dates back
to the date of the soldiers death. Such
pension as the widow has drawn under the
act of 1880 previous to the date of allow
ance of pension under the general law
would be deducted from her general law
pension. If the evidence as to death
cause is not only positive in terms, but is
unimpeaehable, there would seem to be
no difficulty in establishing the case under
the general law. The Washington Pen
sion Agency pays pensioners residing in
the District of Columbia, Delaware, Vir-
ginia, Maryland and West Virginia, and
all foreign countries. and all navy PEN
sioners residing in North Carolina, South
Carolina Tennessee, Georgia, Florida.
Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Texas
and Arkansas. The pensioner is at lib
'efty TO hoid his checks for year or longer
if he wishes. The same rules that apply
to Justice or Notary Public in executing
pension voucher are applicable to a
fourth-class Postmaster taking pension
er's acknowledgment to his voucher. Prob
ably an inmate of any of the Soldiers
Homes is entitled to his pension and dis
charge papers promptly on leaving the
Home. Consult the regulations of the par
tcular home you have in mind.
W. A. p, Waynesboro. Pat is diff
cult TO say what rate would be awarded
by the Pension Bureau in case where
the pensioner is receiving SIT per month
and the Examining Surgeons hold him to
be ''three-fourths disabled" 1t is certain
that he will not get an increase to the
next rate, S24 per month, unless the Pen
sion Bureau considers that he is disabled
from pensioned causes in degree equiva
lent to the loss of hand or foot
l.. II. H., Manhattan, Kan.-Irvaiid
pension. under the general law. whether
original or on new disability, commences
only from date of application, if the dis
ability was not claimed On till after June
~, 1880 If you got arrears from dis
charge on the disability which you never
claimed on till 1891, it was evidently error,
and if discovered by the Pension Bureau
you would be called upon to refund the
money enormously paid.
A G. W., Pascoag, Il. 1.-The probabili-
ties are that you returned your furough
certificates to the proper officer when you
returned from furlOugh, and received ut
the time, or at next payment by the Pay
master, the money equivalent to youI ra-
tons while on furlough. You might Obj
tain information on the subject by address
ing the "CommissaryGener of Sub
sistence, L. s. A, Washington, ID. c."
Subscriber. CARRIER. 0kla.-Your condi-
ton is very likely due to pensioned dis
ability. Manual labor" in the pension
% law is construed TO mean any labor per-
formed with bodily exertion or muscular
effort" If you are una bic to perform any
effective physical work, probably You can
get an increase to $50 per month Eff
fective physical work would be understood
as work for which person would be viii
ing TO pay you without considering that
he was paying you out of charity
/. f., Upland. Neb.-The letter of April
10, last, was in error. IL the widow is
appointed guardian of the children. of
course she can draw the pension Cor them;
but as guardian. not as widow. Her dis
bursement of the pension would be under
the direction of the court the same as
though she were not related to the chill
dren. There is no objection to the ap-
poinfment Of n guardian for the children
at any time.
g. ID. X, South Norwalk. Conn-If the
soldiers death can he satisfactorily proven
due to the service and line of duty, and
the child was under 1G at the soldiers
death, pension can be obtained under the
general law from the date of the soldiers
death until the Child became 10; provided.
OF course, the widows rights do not CON
fict. The child's title does not depend
q upon either the soldier or the widow be-
Ing pensloned under any law, if title can
be shown as indicated.
L. c. b.. Pacific Mott does not matter
when the parties We're married or how long
they lived together, TO entitle the deserted
wife of a pensioncr TO one-half of his pen
Sion.
X. 4. N. Tampa. Fla.-Both the Indian
war sprYicp pguSioD lave ,ifIa m