The National tribune., 1903-06-11
PENSION POINTERS.
INQUIRIES Answered and Sugges'
tons Made.

A. II. S., jamestown, N. Y.-There has
been no increase in the rate of service
pension to Indian war survivors. An In
dian war survivor cannot draw both
service pension and disability pension at
the same time. For correction Of muster
Of volunteer officers of war of the rebellion
apply to the Chief of Record and Pension
Othce, War Department, Washington
d. c.
r. f. S., Falling Water. Tenn.-A
widow drawing under the act of 1880 is
net barred from prosecuting claim foE
pension under the general law.
H..B.. Hudson, n. You We're en-
titled to receive and doubtless received a
u. S. bounty of S100 when you were dis
charged to re-enlist after serving over TWO
years. You We're not entitled to the ac-
ditional bounty allowed by act of July -,
1866, unless you received no u. 5. bounty
for your second term of enlistment. The
additional bounty law expired by lmita-
ton on July 1, 1880.
]. A. s., Fullertown, Ohio-Under the
act of June q, 1890, the rate of 81 IS
allowed for total deafness: $40 for deaf
ness nearly total; IS for total deafness OF
one ear and severe of the other; So for
severe deafness of both ears. Less de-
grees of deafness than these are not re-
garded as pensiona under the act OF
1890.
B. H W., Troy, N. Y.-As the young
woman was over 20 when her father, the
soldier, died. she does not come under the
provision of the act of 1880 for perma-
nently helpless children.
III. Is. v, Chica go.-What would be re-
gardcd as pensiona bic disability under
the general law is not SO regarded under
the act Of 1880. The Pension Examining
surgeons doubtless reported your condition
;t 1.,,tf paDSinn Rlrraun docs
not regard such condition as pensionable
under the act of 1890, under which you
claim pension.
J. H, Maynardyille, Tenn.-Invalid
pension allowed under the act of June II,
1880. on new application filed after a
previous rejection almost invariably COM
mences from the date of filing of the new
application. If several applications have
been filed and rejected, the allowance is
made TO commence from date OF ming OF
the last application.
A. L., Missouri-If the soldiers death
can be shown to have been due to dis
ability having its origin in the service, the
widow can obtain pension under the gen
eraI law. She cannot at the same time
draw separate and distinct pension
under the act of 1890. She will have to
choose between the two. As the soldier S
disability appears to have originated while
ue WAS SeTNliiS dS dH tiilAsltu man, Mo
widow would be pensioned under the gen
eral law as the widow of an enlisted man,
regardless of the rank he subsequently
attained. In pensions under the act of
1890 there is no distinction on basis OF
rank. The highest rate allowed under the
act of 1890 is S12 per month, the same
rate as the soldier was receiving under the
general law. He could have obtained no
increase Of rate on account of becoming
a.: Ia ndv,nc
have been shown to be due to his PEN
stoned disability or otherwise due to mis-
service In any event, if he neglected to
apply for said increase during his lifetime,
whatever benefit he might have been
entitled to was lost by his death. To be
entitled to childrens pension, applicants
for such must be under 16 years Of age
when the soldier dies. If over 16 there is
no recourse except to Congress.
tain pension under the general law for loss
of memory the intirmity would probably
have To be shown to exist in Il degree
amounting to a form of insanity. Exam
lining Surgeons are supposed to know the
rate of pension and disabilities for which
pensioned, as well as disabilities claimed
on, in each case coming before them.
c. N. H., Lodi. Ohio.-If your pension
case was appealed in September last, you
surely should hear from it by the close OF
1903. There are q number of incOnsisten-
cies in pension ratings that may be rncti'
fed some day. 1t would seem that il 4
person is pensioned for disability equiva-
lent in degree to the loss OF a hand o,
foot, and the rate for loss of hand OF
foot is now $40. such persons ought in
reason to have $40 per month; but the
law does not SO provide.
J. S., Preston, Iowa.-If the stump OF
your amputated arm is in such condition as
to preclude the use of an artificial limb
you can obtain $50 per month under the
missioner of Pensions determines, with the
advice of Exam ming Surgeons and the
Medical Division of the Pension Bureau
whether certain rates are due in certain
cases. He is not supposed to "set aside
the laws in SO doing. Some one has tt
determine what cases come within the law,
and that duty devolves upon the Commls
eioner of Pensions. subject to the review
of the Secretary of the Interior.
w. G.. W., Lineville, Iowa.-If there is
record of enlistment into the United
States service. it does not matter whether
the soldier was in fact ever mustered
in. If never discharged, and there is =
record of enlistment, he may be charged
with desertion for never returning from
| sick furlough. He should consult an at
torney.
o. p, West Plains. Mo.-If you have
reference to the Act of March 2, 1903 in
creasing the general law rates of pension
for loss of limbs or total disability ol
same. no application is required of the
benefciaries.
A. R.-The work of the Board of Pen
sion Appeals is still IS months or more in
arrears, apparently.
]. II. 1.-The Pension Bureau, undel
direction of the Interior Department, ap
parently recognizes the war of the rebel
lion as commencing March 4, 1861. ani
holds that service after July /, 1865, il
to be presumed as not rendered in tht
war. The war did not technically enc
till Aug. 20, 1866, when ali armed resist
ance to the Federal authority in the Stat,
of Texas was brought to a close, and tn,
war proclaimed by President johnson a,
ended. Until December, 1894, the Pen
sion Bureau, Under decision of the In
terror Department, held the end of the wal
to be Aug. 20, 1896, the date of the proc
lamation and the date recognized by tn,
War Department.
L. S., New York City-The Pension
Bureau is understood to be taking a,
prompt action as possible to grant the in
creases of pension allowed by the Act o
March 2, 1903. 30 those pensioned for los
of limbs or total disability of same
H. G. T., Salem, Ind.-All Revolutionar,
army rolls are on file with the Chief of tn
Record and Pension Office, War Depart
ment." Write there, giving such data a
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