The National tribune., 1903-03-26
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges'
tons Made.

G.. Wyoming-It will be only by n
| special act of Congress that in addition
| to your Mexican War pension you can
| be permitted to draw an additional pen
| sion on account of your Indian war ser
vice in 1856. 1t is not probable that
Congress would pass special act for
this purpose.
f. L. c.. Niagara Falls. y. Y.-An
artificial limb or Communication is allowed
| by the War Department only in case the
! limb was lost or disabled through causes
originating in the service and line of duty.
| ii. G. T., Salem, Ind-A pension claim
ant need not go TO distance to be
examined if it is physically or financially
difficult or impossible for him to do so
and there is another Board of Surgeons
near his home. He ned not make afii-
davit as TO his reasons FOR requesting that
an order be issued before the nearer board
let him simply state the facts in letter.
1t may he II month or more before a new
order is issued.
NJ. y. T.. Columbus. Ind.-The act of
March > 1903, increases TO SAG per month
| all pensioners drawing SIG per month on
account of the loss of leg or arm ut or
above the knee or elbow, or on account of
total disability of arm or leg.
j. c.. Maynard. Iowa.-Not over 90
per cent. o. appealed pension claims are
| allowed. 1t is thought that a pension
case appealed now will be reached and dis
posed of within Il year from the time the
| appeal is fled.
A Widow, St Paul. Minn.-If the sob
der failed to take up Il homestead, his
widow may do so if she has not remar-
ried. in the event of her remarriage or
death, the minor child or children of the
soldier may take up the homestead
through guardian.
w. H.. Salem. Mo.-Invalid pension
ers drawing S24 per month for disability
equivalent in degree to the loss of Il hand
or foot are not benefited by the new law
of March =. 1909, increasing the rates of
| those drawing for amputatiOnS or total
disability of limbs.
Il. \. B., San Francisco.-If n widow
claiming pension under the act of June
y, 1890, as amended by the act of May
9. 1900, has property of such fair mar
ket valuation that if it were reduced to
cash and put at interest the net income
| therefrom would exceed $50 per annum,
| she would he regarded as not entitled to
pension, notwithstanding that the amount
in its present condition is practically IN
productive as to income.
| X. +. s., Newport. Ind.-The increased
rates allowed by the act of March 2.
1903, apply to those peirsiOned under the
general law for total disability of hand or
foot, arm or leg, as well as those pensioned
! for amputatiOns. The full text of the
| law was published in issue of March 10.
j. s.. Tyrone, Pa.-OfEicial figures are
not at hand showing how many invalid
pensioners drawing So per mouth are so
pensioned because Of total blindness. \
| special act of Congress is the only re-
course to obtain more than $72 per month
for total blindness.
+. E.. Spartanburg, Pa.-The new law
of March 2, 1903, makes no provision for
cases of total disability OF both feet.
J.. j. N, bridgeport, Ohio.-If your
husband was a soldier. you may be en-
titled to widows pension. There is no
ment in the lighthouse service.
II. r., Detroit.-Unless you were in
the Regular army, you are not eligible
to admission to the Soldiers Home in this
city. You can enter any branch of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers in which you can find accommo-
dations. You could hardly enter State
particular State. The best way to do
is to write to the Governor of the National
Home Branch, or State Home that you
would like to enter, and you will be sent
full information.
S. G. p, Springfield, Ill.-There has
been no serious effort made or considera-
ton given to the extension of the limita-
ton on The pension arrears law of 1879
since the early SOS.
G.. +. H., Van Buren,, Ark.-It seems
now to be settled that pensioners under
| the act of 1890 who were dropped because
of Confederate service will be entitled to
restoration under the joint resolution of
July /, 1902, from the date they were
dropped. However, the official decision
has not been issued as yet.
A. S. c., Fearis, Ky-Deafness alone
| would not be regarded as emitting the
child of the soldier to the benefit of the
.'idiOtic, insane or otherwise permanently
helpless" provision of the act of 1890.
The fact that the child is apparently able
to and does earn support not only for
himself but for a wife and family would
seem to completely eliminate him from
this provision.
w. H., Buford. Wyo.-If you have
| allowed an order for medical examination
to expire without having reported for ex-
| animation. you will probably be
| required to state your willingness to be
examined before the Pension Bureau will
| issue 4 new order.