The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-04-30
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges'
tiOns Made.

! provided by act of July II, 1897
w. a. L., Manhattan, kan.-lf the
| Pension Bureau by mistake certihes and
causes to be paid fee to an attorney VINO
was not properly entitled to such fee, there
seems to be no way for the attorney who
should have received said fee TO obtain
| what is due him if the attorney to whom
the fee was paid refuses to refund same.
| 1t would seem that the Pension Bureau
should nevertheless cause q fee to be paid
| to the attorney to whom the fee was prop
erly due, but it is held that there is no
authority OF law for such payment.
| Wisconsin-The allowance of a claim
| for increase of pension made subsequent
to the rejection of former claim for III,
crease will not interfere with an appear
| pending in the rejected case. There Is no
| way to hurry up the decision; on the APP
peal. unless the applicant is in danger of
death, being critically i'll, or unless in
destitute circumstances.
G. ID. L., Deedsvile, Ind.-The highest
| invalid pension rating under the act o.
June -, 1890, is So per month, no mat
| ter how great the disability may be. The
SD rate theoretically, according to the
| construction of the act of 1870, since May,
| 1893. requires that the recipient be Drac-
tically wholly unable to earn support
by manual labor.
f. w r., Great harrington, Mass.-No
bounty bill WAS considered by the last
| Congress. 4 great number of bills intro
duced are never heard from after they are
referred to committee for consideration
and report.
S. IL. b., South Berlin, n. Y.-The act
of JAN 10, 1903, increasing the general
law rate of pension for total deafness
from $50 to $40 per month, distinctly pro-
vides that there shall he no proportionate
increase of the rates for degrees of deaf
ness less than total.
W. NJ T., Palmyra, n. Y.-See reply
to G.. ID. L., above.
Il. ]. F., Persimmon Creek. \. C.-ln
some cases the nominal dates of entry into
and discharge from L. 5. service do not
correctly represent the actual period that
the soldier was i'll L. $. service. The
period for which he was paid is taken into
consideration, but unless it appears that
the soldier served and was paid for at
least 80 days, he has no standing under
the act of June %, 1890
j. NJ, Milford. Ind.-The first law au-
; tbOriZing an increase of the Service-pen-
, sion of Mexican war survivors from SIS
to So per month was dated Jan. >. 1913.
If you were entitled to the So rate at that
date, according to the conditions of the
act granting increase, you can probably
obtain the So rate from Jan. >, 1873, If
you have not already obtained same.
H. r., st. Louis, Moan invalid pen
sioner may base claim for increase either
on his pensioned disabilities or on disabili-
ty not covered by his pension certificate.
As to your other inquiry, see reply to 5.
IL. B.. above. :.
p. V. c., Fonda, n. Y.-The date of
marriage cuts no figure in the matter OF
| a widow S-title to pension under the gen.
eraI law, if the soldiers death can he
shown to be due to disa bility originating
in the service and line of duty. If the
widow was married to the soldier after
his discharge from the service, she must
have been married to him before March
10, 1856, in order to obtain the So rate.
Otherwise her rate would be So, the same
as allowed under the act of June q, 1890.
} J. III. r., Hoosick Falls, n. "a PEN
sion case in which an appeal is pending on
any point would hardly be finally consid-
cred by the Pension Bureau as to any
matter not covered by the appeal, until
the appeal is settled.
J. r. D., Lisbon, Ohio.-See reply to
2. V. c., above. If the soldiers death
can not be shown to be due to disability
originating in the service, his widow could
obtain no pension unless married to him
before June -, 1890.
Subscriber, Marion, Ind-Where under
the general law the pension of an enlisted
, man would be So per month"; the pension
, of a person pensioned as Captain should
, ordinarily be $50 per month. This is not
, universally true; the various rates for
; deafness, for instance, being uniform for
officers and enlisted men.
W. NJ L.. Salem, Ind.-You are evil
IDENTIFY rawing the S24 rate for disability
equivalent in degree to the loss of a hand
covered by the new law Of March 2, 1908,
which increases only rates for loss or
total disability Of limbs.
Mrs. w. A., Newton, Iowa.-The fol-
lowing is the text of the act of Feb. %
1903 (the new parts indicated by italics:
BE it enacted, etc, That section 41OS of
. the laws of the United States governing
the granting of army and navy pensions
be. and the same is, amended to read us
, follows:
Sec 47OS The remarriage of any
widow, dependent mother, or dependent
sister entitled to pension shall not bar
her right TO such pension to the date OF
! her remarriage, whether an application
therefor was filed before or after such
marriage; but on the remarriage of any
widow. dependent mother, or dependent
sister having pension such pension shall
cease: Provided however, That any
Z widow who was the lawful wife of any
,, officer or enlisted man or other person In
= the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the
United States, as described in paragraphs
l, = and 3 of section 1868 of the RcUised
! , Statutes of the United States, during the
= period of his service in any war, and
= whose name was placed on the pension
{ roll because of her husbands death or
account of wound or injury received OF
disease contracted in such military OF
: naval service, and whose name has beer
= or shall hereafter be dropped from said
. pension roll by reason of her marriage tC
Il another person who has since died oil
y shall hereafter die, or from whom she has
been heretofore or shall be hereafter di
vorced, upon her own application ant
- without fault on her part, and if she is
{ without means of support other than hel
{ daily labor, as defined by the Acts OF
y June 81, 1890, and May 8, 1900, shall
u be entitled to have her name again placed
: on the pension roll at the rate now pro
:, vided for widows by the Acts of July II
u 1862, March 3, 1873, and March 10, 1886
,. such pension to commence from the date
. of the filing of her application in the Pen
=. sion Bureau after the approval of this
Act: And provided further, That where
), such widow is already in receipt of 9
U pension from the United States she shall
;, not be entitled to restoration under this
, Act: And provided further, That where
u the pension of said widow on her second
l. or subsequent marriage has accrued to q
> helpless or idiOtic child, or child or chill
!, dren under the age of 16 years, she shall
Il not be entitled to restoration under this
+ Act unless said helpless or idiOtic child
l. or child or children under 16 years of age
| ha than mpmher Or members of hpI