The National tribune., 1903-03-19
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges.
tons Made.

w. W. H.. Elmwood. Mich.-.An act
of March 3. 1909. increases th;, service
pension of all Mexican war survivors re-
ceiving So per month. TO ST. per month
from the date of the act; that il, from
March 3, 1907. For full text of the law
see under heading of New Pension
Laws this issue.
ii. l.. NJ, Moors Hill, Ind.-Those
drawing $50 per month for total inability
to perform any manual labor. and not for
less of II hand or foot or total disability
of the same are not benefited by the new
law of March =. 1907. For fun text of
the law see under heading of New Pen
sion Laws this issue.
y. Il. T., Mainesburg. Pa.-The gen
eral law rate of invalid pension for Sc
we're deafness of both ears is ST. per
month. Ordinarily Il claim for Increase
on pensioned disability should he settled
within Il month after the medical examn-
alton.
Old Subscriber, Buffalo, " Y.-Thc
Pension Bureau would probably not write
10 Il member of Congress the particulars
Of the medical examination in Il certain
pension case. The particulars can be OBJ
tanned only by the claimant or his attor
ney. or member of Congress ut his re-
qIrst. personally examining the repor!
of the Examining Surgeons.
l.. S.-Your question is not understood.
There was no change made with respect
10 widows pension tit,e in 1901.
J. \. T.. Bloomfield. y. ITO be en-
titled to pension under the act of June
-. 1890. the soldier nist have received
an honorable discharge from every term
Of enlistment contracted duri1g the period
Of the war of the rebellion. As to gen
cral law pension title. he could receive no
pension for disability incurred in service
from which he received 10 Discharge
whatever. If he incurred disability dur
ing his subsequent enlistment, and after
the date when his former term of enlist
ment would have expired, ne may obtain
pension thereon. In the case you mention
as the soldier first enlisted i'll November,
1851, he cannot under present holdings
obtain any pension save for disability
incurred after three years from Nov. I.
1861. while he was serving i'll the organ
2ation INFO which he enlisted without Il
discharge from his former enlistment.
w f. H.. ST. Louis, Mo.-Thc right OF
a legal wife to half her husbands pension
after his desertion of her is not affected
by the date of marriage or how long they
had been married before his desertion of
her.
+. G. L.. Gloucester. MaSs.-If from
persioned causes the pens.oner drawing
under the general lawj requires frequent
aid and attendance. that is, daily assist
ance in certain things. he probably can
secure the rating Of $50 allowed by the
act of July II, 1892.
NJ w. Napoleon, Me-J-nless there is
total disability of an arm or leg. there is
no rate between $50 and $50 that you can
get.
A. r., Rex. Ind. 1.-The general law
invalid pension rate for total deafress of
one ear and slight of the other is $40.
Severe deafness of both ears is rated ut
So Nearly total deafness Of both ears,
S27.
Il. W.. Flat Creek, Mo.-In the prac-
tice of the Pension Bureau it seems rath-
er unusual for favorable decision by the
Secretary of the Interior to he promptly
and fully applied TO other similar cases
unless official attention is called TO such
similar cases and to the decision appli-
cable
j. ii. V, Fennville. Mich.-Applica-
tons for travel pay and subsistence from
place of discharge to place of enlistment
may be made to the Auditor for the
War Department, Washington, ID. c.
Application for Communication of subsist-
ence while on furlough would require the
presentation of the original furlough by
filing same with the CONGREGATIONAL
of Subsistence, L. $. ~, Washington,
ID. c."
H. s. NJ. Eaton Rapids. Mich.-See
text of law to which YOU refer. under
heading Of New Pension Laws, this
issue The law apparently does not cover
yOur ease.