The National tribune., 1903-09-10
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges'
lions Made.

Subscriber, Somerset Ky.-Me1ican
War widows pensioned under the Mexi-
can War service-pension laws draw only
IS per month.
G. H., Reyno-As you are pensionsd
at $50 for total disability of hand, you
come under the benefits Of the act OF
March 2, 1903. and will get an increase
to $40 per month. No formal application
for this increase is necessary Write 10
the Z. S. Pension Agent through VINO"
your pension is paid.
NJ. J., National Military Home, kan
The following is the act OF March D.
1896. to which you refer: THAT when
ever claim for pension under the act o.
June 81, 1890, has been, or shall mere
after be, rejected. suspended, or dls
missed. and a new application shall have
been. or shall hereafter be. filed, and a
pension has been, or shall hereafter De,
allowed in such claim, such pension snail
date from the time of filing the hrst ap-
application. provided the evidence IN tne
case shall show reasonable disability
TO have existed, or to exist, at the time
of filing such first application, anything
in any law or ruling of the Department 10
the contrary Notwithstanding"
l.. G., Louisville, ky.-Even though
the widow of a commissioned officer, you
can obtain no higher rate OF pension tnan
that allowed widows under the act OF
June 81, 1890, unless you can estaDnsh
q claim under the general law winch
uuires that death-cause be shown TO nave
originated in service and line Oh uu!.
w. Sandusky. Ohio.-Unless the attor-
ney in a pension claim has neglected the
case. he cannot be dispensed with. Ihere
Is a strong element of fairness in TINS, De
cause the attorney can collect no coinpen
eation for what service he has rendered
IF dismissed before the allowance OF the
case. :.
]. NJ, Stafford, Ohio.-Your inquiry Is
iucompIete. The mere fact that the SOL
der served five years in the Regular
Army" would not entitle his widow TO
pension. If he served during the war OF
the rebellion. his widow would come under
the act of 1890 equally with the WIDOWS
of volunteers If he did not serve IN the
war of the rebellion, then his widow can
get pension only under the general law
which requires proof that his death was
due to disability originating IN service
and in line of duty.
Old Soldier Arkansas-The laws OF the
States provide a remedy for hus banos
and wives that cannot get along togetnef.
If the soldiers wife virtually drives him
away by her conduct toward him, OF
course she cannot claim half OF ms PEN
sion. under the act of March 3. 1879, on
the ground tlIt lue SoiuieI udS ucSeheSe
her. 1t would not be necessary for the
wife to show that the marriage to the
pensioner was legal. II it was not legal,
that fact may be shown by the pensioner
il he cares to do so.
B. F. c., Dublin, Ind.-The widow can
obtain general law pension for the period
of her widowhood. notwithstanding her
remarriage before filing her application
The children under 16 at the date of the
r,io attain tho n
sion from the date of her remarriage until
they become 49,
r. T., Rapid City, Mich.-There is no
general provision Of law under which
children of soldiers of the 1872 war can
get pension. The 1872 war service-pen-
sion laws provide only for survivors and
their widows.
act of July 20, 1888, is not an additional
bounty law. If you received 500 orig
inal bounty for your enlistment of May
IL, 1861, for three years, you are not en-
titled to any bounty under the act of 1888.
]. I. W., Adamsville, Tenn.-Section
5435, Revised Statutes. provides a penalty
of fine of not exceeding 5000 and i'm
prisonment at hard labor not exceeding
10 years, for false personatio of claim
ant. Ii the child Of the soldiers second
marriage is regarded as a legitimate child
under the laws of the State, then it will
be regarded as his lawful child as to pen
sion. person pensioned as a widow
cannot at the same time draw pension as
dependent mother.
A. w. r., Augusta, Me-The Act of
Congress of May 8, 1905, in regard to
widows claims for pensions. is as follows:
Sec. B. That if any officer or enlisted
man who has served 80 days or more in
the army or navy of the United States
during the late war of the rebellion. and
who was hOnorably discharged, has died,
or shall hereafter die, leaving widow
without means Of support other than
her daily labor, and an actual net
income not exceeding $3.50 per year,
or minor children under the age of
16 years, such widow shall upon due proof
of her husbands death, without proving
his death to be the result of his army ser
vice, be placed on the pension roll from
the date of the application therefor under
this act, at the rate of IS per month, dur
ing her widowhood, ard shall also be paid
81 per month for each child of such off,
Ger or enlisted man under 16 years of age;
and in the case of the death or remarriage
of the widow, leaving child or children
of such officer or enlisted man under the
age of 16 years, such pension shall be paid
such child or children until the age of six
teen: Provided. That in case a minor child
Is insane, idiotic or otherwise physically
or mentally helpless, the pension shall
continue during the life of said child, or
during the period of such disability; and
this proviso shall apply to all pensions
heretofore granted or hereafter to be
granted under this or any former statute;
and such pensions shall commence from the
date of application therefor after the pas
sage Of this act. And provided further,
That said widow shall have married said
soldier prior TO the passage of the said
act Of June 81, 1890"