The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-21
PENSION POINTERS.
incli,:es Answered and Suggestions
Made.

W. D. NJ, Mt. Gilcad, 0hio-lf no
widow survives the soldier. the children
under rs are entitled to the same pension
the widow would have been entitled to re
ceiye
II. i. n, Evansville, Ind.-S"c in an
other column of this issue an article with
reference to the Philippine Volunteers
extra pay matter
H. j.. Corwin. WiS.-The rate OF Sl'
for loss of an eye applies only To pension
ers under the general law; the disability
being proved to have originated IN the Serr-
ice ana line of duty. The rate does not
apply to pensions under the act of 1870.
Y. o.-Under the act of March, >. 1850,
soldier can get the charge of desertion
from lis first enlistment removed II he
again enlisted in another command, with
in four months after said desertion. and
did not by such second enlistment become
entitled to bounty or other gratuity. either
L. =, State or local. that he would not
have heen entitled To receive had he con
tnuc,l under his former enlistment.
w l.. s.. Ashton. Ill.-See reply to ID.
Il. n, above.
T. w. r.. Clementsvale, y. Sis yon
wnul,l have been entitled To only 500 orig
inal bounty under your army enlistment
from which you deserted. the fact that you
became entitled to receive S2tD l. =. Orlgl-
1864 i sufficient to- defeat your claim tor
pension. as there is no law under which
the charge of desertion can be removed.
Il. J. NJ. Heber. Ark.-If the Pension
Bureau refuses to reconsider the rating Ill
lowed in your increase and to allow you
the full rating to which you are evidently
entitled. YOU can accept the increase
granted and file in the Pension Bureau
letter stating that you accept such increase
under protest. believing that YOUR cGndl-
ton entities YOU to the $50 rate File a
new application for increase. and II such
is granted at $50. as it probably viii be.
file ali application for rerating. claiming
the so rate back over the period Tor which
YOU had been granted SIT and 81 per
month. The order of the Court for the
payment of alimony. while based upon the
pension which the husband receives. as
part Of his income. could not extend To the
pension payment unaccrued and unpaid in
any manner that affects the pensioners
rights therein. There is no law which
makes it incumbent upon a court to ignore
pension money part of the income of
--e CT the parties. where the matter of in
me- is involved in determining any queS-
f.. f. d., Winchester y. HI -nder the
neral pension law as to dependent pa
ntS us amended by section | Of the act
June %. 1870. it is necessary only to
low that at the time of making appii-
ltion for pension and thereafter the de-
andent parent is without other sufficient
IeaEs of support than his Or her own Ia
or. or is dependent upon others not
.gally bound for his or her support at
lie time of making application for pen
ion. The widows second marriage hav-
lg beea annulled as void. she is legally
he widow of her former husband, and can
eceive pension as his widow. She can not
eceive pension as the widow of her second
husband In soldier, and now deceased.
ven though it now appears from newly
discovered evidence that her marriage to
I'M was I'm fact ant void. and that if such
evidence had been presented III the court
he maria &c would not have been anRuled
Consult local counsel as to whether the
decree or nullity may be set aside under
the laws of the State. Your last question
is not fully understood. OF course, many
widows not heretofore pensionable would
probably become pensionable under a Serv
fee pension law which included widows.
but whether it would include ali widows
heretofore rejected or who have been
dropped from the rolls is questionable.
NJ. 4. X, Leetsville. Pa.-There seems
to be TO genral provision for funeral ex-
penSes of old soldiers by L: $. law. except
as to such as die in the District of Co
iumbia. All honorably discharged ex-sol-
diers and sailors are entitled to be buried
In any National Cemetery without charge
therefor. and headstones will be furnished
free by the War Department for the grave
OF such as are buried elsewhere.
c. W., Wilmington. Del.-The act of
July 20. 1888, gives 500 bounty to all
three-years volunteers enlisted before July
%. 1861. regardless of the period for which
they served. if they were honorabIy dis
charged and have not received or are not
entitled to receive 500 original bounty I'M
der the act of July -. 1861. and its amend
ments.
Mt. Carmel. Ind-Unless the partially
helpless condition of the soldier is clearly
due to pensiOned disabilities and their re-
suits. it will be very difficult to secure the
$O rating except by special act of Con-
gress. 1t may be worth while to try it at
the Pension Bureau first. making appli-
cation in due form and supporting same
by medical and other testimony showing
specifically the pensioners condition from
pensioned causes and their recognized re-
suits.
A Soldier, 1S61.-There are all kinds of
pension bills introduced at every session of
Congress and put to sleep in the various
committees to which they are referred.
No bill to increase the pension rate under
the act of June q. 1890. above S12 per
month. has been reported from committee
q soldier can overcome his defective sight
by using glasses is not regarded as equiva-
lent to making his eyes sound in the ad-
ministration of the pension laws.
ID. J. g.. Salem, Oreg.-It is of no con-
sequence who it is that takes care of a
pensioner receiving the S72 rate. nor
whether a change is made frequently or
otherwise.
J. NJ. Mariposa. Cal.-The phraseology
OF the act of June u. 1890. is not changed
y the Joint Resolution of July /, 1902
aid resolution provides as follows:
'That the act approved June q, 1890,
ntitled An Act granting pensions to sol
tiers and sailors who are incapacitated
or the performance of manual labor, and
iii for
children and dependent parents is con-
'trued and held to include all persons and
The widows and minor children of all
deceased persons, subject to the limita-
tons of said act, who served for 90 DAYS
In the military or naval service Of the
United States during the late war of the
rebellion, and who have been honorably
discharged therefrom. and section 4716,
Revised Statutes United States, is amend
ed accordingly Provided. however, That
the foregoing shall not apply to those who
served in the LIST. I'd. Sd, 4th. 9Th and 9th
Regiments, United States Volunteer In