The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-05
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sugges.
lions Made.

never held it, If the soldier died from
disability contracted in service and IN line
Of duty, his widow may obtain pension
from date of his death till she remarrled,
and then secure the benefit of the act OF
March 3. 1901.
nj. NJ. n, Meskel, Tex.-No person can
draw two pensions. A pensioner who is
Ga wears old and is now receiving st per
month will not be benefited by the age
order. unless he has disabilities other than
those incident to age. Next year. however,
when he reaches the age of 60, he may,
upon application, be increased to 50.
G. c.. W., Newburg. n. Y.-You appear
to have received all the bounty to which
you are entitled under acts of July ~,
1861, and April %. 1872. No other bounty
laws affect your case.
Nj. G. B., Ligonier, Pa.-Claims for In
crease of pension, when allowed. date from
time of a favorable report by Board OF
Medical Examiners.
J. B., Lafayette, Colo.-If widow can
prove that soldiers death was caused by
disability contracted in service and IN line
of duty. she should obtain pension for her
self during widowhood and for minor child
until it became Is years of age.
l.. l.. R., Apollo. Pa.-Where claim for
pension is made only because of age. there
will probably be no medical examination
REQUIRED; but where other disabilities are
alleged there must be examination as be-
fore.
A. G., Hattiesburg. Miss.-You appear
to be pensioned for total disability OF
hand and foot" instead OF "disa bility
equivalent in degree to loss Of hand or
foot" If the condition of the limb was
practically the same at the time you were
granted So as it was when you were first
granted the special rate therefor, it is
possible that you may be able to secure
rerating.
III. L., Dayton, Ohio-If the special act
granting you pension specified the rate you
were to receive, you can get an increase
only by another special act of Congress. If.
however, the rate was fixed by the Pen
sion Bureau, you are entitled to the benefit
of any general act of Congress increasing
the rate for the character or form of dis
ability for which you are pensioned.
j. Nj. S., Rockville, Ind.-If the evil
dence you have filed in the Pension Blu
reau since the adverse decision on the ap-
peal in your case does not have any effect
there, you are at liberty to file with the
Secretary of the Interior a motion for re-
consideration of the adverse decision.
l.. j., Berrien Springs, Mich.-$17 per
month is not the highest rate allowable
under the general pension law for disable
ment from heart trouble. The pensioner
can go as much higher as the disability
warrants, up to $72 per month.
III. L., Hamilton, N. Y.-1f you are re-
ceiving $12 per month under the act of
1890 that is as high as you can go unless
you can establish disability of service ORR
gin under the general law that will en-
title you to higher rate. $12 is all you
can get under the act of 1890.
j. A. s., Upton, 1nd.-If you are totally
disabled in leg from causes wholly of
service origin, and have established that
fact to the satisfaction of the Pension Blu
reau, your rate should be $40 instead of
$17 which You now receive.
III. H., Ohio.-Evidently you need the
assistance of same one qualified to see that
your evidence is in proper shape, judging
from the comment in the decision on the
appeal in your case. If you get the facts
in your case properly before the officials.
In evidence, it would seem that you could
get an increase to $50 per month.
6. w. H., Denver, Colo.-Sections 4756
and 4757 of the Revised Statutes are as
follows: "Sec. 1855 There shall be paid
out Of the naval pension fund to every per-
son who, from age or infirmity, is disabled
from sea service, but who has served as
an enlisted person, or an appointed petty
officer, or both, in the Navy or Marine
Corps for the period of 20 years, and not
been discharged for misconduct, in lieu Of
being provided with home in the Naval
Asylum, Philadelphia, if he SO elects, a
pit the time he was discharged, to be paid
him quarterly, under the direction of the
Commissioner Of Pensions; and application
Tor such pension shall be made to the Sec
rotary of the Navy, who, upon being salts
he'd that the applicant comes within the
provisions of this section, shall certify the
same to the Commissioner of Pensions, and
such certificate shall be his warrant for
making payment as herein authorized.
Sec. 4757. Every disabled person who
has served in the Navy or Marine Corps
as an enlisted man or appointed petty Of
Gcer, or both, for q period not less than 10
years, and not been discharged for mis-
conduct, may apply to the Secretary of the
Navy for aid from the surplus income of
the naval pension fund; and the Secretary
or the Navy is authorized to convene a
board of not less than three naval officers,
pne of whom shall be a Surgeon, to ex-
anime into the condition of the applica 1t,
and to recommend a suitable amount for
his relief, and for a specified time. and
upon the approval of such recommends
tion by the Secretary of the Navy and a
certificate thereof to the Commissioner of
Pensions, the amount shall be paid in the
same manner as is provided in the preced-
& ing section for the payment to persons dis
abled by long service in the Navy: but no
allowance so made shall exceed the rate
OF pension for full disability correspond
5ng 10 the grade OF the applicant, nor. ii in
addition to a pension, exceed one fourth
the rate of such pension"
Subscriber, Maryville, Tenn-The or.
der for medical examination in a claim
for increase of pension on pensioned disa.
bility is issued generally within 60 days
after the filing of the application. An in
valid pensioner receiving more than SIT
per month will not be admitted to any of
the branches of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
81. A. c., Marshall, n. C-The sister
Of soldier must be under Is years of age
at date of filing application for pension
otherwise there is no pensionable period
If she filed application before July 1, 1880
she could obtain pension for period of pen
sionable minority regardless of her age al
date Of filing application.
Attorney.-Order IS Of the Commits
sioner of Pensions relative to ratings fol
age does not confer a rate for az.
over and above rating for disability. A
soldier who is 62 years of age and les.
than 65 years of age can get Sc per month
on his age alone. If he claims on disabili
ties as well, he may or may not get NOR,
than Sc per month.
p. L., Soldiers Home ID. C.-The fac
that you have received pension by specia
act of Congress does not debar you from
continuing to prosecute your claim befor
the Pension Bureau. If you file additiona