The National tribune., 1904-06-16
PENSION POINTERS.
INQUIRIES Answered and Sugges.
tionS Made.

OF her husband service III the Wal VI tiit
rebellion. This matter is more fully eX-
planned i'm a pamphlet issued by the Cen
eral Land Office. This pamphlet may be
secured by addressing the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, Washington.
D. {.
s y. r., Arkansas City.-The idea we
intended to convey III the article To winch
YOU refer in issue of May ~. Was that
no pension legislation was enacted during
the last session of Congress except the
bill increasing the rate for total blindness
and many private pension bills. Every
bill introduced in Congress is referred
to some committee. and there remains
until the committee reports it to the
House or Senate. Such bills as have not
been reported by the Committees at the
time of final adjournment-i. e., at the end
of the term-are dead.
III. G. A, s. Dak-If a soldier applies
for and is granted pension under Act of
June -, 1890, whether for age or disa bill
ity. he does not surrender any rights
which may be his under general pension
laws.
j. G.. F.. Danburg. Conn.-There are
practically two pension laws: one of July
Ia. 1862. which grants pension for disa-
biities of service origin. and rates are
from SIS to 500 per month: the other.
the Act of June p. 1890 which grants
pensions for disabilities not of service
origin. but which are not caused by
vicious habits. and are permanent in char
acter at rates from So to S12 per month.
ID. G.. B., HIT is impossible to name
them but any disabilities which are adj
mitted in Materia Medica to be legitI-
mate sequence of chronic diarrhea will be
accepted as resulting from it when so
proven.
+. f.. Iowa-She might be pensionable
under the Act of July II. 1862. if she
could establish the legality of her claim.
j. Nj. H. Mo-The rate for service
deafness of one ear and slight of the other
is so per month.
r. MEG. Wis.-Write to the Governor
of the Soldiers Home for rules of ad
mission.
]. A. s., Vt.-1st. Upon death of the
claimant for pension the attorney of rec
ord should file claim for widow or minor
children. if there are such, to complete the
claim. 1t is not necessary to notify any
one. I'd Loss of sight Of one eye. S12: loss
of one eye. S1I: total blindness, 500. Sd.
No sum is allowed by the Government for
the funeral expenses of pensioner. but
those who paid these expenses may recover
the amount of the accrued pension. 4th.
Not unless soldier death was caused by
disability incurred in service. 9th. Any
person has Il right TO print the forms used
in pension practice.
ID. D-S and S. Home.-If you can
obtain the evidence required, you may COM
plete your general law claim.
y. c. NJ. Port Jervis.-Had your pri-
vate pension bill passed during the recent
session of Congress, YOU would have re-
ceived notice to that effect.
J. A, Herring. Ohio.-Any honOrably-
discharged soldier or sailor who served 30
days during the war of the rebellion, and
is now 40 years of age, is entitled TO 81
per month pension. and may obtain the
mil ION hnr npfln Ant
of June p, 1890. and upon proving his
age. whether or not he be now pensioned
under any law.
T. w. H.-CommisSioner of the General
Land Office. Washington. ID. c.
Old Subscriber, Shambaugh, Iowa.
Write the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. Washington, ID. C., stating
fully the circumstances regarding your en-
try of homestead in Oklahoma and secure
from the Commissioner an official opinion
regarding your right TO make another entry.
j. l.. W., Kan.-There are many mat
ters in every Department of the Govern
ment which are not given to- the public,
and the subject of your inquiry is one of
them.
A. X. B., Washington.-A widow loses
all legal right to a pension when she re-
marries. I'd. If a soldier fails or neglec.s
to state that his disabilities were of serv-
ice origin when he applies for pension, it
does not prevent his widow from proving
that the cause of his death was disability
contracted in service and in line of duty.
3d. We are unable to give the rules of
all the State Soldiers Homes; you should
write to the Governor of the Home in
which you are interested
n. B. b.. Mass.-If n pensiOner dies af-
ter his check has been issued for payment
of voucher. and before the check is re-
ceiyed, that check is valid payment for
current quarterly pension. The pensioners
uH in CT p1f tha
check. with proof Of death of the pen
si0ner. to the Auditor for the Interior De-
partment. Washington. ID. c., who will
make arrangements that the check be paid
to the person qualified to receive the
money.
+. b.. Ohio.-If a pensioner does not
execute his voucher for three years. he is
suspended. and no further payment will be
made until the pensIoner has applied for
and received restoration. I'd. Not unless
he served during the civil war.
j. X. r.. y. Y.-Your failure to com
prehend the application of Rule rs doubt
less arises from your apparent efforts 10
make a new law of il. when in fact il is
not. The law of June -. 1890 authorizes
the granting of pensions from S6 to $12
per month for disabilities not of service
origin, but rot the result of vicious habits
Rule ~ recognizes the fact that age is
such disability. and determines the rates
which shall be given To it 'at four stages
1t does not annul the right To prove a
greater disability than age alone produces
nor Is age rate to be added TO any other
rate which NAV be given for another cause
A. w. Ohio.-Every pension law
specifically states that il shall be executed
according 10 such rules and regulations
as tbe Secretary of the Interior may pro
vide. and one Of these rules is that claim
ants for pension under the general law
must have Il hospital record or furnish
proof of medical treatment while III service
and Immediately following the alleged in
jury or at the time of the alleged disease
If your disability was incurred before you
were commissioned, your rate of pension
would be that of an enlisted man: if you
have proved that il was incurred subse-
quently To your muster as Lieutenant. you
should apply for rerating because Of rank
j. w. Colo.-The widow of a soldier
who Is carried on the record as n deserter
Is not entitled To a pension under any law
T.. NJ. Mich.-The rate of pension to
which You are entitled for almost total
blindness depends entirely upon its cause
If il is of service origin. the rate might
be 81: if otherwise, il is S12 per month.
g. 4. w. Pa.-If your claims had been
such as was covered by pension or bounty
laws they would have been allowed The
fact of their rejection was evidence that
there was no law 10 warrant their ap-