New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-19
AGE LIMIT PENSIONS.
Bureau Practice an Considerin<
Applications Under Ruling.
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washington July 1S-Veterans OF the Civil wat
VINO are now pensioners because OF disabilities
CURED IN the service and other honorably dis
charged soldiers who have not hitherto applied for,
FeLet are daily sending inquiries 10 the Pension
bureau regarding the operation OF the ruling OF
-H , 10 1871 granting a pension when the APP
phcant has reached certain age
Numerous letters bearing on this subject all ash
.s ieF Information. have also been received BY The
4ii'oNe loe following is copy OF a letter writ
zen 70 The Tribune by veteran now living in IN,
STATE OF Washington:
inform if old soldier seventy 1 lars ol %
80 G -, q, pension Of 81 month. am get
60 through to ger the other So
'entra.ia. Wash. July 5 1905
Perhaps the most satisfactory answer to this and
various other letters OF similar purDort viii be to
outline the practice &c the Pension Bureau in ux
consideration of applications for pensions under thu
ne" order. anu 70 show what steps it will b
necessary Tor the applicant 70 take in order to
eHtltIe him 90 relief under it's provisions
The order entities "a claimant who mas passaa
me age OF siXty-two wears To- IS q month: after
Slxty-Hve years To $, after sixty-eight wears 4,
Slo' ana after seventy. 10 So This ruling modihes
me FORMER practice of the Office. fixing the mini
mum ana maximum at sixty-ive and seventy-avs
Years. respectively In carrying out this order ON
cIs. red tape has been effcctuaIIr done away with
II a veteran who served ninety days or more In
'ne Clvti War and was honora5Iy discharged. and
who has passed the age OF sixty-tvo will write 70
ehe Commissioner OF Pensions there will be sun
pDeu 20 MIN ar application blank and the neces-
saFy Instructions The services OF an attorney are
Hot required and the only expense incurred Is tho
payment of the notarys fee
II veteran Is now pensioner but IS recefvfux
less IMAM the amount which he would be entitled
uHuer the age limit. he should simply follow thu
same course. When he has filed out his new apull-
eaton and his affidavit regarding his age is ver1
Zee Zee oy the records OF the War Department. the
aensIon ONCE places him the new roll at What
ino1eTaris7 I4stIles ana Ihe old pension becomes
ttllNe veterans must understand however
Lu4C lney cannot draw two pensions. III thew ar.
uOW drawing So or IS SO a month under rha
general law OF under the of June II 1850 ana
nave reached an age which, under the order en-
tlt4eS them to an Increase. they can have II ov
HlSA4hS the necessary application. but they must
ISu3QUlsh the pension they have been drawing up
20 Ine time their names are placed the roll
The erect OF the order on those having pen
sions Will De 20 increase such pension up TO tbs
age limit II the pension already allowed is below
that amount AS the maximum rate OF pension
provided for under the of June IT 1880 is 81
a month. the order Will benefit person who is IN
receipt or q pension of Sl2 more. II must be
remembered that the Pension Office will mako no
cnange IN its pension rolls unless application is
HE'D and the age OF the claimant IS satisfactorily
established. Then pensiOuer will be transferred
with the least possible delay Veterans must exer-
else their own Judgment in applying for pensions
under the limit II they can benefit Themselves
not prejudice the pension they now receiving
and the government expects that they will take adj
vantage OF this further slight recognition OF their
services. -