The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-22

Washington, D. C., April 22 - The burden of going forward with veterans cases is now upon the government, according to Senator Lonergan, of this state who said yesterday that claimants must wait until their cases are entirely reviewed by the veterans admin istration before they can ascertain just what allowances they will re- ceive after July l, 1893. Until that time, the senator said, the present monthly payments wil continue.
 Senator Lonergan made 1t clear that under regulation No. 12, is- sued by President Roosevelt, all veterans of the Spanish American war. the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine insurrection, and their dependents, who are recelVlnB pensions, will be given the benent of a, presumption that the disabil- ities on which such pension IS based were directly service-con- nected. This same presumption IS also extended to widows, children and dependent parents of deceased World war veterans who nave heretofore received compensation under the presumptive provisions of the World war veterans act. In all such cases no pension will be stopped unless the government re- buts such presumption by very strong evidence that the disabill- ties of such soldiers were not in- cured in service.
 , With respect to other general provisions of the presidents regu- lations, affecting present ana new claims, Senator Lonergan made the following analysis:
 '"The basic provisions of the new pension regulations are that the injury or disease must have been contracted or aggravated in the line of duty and without miscon- duct, in the active military or naval service during the spanish American war, the Boxer rebellion, the Philippine instruction and the World war.
 "The rates to be paid for war time disabilities for veterans of all the aforementioned wars, on the basis of service-connected dlsaplI- ! ities are:
 Ten pcr-cent disability. B 500
 Twenty-Five percent. .$2O
 Fifty percent $4O
 Scvcnty-fvc percent. $50
 Onc-hundrcd percent. $50 Certain additional specific rates are provided for the more seriously disabled.
 (Non- Service Disabilities)
 "Pensions are payable for non- service connected sabilities and deaths of veterans of the Span- ish-American war, including the Boxer rebellion and the Philip pine insurrection and the World war. The basic requirement IS that they must have served nlne- ty days or more; must have en- tered into the service prior to cessation of hostilities; must T have been honorably discharg- <. ed; must prove the existence Of permanent and total disability. and that the disability was not the result of misconduct.
 "The rate of pension for those permanently and totally disabled is $20 per month. A pension of $6 per month to those Spanish American veterans over the age of 62 years Is granted.
 "Pensions under this part of the regulations cannot be paid to any unmarried person whose annual income exceeds $1,000 or to any married person or any person with minor children whose annual income exceeds $2,50O. This provision, however, will not bar the payment of the SC monthly pension to Spanish war veterans over the age of 62 years.
 (Widows and Childrcn)
 "The payment of pension to widows and children of deceased veterans of the Spanish Ameri- can war, including the Boxer re-