B-128283, SEP. 24, 1956
Highlights
CLAY: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 11. IT SEEMS THAT YOU CONSIDER SUCH DECLARATION AS A CLAIM FILED BY SOLLY BLUE FOR PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY SOLOMON BLUE IN THE CIVIL WAR SINCE YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT ASKING TO FILE A NEW CLAIM BUT ARE ASKING WHETHER YOU AND OTHER GRANDCHILDREN OF SOLOMON BLUE ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BOUNTY OR ANY OTHER MONEY WHICH IS DUE AND UNPAID. OF WHICH THE ENCLOSURE RECEIVED WITH YOUR LETTER IS A COPY. IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PENSION AND IS NOT A "CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF PAY. AS YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED. UNLESS THE CLAIM OF A GRANDCHILD WAS FILED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31. THE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH A CLAIM IS PRECLUDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 22.
B-128283, SEP. 24, 1956
TO MRS. LILLIAN C. CLAY:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 11, 1956, ENCLOSING A PHOTOSTATIC COPY OF A ,DECLARATION FOR PENSION OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE"--- DATED JANUARY 1898, AND SIGNED BY SOLLY BLUE--- ON ACCOUNT OF THE ARMY SERVICE OF SOLOMON BLUE IN 1865. IT SEEMS THAT YOU CONSIDER SUCH DECLARATION AS A CLAIM FILED BY SOLLY BLUE FOR PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY SOLOMON BLUE IN THE CIVIL WAR SINCE YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT ASKING TO FILE A NEW CLAIM BUT ARE ASKING WHETHER YOU AND OTHER GRANDCHILDREN OF SOLOMON BLUE ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE BOUNTY OR ANY OTHER MONEY WHICH IS DUE AND UNPAID. THE MATTER HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS LETTERS IN ANSWER TO YOUR MANY INQUIRIES.
THE PAPER, OF WHICH THE ENCLOSURE RECEIVED WITH YOUR LETTER IS A COPY, IS AN APPLICATION FOR A PENSION AND IS NOT A "CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF PAY, BOUNTY, OR OTHER ALLOWANCES GROWING OUT OF THE SERVICE OF VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR.' AS YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED, THE FILES OF OUR OFFICE REVEAL NO RECORD OF ANY CLAIM FILED BY SOLOMON BLUE DURING HIS LIFETIME--- OR BY ANY OTHER PERSON IN HIS CASE AFTER HIS DEATH--- FOR BOUNTY OR ANY OTHER EMOLUMENT ACCRUING ON ACCOUNT OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE. EVEN IF SOLLY BLUE HAD FILED SUCH A CLAIM ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1912, THE FILING OF HIS CLAIM WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE OUR OFFICE TO RECEIVE OR CONSIDER A CLAIM FILED SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 31, 1912, BY OTHER HEIRS OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SOLDIER. IN OTHER WORDS, UNLESS THE CLAIM OF A GRANDCHILD WAS FILED ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1912, THE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH A CLAIM IS PRECLUDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF DECEMBER 22, 1911, 37 STAT. 47, 49. LIKEWISE, THE FILING OF A CLAIM BY ONE GRANDCHILD ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 1912, WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE OUR OFFICE TO RECEIVE OR CONSIDER A CLAIM FILED BY ANY OTHER GRANDCHILD AFTER THAT DATE. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM YOU CONCERNING THE MATTER WILL BE FILED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.