Show S PENSION DECISION I Legal Lagal V Status Statu of I Who WM Be Became B came Union Soldiers Washington Wa ton March 17 The inferior department d has baa decided that the bar barto barto barto to allow a pension to the who served in the Union army during daring durl the tM civil war and who had bad previously served in the confederate army Is re removed removed removed moved by section 1 of ot the joint resolution resolution tion of or July 1 1102 relating to the pen status of ot such ucb soldiers and ed it itis ItIs is held to be unnecessary for tor such claimants to file a new application for tor pension subsequent to July 1 The application of or these veterans filed previous to that date it Is 18 held gives them a legal status as pension claimants The decision was wu tile the last t one ne signed 1 Md by Assistant Secretary Campbell Camp before relinquishing the of office lice fice of or assistant tant secretary The Th depart rt department department I ment holds that claimants V who hjad d been pensioned and afterward dropped from the roll books of such service are re entitled to restoration and that those who had bad claims pending which were ere ratified under a departmental decision I In 1 1894 4 are entitled to have their claims claim adjudicated on their th Ir merits notwithstanding standing previous confederate services |