The National tribune., 1880-10-01
Correspondents Column.

e. f. c. ALBION IND.-No. The disability on account
of which you claim increase of pension not being
specifically mentioned in law, the increased rating
only commence from date of your examination therefor
by the Pension Office surgeon. @ Win the widow OF
soldier who pensoner be allowed pension from
the date of his DEATH notwithstanding the fact that she
did marry him until after his discharge "A No; be-
cause she did not file an application before July l. $780,
Her pension can only commence from date OF Hing her
claim She is entitled TO pension only in case her hus
bands death was due to his military or naval service If
she has remarked she has no title.
''SUBscRIBER," GREENcAsrLE- lND.-A person applies
for pension @. |. after all evidence that IS called
for has been furnished, through what channel do the
papers travelq 4 e. what offices examine first, and a
through until approved?-A When the Application IS
m received IN The Pension Office it is opened in the mail
division where stamped with the date OF its receipt
file wrapper suitably indorsed with description OF
lhe claim is then prepared and the claim forwarded to
the attorney clerk ascertain if the agent authorized by
the claimant to prosecute the claim has qualihed as
required by Lac and if he is ia good standing The in
dorsemens having been made, the papers then SO 50 the
record OF claims Here search is made to determine
the applicant has before applied for pension Ii he
has not the claim is given the next vacant number IN the
series, duly recorded, and placed on the Ties lor eXna
ton in its Having received the sanction of the
adudcatng division the claim is forwarded to the dvls
ion &c records and accounts for the preparation of the
pension certificate and the instructions the pension
agent to place the claimant on his list aud TO pay
the rate and from the date indicated The certificate
with the brief prepared by the examiners after careful
comparison, passed TO the Commissioner of PENSIONS
who countersgns the certificate 1t then goes 50 the
Secretary of the Interior who signs aud causes the
great seal of his Department TO be affixed to IT. Ihe
certificate is then back Co the Commissioner OF PEN
sons who sends it, with other papers to the pension
agent who forwards 1t TO the caimant with prepared
voucher for the first payment of the pension u Can
you give the number that has been reached and disposed
of the Adiutant and Surgeon GeneralS offices "A.
The Surgeon-Gene is behind about 1000 cases, and
reports on about 100 daily The AdjuantGeneral
has about 900 cases on hand and reports about 400
daily The Pension Office has reached claim No 100000
for action O. ''What is the character OF the claims
that go before Congess Are they claims that have been
delayed and acted on, those that have been re-
ected pa. Claims that have been disalowed by the
Departments technicalities or on what the ension
Office regards insufficient evidence, cases that are
provided or in the geera pension laws or cases tha
that have fallen under the bar imposed by statutes OF
limitation.
o. w. b.. ST. LOUIS, Mol filed my application for
the additional bounty provided by the act OF June 20,
1866 on the 9th of last July and the Auditor returned
my application stating that said act of Congress had
expired by limitation the 30th of last june Is there
no way to collect the bounty "A. The bounty cannos
he collected until Congress revives the law which will
probably be done session The date OF approval
of the granting additional bounty was Juy Is 1865
not June &C.
Commissioner of Pensions king john be retained in
his present Office in General Garfield should be
elected? know many eX-soiulers ana N,
and applicants for penslons-wno. are "sSl%aTt
Republicans, but who would not vote FOR Garfield u tRey
knew would retain the arch enemy OF the pensioner
in oiceA. Ofcourse are not in General tafleio con-
dence and presume he has made political slate in anti
cpaton of his election No person can say who Will hll
the Office of Commissioner of Pensions under Gaields
administration should he be elected President; but we
earnestly hope that eXsoldier will be the incumbent OF
that office without regard to which candidate elected
i ~,
Committee of the House of Representatives of which the
Hon. Mr. Myers, of Indiana is Chairman, detect any
wrong workings in the Pension Office and where could
obtain copy of the committee 5 report?-A Inc COM
mttee has yet made report, but will probably do so
soon after the convention of Congress next December
For the result of the first days investigation by said com
mittee, The NATIONAL TRIBUNE for the month OF
April 1880 We opne that you will there see poof con
elusive of the wrong workings OF the Pension once
Startling developments may be expected when the
mittee does report
/ H. H. c. Fort SCoTT, KANSAS. Rejected recruits are
,tlad 9th al
tation to the place of original enrolment
I b j. L., LEAvENwogTH, KANSAS lost valuable
horse in action during the late Can recover pay
for him?A If you filed application for pay for the
horse prior January 1876 by furnishing the reau-
site evidence of ownership and loss you can recover Inc
act of Congress allowing pay for horses lost in service
expired by limitation December 81, 1875; but as q ie
number of bills looking extension OF the time Tor
filing claims of this introduced in Congress
during last session. and it is highly probable that
one of them will be enacted into law, you are advised
to place your claim file through an experienced ator-
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