The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-19
Answers to Correspondents

We obliged answer certain inquiries Of tho so,
nature in each issue of paper. While ceerfuv
furnish information subscribers in this column we
suggest that much labor time and expense may saved
both to ourselves and to correspondents if latter
and other subscribers would keep file of the paper
They could then, at any time turn to the file and prob.-
bly, find the very inquiry answered about which they
would have written We trust that each and every
subscriber will profit by this suggestion.
C. S. D., PITTsFIELD, MAss-Under the present
law the pension of widow of a soldier ceases when
she reInarries and her name cannot be restored ~
the Pension Roll even If she again becomes widow
bill to restore to the roll the names of widows
dropped on account OF remarriage, and who again
become widows, was introduced in the 10Th Con
greSS, but was not reached for action
w. B., New LONDON, CoSN-If your pension
claim should be disallowed your attorney will be
notified.
AE. w, SPRINGFIELD ILL-An exsoldier who
has received two flesh wounds while in the service
is entitled to pension, provided he is ne-eigbtb dis
abled for manual labor by reason of said wound,
J.F., W1NAMAC, IND.-Crime committed br an
ex-soldier does not deprive him of his pension
unless connected in way with the procuring of
or maintaining the same
B. F., FAIRMoNT, MINNIE you have located
one hundred and sixty acres as a civilian, you are
not entitled to any further benefits under the home
stead laws on account of your service a soldier
Soldiers are not entitled to additional hOmesteads
unless original entry was made prior to june %
1874.
J. N, PINE HOLLOW, MISN.--If you have sus-
tanned bodily injuries in the service which deprived
YOU of the OF any of your limbs you entitled
once in every five years to artificial limb APP
pliance, communication therefor. Application
should be made direct to the SurgeOn-General of
the Army in this city, attorneys cannot be rec
Ognized in such cases Any disability which is
equivalent to the loss of hand foot is rated 1T
SIS month.
\. J., SPRING HILL, IowA.-No law has been
enacted granting 800 additional bounty; in fact,
the only law granting additional bounty was passed
July -, 1866. A bill to equalize bounties was in
trOduccd in last Congress, but did not pass either
Senate or House OF Representatives.
MI. N, SCRANTON, Pa" Can soldier get his dis
charge who wounded and turlOughed home and
did not return? l understand that the furlOugh
was not dated when to return A. He cannot, I'M
less ne prove by his attending physician that at the
date Of the expiration of his Through (Which
certainly granted for some definite period TO the
date of muster-Out of his command he was wholly
unable to travel and reOin his command, report
in person to the nearest military station of the
United States.
STANFORD, VT-The widow OF a soldier f0rfeits
her pension by re-marriage. and the pension then
deScends to her children by her first husband who
are under sixteen years of age when she remarries,
to continue from the date of her re-narriage until
the children respectively attain the age of sixteen
years. If the second husband should die of disease
which had its origin in the service and in line of
duty, his widow will be entitled TO pension on his
account, to continue during her widowhO0d.
A. B. E., ROCHESTER. \. Yin the case sou refer
to- the widow of deceased soldier drew with the back
pay S75 the balance of the original bounty the SOL
dier himself having drawn the SO advance bounty
at time of muster-in. If the soldier left children
who We're under twenty-one years of age July %,
1866 they will be entitled jointly to the 800 ddi-
tiOnal bounty when the time for paying same shall
have been extended. If no such children survive,
then the parents of the soldier will have title the
additional bounty. The additional bounty provided
by the OF July 2S 1866, does not descend 10 any
other heirs than those named.
G. P, WILMINGTON, DEL.-The mere fact of a
man being over the age he stated when enlisting
will not initiate against his obtaining pension,
provided he is otherwise entitled.
-. Rernnining answers next week.