The National tribune., 1882-05-27
Answers to Correspondents.


We are obliged to answer certain inquiries of the
sam. nature in each issue of our paper. While we
cheerfully furnish information to subscribers In this
column, we suggest that much labor, time, and eX-
pense may be saved both to ourselves and to our
correspondents if the latter and other subscribers
would keep file of the paper They coald then,
at any time, turn to the file and probably find the
very inquiry answered about which they would
have written to us. We trust that each and every
subscriber will profit by this suggestion.
A. H. LATHAM, HINsDALE n. H.-The re-
Pension Office very shortly after your exami-
nation, and the result would be made known
without much delay.
W. H. Med, NORFOLK, n. Y.-We have no
doubt about the passage of the bill if it can be
reached
TIP, JoHNsTowN, N. Y.-We cannot give
the desired information, and know of no way
in which it tcoud be obtained, except from your
attorney.
W. II. K, MIFFLINTowN, PA.-The official
who issued your license could tell you. There
may or may not be some local law connected
with the question, and with which we are not
familiar.
A. II. H., LYNDoNvILLE, Vino award was
made to the brig Boxer" during the Mexican
war; Nothing further in the way Of prize
money due you, according to the official report
received.
r. A. W., LANCASTER, WIs.-See reply to E.
Corselius and Enos W., in our last issue.
= FRANK ALLoR, NATION, MIcH.-Unless you
can tell with some degree of certainty the COM
pany and regiment in which your brother
served, we cannot help you.
w. Il. H., OGDEN CENTRE MICH.-Every-
thing that takes place in Congress concerning
the interests of the soldier will be found in our
columns.
NED, GAYLORD, MICH, AND oTHERs.-See
reply to Il. A. W., in this number.
VETERAN, SEBEwA, M1CH.-When the Com
missioner makes n case especial" calls on the
Adjutant-Ge and Surgeon-General are
made ut once. Evidence also in a special case,
is considered and acted upon without delay,
and the claim is passed upon as soon as the
sioner reject the case, an appeal can be taken
to the Secretary of the Interior.
NJ. NJ NJ, SPRAGUEvILLE, lathe attorney
to whom you advised your soldier friends to
apply, is reputable and competent. We do not
quite comprehend the nature of the services
performed by the person who travelled through
your region to "nullify pensions at So per
head" Please explain. Thanks for your
opinion of THE TRIBUNE.
W. j. F., THORNTON, MICH.-The bill for the
removal Of desertion charges, in certain cases,
was printed in ours of the 18th ult. 1t has
passed the House. and is now pending in the
Senate We do not think you will be benefited
by its enactment.
JIM, AUBURN.--If the disability from which
he now suffers was contracted in the service
and line of duty, and it incapacitates him at
least one-eighth from performing manual
labor, he is entitled to pension.
MASON, WARSAW, n. Y.-See reply to Ned,
this number. The parties you name are not
subscribers.
NJ. KosHLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, Call. 1t
all depends upon the circumstances under
which you " left " your first service. A careful
reading ofthe bill published in ours of the 10Th
ult. will enable you to form a fair opinion as to
whether you would be relieved or not by its
passage. q You should express your sense of
neglect by casting your vote at the next cleo
tion against those officials who fail to make a
fair division of the offices, and who seem to
ignore the soldier element.
PETER Fox, NEwAYGo.-If you have COM
pleted your claim by furnishing all the neces-
sary testimony, it is now. according to its num-
Der, in process of adjudication, and a decision
ought to be rendered without much further
delay.
Z. F. H., DAYTON, O.-1. Your attorney
should be able to inform you of cause 2. See
reply to Pat, Camden, Me-, in ours of 18th inst
SUB, DAYTON, O.-See transcript of Hon. ].
I. Updegraf's bill in ours of the 9th instant.
No similar measure has passed. See also reply
to IL. A. H. in THE TRIBUNE of 1st ult.
B. f. G., WINNEBAGo, MIMI. A soldier
can make entry by agent, but the law requires
him to move upon the land within six months.
z Yes. B. No-except by purchase.
S. c. P, WHITE PLAINS, N. VI IF the
widow is simply completing her husbands
claim, 1t will retain its position as in progress
OF adjudication, according to its number. .. If
the Comptroller has affirmed the decision of the
Auditor, there would appear to be no remedy.
l.. w. H., GowEN, PA.-Under present rulings
you cannot collect your pay, &c, until the
charges are removed. See reply to III. Kosh-
land in this number.
WM T., LAFAYETTE, MICH.-Your attorney
should request the office to inform him of cause
of delay. Claims for invalid pensions num-
bered as high as 100000 are now in progress of
adjudication, and there must be some difficulty
about your case which causes the delay.
MARION s., FOREST HOME, lathe party
named is an attorney, practising in this city.