The National tribune., 1882-09-23
Answers to Correspondents.

j. w., Tilmington De-. Paymasters Potter
and Smith are the only members of the Pay
Department to be retired before 1884.
WinamGc, Ind.-No, to both questions.
M T., AUent0cn d.-We understand there
are institutions of the kind at Mansfield and
Hartford, Pa, and the better plan would be to
address the respective superintendent.
JE. s., Vienna, IU-We think you will find
in last weeks TRIBUNE the information de-
sired. If not, write us again.
II. N. s., Gor8uch, lfd-The $50 cannot be
collected If you had been entitled, it would
have been paid at the time you received the
suspended instalments of bounty.
A. II G., NiddIetown Springs, vi. Yes. ?.
The Pension Office, as a rule, acknowledges the
receipt of evidence, but not Immediately upon its
receipt. 3. Calls are now being made on the War
Department in invalid claims numbering from
$4,000 to 100000, but evidence is not being
called for in claims numbering above 10000
j. ", H., Orient, Topa-1. You will probably
hear whether the testimony last filed is salts
factory or not in the course of a few weeks
3 No.
NJ, Lisbon.-1. The object in calling up"
claim is to obtain early action. Your evidence
as you say, may be "all in," but whether it IS
or is not satisfactory can only be determined
when the Pension Office takes it up for consid-
Grafton. 2. See reply to \. II. G..
H. p K-The parties named are practicins
before the Departments. We cannot advise on
the other point, not being familiar with the
case.
C. L. F., BrGro, lTch.-The coins you speak
of were quite numerous during the war, and
were current by suflerance, but not coined by
authority. They were simply ysouycnirs-somc-
thing given to serve as a remembrance.
E.JU'., Parting, n. Y.-If your children were
under sixteen years Of age at the time OF your
husbands DEATH you were entitled to an addl-
tional two dollars per month for each child
from date of death of soldier until they sever
ally attained the age OF sixteen.
L. 4. H., BioomingdaIe Mjcb.-Blank sent by
mail as requested. No charge.
Il. C. C., Franklin, Tenn. - Depends entirely
upon the number of the claim and whether
the testimony is satisfactory.
A. ". Chcsaning Micb-If on pleasure fur
IOuSil, llc NOuiu NOT w ASdl NIu tS A''N ms pNN'i
in the line of duty.
H. T., CrcSton, Iowa-1. We cannot say as to
bounty without dates of enlistment and dis
charge =. No arrears are allowed in claims
for pension filed now.
G. C., SagIta,o City, Mich-You should get
your attorney to inquire the cause of delay.
We could not possibly say what the trouble is.
j. C., Seymour, IOlra.-You might obtain them
at q large secondhand bookstore. Sorry we
cannot say definitely.
". j. ", GIeRS Falls, N IA bill passed the
House last session, which, if it becomes a law,
will afford relief in similar cases to yours. 1t
is now pending in the Senate. We quite agree
with you that these claims for services as COM
missonea officers, prior to actual muster. should
be paid provided the delay in mastering was
through no fault of the officer.
G. " B., Seymour, Conn.,. If the application
for increase was based upon the disability for
which you now draw pension, and you have
been examined, you may expect to hear the
result in the course of u few weeks. >. There
arc several posts of the c. A. H. at Washington
To which do you refer?
a#s Remaining answers next week
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nature in each issue of our paper While we chrcrul
furnish Information to subscribers in this column,
suCcst that much labor time, and expense hc sawed
both 10 ourselves and correspondents, IL NIL sub
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time, turn to the lc and probably anu the
inquiry answered about which they would have written
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