The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-02-11
Answers to Correspondents

Answers to Correspondents
We are obliged to answer certain INQUIRIES of H.
nature In each issue of our paper While we obeefn
furnish Information to subscribers in this colura
suggest that much labor, time and expense MAJ, 49,
both TO ourselves and to our correspondents IF tho
and other subscribers would keep a file or FL 80.
They could theH at any time to the file and n-ah
by find the very inquiry answered about which tbav
would have written to We trust that each and a
subscriber will profit by this suggestion WY
L. j. h. PORTLAND MICH-Noyv is fro finn -
petition for passage of eouaI;zot;o s tiic .lLe 20
ana, In ADDITION TO signing a netifion 70 Cs III
every person interested should write to his o. 49,
senator ana Representative asking that thu -
letters. ''"Se 'heh with
G. n, MARsHALLTOwN Iow,I,
week S issue shall give a d.! our next
corps and army badge in use dprilP tI oI eacn
or adopted since. 'iie late war
Fl. B. NICK, TowANDA.-See section ,,,-
vsed Statutes United States 4'+'' ne
SCOTT, INCOME, OHIo.-You sbou,d ,
to ascertain whereabouts of surgeon in ch nuea'O[
hospital where You received treatment large Oh
tOrney can instruct you how to proceed iour al
c. D. S., HILLsBoRoUGH, KY.-The present c0r,
missioner prefers the evidence to be filed in I'M
where it be done without too great delav SnaP
course saves time. If substantially all the tot;
mOny is in hand the attoSneys generally file it.
?. F., FORTyILLE, IND.-We cannot advise or
person having means to live without a Goyernran,
clerkship to apply for Such situations are nm.
certain the best and the salaries paid are not b
any means a bonanza Pension claims cannot ba
made special except it is shown to the satisfaction
of the Commissioner that the applicant is really in
immediate need and suffering for necessaries.
A. F., RUSSELL, KAN.-If the "arrears act il
repealed all claims filed under its provisions would
probably be barred far as pension prior to dates
of filing respectively is concerned; and to be con-
sistent payments made under it should be required
to be refunded to the Government.
L. R., Two RIVERS, WIs.-Whether pensloner
can be required to work on the roads or pay poll
tax depends altogether on your State law.
p. Sit is impossible to state how many pension
claims per day are settled. Over 5000 cases were
disposed of during the month of December. They
not settled in numerical order, but according TO
date of completion.
o. H. Nice, LONG ISLAND, KAN-You have re-
ceived all the bounty provided by existing laws
If the bill to equaze bounties passes you will be-
come entitled to 500 more.
II. H. B., JUNIATA, Nerve know nothing of
the standing before the Departments of the firm
you mention The word clint which appears in
lower left hand corner of Pension Office comnuni-
cations is contraction for claimant. The official
signature is to the right of it.
W. H., BoNITo, KAs.-Call upon the Adiutant-
General of the Army for his report touching mill
tary service of the soldier is almost the first steps
taken by the Pension Office in the claim
J. Fl. NJ, CHERRY GROVE, VA-Pension agents
political appointments and require strong niH-
ence, and the successful applicant must be able TO
give bond all the way from $4,000 upward accord
ing to disbursements he would have to make. 2
Papers filed in the Departments belong TO the Gov
eminent records and cannot be withdrawn. 3. We
cannot advise yoa to the standing of the parties
Lo-.o IL ol4
acres there is warrant for 120 acres more coming.
c. c., BUNCOMBE ILLs.-It would be impossible
to furnish any information to number of claims
that would be OF value, cases are not necessarily
taken up in numerical order
E. III. E., ROCHDALE IND.-It takes from four to
six months from date of filing last proofs for the
Department to reach case for examination. For
ratings see THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for January
18th. The settlement of bounty claims is long
ways in 1t takes two or three years some
times longer, to reach adjudication. We cannot
inform you to the standing of the parties referred
to.
T. P, RUTLAND. VT.-YOur claim should have
been reached by this time. We suggest that you
write to your attorney and have it called up.
The present postofice addresses of the following
named persons are desired by subscribers to The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE Any one able to give infor-
nation touching their whereabouts will confer
favor by corresponding with us:
l. Any of the commissioned officers or men of Com
pany L. Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry.
p Men who served on the sloop of-war Dale and
gunbOat Somerset in Florida in 1923; or of any
men whe were in the hospital at Key West Fla.
or any who know of those who were there; or
men on board frigate Wabash off Charleston, S.
c.; ironclad monitor Patapsco at Wausaw Sound,
Savannah, Ga; gunbeat Seneca at Fort Fisher
and Cape Fear River expedition.
s. Simon Herger Company c, One Hundred and
Twenty-secOnd Ohio Infantry.
4. Lieut.. P Calow, late Q. N. Eighty-secOnd Pa
vols.
5. Lieut.. McAlster, company D. First Mimi. heavy
artillery.
8. William II. True, surgeon Twentieth Maine in
fantry, or of Abner o. Shaw, same regiment
7. DR.. Francis, in charge of small pox hospital at
Nashville, Tenn, in 1864; Also of Captain J. c.
Hervey of company A, Ninth Indiana cavalry.
8. Levi Smith, captain of Company D, Ninety-sxth
New York vols. Last heard from in 1869, at
which time he was in Walla Walla, Washington
Territory, in poor health, and contemplating go
ing to Nevada.
e. Remaining answers next week
ANNIVERSARY OF FORT DONEISON,