The National tribune., 1883-10-11

taken in a claim; Il wiz be finally acted upon
whenever it reaches that stage Of its progress as
VIII justify such action.
G.. s., SgbinsriTIs, Pa.-Your claim was rejected
under section 47I5 Revised Statutes which provides
that :" No money en- account Of pension shall be
paid to any person TO the widow children or
heirs OF any deceased person. VINO IN anu 1Ggt7ser
voluntarily engaged IN, or aided abetted the
late rebellion against the authority Of the United
States" and your claim must stand rejected YOar
motives for leaving your comrades IN prison and
serving yOur cslptoFs dislOyaI though no
doubt you were prompted thereto by hunger and
bad treatment but you must abide the penalty pro-
vided as above.
A w., Trenton, Ko.-You have received all the
bounty 10 which you are entitled under the law
}. J. y, TsrBliIIion IR-'Fhe weekly statement
on our fourth page Of pension certificates issued
showing arrears, o, does nct mean that claims
nave been allowed thai eall Tor arrears bat that no
arrears claims have been allowed What Is meant
oy arrears claims is this The old law ia force prior
TO january % 1879, Section f09 Revised Ssatutesl
provided that ali claims for pension must be fled
Nit9in I'VE years nom date Of discharge or death
OF the soldier, 70 entite claimant to draw pension
rom date Of discharge, etc. otherwise pension
could only commence from the date when the lass
evidence necessary to establish the claim was fled
For instance, if q soldier. discharged in 1855 neg
leeted TO lie his claim until 1871 and completed
his claim, say IN 1874. under the old law he could
only be pensioned from 1874. This law was
amended January D, 1872 so that ali claims fled
prior to July 1850, should date back to discharge
ETC.; consequently, the soldier whose case we
have cited WAS entitled to arrears from date Of
discharge UP TO 1874, when his claim commenced
under the old law. There were a great many PEN
sloners on the rolls January .. 1879 whose PEN
sIonS had commenced at various dates prior TO
1873, and each thus became entitled 10 arrears
and all such have been paid. with very few ex-
ceptlons consequently, IL Is only occasionally that
an arrears claim comes up for action as they have
about ali been disposed OF. All claims that were
filed prior to July 1880 draw from discharge etc.
but only those flied prior TO january D. I879 are
called arrears claims.
g. B., Toledo, OhiO-The only resource Won now
have Is to make a formal application for increase
and 1t seems useless for you to do so at present.
You viii have to accept your present rating for
awhile, then apply for increase, and take your
chances.
d. B., IJion, y. Y-You are probably entitled to
increase. The only way to determine the question
IS Tor you to apply. The result of the medical
animation vii govern the rate you should receive.
Nothing venture, nothing have, you know.
L. K, Ciersland OHiO.-You are entitled to take
up q soldiers homestead, and eighteen months
the time you served IN the array viii be deducted
iroIn the hve years residence required by law.
J. A. and J. r, HtGn1tia. Kan.-While we are
willing to accommodate our many readers TO a
reasonable extent do not feel justified in pub
fishing communications wherein this or that indi-
or where the subject-atter Is OF no possible inter-
est to anyone but the writer himself. Again COM
munIcatiOnS written both sides of the paper we
cannot use under any circumstances.
J. g., Iadiand.-Claims for increase are usually
acted upon very soon alter application has been
nied- There Is specified time that eiapses be-
tween receipt of application and action thereon
Under the rules of the Office there should be nc
pereepdole delay.