The National tribune., 1883-03-01
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies 90 Questions Variety Of Interesting
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Subjects
| OId Kentucky Veteran. Jppcr Tygart Ey-Ist. IN
valid claims between Nos S&}, 500 30 OOD are be-
ing acted upcn daily, as well AZ claims of 81 higher
number If claim toned il pcte the cuinl-
| ant will probably hear from il soon. I'd The &iS
| rating Is proportiOnateiy divided to correspond
with the disability which may cntitle 1T to any sum
! per month less than SIS The rate for total elsa
/ hity for enlisted being - per month, if
pcnsoner il more than totally disabled he may be
rated at any sum betwe IS aud SIS. 3D. Where
the records do not show soldier treated for the di-a
| blty claimed, he is called upon to prove origin of
si'iile ny " oillSer or ,cohir.l"eS' ana treatment
therefor during service by regimental surgeon or
! other competent pCficGi testimony. In ordinary
cases where soldier claims on three disabilities and
one Is shown by record to have existed during
| ice, he would he called upon to prove the origin,
&c. OF the other two disabilities as above.
H. Noto.ais George T. Lemon this city
will attend to the matter tor you If sou wIite him.
giving full particulars.
y. r.. Ic)f, HarrGrd Eeb-Where the disability
is disease, it il necessary prove that it has
tInuous'y existed ccch year since discharge. Trs
timony showing your condition when You came
/ home from the army and tn wears Immediately
following Is of the most important STAGES III
your cn, as without proof OF ti;e fact the Pen
sion Office cannot assume that the disability that
has affected you during the past ten years con-
tracted during scrsiCe. Unless you show by
satisfactory proof that said disease existed from
date OF discharge up to ten years ago your claim
vii! remain pend nS for some time.
IT, j. H.. BeHsrjEc Obio.-Thn act of July 2s 1866
gave add tlonal bounty To men WHO cn!istc;tand
served for three years froa ArTi l9, ls6l The de-
cision of Supreme Court, referred to, applies only
to men who enlisted for three Years between May
4, 1SGI and July 22 1851. and discharged be-
fore two years service wi; hout having received dy
bounty. Your second enlistment WAS under act q +
July !, lS6l and men who enlisted uudcr that act
excluded from the benefits of the ad itiOnal
! bounty under act of July 2S, 1866.
Subscriber EiLsrOrih He.-If the testimony re
Gently filed material to thc of rciect II,
and we should think it would be, your claim Will
probably be reUpCned and you viii he ordered for
examination. You may expect to hear from it at
any time. We cannot predict any approximate
date it may be this week or several months hence.
As we are not the Pension Gt!ye cannot say
when 1t will act upon :: claim.
J. " s., Jacksonville, H.-Cair,s for increase are
generally acted upon very after application
therefor has been filed.
ii. w. C., Syracuse y y wants 10 know how 20
construct "a lying machine" We must confess
that We are little cut OF repair on this subject.
T. C., Ctstiefon, n, aid Snbscribcr, Clinton. III.
See reply to " C. C. in issue of February H. 1883
AMI 10 Subscriber this column. Calling up"
claim simply calls attention to the claim Fiji is
not ready for settlement W h-s called no" the
claimant. or hiS attorney, should DE notified of the
status of the claim very soon thereafter.
K. c. C.. NoshriHc, TenH.-A special examiner
does not adjust the claim" lie s.mpl obtains
all tn. testimony pos sii,e relating to the claim for
against, snd then sends the papers to the Pen
sion Office where they are acted upon Ivy the Board
OF Review. Action should he taken very after
pap, reach the Pension Office, and claimant or
his ait 'rlcy, notified ot the result.
D. H. Ctdar Idie EanS-rhe United states can
no, grant the riC!t ot way through the Indian Ter
ritory to any railroad without the 'nsent Of the
Iit ,:I,.- for whose exclusive the Territory
de- AID tI" "prrnvui of the President of the
United State Their are two railroads. now
ming tlrO;Igii. " .Ii,I clown any reliable
map. These two II irol!is are all that have any
rig''t To traverse amy portion OF the Territory.
r. l.. y. LHncsjoro' Pa.-Clams designated
special hy the Commissioner, either of the
DCpUty Commissioners. the Chief Clerk of the
Pension Office. aud are supposed to be desig
mated oHiH for good reasons such abect pow
erty, dire distress, fatal Illness of claimant, To
ward oil some threatened calamity, &c, by putting
claimant into pos> x ion of his pension money ut
the earliest possible DATE. The idea of special"
cases i To advance i'm settlement only those where
other claimants. ~hou,d they know all the facts
would not themselves object to such taking
precedence over Their own.
M H., BhHc NILS, Ky.-Tn your case the Govern
ment has the official record to sustain il III opposing
your claim. The certificate of disability, upon
which YOU were discharged from service, shows
that Your disability exist cd prior to enlistment and
you must admit that ii the Government cannot
trust its own records, what IS the use of them?
The Government knows moth ng about the record
in your ease being, as You say, erroneous. The
fact that il is there made by officer supposed to
know the facts, cOmpcs it to adhere to the action
taken ny rejecting your claim. Ii you can or have
furnished abundant testimony showing that you
sound NJ and prior to enlistment, no doubt
the Commissioner would order special examina-
ton of your claim and this would bring ont all the
facts You should request that claim be placed in
the hands OF special examiner.
d The 30th of May is not IA legal holiday
The matter up before Congress some years ago
but it failed to receive favorable action. The only
legal holidays January |, February %, July t.
and December .. There is no law to prevent any
firm from working its employees on Decoration
Day.
j. ". T., Loyes Cross Roads, Telm.-The Forty
eighth Congress, commencing March f. 1888, will
be composed follows: Republicans, 3S; Demo-
Gratis, So Mahonetcs, ,. House of Representatives:
Democrats 1871; Republicans, Il9; Mahoneitcs q;
Independents, s; Greenbackers, =; vacancies, .;
total }25. Democratic majority over Republicans,
70. HAM .p.tt.. ..V,,l ItNr Vlil
w. C. A., FtIton, Ind-lst pension check is
tho same any other check, and IL bank cashng
il can charge any amount It desires. There Is no
law upon the subject. You ought to be able to get
il ca hed at par through some business who
keeps account Mt the bank. 2d. No. you are
not obliged to send stamp. 3D. From 81 to SIS per
month IL is IL medical question, to be decided by
the examining surgeon.
IN B. Ramons Rans.--If you think injustice
was done you snouId apply for increase. The PEN
sion Office will disturb the rating i'll the origi
nal claim unless you can bring positive evidence 10
bear showing that you were rated too low. See
reply to w. Y. g. i'll our issue of january is last.
You are not perhaps, competent to decide as to
the disability resulting from your nelghbor 3
wound. Ii may be four times greater than yours.
C. s. B.. Cadiud, Mch.-Your claim we should
think, is somewhat weak on account of lack of
medical testimony showing treatment in service, or
after your discharge, but you have Tiled post
tive testimony of comrades and other persons as TO
the facts in your case we presume that your claim
will be avorably considered Sec reply to w. &. {.
i'll our issue of February 10 last.
w. L., GrubriHe, Mo-The pension laws do not
provide pension for mother on the ground that
her son died in the service, unless she can prove
that at the date of soldiers death she dependent
upon him for support. She would also have to
prove that her husband was, by reason of inrmity,
or some other cause, unable to and did not support
her Pensions not granted to parents for the
serrice of their sons, though they may have died in
service.
Y. Y T., HonesdaIe, Pa, wants to know whether
school teachers were exempted from draft during
the late war. They not School teachers
ought to make the very best kind of soldiers, as
from the fact that they teach the young idea how
to shoot it follows that they should be masters of
the art of shooting, which is very desirable ac-
compshmcH m a soldier.
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