The National tribune., 1883-11-08
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions on Variety Of interesting
Subjects

OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to QucstfoRs on Variety of interesting
Subjects.
N. s. Cameron, Mol. Under joint resolution OF
July 49, 1868 the Missouri State militia were placed
upon the same footing to pay and bounty as
other volunteers. They eligible to member
ship in the g. A. R., providing they were called
into active service and subject TO the orders of
United States general officers during che late
We have considered it our duty TO call the asteu-
ton of the Commissioner of Pensions the matter
referred to in your other letter. and it IS clearly
your duty to furnish such information you pos
sess in case You are called upon to do You
should not uphold any person in peTpetrat;ng a
fraud upon the Government
o. p s. Tell Gtfu I1d-The back pension or
bill expired June 30 1850; equently
claim filed after that date except claims by or in
behalf of insane persons and children under sixteen
years OF age. draw arrears but only from date
OF fling application Other matters will be replied
to soon.
s. b., Ia Foiie, Wis.-sueh claims are now barred
by statute, and party cannot recover.
Subscriber. Fagtsnd,ss PA peiisiener is rot
obliged 10 draw his pension every quarter. lie
may let 1t accumulate and not draw it for any
period less than three years IL he fails 70 draw for
three years he is dropped from the roll. and VIII
have to apply for restoration before he ear draw
again.
J. B. p. Pine Bluff. Ark-The One Hundred and
Thrty-eigbth United states eolored troops in
service. Captain Howard ShackeIford was off,
Ger of said regiment. We have not his address,
The members OF said regiment were allowed same
bounty as white troops.
A. B., Cherokee Iosuu-The law eoTnpeIs a con-
tintsotts residence upon and Improvement of the
homestead In your case, you served in the
army four years more, your title to your home
dence and Improvement -four years OF your
ice IN the army being equivalent to the period
OF settlemsnt2 If you do not occupy the land as
provided by law, you liable to forfeit your
rights thereto. Your sickness that Of your fam
lily viii not operate to protect you In case OF nom
occupancy OF the land
II. g., Dasoson, Feb--No pension is granted to
any person unless he shall make formal appiiea-
ton therefor. nor any soldier be discharged
and placed the pension roll unless he shall
make application therefor by executing deciara-
tien for pension and proving up the claim pro-
vided by law The psymaster does not pay PEN
sions, does the Pension Office furnish duplicate
in your name, nor will any pension be granted you
until sou shall apply for the same in the regular
way There has been FRAUD committed, but
there mas been neglect on your part IN not aP-
plying before. so TO entitle you arrears Reg
ular and volunteer soldiers have TO go through
the same process to obtain pension.
G.. d. s.. Springfield, Aass-A soldier that has lost
his discharge cannot obtain duplicate thereof be-
cause the Government has no copy OF the original
discharge, and has means of Knowing what
the original discharge contained or who signed il.
He can, however, obtain certificate of honorable
service and discharge as shown by the official re-
cords. and which be used TO Join the G. 4. z,
and for most any other purpose attorneys, fees
der desires such certificate write Us again giving
his name, company, and regiment and we will re-
fer him to reliable attorney, who Will procure the
document for him.
G. D.. Nereton, 3fass.-If you viii give Us your
full name company, and regiment OF first and sec
ond service, dates of both eIIistment5 and dis
charges, and amount of bounty paid YOU we will
endeayor TO inform you whether you entitled
to veteran other bounty. Your letter contains
no Information Whatever upon which to base de-
cision.
s., Binohanton, ~ Y-If you can furnish the
necessary testimony entitIc you pension Up to
1879, pension would be granted you for that time
and it might continue thereafter, depending, OF
course, upon the nature OF the disability, whether
1t now exists IN q pensionabie degree, &c.
JRS, AuiElG, Mo.-If an iAnlate of a hospital
WIS ordered 70 to take outdoor exercise he would
clearly be in line of duty while under such in
sructions, but if soldier applied for and received
pass for recreation, he would not be IN line of duty
while on such pass. A soldier is in line OF duty
generally whenever he is obeying the orders or
instructions of those having authority to issue
them.
j. s., junction Ciiy Ean-You are not entitled
to pension, because you not in either the army
navy, but a civilian employee of the Quarter
masters Department Ia regard to pay for seFv-
ices teanister, If you know the name of the
quarternlaster under whom you were employed,
and viii inform stating also the department.
IN winch you served and the months Tor which
You received no pay, we will advise you how to
proceed.
B. f. B., logan, Iorra.-. It is quite probate
that your witnesses testified in general way with
out being explicit in regard to facts See reply to
l.. r." October 25, 1850. You should furnish
testimony showing degree of disability ecch year
from friends neighbors. 2 1t will probably be
allowed. g. The claim will probably remain IN
acted upon until you furnish the testimony called
for 4. The firm is in good standing, we believe
we prefer not 70 express opinion in regard to
their responsibility or their manner of doing bus-
ness. s. You cannot take your claim ont of their
hands except for cause, such neglect for year
or more, &c.
A Subscriber Eafeld " Y-Fronn the facts stated
by you think the chances of success in the claim
good. After the special examiner has made
his report and the same has been received at me
Pension Office. the claim is usually acted upon at
In the cited the special examiner may
not be through with the claim as he may have
other witnesses to hunt up and examine and of
which the claimant knows nothing.
FITS Aifoa No.-You win have to await an
appropriation by Congress to pay your claim, be-
cause the funds out of which your claim must he
paid have been covered into the Treasury and It
takes act of Congress to get said funds again
| for one year cannot be used to pay Indebtedness
incurred in another year. Your claim viii he psid
out of funds that were appropriated during the war
and the unexpended balances OF which were long
ago returned to the Treasury.
j. s. B.. MaansuiUs Ky.-If You do not know
whether you received your bounty at discharge,
nent does not allow its records 20 be examined by
outsiders to ascertain whether soldier has claim
or not against IT. The fact that you received addt-
tiona bounty III 1861 is good evidence that there Is
| no more bounty due you.
| b. R. King City. KoR-You ask where did you
contract rheumatism 1t Is evident that it was
contracted in service for you state that you do
not remember 10 have suffered theFefrom in the
army. The Government will not allow yoH pen
sion for rheumatism unless you show origin Of
and treatment therefor prior your discharge. In
your case it viii be held that it originated since
| your discharge. rheumatism is not result OF
/ diarrhea, there is for you 10 charge it 10
\ TIna1a Sam because hp will D,ltu nav he hill
FL IT., Hest Epping, ~ HI. Billy BouleJs was
/ an Indian chief, who. with OsceOla, Tiger Tail and
others of less renown, fought against troops in
| the Seminole in Florida. After the was
ended, and the other survivors of the Semiao,es
and Creeks removed to the West where he
afterwards died 2. We Will try and publish what
/ you request at some future date. s. Certainly,
| deafness is an injury that prevents person from
performing some kinds of manual labor and hence
| is pensionabIe. 4. You right. There is 10