The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-04-05
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions Variety OF Interesting
Subjects

OUR CORRESPONDE
Replies to Questions Variety OF Interesting
Subjects.
H. c. s. Scranton Pa.--You should apply to the
Register of the Land Office in the State Territory
where you desire to enter public land. Such Oil
Ger will answer any inquiries you desire to make.
JR A. Ne,Uton Rdn.--lst You cannot procure
exact duplicate of your first discharge, but you
can obtain certificate of honorable discharge,
which will probably answer your purpose. 1t VIII
be made out under the name you served under.
The War Department cannot substitute any name
therein, but must go by the records. I'd. Your
pension claim appears TO be in good shape; when
it will be allowed, or how much you will receive,
are matters beyond our knowledge. We are but
mortal, and cannot therefore, penetrate the future.
J. j. ANY honorably discharged soldier or
sailor from the army of the United States is eligible
for membership in the g. A. r. If a person took
up arms against his Government, he would not be
eligible. The @. A. K. IS composed OF the defenders
OF the Republic not its enemies and t0ydltg to the
Government is one OF its essentials.
G.. d. h, Bethel, Conn.-1st. If you should be in
creased to S1S you will be entitled to sd I'd. If
claim for increase Is rejected, the claimant Is i'm
medately notified of the fact. Sd. There is no
law 10 punish a man for calling an honorabiy-
discharged soldier aIfraad.' The aggrieved party
might bring suit Tor SANDER.
FM H, Commerce The qualifications of clerk
in the Pension Office aresetiicency, accuracy, and
a good moral character. apply To the Hon Seere-
tary OF the Interior.
Inquirer Moulton Io,ra!-The signs are fayora-
bic. Ais well that ends well.
c. " o., Serbia, N,K-Your claim for diarrhaa
appears to be in good shape. We presume you
have furnished testimony of neghbors covering
the period from 1865 to 1872 TIE claim for deaf
ness and disease of eyes appears to lack testimony
showing origin. We have not the inside history
of your case, therefore cannot tell you why you
are ordered for examination many times, but
we presume it is because OF the record showing You
discharged for disability other than that claimed
and this complexities the ease We think that the
claim will eventually be tavorably considered.
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complete are being acted upon Claims bearing
higher number than yours have been acted upon.
I'd Harold wa. hung with the other conspiratois,
Payne, Atzefott, and Mrs. Suratt. -
s. IT. s., Frd@eysbargh .Ohio.-Thereis no law nor
contemplated legislation TO pay tie soldiers OF late
the difference between greenbaekS and gold.
The Government did not promise nor was it
legally bound to pay IN gold. You cannot re-
cover.
j. T. ~. AHorney &c-1st An attorney should
endeayor to file such testimony in his judgment
may be necessary in ao5edace of the requirements,
the settlement OF the claim is thereby fastened.
3D. 1t is proper to note the back of each affidavit
4 the number OF the claim and name company and
| regiment of claimant. This insures proper dspo-
sitlon OF the papers, and prevents their being fled
| with some other claim.
T. ". H., Groton Y-1st. Ordinarily, a claim
passes through the hands of about twenty different
persons sometimes mOre) before the claimant
ceives s money I'd. AS to length of time required
| to grant claim, it depends entirely upon eircum-
/ stances No two claims are alike Some claims
are still pending that We're flied more than twenty
! years ago. Sd. We publish every week page /,
first column, the number of claims granted each
/ week, TO which refer YOU 9TH. Claims are
numbered according TO the dates when flied; the
4 lowest number comes first, but all claims are
being acted upon, it makes no difference the
nnmLer OF claim TO entitle 1t TO consideration.
| H. e. s., Golden, W-There is no reason in
equity or justice why officers and enlisted men of
| the C0t,tnteer army and their widows, orphans, or
dependent relatives should not all be pensioned
alike. The Commissioner OF Pensions, III his last
annual report recommend that volunteer officers
| and soldiers be placed upon the same footing as
regards pensions, urging as reason that they
were all drawn from aud returned to the same
! pursuits of civil life. Your views and ours are in
perfect harmony on this subject
F. c. H., lie Roy. Minn.-1 If pensioner dies of the
/ disease for which he was pensoned the widow tif
soldier was enlisted man is entitled to IS per
! month. The rate is fixed by law. Widows of
commissioned officers draw more, according to
the rank held by deceased when disability for
which pensioned was received. 2 Second wife
would be entitled. g. Pension would stop at his
DEATH il the pensoner died from disease, &c, not
contracted III the service.
S. D., Iton, N. I'm cur last issue we stated to
Town Soldier" that erery pensioner drawing SIS
whether wounded or disabled by disease) is enti-
tied 10 the increased rating OF ST This
US to be as plain az we can state it. The rank of
| the pensioner has nothing Whatever TO do with the
| matter The increase benefits : e0eTy pensioner -
drawing SIS or s2i
L. r. H.. Elmo, MOI The Pension Office is
often IN doubt to the correct post-otiiee address
| of claimant, hence, the attorney is called upon
ior q statement from claimant, over MS
ture, showing the same 2 The statement is of no
use except for the purpose above mentioned. g.
No one but the claimant can draw the pension
money and he gets it from the pension agent in
whose district he resides not from the Pension
| Office.
c. Il. L., Ma,,tou, MIch-Upton's Tactics are pub
lishsd by ID. Appleton & Co, L, 3 and Bond ST.
| n. Y. They can supply you.
Elizabeth J. c., Xetia IU.-It is intended that bin
to pension the survivors OF, the Mexican war, now
pending before Congress shall include the widows
of such: As to date OF her marriage, to include
her III the proposed benefits of the bill, cannot
now say, as the bill may be amended several times
The date will be fixed when the bin passes. There
is no doubt that the bill will eventually pass.
L. H., harrisburg, Pa.-You are not benefited by
the late act OF Congress increasing pensions, but
you can apply for increase III the usual way, e.,
by fling dec aration for increase.
r. z. G., AiH ViElage, Pa.-If the records of the
War Department do not show that you received
your injury in servceand in line of duty, and you
cannot furnish the TESTIMONY of an officer COM
RACES showing origin or same from personal
knowledge, your claim must stand rejected, as
pensions are not granted on statements OF claim
ants alone.
CHI, Presque Isle, Mel. No . Patterson
Park Hospital, Baltimore, Nd, was a U. S. gem
eral hospital. $50
f. L., Piainfeld IoiSa.-We do not understand
your questions. " hat DO you mean by taking n
claim before the Interior. land an agent taking
!, neere lne tension ONCE 10 you refer TO
special examination by a Special Examiner?
d. J. w., Running Water Dak.--The purpose of
the timber-cnlure acts of 1873 and 1873 is to pro-
mote the growth OF forest trees on the public lands.
ihey give the right to any settler, who has euti-
waited Tor two years much five in trees,
TO an elshty-acre homestead, or, II ten acres, to
homestead OF one hundred and sixty acres, and a
tree patent Tor his land is given him at the end of
three years instead of five The ices and commits
sions IN tinber-culture entries are about SIC.
Vetsran, National Military Home, Wis.-The SAL
AIRY OF the Commissioner OF Pensions is So 900 per
anin nun That of the two Deputy Commissioners,
$500 each.
TO insure replies, correspondents should give full
names ana post 0iaee addresses. Replies to inquiries
M he glyen either IN this column or by mail II reply
punished the initials only of the writer will he used.
ton.-Ed.l