The National tribune., 1884-04-17

Replies to Questions ON Variety of Intcrsstin
Subjects


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First Brigade, Troy, n. T., asks whether a soldier
can get pension who contracted disease in the
array, and who can prove II oy comrades and
family physician, bat cannot procurethe testimony
OF army surgeon or commissioned ofcerg 4assrs7
This IS a issir specimen of the many vague cues
tioGs that propGunfled to US, and m which the
writer's omit 70 state the essential facts. We
only reply, in general way That Il depends apoa
the nature Of the disability whether there i hos
pia record OF the disability, and 10 what acts the
family physician testify especially. a. to the
date when his treatment of the soldier commenced.
j. B. and others. Poplar, GA soldier Drawing a
pension can take up 100 acres Of public lasl and It
VIII nos interfere with ais pension II any way.
T. T. 2, Brps4ton, " Y-If the courts have de-
eiared the second marriage null and void she
be restored to the pension roll.
z. f. j.. eouliesriie. IR.-The rate Of pension FOR
total blindness Of one eye, the other eye not Icing
affected, Is = per month.
G. B. G., Logan Groue Nsb-1 There IS not nor
has there been, aTy law passed granting land TO
soldiers OF the late rebellion 2 The equalization
Of bounty bill would give you the difference. be-
e"ee s2s PCT iioistl loi thS tiis aela'ty served
and the U. :. Bounty heretofore paid. Town county
State bounty will not be tIien into consid-
Grafton, 3. The matter Of land grants forfeited BY
certain railroads Is being iegsiated uFon. and no
rules or regulations have been made reIat5Se
thereto, is il definitely known hat lands ssi1l
be affected 4. The fee for obtaining plot Of a
tpNh9taP t1AAt5tASN AG%0tNe u the Il
Land Office is -.
j. C. B., Lake City, Kan.-'The army and navy
hospital at Hot Springs, Ark, has not yet been
completed, nor have any regulations governing
the admission Of patients thereto been published.
j. ~ c., FTestotca Fad-Under the Internal Rev
enue laws person can sell leaf tobacco nor rnaHu-
factuTe tobacco for sale, even though grown by
himself on his Own land. without taking oct a
license as dealer. lie can raise tobacco Tor his
use, bat il he sells it offers for sale he IS
amenabie to the law If he fails TO take out license
III. H. CieUelGad. Ohio.--1. In our opinion you are
justified in asking for increase. 2 No recon-
menaation fronl your board IS necessary.
simple application for increase is ell th8t is
required 3. The man Martin has nothing to do
with any claims except those that referred
him Tor special examination. T. Hospital steward
and private Tor any other enlisted mani are on the
footing regards rating for peTlsl0ss-on =
basis OF s for total disability s. " cannot say as
no description OF disability Is sufficient 70 enable
US to say how mueE any peHsiOner should receive
You mag De rated rs high $50, you may not be
increased at all 1t depends entirely upon the report
OF the examining surgeons
A. d., South Paris. As.-Tne amount due for cloth
ing not drawn ordinarily included Ia soldiers
" final statements and paid him By the pavInaster
when discharged. Unless there is some eaifuSxdt-
nary reason gwen Tor failure TO receive the amount
due You for clothing, we should advise you rot
TO incur the expense Of making such a claim be-
cause we 4a1l to see how you can prove 1t. The
records probably snow you paid IL full at dis
charge and that includes che amount due for cloth
ing How can yca prove that you were not 50
paid?
r. r., HIadsor, Help to and including June
30 1888, there had been se5. 10 applications FOR pen-
sion. of al classes fled and out OF that number
5l0.9s had been allowed. The statistics since that
date nave not been compiled, but there about
234,0O9 Claims pending.
~ H. IL g., BeL.aag, No.. states that while with
his company III 1854. he with other comrades were
sporting. by throwing watermelon Tinds at each
other: one eoinrssde became angry struck him wish
knife, and the wound thus inflicted neeessitated
the aInputason OF his arm. Pension has been aE-
piled for. and claim rejected the ground that ne
was not IN line OF duty. Our comTade thinks it
unjust 20 deny him pension, simply because an
other conlfade became angry ~ him and caused
the aInpGtat1on OF his arm. 4us1ceT. The pension
angry ana inIileted the wound, but because W. I'll.
III. e. was not IN line OF duty when il was Teceived
Throwing watermelon rinds, even Ia sport was
not part of q soldiers military duties hence ne
was not in line of dufy Had hse taep ENGAGED II,
any legitimate duty. and an unprovoked assault
been committed upon him whereby he was IN
jured, pension would have been granted him.
II has been decided thai soldier engaged IN vol
untary wrestling or seuiing i not IN ine OF duty,
and pension on account OF any disability so con-
traeted must be denied. Our comrades case IS one
equally out of the line Of duty, and he cannot be
pensioned under the law. The intent Of the law Is
that the performance OF duty must have relation to
the injury or disability received.
A. F. r.. GaFie5t Oaio SAYS he does not believe
the weekly report of pension certificates published
on our fourth page, and submits arguments TO show
that ne knows al about Il The report referred %
- ttttA GtStl the ZEN
sion Office, aud IS correct, believe. We have
reason TO believe otherwise. Our coEnr1ffe SAYS
it Is impossible for the board Of review allowing
them haii an hour TO each case, to dispose OF Zu
cases per day or 200 to 800 per week a. shown
IN our report. Tie board OF review consists Of
say, thirty-five members who each WORK six and
one-half hours per day; giving each member the
time allotted by correspondent, he could pass
upon thirteen cases each day, making total of
1o5 cases per day or 2,73D cases each week for the
board Our eonrade is little on il his state
ments. See reply to III. III. above.
Reckless Charlie, NarTaga1sets Per, 2 The
widow OF a soldier VINO WAS killed or who died in
the service OF disease or disability contracted in
Inc OF duty. IS entitled to the bounty he would
have been entitled 70 had he lived TO complete his
term OF service. The amount of bounty due de-
ponds upon the date when he enlisted, &c.
c. c., Ker5aouteiHe, Mich-.' Ohio in the War
contains history OF all the Ohio organizations
during the late rebellion. II was published by
MessrS. Moore, Niistaeh & Baldwin. No. > West
Fourth street. Cincinnati Ohio. 1t can also be OBJ
tanned at No 60 Walker street, New York city
~ c. E. Vest Gran5s Coan.-The ACiiutant-
General IS called upon in every claim for pension
for report showing the sol1iers military history
as appears upon record ii the War Department,
and whether said records afford any evidence OF
the claimant having been wounded injured or
contracted disease alleged This report takes
several months usually owing to the multitude
of claims on file This Is all the Adjutant-a General
has TO do with a pension claim
s. E., Fremont, Io,ca-1. Please see reply TO First
Brigade. 2 Claimants do not have to wait for the
special examiner unless their claims are in his
hands. In the latter each must wait his furn
Special examiners only have claims OF 2 doubtful
character that are specially referred 10 them for
investigation. There is a special examiner In
nearly every district in States 3. Claims of
officers of eolored regiments adiudicated IN
the Southern Division of the Pension Office
G. w. p. WahpetoIs, Ddl asks if there is a Ilathe-
NAUTICAL rule to tell the distance from any given
point to an object as far the eye can see and
what il Is A5lsJUer. Ii be done by means Of
an instrument that measures angles. such
length made from the point where the observer
stands is first measured off and then, by triamsti
latiOn from each end of the base line the distance
to the object Is easily ascertained. BY the same
method the height of any object be deter
mined fou viii find the rules for triangulation
IN any work on trigonometry.
d. s.. Monticello Iotra-A soldiers widow and
minor children are entitled to pension if his death
was due to the service and in line Of duty without
If married since the widow is entitled the same
as if married before during the war. The date
OF marriage does not enter into the question at ALL
G. A. r., Harrison, M-For your enlistment
made August l, 1852, for three years you were
titled to- and probably received 500 bounty. You
also received 500 additional bounty, Tact of July
% 1867 making 500 in all. Your actual service
from August /, 1862, to July 20, 1865 was nearly
thirty-tive months, which, at the rate of s. 80 per
month, amounts TO about $3.50 Deduct bounty
already received and there remains, say $50 due
you in the bill to equaIize bounties shall
pass in the shape ii introduced. We do not
know what amendments, if any, win be made to
the bill, nor how it will pass. If at all.
S. s., Vest Troy, ". Y-Your pension ceased in
january, 1882, because the examining surgeons re-
ported that you were not disabled at that date To
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