The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-05
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions on Variety OF Interesting
Subjects.

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Subjects.
To Correspondents.-Wr rite questions on a sep
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ton will be paid to communications that are not
accompanied with fun name and address of writer
Our readers requested to inclose q stamp for |
reply to their inquiTies-I
Il. II. H., Bloomfield Io,ca-AH appeals from de-
cisions OF Commissioners of Pensions should be adj
dressed and sent direct 10 the Honorable Secretary
of the Interior.
EEG G., Lincoln, Eeb.-The second dram was the
proclamation of the President of March Ii, 1861 for
200, 900 men.
C. C. O., Pueblo, Cot, desires to know the date
and the object of the organization Of the Veteran
C) was authorized by General Order lUo. War
Department, April 20, 1853 and the object was to /
form into companies and hattalions such officers
and men who from wounds received or dieSeass I
contracted in line OF duty unfit for field duty
but capable of effective garrison other light
duty The corps was organized and relieved |
many able-boded soldiers who were engaged in |
garrison and other duties, thus enabling the latter
to be sent to the 'front.' and which added materially
to the strength of our army IL is not reproaeh /
10 have been member of the invalid corps, be-
cause Lone but meritoTious and deserving soldiers
who had already been disabled in the defense OF
their country were selected.
A Subscriber, Mooresrile and ~ r. g. Dayto7s !
Oreg.-The third and lat instaiiment OF the Farra-
gut prize money has been ready for settlement for
the past ten years more, and will be pail when
ever Congress shall make an appropriation for |
such payment The Supreme Court has nothing |
to de with the matter. If Congress viii appropri
ate funds for the payment of these claims they viii
be liquidated.
c. r. Philadelphia Pa and J. L. F. Bridgeport
Conn.-We are informed by the Surgeon General
that the appropriation out OF which mechanical
appliances for surgical defoFmities furnished
Is so nearly exhausted that he cannot continue to
furnish elastic stockings bantiages for vaTeose
veins varieoeele. DC Heretofore. such apparatus
haz ail11a
but the limited funds at his disposal necessitates
O rigid economy in its expenditure; hence the
Department is constrained To decline further issues
Of SAID articles. You may be entitled 70 eommuta-
ton for loss of of limb the facts relative to
which you can ascertain by writing TO the Surgeon
General, U. ;. "A.
after his claim has been allowed and his certificate
issued, but before he signed his first voucher and
leaves no widow or children under the age of six
teen years, but leaves children over that age,
is his heir entitled to the of pension? An
sicer No, except claim for reimbursement to
the party who bore the expenses OF the last illness
and burial of the deceased soldier providing he
did not leave sufficient assets 70 the same.
The same IS true in the soldier died after
ecutng his vouchers and prior to the issuance OF
the CHECK IN payment.
c. II L., 81 JohssriUe ~ Y-The equalization
of bounty pil passed Congress but once, in ls75.
General Grant killed it. See this column, April 3,
1854, for particulars
HoleeH Hich.-The mother cannot now apply
for pension for the period between her sons death
and the date OF her remarriage because pensions
under applications filed since June 90 1850 csn
only commence from date OF fling the claim, and
no back pension can be allowed. Had she applied
prior to July l. 1880, she would have been entitled
to pension for the period mentioned
L. D. F.. RidgesLls Corners. Ohio.-Grant and
/ Sherman both held the rank of General o. ;. A,
/ the pay of which was Sl3, $50 year. They both
| drew the same pay.
| H. w. May Eey ohfo.-1 For enlistments in vol
unteers, in November and December, 1853 for two
to old organizations, three years eDlissments, 500;
| for enlistments for i've years in Regular army,
$780, The first class mentioned was entitled TO adj
ditional bounty OF 500, if claim therefor was fled
| prior to July /, 1880 2 A soldier discharged IN
/ October, 1855, probably received all bounty due
/ him.
| F. g., Yorkshire ~ Y-Under recent ruling the
rates for ruptures, loss of eye and partial deaf
ness have been increased You viii observe
by the following circular that attorney can
render you no service whatever, and you should,
therefore, pay attention TO circulars sent you
from parties who claim that they assist you,
because attorneys are not recognized In such cases
and entitled 70 no fee.
! DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
| PESsIoS OFFICE. WASHINGTON, d. c., May :, 1884.
The following regulations prescribed for the
purpose of carrying into effect speedily pos
sible, the provisions of the decision Of the Hon.
Secretary OF the Interior, made upon the recon-
| mendation of the Commissioner of Pensions, dated
April 3. 1884 revising the Office rates of pension,
according to rank for hernia, loss of one eye, and
deafness.
As the decision has Immediate effect upon such
admitted have been adJudicaEed st the
rates heretofore provided, formal application by
the beneficiary u necessary other than to forward
to the Commissioner of Pensions the pension certi-
cate. accompanied By a letter IN the handwriting
or the pensioner, stating his post-ofiee address.
As soon as possible after the receipt of the PEN
sion certificate aforesaid, the Commissioner viii
reissue TO the pensoner new certificate, and for
ward the same TO the pension agent directing pay
ment to be made in accordance with the rates.
The intervention OF an agent or attorney, in such
admitted cases as are affected by the aforesaid
nized. VIZ. W. DUDLEY,
Approved; Commissioners.
Secretary Of the Interior.
xYz, Peekhdrn, London, Eaeland-i No fur.
Their bounty due for either enlistment. 2. To APP
peal rejected pension claim write letter. stating
all the facts in the shape Of argument and that
you desire to appeal from the decision Of the Gem
missioner OF Pensions, address and send direct to
the Hon. Secretary of the Interior, Washington,
D. c.
Subscriber Davenport Iosca.-In claims fer dis
ease OF the eye or any other disease, 1t must DC
shown in every that The disability alleged has
continuously existed each year since discharge
also the degree of disability thereirom, year by
year, from discharge TO the present tne and
without such testimony the claim viii not be favor
ably considered
R. D. s. Santa Barbara, CaL-As you received an
artificial leg IN December. ISL, you were entitled
to another one Communication therefor in De-
cember, lSS2. IF you did not receive 1t you can
wait until December 1857 and then get an order
for the other period, or in any way you desire to
arrange the matter. After having regularly ap-
piled for and received an artificial limb, com
mutation therefor, pensioner does not lose his
| subsequent rights thereto by not applying at the
end Of tive years. lie can let II accumulate If be
| chooses, and at the end OF ten years draw two
! limbs or two communications or one Of each; and
the same rule will apply 70 a longer period
GLE E., Salem Orea.-eieneraI Grant In 1882 and
| was on frontier duty al Columbia Barracks and
Fort Vancouver, Greg In August, 1883 he was
| captain and duty at Fort Humboldt, Cal
| He resigned July 81 1854, and was out OF seryies
until the of the rebellion.
e. ~, Warsat0. n. T.. submits the following
Does a commissioned officer. "a non-eonunis
| stoned officer, who has lost leg or an arm Oh
received other disabilities equivalent 10 1t, draw
any greater pension than private who has lost
leg otherwise disabled as above stated
If SO, how much more2 In other words, do they
draw according to rank? AIaS,ceT. For loss Of les
above the knee arm above the elbow, all officer
and enlisted men would draw the same, VIZ. $50
but for loss of leg below the knee arm below
the elbow, major would get 50 and lieutenant
colonel officer OF higher rank would get $50
which Is total pension for their grades. All officer
below the rank of major and all enlisted mel
would get SCI. Officers draw according to rank
providing their disability is total or less.
A. H. CON w. Scots5urg n Y asks: VIVA
bounty is man entitled to who served in the Reg
ular ARMY. From October l. 1886, TO October
1861 g From June5, 1868. To June 5, 1868. 3. From
June s. 1865, TO February 8, 1862 Insurer. Si0a
for his second enlistment, and additional bount,
OF $780, If claim therefor flied prior to july
1880 No bounty due for first or third enlistments
W. g. Gilmore Ohto.-we cannot answer an,
questions 10 bounty unless all the facts given