The National tribune., 1884-02-21
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions on Variety Of IaterestIu
Subjects.

Subjects.
To eorrespondeats-write questions on a seper-
ate sheet OF paper give full name and address. and
Iaark it Correspondents Column" No attention
will be paid to unications that are not accom-
panied with full name and address OF writer.
r. A. w., North Henderson,. Hive DO not sup
pose it possible to pass bill eqGalizng bOunties
without some person raising a. objection to some
feature thereof. The intention of the bill is not 10
provide additional bounty 10 those who received
bounty for their services although some viii be
never received any tounty- A soldier no received
500 bounty his first enlistment and $50 veteran
bounty for his second enlistment ought 70 DC salts
fed; especially. when he compares his case with
that of a soldier who enlisted on the promise Of
sI0o bounty and, because he became broken down
by disease and had be discharged for disability
before he served his fun term received bounty
at all 1t IS such that the bill is intended TO
provide for. The equalization of bounty bin IS the
nearest approach to Just measure that we can
think of just now. IL VIII give TO every soldier
bounty at the rate of SIS per month or sI00 per
year. Those who have already received bounty
aggFegatng 500 for each year of their service ia
bounty and ali service i1cludeC] will have TO BE-
satisfied with what they have had and wait until
their less fortunate comrades have had the same
good fortune bestowed upon then thus eql.atiziag
the bounty.
a B., Manchester " IL There are pension
ers on the roll that have lost both legs some that
have lost both arms, and that have lost both
and leg. 2 Until claim therefor has
been filed pension will be allowed fer disability
that has not been alleged, although it may be
proved up and rated. g. 1t is usual for the exam
ming surgeon to report upon and rate all csstbI-
ties found to exist whether claimant alleges them
not so that, in the event of some future claim,
there is evidence of the soldiers condition as the
date of examination but pension is allowed only
for the disability claimed and its legitimate results.
direct result of disability alleged would be in
Guided in the rating for such disabiiity-that is in
ordinary cases. 4. Claims for increase dis
ability require the same class OF proof III original
claims.
w. c., Division. MOI. Claims are referred for
special examination where the testimony submit
ted in support thereof Is not up 10 the required
standard of proof, and yet they are not In such
condition to justify their immediate rejection
also claims where doubt appears to the justice
of the claim, or where conflicting false testimony
has apparently been submitted, etc. q The special
examiner visits the claimants neighberhood, and
| the different places where he may have resided
before and since the war, as may be necessary,
and examines the claimant and everybody that
is supposed to know or does know anything
about the merits of the claim, including the
claimant and the witnesses who have already
| testihed and when he has succeeded in deyei-
| oping all the facts, whether for or against the
claimant, he makes his report and submits all the
| testimony he has succeeded in obtaining TO the
| Pension Office, where the claim is finally acted
upon and allowed or rejected as deemed proper in
| view OF the facts shown. .. As to tie probable
| date when any claim III the hands OF special
examiner will be reached it is impossible TO state,
| owing to the accumulation of such claims. It may
be many months. See reply TO J. NJ 5, in our
| issue of January 10, 1881
J. p c., Farmer City. TH.-The pay of n pri-
vate soldier increased from Sli to Sf3 per
month August, 1861 and further increased to SIG
| May j, 1851
| " H. Haverly ~ Y-When you were dis
charged you received all the instalIinents of your
| veteran bounty which were due you at that time
| tS2Oo), and having been discharged for disability
mot toouadsl you were not entitled to the remain
ing installments You have received All the bounty
/ to which you We're entitled under the law.
| C. ". Hest Salem, Tis., aud w. z. p Doeter Greg
If the original application for any quantity Of land
less than 100 acres was filed prior 10 june % 1874
the settler can make an additional entry Of enough
| land which, added TO his original entry, will
| make l60 acres in all; but If original entry was
made subsequent to June %, 1871 the settler has
exhausted his right under the homestead laws.
| A. j. s., Shiloh, o., asks who were the first pris-
| oners that went into Tyler prison Camp Ford
Tcxas)? Perhaps some of our readers can inform
/ IN reply to question as to disposition of de-
ceased soldiers that were buried at thai place. we