The National tribune., 1884-12-25
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies TO Questions on Variety Of Interesting
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| reply to their inquiries.
| q. ". H.. VanderbHt, Mich-Where was Malvern
| Hills how far from Richmond? AnSlrer Malvern
Hill is within ti!e tie left bank of the James
River southeast from Richmond, about Is miles
by the New Market road.
Corporal Blank, Racine, Wis.-Who is responsible
Tor the phrase to the vietors belong the spoils
AHSmer. William l.. Marcy. who was Senator from
New York. In speech in the SENATE he said
They see nothing wrong in the rule that TO the
victors belong the spoiS of the enemy"
Browns Body is an old Methodist camp meeting
tune. The words were adapted to it by Boston
Glee Club in 1861, and Massachusetts regiment
made them famous by singing them at Fort Warren
III 1861 as they went marching on"
~. b., Camden, " J.-If the record simply shows
you wounded" etc, but does not state what part
OF the body was wounded, evidence from officer
or two comrades will no doabt be insisted upon, in
order TO SHOW the location OF the wound. The record
wounded" might refer to a mere flesh wound the
scar of which has been obliterated by time and
not to the wound which YOU claim pension ON
the principle that record of sick de-
bity Is of no particular value in claim based
upon rheumatism some other specific disease.
such record neither indicates the nature of the
wound or disease nor does Ii afford any clue by
| which it can be determined, whether it was in
cident to line of duty.
j. H., McReesport Pal If a soldier gets PEN
sion by special act of Congress- is he entitled to
arrears of pension? 1 applied for pension two
years ago. If my claim is passed by Congress- will
L get pension from date of application? 2. If a
soldier marries after the war and dies is his widow
entitled to pension, and now much? Ansuer l.
No. Pensions by special act of Congress COM
mence only from the date the act is approved by
the President: 2 Yes, providing death of soldier
was caused by wounds, injuries or disease con-
tracted i'll service and line of duty. Date of mar
| rage of soldier has nothing TO do with determining
the right OF the widow to pension; s. per month Is
| the pension for widow of an enlisted man.
| II. j. o. Holly, Mich.-I have always drawn pen
sion since the war. applied about year ago for
| increase on net0 disability. VIII pension COM
mence from date of filing the claim from date of
examination by Board of Surgeons? A1SaUer. From
the date of filing application for the new disability
| W. H. s., Srdtf0rd ". VI. Is plate tin manu-
! factured in the United States? If So where? 2
| Give the names of the Committee on Tariff in the
| last House of Representatives and their politics.
! Tariff
| J. r.. Cannelton, Ind-1 Which party remone-
tIZed silver, and when was it done? The parents
OF soldiers wife procured bill of divorce for her
| from her young husband while he was i'll the army,
without her knowledge or consent After that he
acknowledged her his wife by sending her
money. She has never re- married. VIII the bill
OF divorce prevent her from getting pension?
AnScer l. The re-coinage of the silver dollar was
authorized by the act of February 2S 1878, which
passed by the votes of both Democrats and Re-
publicans over the veto of President Hayes At
that time there was a Republican majority in the
Senate and a Democratic majority in the House.
. The bill of divorce could not have been obtained
without her knowledge and consent. In any event
the bill of divorce debars her from pension. The
subsequent acts of the husband did not restore her
to any legal position whereby she could claim the
rights of a wife. She was divorced wife, and has
no title to pension whatever.
II. c., Bay City, Mich.-If you were detailed after
March, 1863 you cannot recover extra duty pay.
If prior to that date and the services were regu-
lary reported by Quartermaster, you make
claim by furnishing evidence of identity, service,
1858. ''' N'' p''' was '''7'''N '''''i -''''''D'
I. ", Adrian Mich.-The bills to extend the Ar
rears Act and to provide land warrants for service
| from
the Mexican War Pension Bill and Amendments.
itwould not be policy not0 to load the latter bill
with too many amendments. Other legislation
will naturally follow if the Mexican Pension Bill
goes through fayorably.
J. p. b.. BreedsriHe Mich.-1. Was there ever a
law giving 500 bounty to soldiers who enlisted in
1861 unless such soldiers served two years over?
2. Can the Secretary of War and the President of
the United States alone revoke a law made by the
1872, provides that those who enlisted prior to July
%, 1861, (under Presidents proclamation of May 3,
1861, and were mustered in before August 6, 1861,
have title to the SlO0 without regard to length of
service, provided they were mustered in for three
years; 2 The law appl1es with equal force to all.
The President the Secretary of War, and all other
officials are bound by and cannot revoke statu-
tory law any more than you or we can.
j. G.. H., Independence Kdn.-There is no Ma
tional Cemetery at Fort Schuyler, N. Y. Harbor
The nearest one to that place is at Cypress Hills
East New York, Long Island. No headstones
have been placed at Fort Schuyler and it is proba-
BILE that any remains of soldiers buried there wil
at some future time, be removed to Cypress Hills.
IL. Il.
whether there IS Academy of Engineers and
Mechanics in the State of Wisconsin, if so, where?
If not, where is there good institution of the
kind? Will some of our readers kindly inform
in answer to the above query?
". H., Report, ~ j., asks if there guer-
rilla chief in the Confederate army during the late
war by the name of Mosby? If so has he been
appointed as Minister to any foreign country
der the Republican administration? Anst0er. Yes.
Col. John 5. Mosby, now Consul at Hong Kong,
appointed by President Hayes in August, 1873.
A; C. H., Crystal City. Colo, wants to know if the
soldiers of the Black Hawk war are entitled to
pension; and II so. how much? AnS1cer. They are
entitled only for disability contracted during their
service, the same as soldiers of the late war. The
rating depends upon the degree of disability as
found by the Examining Surgeon.
S. III. b., Johnstoscn, Ddk-1. Has there been a
law passed that officers commissioned but not
mustered, without any fault OF their own, can
draw pay such officer for the time served? 2.
How is it that 3o-days', nine-months', and three
months soldiers get pension soon after max
ing application? g. Is it because the veterans
served too long their applications filed be-
fore the time expired for arrears? Ans,cer L. Yes,
in certain cases. 2. 1t is not fact. Such claims
the most difficult to establish, owing to the
short service rendered. No preference is given
one class of claims over another g. Such theories
do not enter into the settlement of pension claims
We are afraid that you are bilious.
d. f. C., Gatena Dak., asks what has been done
i'll regard to correction of muster of those holding
commissions, but who were not mustered? Aas,oer.
Such claims arc being acted upon every day by the
Adjutant General U. S. A, in the order in which
they were filed. Quite number have been allowed |
and others have been rejected as not coming under
the provisions of the law
II. ". j., East Canaan, ". H.-You are not entitled
to pay from the IT, S. Government for services as |
officer prior to the actual date of muster into the
U. s. service. Such claim if at ALL can only be col
lected from the State in whose service you were |
then employed. Write to the Adjutant-General of |
your State.
G. ~. L., SpenceruiHe, OIL had claim for two |
disabilities for pension for injury to back the |
other for rheumatism. The one on back sallowed
with arrears, the other held for further evil |
dence. Now, when that evidence Is furnished and |
the claim allowed will l get arrears on that both |
being filed at the same time? AHSt0er. Yes.
S. C.. w., Boston, Mdss.-Can n woman whose |
husband killed in the army and who 1serer ap-
piled for the widows pension, but remarked three
years later collect the three gears pension due
her. but never applied for? Also, for the one child |
!. No. . The child is entitled from date of remar-
riage of mother up 10 the time the child became 10
years old.
q. M C., Bucklin, No. says: As the Oklahoma
land is about ready for market, please state l. Can
a soldier or citizen homestead piece of land who
owns Il farm? 2. How long can he be absent from
the homestead at time? AnsUer Our comrade
Oklahoma lands are not about ready for Market
They not open for settlement at all, because
they not public lands neither it probable that
they will ever be open for settlement-at least dur
ing lifetime. l. Yes; public land that is
open for settlement. q Not over six months.
Subscriber, Ashley, IH.-l. The Government sup
plies headstones for graves OF deceased soldiers who
died during since the war. Apply by letter to
the Quartermaster-General, L. 5. ~, this city. . |
The Government supplies trusses TO pensioners who
are drawing pensions for rupture. Apply by letter
to the Surgeon General U. 5. A., this city.
j. j. NJ, Clay Co., ind.-A non n-commiSsioned |
officer was taken prisoner of war. In the long
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