The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-10-16
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A B. Whitehall, Philadelphia, Pa.-Pension to q
soldier can commence only from date of discharge
from service. He cannot be pensioned from date
of receiving wound or injury or contracting dis
ease, because while in service he was paid
soldier, and pension is given only for the period
during which he was not a soldier Should a PEN
sioner re-enlist in the army or navy his pension
would cease until he was discharged therefrom, as
under no circumstances could he be paid IA SOL
dier and receive pension for the same period.
r. j. d., Nor,raLt C0nn.-All disabled soldiers of
the United States who are unable from wounds or
injuries received or disease contracted in line of
duty to living by labor are entitled to the
benefits of the National Soldiers Homes. The
Board of Managers will decide to which Home the
applicant will be sent. II drawing pension he
will have to sign it over to the Treasurer of the
Home, and by him it will be applied may be
deemed best. Ordinarily, there is objection to
the pension being applied to the benefit of the PEN
sioners family. The Treasurer of the Home acts
as custodian of the pension money, to proven; the
pensioner from squandering it. Gen. William b.
Franklin. of Hartford, Conn.,, is President of the
Board of Managers, and he will on your applica-
ton give you any other information desired.
A Dakota Subscriber asks whether soldier hon.
orabIy discharged for disability has to use the same
form in his final proof that is required of the ordi
nary homestead settler, and what are the legal
fees? AHSa0er. Yes The legal fees in Dakota,
payable when final proof Is made, are So for l60
acres held ut $3.50 per acre, 81 for quantity
held 81 % per acre and Is per leo words for
reducing testimony to writing.
l., Hoiden, No., says: A soldier enlisted In 1851 ,
served eight months, discharged for disease
contracted III service, came home, and died without
applying for pension Are the two heirs entitled to
any pay from the Government, they both being of
age; if So what, ETC.? Ans,Uer. II depends upon
the cause of death and the relationship of the
. heirs" to the soldier. IL the soldier aIed from
disease contracted in service and line of duy there
may be a just claim for pension but must have
further particulars, especially as to whether the
soldier left widow or minor children.
G.. IS, Lebanon Ind says: soldier, no con-
tracted total deafness in the army and was drawing
Sl3 pension therefor, WAS walking the railroad:
the eng inc him, and he killed hut if he
could have heard the train he might have ,tten off,
Are his widow and children entitled to tension?
Ansioer. No. because the claim is not ,tibIe OF
proof. The cause of death was due to the accident
not to the deafness A deaf person should not have
been walking on the railroad track. His death WAS
due TO his own careessness, and there is no claim
for the widow or children.
j. L., PerTySriHc, O-Mason and Dixon's inc was
a name given to the southern boundary of the
free State Of Pennsylvania. which forT sepa-
rated il from the sidue States of Aiaryan I'd Vir-
gipis 1t lies in latitude 39o 49, 26.3' and ~ run
with the exception of about % miles, b Charles
Mason and jeremiah Dixon, two Engiisl .urvey-
ors between Nov. Is, 1853, and Dec %, 1Tt OAR
ing tho excited debate in Congress in Is on the
question of excluding slavery from Miss iri, the
eccentric John Randolph, of Roanoke, mssss great