The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-20
addition to ono for each Representative from each

addition to one for each Representative from each
State.
81. T.. Fort Madison Ioleu-We are informed by
Conrade III. w. Cannon, Freehold, n. J., that If
you will write him he may be able to furnish you
with back numbers of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Subscriber. horth P0,cder, Oregon. says have in
my possession five dollar gold coin, bearing date
1914, and the mint mark ID. Please state where it
was coined? Ansirer AT Dahlonesa, Ga, where a
Z. > mint was IN operation up to the breaking out
of the late war. Coinage ut that mint never
resumed after 1861, and the building trans
tcrred to the state for other purposes.
j. Il. G.. Lite Rirer, Hun, says: TO settle dis
pute, plt use tell us-l When the soldiers pay was
raised from 81 per month to Sl3 per month. 2
When the soldiers pay was raised from S3 to SIC
per month. j. When their allowance for clothing
was raised from SAP To slG0 per year. f. What pre-
iui, II any. Is pal for standard dollars on which
The eagle has eight feathers in its tail and what pre-
ihiuuI Il offered Tor eagle CENTS AnsVeT. j. Au-
gut 1861. 2 May /. 1854. 3. The clothing allow
ahee for volunteer troops not increased at any
tlme during the late war from so to- SlO0 per an
mum. 4. Write to MesSrs Scott Il Co, III Broad
way, New York city, for price-li-t of old coins
which viii probably give YOU all the information
l. M H. Lirermore Caf-No land warrants have
been issued for service since the Mexican war; con-
sequentiy soldiers OF the late WARFARE not entitled
to land warrants.
x. s.. Coatdale Pa-The citizens Of the District of
Columbia have no vote in Presidential or any other
election.
". f., THusriHe Pal A letter addressed to the
commissioner of Pensions, giving your company
ana regiment number of your claim or certificate
In the claim, be returned to you will be complied
with. 2. The testimony and other papers pertain
ing to pension claim carefully preserved, and
remain in the files of the Pension Office, that
they can be referred to at any time should the case
come up again on claim for increase any other
question. 8. In homestead claim the settler is
Obliged to reside continuously upon the land, and
cannot absent himself more than six months ut any
time. This applies to soldiers claims well as
others.
Z. b. g., 4TGI, Kan. asks if there is any way TO
Keep men from getting pensions who are not enti-
tied thereto. 1psscer Ii there is fraudulent case
IN any ones neighborhood and the facts re-
ported to the Commissioner of Pensions, IL is prob
able that the will be investigated; but anony-
nous communications and complaints based upon
envy spite will not and should not be considered
Ii does not necessarily follow that because IL man
is apparently abebodied and attends TO his usual
business that he Is not really disabled for nGnrd!
labor Appearances are often very deceptive. and
medical examination might, and probably would,
show that in the cases you have in mind the pen
sioners are clearly entitled.
s. A. g., Tdmpa Fa.-We do not know of any
educational institution of the kind. You should
consult with your Representative in Congress in
regard to getting your boy in West Point or
Annapolis.
r. g. s.. Kaasns-There has been no law that
allowed person to take up public land and acquire
title thereto without living upon and improving
II. The laws providing for the disposal of the
Gage Trust and Diminished Reserve and the
Usage Coded Lands have not been amended
There Is no law pryviding for the disposal of said
lands under the homestead laws. They are sub
ject to disposal. for cash only. to actual settlers
j. II. r., East Friendship, Ne" Manual labor
Is labor that can be performed by the hands If
from disease or other disability the pensioner can
not follow any trade or avoeation whereby he can
use his hands TO earn a living, he is disabled for
any manual labor and Is entitled to $50 If in addi-
ton he IS disabled ST. a. to require regular aid and
attendance of another person he is entitled to $50
Il. II. b., Asamore, Pa, lost his leg at the bat
tie of Nashville, Dec. Is. 1864. 1t was amputated
six inches above the knee, but by reason + dis
eased stump it is impossible for him to an
artificial leg. He gets $50 month pension. He
says soldier who has lost IA leg at the hip-ioint
gets So 80, and wants TO know why he should not
get the same. AaisaUer. Because the Les. has not
been amputHted at the hip-joint. He is drawing
pension at the rate provided by Congress for his
disability. The condition of the stump does not
enile him to higher rate. The OF S37 80 can
be given only in cases of actual amputation the
hipjoiht. There is no equicolehi disability for this
rate.