The National tribune., 1884-08-14
OUR coRRESPoNDENTs.
Replies to Questions ON a Variety OF Interesting
Subjects.


ITO Correspondents.-Write questions on sep
arate sheet of paper, give full name and address
and mark 1t " Correspondents Column" No atten-
tion will be paid to communications that not
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Our readers are requested to Inclose stamp for
reply to their inquiries.
b. III. r., MoatuiHe, o., submits the following:
Can claim for pension, after having been referred
to the Office of Supervising Examiner for special
examination, be taken therefrom by the old or a
new attorney, and the case revised and presented
anew to the Commissioner of Pensions for his final
action--where new and more proof has been found
without said examination? AflSt0er. No. Ii is
not usual to take out of She hands OF Spe-
cial Examiner before the examination has been
made We do not know that it has ever been done
The additional proof should be submitted to the
Special Examiner.
A. H., Sidney, OIL. The badge of the Sixteenth
Corps called the "cartwheel." II was origin
ally circle with four minie-bals points to the
center) cut out. 1t bore some resemblance to a
wheel with four spokes 2 The veteran stripe
was not authorized TO be worn where soldier was
discharged for disability before serving the full
term for which he enlisted
f. a. r., Reading, Mich, says to settle a dispute
please answer the following: Can man move in
two directions at the same time-that is, If man
| is on train and he walks from the front to the
rear of the train when it Is in motion, can it be
said that he IS going two ways at the same time?
Aasaoer No. The man moves but way, and
that is the way he is walking. The train is in
motion in direction and the man is in motion
in the opposite direction. If the man was sitting
in his seat he would be at rest Motion is an alter
alton OF position, or the passing from one place to
rest. man cannot move in more than direc-
ton at the same time unless he becomes subyerted
] by being in the immediate vicinity of keg of gun
| powder, nitro-glycerine dynamite when it
| went off," In such his simultaneous
variety of motions in different directions would no
| doubt, be quite marked.
A Constant Reader Veterans' Home Cal, asks
whether Commodore Phelps is the same officer
! that Captain of Commodore Foote'S boat the
Benton, on the Mississippi River, when Memphis
| was taken, and how letter should be addressed
| to reach him. 4'lsoer The officer you refer to is
Hon $. L. Phelps, q. s. Minister to Peru. Address
| him in care of Department of State, Washington,
| d. G.
j. H., Moulton O.-Your claim against the Gov
! ernment is not good 1t appears that after you
| We're drafted you enlisted without obeying the
! draft. Your enlistment was thus fraudulent one,
you being probably reported the draft rolls as O
deserter. You entitled to no benefits for your
service. You cannot adjust your record in the War
| Department. do we know of any way that you
| can obtain your rights The fact that you were
1 never mustered into the company in which you
| enlisted only compiieates your still more, and
| we see no chance for your relief
L. A. H., jarrett, W. Vd.-I When a soldier en-
| listed and was mustered in he was eubject to the
/ orders of the u. 8. Government, and could be or
| dered dny,ol,ere in out of the State and he Is
entitled to extra pay for performing his duty.