The National tribune., 1885-03-05

1t was granted died from the effects Of disease
said to have been contracted about 70 years before
1 he widow has applied for widows and minor
pension. Would she be entitled to arrears Oh his
application? AHSlcer. That depends upon when
hIs claim for pension filed. Ii since June so,
lSal, no.
4 Soldiers Dasiqhfsr. Aaron. Tad-Please explain
what IS meant by Civil Service RefoTIIs 4HSsrer.
IL Is a reform i'll the manner of filing offices under
the GoveTnment, whereby merit alone and not
poltical iavOr entities the offlce-hodeT To retain
his position; OF. ia other words, TO prevent an
ofiee-holder from being kicked out Of Office when
ever llS political oppoueHts come Into pow err and to
provide the best men Tor vacant offices without
regard To their politics.
}. C. g., Rock Island. nj. II a soldier of the
late war-a pensiouer-maTTies q soldiers widow
also u pensioner ut the time of marriage
her pension bv discontinued? 2. Could she by q
special act of Congress be allowed pension agarn7
d: "Suid she be eutitled Ia pension sald PEN
siouer died CT disease no: contracted in service
a insurer. l. Yes 2. No; unless her second husband
should die froJn disease wounds incident TO tie
service and in line OF duty, In which event she
would be entitled under the general pension laws.
B. No.
AnTi0tGs, K,oI1Gk ToCd-A soldier enlisted In vol
unteers In o5l for three years and in about three
months was detached Temporarily as he supposedly
to serve in Regular battery. Some time after
wards was declared enlisted without hls consent in
the Regular Army for three years After serving
about two years gave out on one OF the hard
marches, and fell to the rear. and from there went
Nome and never returned to his command any
more. l. Under the late law can he obtain ala hon
orable discharge? q Can he collect pay due him
TOT service PRIOR to deSertlOnH B. Is he entitled to
any bounty. and how much7 4. What steps must
he take to obtain discharge, pay and bounty? 3.
How can duplicate of discharge lost be obtained?
4HsoeT. L. No. 2. No 3. No. 4 lie cannot OBJ
tain discharge etc. s. Duplicate cannot he Obtained
certificate of service, etc, is issued where dis
chatge has been lost but it Is not a copy of the orig
irla discharge. Applications for certificates to
place lost discharges should be made to the AdJu-
tant-Cienerai, U. ;. A. The above statement as to
the arbitrary transfer and Grced enlistment into the
Regular service Is exaggerated Such transfers
We're made only with the consent of the soldier.
o. r., Sdiehl, No.. Is there not IT, :. statute
which gives to honorably discharged or disabled
ex-soldicrs the preference in civil appointments,
and when, in the Civil Service are they not TO be
preferredf 2. Wha, is to be the policy of the in
coming Administration regards ex-solsiiers :
AHSoer. l. Section 1874 Revised Statutes desgn4tes
that soldiers honorably discharged for disability
shall be preferred for appointment etc, all things
being equal That Is all the law there is the
subject and IL has been found very easy to avoid
TINS statute by claiming that the soldier applicant
does not possess the business capacity necessary
for The proper discharge OF such Offices
pared with some civilian applicants for post
ton 2. Now you have Us in tight place. Our
opinion IS that the soldier will have 10 take his
Chances with others, leaving o,st h;s military