The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-12-24
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies 10 Questions on Variety OF Interesting
Subjects.

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| umn within three weeks.
f. 81 n, Ccciiia Ky.--If sn applicant for pension
| applies for disability. can he. before claim
Is completed, add another disability and get pen
| sion on both. without changing procedure for the
| first disability? AnsDer. He can amend his claim
at any time by alleging an additional disability,
but lie will have to prove up both claims before he
| can get pension for either, unless shall be re-
| jected.
| w. j. ~ Laura DIN case n soldier was enti-
tied to pension, and he never having applied for
pension, dies, leaving q widow and children who
were born after soldier discharged from the
army: 1. Can widow draw pension so long as she
remains said soldiers widow? 9. After the widow
| remarries can soldiers heirs who were born after
soldiers discharges draw pension who are under 10
years of ageY Ansuer. l. Yes, providing his death
WAS due to a which originated in the line of
! duty in tho service. 2 If by heirs you mean his
| children, yes.
J. b.. Dakota The timber-cuIture law of 1873 re-
qures but one-sixteenth of the area entered to he
planted to trees, and it further provides that per-
sons who had made entries under former acts re-
quring one-fourth of the area to be thus planted,
may complete the same by showing compliance
with act of 1873. party who enters tract OF land
| as a timber culture claim which has been in whole
or In part broken planted cultivated by another,
need only to proceed from where the former claim
| ant left off; provided such breaking etc. was
| properly done and too long period of time had
not elapsed 1t has been repeatedly held that new
decision, or ruling, Is not retroactive and cannot
affect cases initiated under former ruling. sol
der Is entitled to credit as to residence, for period
served during the war of the rebellion. whether his
entry was made under Sections 22S9 or 250i, Re-
vised Statutes.
Shdstd.-Tbere is no chance for the comrade to
get the charge of deserton removed from his sec
ond service IL the disability was contracted in his
first service, from which he has honorable dis
charge he is entitled to pension and to member
ship in the GAR.
John A. Logan was n Member of Congress from the
Southern District of Illinois prior to the rebellion
II So did he not sustain the Southern cause at the
time? 4nstUer. He represented the 18th Congress
Slonal District of Illinois at that time, and he did
not then, nor at any other time, sustain the South
ern cause. Any charge to the contrary is q ma
lcious iaisehood and it has been often denied in
our columns and elsewhere that we wonder why
people will entertain, for moment, such rot" as
the charge mentioned.
4. d., Forest Hill, Ind. If a rejected pension
claim is appealed TO the Secretary of the Interior
is the attorney who acts for the claimant in the
allowed n fee; If so, how much, and is it paid by
| the claimant or does the Government allow the
fee in original Claims? g If an attorney gets all
| the evidence to complete pension claim and an
other attorney takes the case is never called upon
for further testimony, but gets the pension fee,
the original attorney recover any fee for services;
and If SO, how will the original attorney get his
fee? AnSosr l. The fee in all is paid by the
Pension Agent out of the pension money due the
pensioner. If the attorney who makes the appeal
IS recognized by the Government, he will be paid
his fee as above stated. 1t is unlawful for at
torney to receive fee except through the Pension
Agent, under authority from the Pension Office
?. The original attorney in such case could not
recover. The second attorney would not be recog-
nized unless the original attorney had neglected
But one fee be lawfully paid in any case. In
case of more than one attorney, it is for the Pen
sion Office to decide which one is entitled to the
fee
J. d. A.-If apply for increase of pension on
new disability and increase is allowed, would / be
entitled to if Congress should pass the
rears bill? AnStceT. Yes, probably, If you could
prove disability ever since discharge, etc.
a. III. j. T-Wrte to the Adjutant- General, o. 8.
A, for any information you desire regarding West
Point Military Academy.
A Veteran Latrobe, Pa.-If a pension claim is
pending several years and is then rejected, and the
claimant takes an appeal through another attorney,
has the former attorney any right to the claim?
Does not the rejection of the claim discharge him
Insurer. Not necessarily in all cases, but in some
cases it would so operate
w. c. B.. Vest Bangor N Us a widow entitled
to the additional bounty which Congress provided
in 1850 to those who served two years more?
The soldier served two years and killed in bat
tie. In such case is she entitled to any more pay
than she has received? Answer. Claims for the
additional bounty under the act OF July Is, 1866,
have been barred for more than five years. Whether
she is entitled to any more pay" depends upon
the amount she has received.
II. j. p, Benson, W.-How many Union soldiers
are there now living? AnsUer. Something over a
million.
salary of the President of the United States from
$4,000 to $4,000 was passed during Grants first
with his second term, March T. 1873.
r. X. s., ETedonid, Kan, writes regarding the
inquiry of c. T. b., of Dec. g. 1885 and states that
n certain drafted man of his regiment 18th Wis.,
rose to the rank of Captain in said regiment
s. III. b., JohnStosca.-1. l made application for
pension for the loss of one eye in the army; appli
cation made December, 1884; have not received
any notice of the filing Of application. Is 1t the
duty of the Commissioner OF Pensions to give
claimant notice of the receipt of the claim? 2. L
have written to him, but have received answer.
What course shall take to find out if my claim is
on file? g. What is the usual rating for the loss of
eye? AlsUer. l. Yes. e Write again. Your
former letter may have gone astray. 8. s. per
month for an enlisted man since April 3, 1854 prior
to that date, "a.
J. M r.. Vest Jefferson 0-An officers below The
rank of Brigadier-General who had been mustered
in on their commissions prior to March 8, 1865, and
who continuously served to April g. 1865, there
after and who left the service honorably, were en-
titled to three months extra pay proper.
C. r., Washington, Iotcd.-Does Gen. Hancock
draw pension for wounds received during the
war? A',s,cer. No; he cannot be pensioned so
long as he belongs to the army.
Mrs. 4. c. j., Ness City, Kan-l. If q person takes
a homestead and timber culture claim and proves
up on his homestead, can he file presumption
claim and pay for it in six months? 2. Can man
who takes timber culture claim under the 20 acre
law prove up under the lO-acre law? 4nS,cer. L.
Not in the same State or Territory. 2. Yes.
S. E. T., Pratt, Kan.-I filed my homestead appi-
cation under Section 22S9. r. S. | served nearly
four years in the army. Now, when / come to
make my proof for my homestead / get the
benefit of the time served in the army? Anstoer.
Yes.
A. D. O. Stockbridge. Mich.-Please explain fully
what reissue of pension certificate is can find
no one who can. AnS,0er. A reissue of certificate
is made TO correct error that may appear in the
original certificate; or to change 1t in any way,
whether II be to allow additional disability or
to change the rate, etc.
Old Subscribe, WinOis-Does the Government
furnish artificial eyes to blind soldiers in the
manner as il issues artificial limbs? Ans,Oer. No.
S. Nee, BOHrneriue, O.-Eils to repeal the limi-
tation of the Arrears Act have already been intro
duced in Congress. Whether you can get increase
double hernia as a result of chronic darrhea
depends upon the nature of the proof which you
have offered offer in support of such claim
We arc of opinion that double hernia a result of
chronic diarrhea would be pretty tough claim to
establish
q. II. r., Brownsville, Ind was drawing PEN
sion for gunshot wound and disease of the lungs at
So month"; and after the lst of July, 1850, applied
for pension fordisease of the eyes. disabil-
ity that not named in my first declaration and
which was allowed at 81 month. If the Arrears
Act passes will be allowed arrears on the new dis
ability from the date of discharge up the date Of
filing my claim therefor? AnS,Uer. You may be
entitled if you draw less than So. You could not
get SS prior to June T. 1872 unles for a perns-
nent, specific disability and neither of your disa-
bilities such. After that date you could be
that time.
NJ. T., Fort Madison, Io,rd.-1. What General off,
of the Fourth Army Corps was wounded at the
battle of Mission Ridge? 2. What were the names
of division commanders in Gen. Ord's Corps at
the close of the war? g. Is the Southern Bir0uac
rs large as THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE and where is
it printed? T. What is your mothers brothers
reported. 2 At the close Of the war Maj .-Gen. T..
o. g. Ord commanded the Army of the James, com.
prsing the Twenty fourth and Twenty-tifth Corps
commanded respectively by Maj Gems. John Glib
bon and Godfrey Weitzel. The division COM
manders of the Twenty fourth Corps were Brig
Turner; of the Twenty fifth Corps. Brig Gen. A.
v KautZ and lieut {, III z No IL