The National tribune., 1885-05-28
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| S. A. Nee, Weston, IH-We are furnished the
following by c. +: NJ. mo address,, who gives as
Oct 7. 1882. 1.-The man who fired the first shot at
| Fort Sumter Capt. Geo. s. James, of South
Carolina commanding the Confederate mortar bat
| terry during the attack on said fort"
j. L., Albion, IH.-Several obliging comrades
write that Frederick A. Bartleson Colonel of the
The records show that said officer was killed in
| action at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga, June o. 1854
and it is stated that he resident of Joliet, H.,
and was a gallant officer.
H. A. r., Collins Centre NJ VI. Is soldier that
was home sick Through entitled to comnuta-
ton of ratons for the time he was so ut home? 2
Is soldier under same circumstances entitled to
communication of travel to and from home, the same
having been paid by himself? Anssoer L. Yes if
he can produce the original furlOugh to form a
basis for the claim; otherwise it cannot be collected
2. No The soldier was obliged to pay his own
transportation both ways
T. j. o., Manchester, ~ H.-H a soldier deserts
from his regiment in July, 1865 and is arrested
within a day or two afterwards, brought back to
camp and is tried and convicted by general court
martial, can the charge of desertion be removed
under Sec act of July 1884? If not, what course
he pursue if any, to have said charge removed?
no power mot even Congress) that can annul and
set aside the sentence OF court-martia ThatWas
decided in the Ftz-John Porter case. The act of
July s. 1884, does not apply i'll such cases
y. ii. s., Hdctte,nGn, IRd.-If a soldier who IS
drawing q pension for gunsbot wound leaves his
wife and two children, she leaves him she after
wards gets divorce and he is killed by accident OF
otherwise, is not his two children entitled to PEN
sion until they become l6 years of age? Ansscer.
No.
f. B., Parishuilc NJ Y-Can a soldier who en-
listed in 1861 and contracted disease; was exam
ined by n board of Surgeons and discharged after
being home year got better and again enlisted,
and served until war was over, put in a claim on
his first enlistment or not? Anstoer. Yes, If the
disease was contracted in service and in line of
duty, and has existed since the war in a pen
sionable degree His second service does not affect
his right to pension for disability contracted III
f. II. b. Rock Island, IH-June 10, 1865 was
discharged by request under special order Of the
War Department., but was refused all instailments
of bounty not then due, and which are still denied
me. What is the reason am not entitled thereto?
The war was over, and General Order No. Il, de-
claring it so had been issued some two months be-
fore. AaSsrer. Because you discharged by ody
oduor and you forfeited all bounty thereafter due
See Section Z, Bounty Laws, published in our issue
L. II. w., Girard. Kan-Ar applications for
bounty due should be made to the Second Auditor
r. C. J. A.. North Temescal. Sal. Is there
old act of Congress- passed about 1871 still in exist
ence, by which one may acquire presumption title
by residence of only three months in a year? 2.
II one files homestead entry does that bar him
from his right of presumption? Or must he pre-
empt first in order to preserve the right both to
pre-empt and to homestead? 8. If has been in
the United States service for three years during the
late war, he obtain title to homestead entry
by n residence of two years Can he transfer that
right to B. who was not in the service, so that
can obtain title by residence of two years?
Ans~er. l: No 2 No. tsee reply to Inquirer.
May H. 1851 g. No.
As r., Colebrook. Wis.-Claim filed in Spring of
1850 on disease of lungs and rheumatism; pension
for former allowed and nothing said about rheuma-
HSn m Df lied pr Inpr on
rheumatism. l. Am / entitled to draw for the
rheumatism. if same proof as to that disease has
arrears from time of discharge the same original
pension? Ansccr. !. That we cannot answer. 1t
is for the Pension Office to decide. We have
means OF knowing what your physical condition
has been or what it is now. 2 Yes.
j. r., Vest Third St.-The land offices in New
Mexico mt Santa Fe and Las Cruces to either of
which your apply, by letter otherwise,
for any information desired relative to public lands
in that Territory.
granted pension by special act of Congress (pen-
sion to commence from date of passage of b), is
date of soldiers death? She filed her application
in 1870 less than two years after soldiers death 2.
Also, can she obtain pension for the minor children
for whom she applied in her original claim? 3.
When pension is granted widow by special act
of Congress and attorney none" Is written on the
certificate does that mean she is forbidden to pay
the agent who has succeeded in getting the pension
for her? have been told that my pension would
be suspended if / paid my agent anything under
L. o,
get her claim allowed under the general pension
laws o another special act passed giving her the
back pension. 2 The same 3. The Pension Office
has jurisdiction in the matter She can pay her
attorney for his services before Congress i'm getting
the special act passed. and it will not affect her
pension but the attorney in the original claim
(which has not been allowed) is not entitled to any
fee in the special act case unless he has rendered
service therein before Congress. His fee in the
original claim will be allowed when he shall sue
coed in getting that claim through, and which can
be prosecuted just the same as If no special act had
been passed.
l.. Il. T., Hoior, IH-All soldiers and sailors IF
the late war who had prior to June %, 1874, made
homestead entry of less than IGO acres may enter
an additional quantity of land sufficient to make
with the previous entry, 16O acres. Prior to March
16 1888. such additional entry could be made by
agent, but since that date it must be made by the
homesteader in person. The fees are the same
in the original entry. If original entry not
made prior to June % 1924 the claim for additional
entry cannot be entertained.
S. s. S,roudsburg Pa-Fhe enlisted men of Han
cocks Veteran Corps, organized in 1864 in the Dis
trict of Columbia, were furnished with arms by the
u. s. Government which arms they We're allowed
to RETAIN if honoraby discharged at the expiration
OF their term of service.
j. W. H., Clinton. Ioma.-You are not entitled to
any communication for hernia appliances therefor,
but you entitled to a truss every two and one
half years, commencing from date of application.
Apply to the Surgeon-G General, u. 5. A. this city.
ID. X. L., Kinn,nndy IH.--1. If a soldier applies
for pension on two disabilities at same time and
pension is allowed for disability-the other
being rejected for want of evidence and he after
wards gets "A rehearing and the claim is allowed,
does his allowance date from date of original APP
plication? g Does increase of pension date from
date of application or from date of examination?
A1stcer. l. If claim filed after June 30, 1880,
pension will commence from. the date the original
application flied in the Pension Office. The date
of application does not enter into any question af
fectiEg pension claims. but the date when such
application tcds filed is very important question
in many claims. 2 From date of examination if
claim is based upon the same disability for which
pensioned.
j. c. s.. Worcester, lfass-1 What il the full army
of Austria in time of war? 2 How many corps
does the fve-pointed star corps badge represent.
1ns,oer. i. A little over one million men. 2 The
fve-pOnted star was the badge of the Twentieth
Corps, and it represented no other corps.
Is. C. d. Equity, Ran-Were there any $50 gold
pieces coined in the United States? If go when
and where were they coined? Aas,cer. There never
n $50 piece coined by the Government, but
there piece struck intended to represent $50
1850 to 1854, by some private assayers in San Fran
cisco. IL was ocagonal in shape.
Mexican War.-We have received numerous IN
quirieS relative to the three months extra pay to
Mexican officers and soldiers If il q neio
law, when such is not fact About year ago the
Court of Claims, in deciding the of Gen. Emory,
ruled that the act of 1913, amended (which gave
engaged in the Mexican war; included officers
OF the Regular Army who remained In service. rs |
well as volunteers who had already received it. |
The latter class were all, nearly all, paid nearly
30 years ago all that was due them, including the |
extra pay, and there IL nothing further due such
account to the surviving volunteers of that or
to their heirs unless 10 be shown that for some
reason such pay was not received. |