The National tribune., 1885-03-19

will he proceed? 3. Where soldier served le or
Is months. was discharged for disability, and only
drew one year clothing, Is lie not entitled to the
second years clothing pay for same. and how
can he procure it? Anst0sr. /. On the ground that
the condition of the public finances at that time
would not stand such an extraordinary expendl-
tuTc, without detrinIeat to the prosperity of the
country. 1t is needless for say that this
an utIwise theory and was not justified by any
facts then or subsequently developed. and g.
When a soldier discharged he was paid. by
the Paymaster, travelling allowances as follows: :
90 cents day for each 20 miles of travel from place
OF discharge to place of enrolment, and one days
travel pay for same-ttus: a soldier discharged
1000 miles from place of enrolinent was paid so
days pay, which. at SIC per month, would be
S2b61 and 50 for subsistence. Out of the funds
thus furnished he paid his own way home. The
was also included in the final statements and paid
by the Paymaster at discharge.
J. IT, B., Neio HaUeB Coun.-Isa soldier entitled
to bounty who enlisted July 26, 1862 and was dis
charged Jan. 20, 1863 by reason of sickness con-
tracted in the service: If so. what amount should
he receive? 2. How much Government land csn q
man locate under the Homestead law who did not
serve in the army in the late rebellion? AHsaCer.
l. We presume we have answered this question a
hundred times: No bounty is due soldier who
enlisted after July 81, 1881 and discharged by
reason OF disease prior to service Of two years.
2. 160 acres.
j.. n. W.. Eric, Pal received a back pension Of
81 per month last June, but was not examined
since my first examination. about six years ago.
and that was only to show that was at the time
of being examined, disabled Was it right for the
rate me without giving me
other examination? 2 What is the Cotnmiss on
er's first whole name? Aps,rer. l. No. We
never heard before of q claim being passed upon a1
examination made six years prior thereto. claim
cannot in fairness be rated upon an examination
made over one year ago. 2. John Charles Black.
The Commissioner who just preceded him was Otis
L. G.. Clarke. -.
7h Pa Car, Lamar Pu-In 1879 sent an aTpl-
cation Tor pension for injury received in 1863 It
was sent to an attorney, but it was never flied in
the Pension Office uFtii December IS84 supposed
the chRIG had been filed. Is there 10 way to make
this claim date from date of application? AnsEsr.
No. The pension, if allowed. can commence only
from the date the application filed ia the PEN
sion Office.
f. u. p, Rochester O-1. You were entitled to
SiO0 bounty under the Act of July 2S, 1866 and
could have obtained it had you filed your claim
cover same such claims being barred 2. Mason
and Dixon line was name given TO the southern
boundary line of the free State of PENNSYLVANIA
which formerly separated from the slaVe States of
Maryland and Virginia. II run by two
English surveyors, named Mason and Dixon,
between Nov. 10, 1763, and Dec. &C. H67.
II was established for geographical purposes.
but gained its celebrity during the excited debate
in Congress in ls2o, on the question of excluding
slavery from Missouri, when the eccentric John
Randolph, OF Roanoke, made great use Of the
phrase.
II. II. w., Reading, Afich.-If man Is veteran
and also son of q veteran, is he eligible to
bership in both orders? Ans,Cer. Yes.
J. H., Iona, Hnn.-1 How far behind Is the
Board of Review in their adjustment of claims in
the PENSION Office? 2. How many are employed
on said Board? 8. Give some information in re-
gard to the Medical Division. the Certificate and
Act ~ Divisions. d. If soldier has taken home
stead and proves up, can he take another home
stead soldier? or if Il soldier uses his soldiers
right first can he take another Homestead after
wards? AHStccr. ]. About six weeks. 2. Fifty re-
viewers. g. We do not know what information
you want; state plainly what you desire to know.
There is no Act Division" 4. No. The law allows
but one homestead privilege; 100 acres is ell that
one settler can acquire under the Homestead laws.
i u r Chatham Center I
draws pension of SIS on two gunshot wounds get
an increase under our Democratic Administration
2. Was there Goth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during
the late unpleasantness from 1861 to 1865? | read
something about other OHIO regiments but nothing
from the Goth. ARStC6r. The proper method OF
solving that problem will be to file the application
and await the result. We do not know that the
present Administration ia hostile to pensioners
do we believe that it will be. q History records
the existence of that regiment Perhaps they could
fight better than they can write. What do you
say, comrades of the 10th?