The National tribune., 1885-06-18
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E. L., Bangor. Mel. My husband draws
pension for deafness in one ear is now sick with
disease OF the kidneys that may have been caused
by severe fall on board ship while in the service
Can he get an increase of pension account of
proved to have resulted from the accident in any
way? 3. What amount would 1 be entitled to
A,srUer. l. Yes if he can prove the facts and that
1t was received in line of duty. 2 Yes. g. SO per
month as the widow of masters mate in the navy.
Mrs. f. 7. IA soldiers wife, drawing pension,
renlarrieS, and her second husband dies aban-
dons her. Can she be restored to the pension roll
AnSscer. By remarrying she forfeits forever all
her rights to pension by reason of death of her
first husband and she cannot be restored to the roll
unless her second husband was also a soldier, and
he should die from disease other disability,
which originated in service and in line of duty In
such case she would be entitled to pension as the
widow OF her second husband.
w. d., San Bernardino, CdI.-How can q pen
another? Anstcer. After drawing his pension he
should send his pension certificate to the Commits
| sioner of Pensions, giving his permanent post
Office address, and request that the transfer be
made.
G. W. n. Rupert, Pa.-Having my left arm taken
out at the shoulder joint with piece of the shoul
der, caused by being struck by SHE'LL what rate
of pension should receive per month? Ansrer.
$3.50 per month, since March 3. 1885, if wound was
received in line Of duty. Prior to said date $50
was allowed
Aachinis Bangor, Ae.-Whatsteps are necessary
to secure appointment as Assistant Engineer, U.
8. Army, for young man who has had four years
experience a machinist? Ans,rer. There is no
| such rank position in the U. S. Army.
T. M. r., EdgdrtotCn, Mdss.-I am receiving q
pension of S24 for rheumatism and heart disease,
disability equal to loss of hand or foot. Am en-
titled to commuaton the same as if it had been
actual loss Of limb? If so, is it paid at date of
pension certificate, at the end of five years from
date7 Anstcer. You not entitled to eommuta-
tion because the disability Is not located in q limb
If it affected your arm or leg so as to render either
or both limbs useless, you would be entitled to $50
ut date of application, and every five years there
after Communication is paid every five years in
advance.
Anrious National Military Home Oaio.-The rat
inss in claim are supposed to be based upon an
analysis of the testimony filed, together with the
description of the disability given by the Exam
lining Surgeon. The degree of disability, as shown
by the testimony, does not always, and very rarely
governs as it does not generally correspond with
| the reports of the Examining Surgeons which, of
necessity, have greater weight, being sworn Off
GERS of the Pension Bureau they are supposed to
render an impartial decision, while the testimony
| is more less biased in favor of the claimant
We cannot decide the question as to whether you
are are not entitled to a re-ratng, we know
nothing of the merits of your case. Claims for
re-rating are rarely allowed
II. L.,
the hospital records show in your case. The Gov
ernment will not inform you for what disease you
were treated. Such information will be furnished
| the Commissioner of Pensions in response to his
request therefor. but it will not be communicated
| to you nor to your attorney. The records of the
War Department not open to the inspection of
| any person not officially connected Herewith.
A. L., BOtirur, Mo.-The time for filing claims for
property taken by the army in States not in nsur-
rection, (act of July 1854 expired by limitation
| Jan. l, 1880. Such claims would not now be con-
| sidered by the Executive Departments Your only
Pensioner, Grid, N Y-No pension claim Of SOL
der widow or dependent parents, filed since June
| 80 1880, can draw back pension; such claims can
only draw under the law. from the date the appli-
| cation was filed in the Pension Office.
T. s. b., West Washington, Me-. Depende mt
mother is drawing pension, the father being alive
| to the pension that the mother now draws? 2.
How shall proceed to find the present addresses
ofthe officers of Co. G, 4th q. s. Cav who were in
command in 1872. while the regiment was stationed
| in Texas viz:sCapt. j. III. Wilcox, Lieut. u. G..
] White, or Surg John Wizei? Ans,oer. l. Yes. q
| Neither of the officers named now in service
Addresses of officers of the Regular Array either
past present, can be obtained by writing to the
| Adiutant-G General Q. s. A.: this city.
NJ 8. b., Hastings Center, N. N.H-Did the bill which
| was before Congress to reinstate all soldiers who
deserted after May l, 1855. become law? AnSUer.
Yes, and all such are entitled to a discharge, and
pay and bounty, providing they had previously
| served six months or more.
B. s. H.. EranspiRe, Ind. What are the three
highest rates of pension, with the amount of each?
2. Which is the highest, first or third grade? 1 do
not know how they increase from third to first
from first to third. Ans,cer l. The highest grades
of pension are first. second and third grades in the
order named. The loss OF both hands. the loss of
both feet total blindness any disability which is
OF degree to compel the regular aid and attend
Of the first grade, and for the first three mentioned
disabilities entities to So per month"; for the last
mentioned disability the rate is $50, unless on the
| penson-roll June Is. $780, at $50 in which event
it would be rated at S72 The loss of one hand and
one foot the loss of leg at above the knee
OF fI,no
| dsabes for the performance of any manual labor
is total disability of The second grade. For the first
named disability the rate is S56; for the other dis
abilities mentioned the rate is $50. The loss of
hand or one foot. disability which, in its rela-
tions to manual labor, is equivalent thereto, is
total disability Of The third grade, emitting pensoner
| to S24.
HB g., Madison Wis.-Your pension was rated
in accordance with the custom of the Pension Office,
1t Is held that diseases progressive and that
you are now more disabled than You were in 1865
and the years following; therefore. if claim
allowed at % per MONTH the rating prior to that
time at Sc was based upon the history of tho case
showing lesser disability for the years prior to the
| date when the s3 rate commenced This Is the
manner of rating oil arrears where the disability is
held to be progressive in its nature The arrears in
your claim were very liberal when compared with
others tha: we know of.
Veferan Fall River Mass-You are not entitled to
third instalment OF bounty, because you did not
serve IL full months. You enlisted under the Act
OF July 4, 1854 which provided one-thrd bounty
musterin, one-third at the expiration of one half
the term and one-third at the end of the term. If
discharged PRIOR to serving one-n1f or the 1ull
term for any cause except wounds received in line
of duty you were not entitled to the instalment of
bounty which would have been due had you
tnued in service Volunteers under said act enlisted
for one, two or three years, - unless dis
charged" and the Government had an undoubted
right to discharge them mt any time. III the wishes
of the volunteers to date of their discharge had
been consulted. some of them would still be in
service.
N,1nis,natics Netc Hacen Conn.-The first copper
cent was coined in your city in 1857.
A. C. H., Larned, Ran.-Feb 2i. 1884 In an answer
to a correspondent stated that the number of
deaths of Union soldiers in rebel prisons during the
late war 29.725. A correspondent at Leaven-
worth, Kan, in issue Of March I3, 1884, under
took to demonstrate that our figures Were wrong;
that the actual number of Union soldiers who died
III prison was Sc. 40l. He based his figures the
humber of graves but he apparently lost sight of
the fact that some of these graves contained citi
Zens who were Union men, teamsters, camp fol-
lowers, etc. The Adjutant-General, u. s. A., has
just completed list of casualties which is believed
to be as accurate can be made, and it is shown
that the actual number OF deaths of Union soldiers
in rebel prisons % 49S 1t will be observed that
we were not far from the mark.
Light Battery, Red OAK, Toscd.-1 How long after
issuance of original pension certificate PEN
soncr apply for increase? 2. Can pensoner make
application for another ailment disability as
original claim, it be embodied in an
application for increase? g. Can pens;oner open
original claim, in which he waived some ailments
for want of evidence, and was allowed pension on
the other points, when he can produce such evil
dence? Ais,oer. /. Six months is the rule when
no new disability is alleged 2. He include