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y. r.. EransriRe III The Mexican pension
bill has not become a law. IL passed the House Of
Representatives. but il has not passed the Senate.
We cannot tell until IL does become law what the
peculiar features Of the bill may be, to the
amount of fees due attorneys for prosecuting GLAZING
arising hereunder. 2 father - not entitled TO
pension for the loss Of q son during the late
unless he can show that at the date Of the sons
death he was dependent upon him for support and
was not in possession of sufficient income to main
tain himself comfortably.
". ". SaRda0o. EaR.-L What was the first State
to adopt the free-school SYSTEM 2 When were
postage stamps first introduced in the United
states, and what was their denominationR 8 Has
Whittier's poem, Barbara Frietchie' any histori-
cal connection AnsceT. l. The free public-school
system IS Of New England origin. but whether
Massachusetts or Connecticut was The first to estab-
lish the same Is a matter Of uncertainty. q The
use OF postage stamps was first authorized by act
OF Congress approved March 3 1877 and their issue
was begun July 1 following. Five and 10 cent
stamps were first used. 3. Yes.
A. T. f., CrsiOnto0n, Pa.-ls a mother entitled to
pension for who lost his life by his own fool
ishness while in camp, and has at present two able
bodied sons at home who were old enough TO earn
living at the close of the war? Answsr. No.
W. r. GcP. Winfield Iopa-I If S72 is the high
est rate of pension allowed why is 1t that some are
getting as high as 500? 2. How much is allowed
soldier wounded in right shoulder and upper left
arm, disabling him from manual labor and requir-
ing the assistance Of another person. ARstUer. l.
There Is only one person drawing more than S72
per month pension, and that is Commissioner
Black, and he gets 500 per month by special act
If Congress- 3 $50 is probably all that would be-
allowed Tor the disability described.
~ Togra rrs,q cha
pension II her husband died Of some disease other
than that for which he was drawing a pension, il
said disease contracted in service? Anslrer II
she can prove that the disease Of which the soldier
died WAS contracted in the service and IN hne
Of duty, she will be entitled to pension notwith-
for said disease.
f. ~ j., CAGdron Ns6-Can an increase be OBJ
tained on an invalid pension for disability con-
tracted in the service, not included in original
application The case is this / became totally
deaf in one ear at the battle Of Stone River. NV
pension, recently granted, was for other dis
abilities, and no claim was made for deafness.
Can apply now for increase for said deafness by
submitting full proof of incurrence? Ans1Cer Yes
n satisfactory testimony In support OF the claim
| can be furnished; and the additional disability en-
titles you to higher pension than you are now re-
| ceiving
w. II. c., Detroit Hch-I am drawing a small
pension. and received back pension. have made
application for increase old and new dsabit
which have shown to have originated in the army.
VIII get anything back new disabilities if the
arrears law Is extended? AsSbUer. Yes; ON the new
disability.
H. L. 81. Louis, Mo.-An officer Of the Regular
Army died in 1916 from wound3 received in the
Mexican war leaving a widow and a child under
/ 10 years Of age. The widow ONLY survived him a
few years, and never drew pension. The child is
stili alive. Is she entitled 10 pension from the
date Of her fathers death until she Is years Of
| age2 4nSWeT. No; all claims for pension where
the disability death originated in the service
prior to March 4, 1851, and an application not
filed within three years from the discharge death
Of the person % whose account the claim was made,
can commence only from the date Of fling the last
testimony necessary TO complete the claim. IL no
claim has been fled, there Is no period for which
pension can be paid because the child Is over
| LR. p, Raakin, W.-win the Commissioner OF
/ Pensions allow increase Of pensions on recon-
incubation Of the Medical Examiner must an
application be presented to him? AIlss0er. An in
crease - not allowed unless a regular application
therefor shall have been fled in the Pension Office
g. w. Z, BroUl,sdate. Pal. We're any Of the
Senators who voted against the late pension bin in
I the United States army2 2. II the bill becomes a
law, viii those who are drawing less than - be
increased 10 "a by the passage OF the ble 8. Is .
soldier who served Is days less than years en-
/ titled 20 more than 500 bounty? A Are there not
late acts q Congress providing additional bounty
over the 500 which was paid? 5. What has be-
come Of 81 Klegg3 Will he nOt appear any more ?
g. How many Confederate soldiers are mem bers
Of the United States Congress? Z. Do you think
| the late pension bill viii become law? 8 "A de-
/ pendent father applied for psasion % years after
| the war and at the time his son went 10 the war
the father owned q farm of 100 acres land owns 10
\ yeti and had boys eft 10 work 10. and he also
able TO work. Is he entitled to pensions Ansa0er.
!. No: 2 No. The ball only provides for those
i hereafter rated. 3. No. 4. No. There was only
one additional bounty act, and that was the act Of
\ July 2S 1865. which expired by limitation July l.
/ lsSO. 5. 81 IS on detached service at present. in
charge Of q detail building corduroy road some
where IN the rear. s. Sixty-eighs. Z. We hope so.
/ 8. No.
an Iona Cav.-My clothing. overcoat. blankets,
etc 10 the amount of 500, forcibly taken from
me by the Steward of the Small Pox Hospital at
/ Chattanooga, and all got back was a shirt and
trowsers- Can recover, and to whom shall APP
/ Ply AHssceT. No. Your loss was Of the mas
fortunes of war;" and there Is no claim.
j. r., Obtong, M-When a cheek in payment of
pension passes into the hands of the pensioner and
he converts IL into cash. il loses its identity an
\ pension money" and it is subject 70 the same
legal process iso;her money. Likewise real estate
/ or other property purchased with pension money
/ Is not exempt from attachment for debt, the same
/ a. property acquired in any other way. The law
| regarding pension money and its exemptions is
found In See 4447 Rev. Stat, U. 8, which reads
/ follows: No sum OF money due, or to become
due TO any pensioner shall be liable TO attachments
levy, or seizure by or under any legal equitable
| process whatever, whether the same remains in
the Pension Office. any officer agent thereof
Is IN course OF transmission to the pensioner en-
| of such pensioner." Thus. after the money passes
into the hands Of the pensiOner there is further
protection for IL. and il Is the as money de-
| rived from other sources. It may be attached or
\ garnisheed under the laws of the State of which
| the pensioner il n resident. The notes which you
| purchased with pension money subject TO at
Il ItShhcnb Aof gOuE ucpOSs anu 50 HOulu De any
| property purchased with pension money" The
Legislatures of one or two States have passed laws
/ exempsng property purchased with pension
money but there Is no such law in your State that
! we aware or
d. R.-Nothing has been done in the way of ley
| islatOn towards pensOning ex-solders who have
arrived at any designated age. Only the children
| OF a deceased soldier who has died from wounds Oh
disease which originated in the line of duty in the
service are entitled To pension, and such pension
isonly for the period while they were under IL
/ years of age.
| Mrs II. c. d.. ArapdhOs, Neb-Au title to pension
ended with the death of the father of the soldier
The dauGhter-siser of the sOldier-has no right 10
/ yOu can prove date and cause OF your husbands
| DEATH and that such cause Of death originated in
the service and IN line Of duty, you cannot be
| pensioned.
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