The National tribune., 1886-02-04
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.



from date of discharge 10 the date when You fled
your claim. aud SO viii every other cornr'dc who
flied an original claim size" Jun" 3D. 1850. . SEN
ator Logan bI proposes 10 increase pensions i2r
loss % an eye to - per ucuth and EIirv-"ntl-
tive Waits bill the same subject proposes Gu
increase TO SIS 3 If Won cannot state the exact
date of your enrolment. it Will not III Any way
prejudice your claim for bounty. The hhiui3nt-
General Will furnish the Second Auditor with thc
necessary data showing when you were enrolled.
4 claim for bounty now presented VIII ordinarily
he settled within two years.
homestead in 1850 and left it on account of hostile
Indians, GTOuth, or grasshOpPers, and before he
could get back on his claim II was contested and
he los, it, IS he entitled to another homestead? 2.
If lie is how shall he proceed 20 file again? 3 If
a girl under age, has child and has to support 1t
herself, Is she entitled TO homestead or pre- emp
ton? .iJtS'rCr. l. If the party was compelled TO
abandon his claim think he would be allowed
another entry. =. He should make application
and file with it an affidavit of the facts. 3. II She
Is me mead OF family, yes
L. L., Goshen, Ind. / applied for pension IN
1852, and after proving my disability 20 have cX-
listed every year from time of DISCHARGE II was al
lowed. Ii limit to arrears j. repealed will the cFi-
dCnCc now file lie sufficient to "utiila me to
arrears or must further evidence be furushcd2 >
II pcn>Uuer applies for increase resulting disa-
bhtICS from disease for which prnzloGc5, It / he
receives an order to go before an Examining Board
for examination, does it imply that the claims
made Is resulting disabilities are accepted, Ii found
to exist by the Board? AHscer /. The evidence
furnished will be sufficient >. 1t may or may not
DC an indication that the clam Will be allowed
As we know nothing OF the merits OF the case we
cannot answer definitely.
j. Il. d. COnHcrSriHe Ind-A soldier OF the late
shot through tho body but served his
time out. He never applied for pension, and 10
years after the war he was nccidenty killed. lie
left Il widow and two children. The widow has
since remarked. Are hi, children entitled to pen
sion from the time of receiving wound TO the time
of his death" AHS~cr; no. The only person en-
titled to pension for the period from his discharge
to his death the soldier, and If he failed To APP
ply, the right to pension for that time died with
him.
j. c. f., Wes!moreIand Depot, ~ HI. A soldier
applies for a pension and is rejected because OF
record of disability at discharge, petitions to Con-
gress and is granted Sc per month by special act
subsequently the Pension Office increases his PEN
sion to s. per month Is he not entitled to arrears?
Is not an increase regulating his pension according
to law? 2. Does removal OF limitation insure The
speciai-act boys arrears? AnetCer. i. No Section
f20 of the Revised Statutes expressly provides that
where the date OF commencement OF the pension
granted by special act is not fixed by the act 1t
shall only date " from the passage of the special
act" The subsequent increase of the pension by
the Pension Office does not change the status OF the
original pension granted by the special act, and
until the section aforementioned is repealed no
arrears can be paid in such case. 2. No. That re-
lates only to pensions originally granted under the
general pension law.
Ed. r. Nelson 1faryeU Ark-I see that the Second
Controller has decided that soldier discharged for
promotion is entitled to bounty. This seems to fit
my case exactly. enlisted in the United States
service July l5 1851 to three years during
the war, unless sooner discharged. was mustered
in service Feb. |, 1862, was discharged from the
service by reason OF promotion to Second Lieuten-
decision. entitled to bounty? AnSicer. No. because
you were not mustered in prior to Aug 6, 1861 and
under the act of Juy %, 1861 you had to two
years enlisted man to entItle you to bounty.
, C. E. H., Homer, IA soldier applies for pen
SION dies, leaving child under IL by first wife,
his second wife applies for widows pension.
She gives the child by first wife to the grand
mother, who has maintained it ever since In case
of the granting of the two claims, who will receive
the pension of said child, she being now of legal
age? AnsGer. If the widow kept the child until the
latter 10 years of age, and included said child
in her own claim the pension for the child Will go
to the widow; but if, before the child became l6
years old she was given TO her grandmother, it was
abandonment by the stepmother of the child, and
she can only draw the child's pension for such
period between the death of the father and the date
when the child became Is, the latter actually
supported and cared for by the stepmother, (assum
ing that she included the child in her claim,)
and for the remaining period the child will get her
own pension. Ifthe widow did not include the step
child in her claim then the latter Will draw all the
pension she he child is entitled to from death of
her father until arriving al the age of Is.
o. o. H., Wild Rose, WiS.-Drafed men enrolled
from March g. 1863 to Sept s. 1854 for three years,
or men who, from March 3, 1868, to Sept. 5, 1864,
enlisted for three years substitutes Tor drafted
men, are entitled to 500 bounty they served two
years more, or if discharged for wounds received
in line of duty before two years service. As your
service was subsequent to said dates, you are not
entitled to bounty.
A SubscriJer.-In order to settle dispute, please
state whether not Gen. George b. Mcclellan,
while commanding the Army of the Potomac held
command as u. ). General AESlCer. Maj.-Gen.
George i. Mcclellan commanded the armies Of the
United States from Nov. s. 1861, TO March H. 1862.
j. J. a., Chicago, IU.-I applied for pension In
1881 which was granted Oct / 1883 at s. per
month, being the extent allowed for the disability
upon which based my claim, and my evidence
conclusive that my disability total and
dating from the date of my injury, Aug. l5 1863.
Ii the arrears act is repealed this Congress- and
hope it viii be- viii be entitled to IS per month
from the date of my discharge up to the 1st of Octo
Der, 1883 date of granting my pension? and how
will we proceed to obtain said arrears should the
act be repealed? 4nSiCer. You will be allowed ar
rears at such rate the Pension Office may decide
to be equitable. Disabilities held to be progress
sive and arrears given at iOtCer rate than that
given when the pension commenced. We cannot
say how much the Office Will allow you any
other pensioner All that will probably be neces-
sary for you to obtain the arrears iii the bill passesl
will be to apply by letter to the Commissioner OF
Pensions stating the number OF the pension certih-
cate.
r. L., Vest Chester PA son killed in the late
under age at date of death, and gave his
wages to his parents before enlistment and his
bounty after he enlisted. All the other children at
time of soldiers death under l3 years OF age.
The father of said soldier having died about five
years ago. leaving the widow (mother of the sol
dier) the income of his little property, about 500
per year. If she proves she was in part dependent
upon said son a. can she get pension? q How
much? and from what date? Insurer. If she can
prove that at the date OF the soldiers death she was
dependent upon the soldier for support, and that at
that time and since to the death of her husband
the latter was unable support her by the proceeds
of his manual labor and that her income from all
sources not sufficient for her comfortable sup
port she can probably establish her claim. 2. -
files her claim if filed after June 80, 1880.
p A. s., Elmo, Eon.-A soldier transferred
from his regiment TO the Veteran Reserve Corps. Is
there record Of the OF such transfer? Where
is it to be found? AnslCer. Yes. In the Office OF the
Surgeon General, L. =. a
S. H., Erin, Tenn.-I notice that the Board of Pen
sion Appeals has received reinforcement of three
Examiners from the Pension Office. L want to
know: l. What is this board? 2. What class of
cases go before it? 3. How do they get there?
Ans,ccr. l. 1t is board under the control of and
employed in the Office OF the Secretary of the In
terror. 2. Claims which have been rejected by the
Commissioner OF Pensions 5. On appeal from
such rejection.
| Subscriber, Bath, ". VI applied for pension in
1876 for two Observation-Disclosures and impaired
sight of left eye. In 1850 L allowed 81 per
month for disability. with arrears from date of
discharge. l. wish to know if l get an order for
another examination before the board and am al
lowed on other remaining disability, will l draw
arrears? 1t was all embodied i'll my first applioa-
| ton. 2. VIII l have TO furnish evidence over
again? AnSrcr. L. Yes. 2. No person has to fur
| nish evidence over again, unless the testimony
| heretofore furnished is unsatisfactory.
| ". II. b., ArcOta W.-There have been no funds
out of which claims arising under the act of June
| g. 1884 could be paid. and none have been paid
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