The National tribune., 1886-04-01
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FIR IT.. Brooklyn. His.-1. What is the meaning
of the term incapacitated for the performance
of any manual labor, applied by the Pension
| Department? p After an application for increase
| has been rejected, how long a time must elaPse
before another application will be entertained ny
the Department? 3. Can a pensioner make appll-
| cation for increase direct TO the Commissioner oil
! Pensions, without employing an attorney? III so,
T. How long after such application has been SEM TO
the Department before an acknowiedSment OF It's
receipt by Commissioner should be received eithep
by an order for examination or III some Quiet way
| 5. When application for increase has been mace
on disability for which already pensloped, IS not
one entitled to an examination without furnishing
further evidence of disability? AnSeer. l. a DIS
ability equivalent to the loss of leg above the
knee or an arm above the elbow. p Six months.
3. Yes 4. Less than 4 month, usually. D. Yes
unless evidence IS required showing "heihef
| claimant is entitled to S2i or higher rate.
| G. w. C., Bro,Cnsdate, Mimi Has the arrears
| pension act been extended? = If So would persons
that get an increase of pension get the peneht OF
| the arrears? 3. Have there been any new laws IN
the granting OF pensions? If so, what are they? T.
| Is ex-Presidsnt Buchanan member of the present
Congress? 5. How must correspondence he written
as to appear in the columns OF IHE NATIONAL
| TRIByNEa AnSmer. /. No. .. That depends upon
| the nature of the increase, the amount received,
etc If the increase given for the disability tor
which originally pensioned arrears could he
paid. 3. That is too broad question. If you mean
| during the present Congress- THE NATIONAL lRIIs-
UNE will keep you fully posted 4. No He died IN
! 1865 5. We cannot guarantee the publication of
any article, because cannot tell until we have
read the correspondence whether it suits us. If you
refer to inquiries see note at head Of this column.
4 Won ISnr 1TNfH N lpG
| the second certificate because your increased rate
was for deafness and same was granted under order
OF pr 3, 1884, which provided that such increased
rates should be given from and after that date Prior
TO april s. 1884 your claim is settled by the original
! allowance with arrears back to discharge and the
| Subscriber Raranna, Mo.-Are the enrolled Tor
six monthsl militia of Missouri who, during the
late rebellion and while in line of duty in said serv-
ice, contracted disease received wounds or IN
juries entitled to pension? 1hSWer. No; unless
claim heretofore filed and prosecuted to success
fu issue prior to July A. 1874.
C. T. f. Ransom, Bfch.-l. When does the enact
ment entitled the " Presidential Succession Bill y
take effect? 2. Who is President of the Senate? J.
How long does he hold office? 4. Who is at the
head of the Mormon Church? 3. What is The be-
ginning and terminus of the Hennepin Canal
4nsacer From the date of the act Jan. p. 1856. 9
John sherman, Senator from Ohio. 3. During the
10th Congress. 4. John Taylor. D. From the ilil-
nois River near the town OF Iiennepin to the Mis-
sssippi River mt Or below Rock Island.
Subscriber, Fhitconlb Ind-If the bill granting
widows, etc, an increase becomes Il law and sol
der gets married afterit becomes law, and he dies
will his widow get the Sl2 per month during widow
hood or is it only for those who are widows before
the law passed? Insurer. The bill IS already
a law and contains proviso that widow must
have been married the soldier sailor prior 10
the passage of the act to entitle her 10 s2 other
wise, she get but IS.
Joseph H., Malone, IOtcG.-ln the Chicago journal
of March 5 the question is asked: Will you in
form me if there a law passed i'll 1872, or since
then, giving soldiers who enlisted on or before
by the Editor of Journal as follows: There was a
law passed July 5, 1876 givinga additional bounty
of SO0 TO each and every soldier who enlisted into
the army of the United States after the 18th day of
April 1861 for period of not less than three years,
and who after serving the time of his enlistment
honorahly discharged" Is there not n mis-
take in dates? AnStUer We are forced to remark
that the reply of the Chicago Journal is
wild one. No bounty act was passed in 1876 at all.
The last bounty act was passed April D. 1872,
which provided bounty of 500 to all who en-
listed for three years under the Presidents procla
nation of May g. IS6I) prior to July %, 1861, and
were actually mustered in for three years prior to
Aug 6, 1861, and were subsequently honorably dis
charged provided that they had received no bounty
for such enlistment.
C. ELizdbelhtoUn. O.--Should the widows in
crease bill become law and the limitation 10 the
arrears act be repealed VIII the widows pension
increase of 81 per month date back to discharge
death of soldier? Ans1cer. No. The bill Is already
a law but it gives no back pension. The increase
in all cases commences from March 10, 1856, when
the bill became law. No increase can be paid for
any period prior to said date.
e. p s., Red Land, Pa. Mrs. J.. receives
pension Of SIT per month Her minor children
ceved, she received for them, - per month. On
arriving at their majority can her children lay
claim to the money SO paid to their mother? 2.
Can they instu ute an action at law to recover the
above? AaSiger. No. TO both questions The al
lowance OF s. per month belonged solely to her,
just much as the Sl7. The children have not a
shadow of title to it. 1t was an increase of her
pension.
r. r. s. Perry I'LL 1 enlisted and was mus
tered into the 33d Ill. Sept 8 1861. eensted and
was stored in Jan. l. 1861, and March 3 1868 i'll
railroad accident received an injury TO my spine,
and never performed any duty afterwards, and was
discharged for disability June9 1863 and never have
received all of my veteran bounty. can prove
that my injury was the cause of my discharge for
disability. How much veteran bounty did |
ceive, and entitled to the balance of it? 2.
Would my injury Il now draw $50 per month pen
sion on that account be considered rs a wound so
as to entitle me to veteran bounty? AnSwer. You
should have received the entire bounty. 1t is
manifestly impossible for us to say how much you
did receive because not the custodian of the
Government records. 2. Yes, from the statement
given by you.
G. W. NJ Clay Center, Mclean n person who
homesieaded 80 in 1872 inside of the railroad
limits and perfected his title thereto. homestead
another 50 acres Or rather, is he not entitled to
another so acres without making residence? An
Yes; but he will have to make his entry in
person.
d. A., NJ Y Citu-What time did the act take
effect increasing the pension of certain soldiers and
sailors from S24 to $50 per month? / received $2i,
and on application for increase was allowed $50 per
month, commencing Oct. Is, 1884. Am / entitled TO
any arrears? Ans,Oer. The act of March g. 1888
increased certain pensions from $2ito $780, but your
claim for increase probably filed alter that date,
and it is probable that Oct 15 1884 is the date when
you were examined by the Examining Surgeons
if SO, that is the date from which your pension
legally commence
|. d. N. f., Cterrlfetd, Me.-A widow draws PEN
sion of So n month, the pension being granted by
special act of Congress. VIII she get the increase
from So to ST. does the fact of its having been
granted by special act debar her of the increase?
Ans,ser. She is entitled to the increase, rs we
understand the law.
CdSs CdidmeU, kGn.-1. We drawing a pen
sion on one disability and have applied another
which has not yet been disposed of and entitled
TO increase first disability. Can we, should
apply for said increase while second application
is pending? 2. When soldier applies for pension
through attorney, Is it not attorneys duty to keep
applicant posted in regard to same? 3. VIII ST
Klegg be published in book form? All the boys
want 1t. AnsiUcr. l. Yes; the application may bc
filed. =. Yes. 3. No arrangements have been made
| in regard to the matter.
III. p, NorttuiRe, Dak.-I. Would it be in keeping
with the law for man to deed his homestead to
his wife, and then take presumption; if not what
course should he pursue? e. Where II soldier has
received notice that his claim has been allowed for
horse lost in the service, what should he
pursue to get his money? Has there been any APP
propriatiOn made for such purposes by the present
with the laws of the State Territory regarding
| the transfer of such property to wife. In some
States it has to be done through third party to be
legal. 2. He will have to wait until Congress ap-
propriates money to pay the claim. No appro-
priation to pay such claims has been made by the
present Congress, and probably will not be until
near the close of the sesson-say, in July or Au-
gust.
j. C. L., Mention, IotUd.-1. Can n claimant for
pension withdraw his case from the Department
on his own motion for the purpose of bringing il
before Congress? 2 If not what is the proper