The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-02
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies TO Questions on Variety Of Interesting
Subjects.


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umn within three weeks.l
e. III H., Naomi. COlo.-Enlisted drummer
boy in the 18th Pa. and was sent TO Harrisburg Ia
shortly AFTER arriving there was re-examned and
rejected as being too young. A few months subse-
anent my brother found me wandering aimlessly
around the camp, whereupon he procured me
transportation home. Am 1 not entitled To some
remuneration, having been borne upon the roll OF
the 18Th Pa for some times AHSiUer. You are not
entitled any remuneration, because you dis
charged by way of favor.
G.. M H. Lttcerae. MiHn-To whom shall apply
for extra pay First Lieutenant? ARS1Oer. To the
Second Auditor of the Treasury.
". K, KjagsddLs, Pal Enlisted in 1851 for
three years. and served until July. 1862; then
discharged for disability contracted in service Am
/ entitled to any bounty? 2. A pensoner loses his
hearing from a severe Illness caused by the disa-
bility for which he is pensiOner Is he entitled to
increase of pension Tor said deafness; If so, what
evidence is required? 3. Is Communication money
paid for = disability not equivalent to amputation?
AsSWer. l. IL you enlisted after July %. 1861,
| bounty is due you, if discharged for disease. 2.
Yes. As know nothing Of the facts in the case,
we cannot say what evidence would be required.
B. Communication IS paid for loss of limb or loss of
\ use of limb, and not for other disabilities.
4 W. H. B., CAT Mo-1. Why not all officers
who were entitled 20 three months extra pay, paid
the same when discharged from service? 2. Is the
date of March 5, 1881 the correct date of the pass
4 age of the act granting officers communication for
\ nations, servant and responsibility of arms etcf
Ansrer. l. Those who were entitled were mostly
| paid during their time of service. The law
passed March 3, 1865, and some paid at the
next regular payday. If they did not receive it
during their service the probably paid
them their discharge. There few such claims
now valid. Not one officer IN n hundred who
entitled to said pay proper that did not receive it
flW hraa Of
The various laws in regard to officers allowances
were made from time to time, and that in regard to
responsibility for arms, ETC., was made long before
the late The amount of pay proper which
was paid an officer depended upon the rank setu-
ally held BY him at the date he entitled
thereto. under the act of March 3 1865. He had to
be mustered officer of particular rank to en-
title him To extra pay proper for the rank.
Inquirer" MddtetolcH, COnn.-In what manner
was the Third Corps disposed of in 1864. when Gen.
Grant reorganized the Army of the Potomac? IN
sI0sr. The corps was discontinued and the troops
transferred to other corps March 8 1864 it would
be impracticabe, if not impossible, for to give
the disposition OF each organization comprising
said corps
g. H., Laseuile XVI. When was discharged
drew n two-thrds pension for several years. Am
entitled TO the difference between the tygo-thirs
and s. per month up to the time pension increased
providing disability the same? 2 If a SOL
dier's jaw fractured by u rifle ball while in
line of duty, would the Government be obliged to
furnish artificial jaw? g. Has bill ever come
up before Congress TO give communications of money
to any other than those that have lost limb? An
ssCer. l. No. z. No; but there are some cases of
surgical deformites where the Surgeon General
| furnishes appliances 3. See reply to ". X above.
NO. p, BarabOO, WiS.-I enlisted for three years
or during the war, and was prisoner of war dur
ing part of said period. 4 have homestead claim.
| What time i be credited with said claim
Can pre-empt after living il SIX months, and
per acre? 4RslUer. No; you only entitled "a
credit for the time actually served. You com
mute your homestead entry and pay Sl.25 per acre
, for the land and secure title thereto.
L. N. de D. KenOShG, His.-5ecton 1895. Revised
Statutes, specifies rates of pension for total disability
for all ranks. Section 4699 provides that the
SIS per month may be prOportionately divided fol
any degree of disability established for which
, Section 1855 makes no provision. The last-men
toned section IS too lengthy for to publish in
full. The rates therein specified are shown IN GU
table Of pension rates.
: ga r., Golden, Mol. My husband died aftel
! having taken a homestead Of 10 acres. have con
, tinned to reside upon said land and have proves
. up. 1 still remain widow. Am entitled to Al
additional homestead? II so, / sell it? 2. Can
choose an additional homestead in any State. ant
hold it without living thereon? 41SlCer. L. If thi
{ original homestead was made prior to June .
1874, you make additional entry and sell il
. 2 Yes, II entitled TO make additional Homestead
, entry.
CA W., Rrisiol, R. IL Enlisted June 1861, an,
discharged for promotion in July, 1862. Am emit
I tied TO 500 bounty2 2. Has Congress made apprc
; pration for same Aasluer. 1. Yes. 2. Yes, bu
only for those claims which were allowed prior t
i" | the Adjournment of Congress-
: Il. III. r., D,tanHlOre, Preserved in the 50th
l Y. Engineers as a pontoon teamster. Why am
10 aGlllsSiOu as MEMBER OF
: AnsweT. Because the rules and regulations of ID
Order prescribe that the candidate shall have bee
regularly enlisted and mustered into service of tn
J. United States and honorably discharged therefron
; As you were not q soldier you not entitled
admission.
c. w. j., Dundee. Mch-1. Can dependent PAL
. ent father mother enter 160 of land the
! dependency, or are they entitled to the 5ame2
Are pensioners who draw S2i $50 per mont
! from the Government for disability from dseas
equivalent to loss of arm leg entitled to eommu
tatiOnY 4nSlUer. I. No 2. No. unless disability
o located in a limb, totally disabling il.
q ". h, CfeUeiGnd TenR.-HOw many Command
IF ers-in-Chief were in the GAR and how many sti
. living? ARslUer Gems. s. A. Hurlbut IS66-67 dead
John A. Logan ls6o'69-'70 A. r. Burnside lS7l-'-
:. (dead), Chas. Devens, jr., lS73-74 John +. Har
n ranit 1878, John @. Robinson 1877-'7S. Cha
,. VIM. Iarnshaw 1879 dead, Gems Louis Wagn,
" (lsS0}, George :. Merrill 1881, Paul Van DervOO
+ 1882, Robert b. Beath 1883, John s. Kountz 1sS
- and 5. ). Burlett 1885.
q III. C. g., Dayton, O.-At what date and place Wi
,. United States gunboat Otsego destroyed and vi
v was commanding officer? AnStCer. She was sun
"A by a torpedo Dec. 9, 1864. III. N. T. Arnold ID
Il ls.-,a k.s-as