The National tribune., 1886-03-11
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions on Variety Of interesting
Subjects.

| and mark it Correspondents Column" No atten-
| accompanied with full name and address OF writer
| Our readers requested to inclose q stamp for
reply 10 their inquires fosta eapd7 @ wv, Mil ard He
narily be made within week, and If IN this COL
! umn within three weeksl
| ". L. W., EHesuilIe Ind-A soldier in company
with a comrade, entered cotton-gin near Nlcks-
burg, Miss, for the purpose of getting p ACE to
sleep other soldiers of different commands were
also there One of them orders one soldier to get
up and let him have the place; which was refused.
The soldier, without any authority, strikes him
severe blow on the head with q gun inflicting q
terrible wound and injuring his head and for which
he was sometime i'll hospital. Can a soldier thus
| injured without any provocation on his part claim
| pension? Answer. Our opinion is that the soldier
would have difficulty in proving that he was IN line
of duty when he received the wound. He was not
| with his company, and the injury was received
during an altercation-two ugly features IN the
| case.
Err, Upper Sandusky GA soldier veteran
| lied Jan. l. 1864; commissioned in April 1865.
| Now what proportion of the veteran bounty was
withheld from, or how much did he receive on ac-
| count of said commission? AnS,0er. lie should
have received $50 on muster in; $50 at the end of
two months; $50 at the end of six months and go
Mt the end of year-total $40. lie forfeited Si9O
| bounty by accepting his commission.
! G. w H., Hastings, Iowa.-I. Can a pensioner get
rerating if rating is deemed too low and would re-
rating carry first rating, and what would
be the necessary proceedings III asking reratlhg?
2. Would the first be examined on the testl-
mony and examinations previously rated on? 3.
A soldiers wife died after his enlistment, leaving
two children about seven TO ten years old; they
were sent to Soldiers Orphan Home. Soldier
died in the service Can the two children who are
now of age, get pension, none ever having been
drawn? ARSwer l. A rerating of pension Is rarely
allowed. A claim of that nature would only be
considered in case of 1CoWnd where 1t was mani
fest that an error III rating had been made. sub
NIT the facts 10 the Commissioner OF Pensions z
That would depend upon the facts Of the case, OF
which we know nothing. 3. Yes, If soldier death
was due to line of duty.
II. r., Vinfom Only claim for pension has been
rejected. To secure a reconsideration on appeal, is
II necessary to furnish the affidavit of an officer or
two 2rvates, showing that suffered with the DIS
ability in the service? AnS1ccr As we know moth
ing of the merits of the claim, and as you fail to
state any particulars, we cannot say.
+. s. H., B0laton. Mimi. Supposing n soldier
working for original invalid claim is ordered
before the United States Examining Surgeon to be
examined, and the Surgeon reports him TO be two
thirds disabled, how much pension would he get?
2. About how long would il be before the claimant
would get his pension, if any? g. If the repeal of
the arrears limit becomes law, from what time
would this claimant draw pension? Has been at
work at it five years. 4nsUer l. Sc per month, if
the report of the Surgeon is sustained. 2. We can
not say. We have means of knowing whether
the claim is complete. g. From date of discharge.
S. L. VI. c., Baltimore. Hd.-What was the pay
per annum during the war of an army Chaplain?
A SuJscriber.-A soldier First Lieutenant) is
killed in line of duty in battle. At time of his
time, reverses reduce them to poverty. The
sathcr dies leaves a widow. but has son, unmar-
ried az - import her-the only support she has:
Is she now entiter+-sa - pension in consequence OF
her sons death-the son SSs,lled in the army? an
No. - 80,
is ", Sacramento, CAL enlisted sI!lS1 IlS 16, 1861
for three years during the war, and wa 70 re-
cciveS3O0 bounty; was discharged June q 1866 anu
only received 500 bounty. Am | entitled to the
other 500? Ans,cer No. You did not enlist for
three years or during the war, but for three years
| unless sooner discharged You enlisted under the
act of July 1864, which provided onet third of the
bounty (slO0) on muster-in, one-thrd (SiO0 at the
expiration of one half of the term Us monts) and
the remaining third SlGO) at the expiration of the
full term of three years. You did not serve three
years, consequently the other slO0 was not due
less you were discharged for tcopnds.
j. g. G., Penn, Pa.-Corp. j. V. S only
died while in the service at Petersburg, Va, in the
| Fall of 1864. He not yet u years of age when
he entered the service, and his parents drew his
| earnings before his enlistment, aud also received
money from him while in the service They never
made application for pension. The mother is
| in her I'D year. almost blind and in need of help.
Can she get pension? AnSlUer We presume she
| has valid title to pension 1t depends upon her
income since her sons death. and whether her hus-
band was able to and did support her comfortably
during that period.
j. IT. Il, AIgoaGc. Mich-1 If soldier enlisted
Sept. 10, 1861, died OF disease Oct. 1853, leaving
widow, his wife having died just prior to enlist
ment. and left only one child, who was 10 years
Old at the time of soldiers death, and said minor
having lately applied for pension, i'll case claim is
allowed, how much Will said child draw? Will he
draw - or Si0 month until such time lie arrives
at the age of l6 years? , If soldier dies from dis
ease contracted in the late war, having claim for
pension pending, and his widow, having four chill
dren, all under Is at time of soldiers death, files
| rate will she draw, and how much? Will she draw
! pension from date of soldiers discharge Or from
late "i death 8 oacil a case was placed IN @ the
hands OF special Examiner at Detroit March, 1883
| What do you suppose is the reason that no Ex-
aIniner has showed up yet? Are cases of this kind
SO much behind as that? 1. To what officer do you
/ send application for back pay and bounty for
minor mentioned in question /? To whom
! should soldier apply for removal of charge of
dcScrtiOn? D. What in yOurO opinion are the chances
for this Congress to repeal extend the act,
so-called Will it be likely to pass? AnS,Cer. l.
$40 =. She can complete his claim and draw the
pension he would have been entitled TO. The rate
for tie period prior TO his death depends upon the
degree OF ms disability from time to time Her
| pension of IS and 50 for each minor child COM
! menceS from date of his death. 8. Yes. 4. Back
pay and bounty to Second Auditor of the Treasury.
| Pension, to the Commissioner of Pensions. Re-
mova of charge of dcsertion, to the Adjutan- Gen
cra L. $ A s. 1t Is too early IN the session to form
an opinion.
H. H., Franklin, Pa enlisted May, 1861; was
mustered out June. 1864; received 500 bounty. If
| the equalization of bounty bill passes, how much
! Will be cHttled to? AnStCer $500 If your state
ment is correct you were entitled to 500 additional
| bounty, had you applied therefor prior 10 July l,
1850, when such claims became barred by reason of
the expiration Oi the law. You cannot now iile a
! claim therefor.
p NcM. Irclaud.-If you will again state your
questions giving the names Of vessels upon which
| you served, and your post office address will
investigate the matter and reply to you by mail.
Pnirick Mari Md Home O.-The bill referred to
! provides for increase of pension rates for CmpuG-
tpaS only. IL would not benefit you, because your
arm Is not off. \ reScciion Is not an amputatlon.
/ T. y. B.-Ihc headquarters Of the I'D l. :. Inf
| are at Fort Lewis, Colorado
/ s. H., Stc,rUriSuUtc Eo-To settle dispute please
state whether Gen Grant vetoed the Mexican pen
SION bill. AHStcr. No. Zen. Grant nor any otht.f
President ever had chance to veto such bill. 1t
! never passed any Congress.
OhI NO'dier, AW. Ncb., sends the following,
/ clipped from the Chicago inter ocean. " l.. |. ",
Malta, ill.-ticn. Grant never vetoed the cquaiiza-
ton bounty bill because the bill never passed.
Two bills the subject, very nearly alike, passed
one House, but d!d not pass the other, and hence
did not get far enough for any one t. veto up
I prove them and asks il such u bill did not pass,
and whether not Gen. Grant vetoed It. JJStCer.
We hnye on several occasions gwen The iull history
of this matter IN TINS column, bat VIII once more
state the facts even If iuyc To- demonstrate thut
the Chicago inter OcsuE i not up IN matters of his
tory. During the I'D Congress the equalization OF
bounty bill passed both Houses OF Congress. IL
/ passed the SENATE March s. is55, and zee St,r II
HuuG,d 10 frlSjdeIi Grant for his signature, which
would have made IL u law. lie refused TO approve
it, and thus the Ml met its death. President Grants
/ refusal 70 approve the bin what and Is
| known 40 "A packet refo. Hc had at tiHt time usO u
written veto of the bill which Ic did dOt apply to
/ the bill, because II WIS not necessary. By with
holding hIs approval lac achieved the result,
aud perhaps more, because Congress might have
passed 1t over his veto had nc communicated the
the time were that the majority Of soldiers did
desire the passage of any such bill, anG that the
| country was not in IL financial condition to meet
| such n draft upo" the Treasury. II the Chicago
inter ocean Wll turn to page -27, part Of Volume s.
Congress- pHGi EtcOrd 1870, II Will lind tine final his
tory Of this bill after 1t had passed the Seuai" 1T
| l.tviu,r prcViniI,lV passed the House, these