The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-30
him. Every one that is of the truth heareth
Christ's voice" (V. 49,
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Replies to Questions on a Variety OF Interesting
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Sc H. ADRIAN, Bfch-1. The certificate of the Ex-
aiming Surgeon is sent direct the Commissioner
very soon after claimant has been examined It
then goes to the case, and ii otherwise complete
tho claim is acted upon. 2. There is no specified
time Tor acting upon the report of Examining Sur
geOns. IL takes the same as other evidence.
=. IL IS impossible To state what number has been
last adjudicated all claims that complete
acted upon regardless of numbers.
L. A. O., ScottSddie, Pa.-If a party is drawing a
pension on gun5hot wound and gets killed by
All or accident, will his widow family draw the
pension AnStDer. The pension ceases with his
death. To entitle widow DR. children to pension the
pensiOner must have died from the disability for
which he pensOned, or sOuts other disability
which originated in the service and in line of duty
s. A. c., JfGSkegon, 1fich.-In claims for ordinary
rupture testimony as to existence since discharge
Is not necessary If has been called for it is prob
ably an error III u claimant can prove to the salts
faction of the Pension Office that he received a
rupture in the service and in line of duty the proof
there ends unless II Is a case out of the regular
order, by reason of increased disability thereirom
and Is necessary to show extent of disability in
order to make equitable rating since discharge.
Your claim will not, we think, be rejected on
grounds mentioned.
WHIP Boy City Ricb.-If applicant for increase
of pension should make u request to the Commits
sioner that he he ordered for examination before
some other Surgeon or Board of Surgeons than last
examined him, such request would probably be
granted as It Is customary to do so.
A. w. C., Franklin, Pa.-If there is no record
showing your treatment during service for your
nd unu furnish ficuIk aafi
showing treatment therefor in service or immedi-
ately after discharges, we fear your claim will be
rejected. Your disease - of that class that the PEN
sion Office holds must be connected with the serv
ice by medical evidence, and none other will be
accepted.
j. 4. B., Epping, ~ H.-You have no claim under
the law. You were not entitled TO the three
months pay proper, because you were not a COM
missiOned officer on March 3, 1865, and you for
feted your bounty as an enlisted man by accepting
a commission. Your Colonel had no authority to
state that you would receive the extra pay and the
Government is not bound to fulfill his promises.
@. p. b., NE. Airy, Mo.-In where claimant
is, by reason of physical disability, unable to re-
port for examination ordered, the facts should
be communicated to the Commissioner of Pensions,
accompanied by an affidavit of physician, setting
forth claimants physical condition and inability to
travel. The Pension Office will then arrange il so
that he can be examined at his home without I'M
necessary delay.
@. j., 81. Johns, Ariz.-You may have to prove
the date when the symptoms of blood poisoning
first appeared and you may be called upon to show
your condition since. Probably nothing more.
The examination by Board of Surgeons will de-
terHine whether said disability is due to your
wounds. If they report fiyOrably, then your
theory as TO the origin of disability will probably be
accepted.
Subscriber Alma Ark-You cannot prove that
your disability originated during service, hence
you not entitled to pension. 1t may have been
remotely due 10 your service, but if you cannot
prove that it existed prior to your discharge it is
useless for you to apply for pension.
r. ~, Sdgindt0, Hich.-A soldiers pension can be
discontinued or revoked for cause showing that
he is not entitled thereto.
H. T. BansingtoH, DeI.-The time for fling claims
for property taken by the army IN States not in
insurrection expired JAN I, 1880.
j. c. b., Lake Creek IH.-If mother was dependent
upon the soldier for support at the time of his DEATH
and prove that fact, she is entitled to peusioH.
f. A. g. GtdsGOrd, M-You cannot procure a
veteran muster to entitle you to a veteran
bounty, because your second enlistment was made
after the time for enlistments veteran volunteers
had expired.
ST L., 50. Louis Mo-A claim for pension always
retains the same number, whether rejected or al
lowed. In the latter case the claim is thereafter
designated by certificate number instead Of the old
number.
GA r., Atlanta, Gal The Second Auditor of
the Treasury is the officer 10 whom all claims for
pay and bounty should be sent 2 The Pension
Office has nothing whatever to do with such claims.
S. H. j., Rock Ha2sy, IOVa-Unless you can fur
nish documentary evidence showing you to have
been regularly enlisted you cannot establish the
fact that you served claimed. The Adjutant-
General, U. 5. A, has no record of your service,
1
when you enlisted there is no basis to the claim.
/ No testimony will be considered sufficient, in
absence of record to justify that officer in amend
ing his records as To show you a soldier during
time mentioned. Such is his invariable practice
where soldier is not shown to have been mustered
/ into service.
| s. Nd Charleston W. Va-The widow can CON-
pete the original claim of soldier and if he died OF
disability claimed other disability due TO serv-
/ ice, etc, she can file claim his widow. When
claim is completed she will draw all the pension
that soldier would have been entitled to up To his
death 1t makes no difference as to date Of mar
riage to the soldier to entitle her. IL she is his
/ widow that is all the law requires. In any event
she is entitled to the soldiers pension up TO date OF
his death by completing his claim y
| e. D. j., Junction, " H.lf your disability Origi-
/ mated in your first service, from which you were
| hOnorsbly discharged, your subsequent descrtOn
from second service will not affect the claim but il
/ you claim disability IN second service II will be
necessary for you to- get discharge therefrom be-
/ fore you can get pension.
| s. L. A. g. Monfrose PA claim for commuta-
ton of furlough rations takes about a year
to settle. Ii claim IL favorably acted upon by the
COmmissary General. u. s. a, it goes thence to the
| former action Is sustained, it is submitted to the
Second Controller of the Treasury. If the previous
| favorable action thereon is confirmed, it is re-
| ported back to the Third Auditor. thence to the
I Secretary of the Treasury and by him Congress is
asked to make an appropriation to pay the claims
there no funds available TO pay these claims
| All this takes time. You cannot get your claim
| through in three or nine months.
! A. ID. ". Oxford, kdn.-Drafted soldiers who were
| honorably discharged are eligible to membership
| in the q. AR.
IA C., Rosenhayn, ~ J-WiII failure to furnish
| the testimony of two comrades to origin of disa-
! biIity where soldier treated in hospital for
disability claimed the rejection of the claim
AnSccr II depends entirely upon the nature of the
disability claimed and the record la the case As
rule i'm claims for disease that are ordinarily at
| tributahe To the service, q record showing treat
ment in hospital therefor is sufficient providing il
is also shown by record that soldier present for
! duty at the time he alleges the disease was con
| tracted and sent TO hospital, where he WAS
treated therefor. In claims for rupture other in
iures wounds and some disease. in the absence oil
record showing that said disabilities originated IN
line Of tltiy proof regards the latter fact is
quired. Each claim has its own peculiar features
and testimony called for In one case would not be
! required in another, though based on the same
| disability.
JHJ. Peru, Esb-Gen George Brinton McClel-
han was born ia PhilAdelp hia Pa. Dec 3 1926. He
entered the Military Academy. AT West Point in
1882 and after graduating there WAS assigned 10
duty as brevet Second Lieutenant in the Corps oil
! Engineers In 1852 he was Assistant Engineer in
the construction of Fort Delaware and in 1855 was
| commissioned as Captain. At the breaking out oil
the civil war he commissioned Major General
Of Ohio volunteers, and WAS placed in command oil
the Department. of Ohio, comprising the States o
Ohio Indiana, Illinois, and the western PORTIONS
| PENNSYLVANIA and Virginia. lie commissioned
as Major General in the Regular Army May IA 1861
| and commanded in several engagements in West
| Virginia which resulted in clearing that region OF
| the Confederate forces. On July %, the day after
| the Federal defent at Bull Run he was placed In
| command of the Division of the Potomac, anC
| shortly afterwards of the Army of the Potomac
ITpon the retirement of Gen. Scott he was appointed
General in Chief of the Armies of the United States
| Mcclellan ran against Lincoln a candidate fol
the Presidency. the latter receiving little mOrt
than SIS per cent of the votes and the former little
Ies. than Is per cent. He resigned his position In
the army on the day of election, Nov. 3, 1864 anC