The National tribune., 1886-02-25
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions on a Variety of Interesting
Subjects,

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replied to by mail optH Replies by mail will ordi
narily be made within week, and if in this col
umn within three weeks.t
| b. A. Rays O-1 Were Joseph f. Johnston and
Albert 5. Johnston relatives? II So what relation?
. What the hardest fought battle of the civil
war? g. In case Of The dcath of the President and
Vice President who would succeed to the Presi-
dency? 4nstoer. /. no. 9. Gettysburg, taking all
things into consideration, although the casualties
We're greater in proportion to the troops engaged
at some other battles. B. The Secretary of State.
r. Men, Spencer, fnd.-As a company of soldiers
100 in number how much did that number
have to he reduced 10 bring it below the minimum? ?
| Ans,cer. The minimum number so men (in-
| fantry).
| j. ". A., JIoodriile Neb.-Has what is known as
| Chdrens pension ever been more than 81 per
month while they were under I6 years of age2
4 Subscriber RiegelsriNe, " il. Is s. per month
| the highest pension paid for total disability result
ing from chronic diarrica and malarial poisoning,
with resulting disease of lungs and heart? Q. Does
an increase of pension rest entirely upon the Ex,
aniniDg Surgeon sreport? AnSWer. l. IS is - total
pension for an enlisted man Tor any disability, but
there are several higher grades of total disability
to which pensioncr can be advanced if the degree
of his disability entities him thereto. 2. Yes.
! L. L., South Sugindw. Mich.-Does soldier re-
ceive interest back bounty; and if so, what is
the rate on $500? AnS,Cer. No interest is allowed.
Subscriber, Clayton, kan.-Can party who owns
n homestead, but has been living with neighbor
since he proved up, move on to a pre-emption
| claim, thereby not moving direct from his own
| land? dnSUer. No. Such claim could be
| tested.
II. H.-Supposng soldier is destitute on account
disabilities and wishing i'll the event of his death
| TO become subject of charity upon his friends for
burial! sick and funeral Xpenses and he having
pension claim pending is he or his family entitled
| to anything from the Government to meet above
expenses; and if so, how after? AnslUer. No;
| but if the soldier should die before lie had COM
plcted his claim, his widow or minor children tn
case he left widow can complete his claim and
| draw the pension he would have been entitled to-
| In case he left no widow or minor children, then
! the person who bore the expenses of his last sick
ness and burial be reimbursed TO the amount
| expended provided he did not leave sufficient as
sets to pay the same but no more than the amount
which would have been due him can be paid under
any circumstances
il. W.. Broke, Bon, Ncb.-At the age of 20 years
my father gave me my time, and entered home
| stead, thinking that entitled to the same.
wrote slip ofpapcr, and put it in my boot, the
| words "Over 81 years of age" and when ! was
asked at the Land Office if was over q years Of
age swore that was. have held the claim for
two years Can prove up on it? There are 9TH
! ers who have done the same, viz taken claims
before they were 2l years of age. A,slcer. An en-
try of the nature indicated is void ab into. and
cannot be perfected. If sufficient equities shown
| the entry might be cancelled and you might he al
| lowed to re-enter the same land when qualified.
| u. ". r., Rdin5eH, kdn.-1. Did L. $. Govern
| ment ever undertake TO coonize the negro the
Oklahoma lands; Ia and what gave them the name of
| Okahomag 2. Why was there a strip three miles
! wide added to the southern boundary of Kansas
| extending west to the Tooth meridian? g. Why is
the strip of land lying west of the I00th meridian
I between the Kansas State line and the )" Panhan-
| die" of Texas, called the Neutral Strip" or - No
Mans Land"s 4. Does the Patent Office require
| any certain dimensions for modelse 1tsDcr i. No
\ 1t Is an Indian name. .. There strip of land
added to Kansas. You probably refer to small
tract called the Cherokee Strip, which confiicted
with, rather belonged 10, the Cherokees and the
! proceeds of the sales of which were paid to them
B. The Public Land" Strip, (which is the proper
| name for the land.t or nnoccupied lands west of
Indian Territory and south of Kansas is part of
the Territory ceded TO the United States by Texas.
| The enames Neutral Strip" and No Mans Land ~
are names given to it in different localities 1t not
being attached to any Stnte or Territory, and not
forming separate land district, is not subject to
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though n well CONSTRUCTED working model will usu-
ally be accepted. model should not occupy more
| than one cubic foot of space.
X. c. Dr.. Portland, GA soldier enlisted in Sep
tember 1861, and was seit home in May. 1862, with
discharge furiough to await the completion of his
| final discharge papers. In May, 1868 he reported
to Columbus. o., untier general order, or proca-
nation, for all soldiers absent from their regiments
! to report at the nearest military station. He
then discharged to date from May, 1862. Is lie not
entitled to pay from the Date of his discharge fur
Tough? Also to bounty? Anstoer. No to both
| questions.
| j. F.. Aadntic Io,ca-I Is it true that relatives
| testimony will not be taken as evidence in a claim
for pension? 2. Ifony certain relatives testimony
will be considered, how near must the applicant
and witness be related, either in consangunty or
| affinity, before his or her testimony will be ex-
Guided? AnS,cer. l. Testimony of relatives is not
| desired IN any pension claim. Such testimony is
not absolutely refused but is taken for what it is
worth. on the principle that it is reasonable to sup
pose that near relatives may not be entirely disin
| terested. 9 There is no particular rule or line of
action. 1t depends upon circumstances and how
important such testimony Is TO the case.
Z. T.. h, Rock Island, IH.-l. If i take up n SOL
| dier's homestead claim, how soon after land is
tered must locate upon il? 2. Must my residence
he continuous for five years less my term of serv-
| ice? Can employ an agent to select my land? f.
VIII all requirements be met if place another per-
| son on the claim in my stead? Answer. l. Six
! months. =. Yes. B. Yes. H. No.
Subscriber. Fort Collins, Col. Must neces-
sariiy be pauper TO be admitted to the Soldiers
Home? 2. Once admitted to the Home, can he
leave IL at Will? 3. What is required more than to
turn over to the Home his pension? L. His life
being insured for the benefit of others,
main? Ansmer. /. No. 9. Yes, usually. He ap-
plies for discharge and it is given him. unless for
misconduct Oh his part other good reason it is
thought best to detan him. No obstacle is thrown
| in the way of u weli-bchaved inmate who able
take of himself from leaving the home at will.
3. To behave himself and to obey orders which are
| in way rigid or harsh. T. Certainly. We desire
TO add that his pension money is not appropriated
by the Home. but is placed to the pensioners credit
and disbnTsed upon his order for the benefit of him
| self or his family.
| Il. j. p, Turner, Neb.-I filed pre- -emption in
| August 1885. Can file a contest on one as IL SOL
| der claim before proving up my pre-empion?
The facts i'll the case are these My claim of 160
acres lies in an shape, and 1t would suit much
better Ill square quarter, and the land to make it
square is contesable. The man holding il as a
homestead has no mouse on H. and 1t Is over seven
months since he filed on it, and what ! want to
know is Is there any way for me to get hold of one
40 acres of it, and still hold three uariers of what
now hold. have a soldier right and u tree-cul-
ture right yet, but there s tree-cuIture claim in
the same section. AnScer. No; you cannot change
your filing made.
e. W. j., Peoria, IH-I applied for discharge,
back pay and bounty under the act of July s. 1854;
received the discharge Dec. l3 1854, filed claim for
back pay and bounty Feb 6. 1885 How long will
have 10 wait for its allowance rejection? Also,
about how many have procured discharges under
| the act of July s, 1854. up to date? 2 When and
where did Gen Haiieck die" 3. Where is JEFF
Davis? Did he ever finish his book called THE
Lost Cnuse?" 4nSUer. l. About two years from
date of filing claim 1t cannot be determined how
many discharges have been obtained under the act
mentioned. 2 Jan. 10, ls72, at san Francisco Cal
3. Beauvoir, Miss. Yes
j. C., Pine Ridge Agency. Dak.-Can a man who
served IN the rebel army during the late war. and
who after the close OF the enlisted in the United
from for disability, can such II get n pension
for disability contracted in the Regular Army?
AliStUcr. Yes. II otherwise entitled. The act of
March 3, 1877, provides That the law prohibiting
the payment OF any money on account OF pensions
to any person, or TO the widow children heirs of
any deceased person, who, in any manner. engage
ed in aided or abctted the late rebellion against
the authority of the United States, shall not be
strucd to apply to such persons afterward voun-
tary enlisted i'll the ARMY of the United States
and who, while in such service incurred disability
from q wound or injury received disease con-
tracted in the line of duty
ID. C. s., North Tentsco Jni.-I enlisted Sept. s.
1864, for one year ana to receive from the Gov
ernment 500 bounty. Att the time of enlistment
| received 1885,, at the expiration of six months
SS3lA ! was mustered out of service June 8 1865
the balance of bounty. $685.. What rate of inter
est, if any, does the balance bear? To whom must
apply to receive the balance yet due me 41lSWer
You have no claim The linal inslsllment was not
due until you had served enc gear. The Govern
ment does not pay any interest on a claim.