The National tribune., 1886-05-13
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Dr. p j., Netle Creek, hid. Can a married per-
son under 81 years Of age take advantage of the
presumption and homestead law7 2 Can a soldier
who has taken presumption claim this spring, and
expecting TO prove up this Fall and take a home
stead. file his declaratory statement on homestead
before he proves up on his REDEMPTION claim2 3.
What Cleveland's and Blaine's vote Give
each by States. Electoral votesl 4. Can person
who left so acres Of land take a presumption
claim In the same State? 5. Can person eommutea
homestead and then homestead or pre-empt again
q. Can a person commute q homestead. having 50
acres Of improved land in the same state? Ans,0er
l. Yes. z. No. 8. Total, Cleveland, 10 Blaine,
1s2 We have not space to give the votes by states
Il was widely published at the time. 4. No. 5.
No. 8. Yes.
ES, Trarerss City, Mich:-I II a soldier loses the
of his left leg by disOeation Of hip joint from
rheumatism, and receives Communication Of $50 for
the same, in the right hip becomes useless in
the same way, is he entitled TO Communication for
loss Of use of right leg2 2. IL claim attorney
agrees to prosecute claim for So if successful.
nothing If he fails, and the claim Is rejected and
the claimant continues the claim himself and it Is
allowed, - the attorney entitled 70 pay? 3. 1 am
receiving S2i per month. Both OF my hips are out
of place and one arm Is badly used up. Am
/ receiving all the law allows meR 4nsWer. 1.
Yes q No II he failed to render any service after
the claim was rejected. g. We cannot say. 1t
depends upon the report Of the Examining Surgeon
IL he should report that you unable perform
any manual labor you would be emitted to $50 per
month.
u O. ETufra. " Y-some time ago. In answer to
my inquiry "a tOwhether the bill to increase the
rate for deafness" had passed, you replied IN the
negative, and stated that it had not even been con-
sidered In committee yet am confident saw It
stated in the newspapers that the committee OF
both the Senate and House Ton Invalid PensiOnsl
had reported favOrably. Now TO what committee
do voT alIuJe9 Ia n 5,onnnitsee 81 tbe WboIe9 N
so, will you please explain what proceedings are
necessary before bill can pass after il has been
ported favOFaDly TO the House by committee
AnssOer. Our reply at that date was correct. Since
then the House committee has reported fav0rably
bill to increase the rate for total deafness of both
to ED per month. with prOpOrtonate rates for
degrees Of deafness less than total This bill has
been committed to the Committee of the Whole
House. Thence 1t Is put upon the calendar, and
when it comes up II Will be voted upon by the
House. The Senate COMMITTEES has not yet reported
any bill on deafness.
T. A.. East Saugus, Muss-f. Il there any Gov
eminent bounty allowed for soldiers who enlisted
in IS62 for nine months 2. Isthe dependent widow
OF a soldier who was himself pensioner and died
since the war entitled TO his pension AHsEer. 1.
No. 2. As we have repeatedly stated widow Is
entitled 10 pension only in the soldier dies from
disability which originated IN the line of duty in
the service. Inc EieI LHdt ne Is DPuSiOuer
does not give her title to pension unless his death
is caused By the disability for which pen
stoned, or some other disability which equally
due 70 line Of duty in the service.
j. b. Otd1ca Iu-SOIdier died In 1869 of dis
ability incurred in the service leaving a widow
and three minor children. Widow remarked In
1870, never having applied for pension. The chill
/ dTen are now all over Is years Of age Are they
entitled to pension for themselves and widow from
date of widows remarriage, no application having
\ yet been hled2 AJlssOer. Yes
| Dr. L., Ayr, Neb.-L Is a man who was born In a
/ foreign country. and whose father never natu-
rallied, citizen By reason OF having been a sol
der in the war Of the rebellion? 2 Can he take
| presumption and mortgage the same before the
\ Government has issued a patent for the land? 3.
Can the creditor foreelose said mortgage and sell
said land on the receiver receipt and make good
/ title when the Government holds the patent? An
| sueT. No to all the questions.
lisa Pa, EgiR. Pa.-SuppOse soldier has claim
| for veteran bounty and back pay. and said claim
/ Is all right and ready to pay. will he have to
walt FOR Congress TO appropriate money for the pur-
/ viii be paid after Congress shall make the neces-
/ sary appropriation, BY Pay master OF the Army on
l duty in this city.
j Eff w.. Roseburq, Ors.-Every Officer, or enlisted
or hired, man, who has lost limb, the Of q
limb. IN the military naval service Of the United
States, Is entitled to receive. once every five years
| an artificial limb or apparatus, or Communication
therefor The period Of i've years Is reekoned from
the filing Of the first application afler June H. 1870 and
no arrears accrue previous to such fling. The COM
mutation allowed in ease Of the amputation of leg
Is s-5 in All other cases 500. Communication can bf
allowed only in of loss OF limb or loss Of use
Of limb-that Is, arm or ieg-not for other injuries
The laws relating artificial limbs are the Revised
Statutes Sections 47ST to 1911. and act of Aug. 10
1876, Chapter 800. The Surgeon-Geueral OF the
! Army, when requested, VIII furnish al necessary
| blanks and information Formal applications, wheI
! properly filed up, should, whenever possible, bs
| Ia the handwriting of the applicant, and ther
| sent to the proper pension agent for his certf
cate Much delay will be prevented by filing W
properly all the spaces of the application and tax
ing care to write the name regimental designation
etc, correctly and very plainly. Upon application
for limbs in kind orders will be given by the Sur
geon-General. upon manufacturers who shall have
filed bonds in the sum OF $1,000, with two suretie
each, to furnished good and satisfactory limbs
without extra charge to the soldier and make gooS
for five years al defects of material or workman
ship without additional charge subject in all case
to the inspection OF such persons as the Surgeon
General may designate. Orders for limbs will b
good for one year from their date and no longer
Necessary transportation by the most usual ant
direct routes will be furnished TO those desiring i
for the purpose of having artificial limbs fitted bu
will not be furnished except for this purpose. Com
mutation for transportation IS not allowed. Eael
person, on receiving actual transportation, mus
sign and deliver up his transportation order to thu
authorized agent of the railroad, other carrier
Transportation orders not used should be returne'
TO the Quartermaster- General or to the Surgeon
| General. bill to reduce the period from five t
three years, was introduced in the present Congress
and was reported adversely
| O. Men San Diego, Cal-1 Is Il six months from
date Of application for increase of pension or 81,
months from its rejection before new application
DC MADE! = III OEucf TO OOtAln a pension Q
$50 month for total disability Is il necessary to b.
so weak as to be unable TO dress and undTess with
out the aid and attendance OF another person? an
| Swer. 1. Order of the Commissioner of Pensions
No. Sc, dated July 81. 1882, provides that claim
for increase of pension, except for new disability
will not be considered within six months from tn
allowance Of the claim or of prior adjudication.
2 The act of June Is, 1874 which provided the rat
of 500. specifies that said sum shall not be grante'
by reason of any of the injuries herein specified
unless the same have resulted in permanent, tota
helplessness, requiring the regular personal ai'
and attendance OF another person" The Secretar,
the Interior, IN 1876, ruled that the word help
lessness' does not imply utter physiea
prostration, but should be understood referring
not only to the physical helplessness which com
pels him TO depend at times upon the personal all
and assistance of another person, but also TO hi
helpessness, e. inability to gain a subsistence b.
his own exertions"
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