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H. e. p, 0Stcego, N. FL was employed to work
with Construction Corps expecting to enlist in
short while. served through the war in this ca
pacity. Am entitled to pension? Anst0eT. No;
for the reason that you were merely an employe of
the Quartermaster's Department, and were not in
the military service
L. c., Fiat Rock, ILL., am the minor child of de-
ceased soldier. My mother also being dead, am
entitled to pension? AnSlcer. If the of your
fathers death was due to any disability contracted
in the service and in line of duty then you would
be entitled to pension but if he died of cause not
incident to the service and line of duty you would
not be entitled.
+. Il. H. Cnnlbridgeport Mass-A soldier Joined
aregiment, but was not regularly mustered into the
United StGtesservice He fell sick and was furlough-
ed. While he was at home his regiment went to
the front, and he Is marked as deserter. In 1862
he re-enlisted and mustered into the serv-
die m for d m ne m
duty. Can he be pensioned notwithstand-
ing his record of desertion from the first serv-
ice? AnstDer If he was not mustered into the
United States service on his first enlistment he
could not be legally classed as deserter and he Is
entitled TO pension for disability contracted in
lire of duty in the service actually rendered. and
from which he was honorahiy discharged.
l.. Z. r., Milan, Mo- filed an application for
pension prior to June 30, 1884 and claim was re-
jected. In 1884 Congress placed me the pension
rolls. Since that time have found evidence suffi-
eient TO establish my claim in the Pension Office.
Am / entitled TO arrears? AnstCer. You de-
barred from prosecuting claim under the general
pension law, as you elected 80 seek relief from Con-
gress Under the present rulings is held that as
you elected to take Congressional pension, you
have no further status before the Pension Office,
and cannot, therefore, draw arrears. Neither can
you prove up your original claim and draw pen
sion thereon.
W. s.. OHIO, I'LL. Who are the members of Presi-
dent Cleveland's Cabinet? 2. How many Demo-
Gratis and Republicans in each HouseY g. How
many Democratic Governors in the United States? 4.
Please name the State officers of Illinois. s. What
has beeh the result of the Worthington and Post
contest FOR the 10Th Congressional District OF Illinois?
AHStoer. /. Hons. Thomas j. Bayard, Secretary of
State; Charles S Fairchild Secretary of the Treas
ury; William @. Endieott, Secretary of War; VIII
liam G. Whitney Secretary of the Navy; William
f. Villas. Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson,
of Michigan, nominated for this officel; l.. @. O..
Lamar, Secretary of the Interior nominated TO be
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
s., and Hon. William F. Villas nominated to be
Secretary of the INTERIOR; A. H. Garland. Attor-
ney General. 2. In the House of Representatives,
Democrats, 1853; Republicans, 1885, Independents,
4. In the Senate, Republicans 80; Democrats 81.
3. There are % Democratic Governors in the United
States. a. The State officers of Illinois arc as fol
lows: Richard ]. Ogesby, Governor; John @.
Smith, Lieut.. Governor; Henry ID. Dement,, Secre-
tary of State Charles p Swigert, Auditor; John
Tanner, Treasurer; George Hunt Attorney-Gen-
eral; every one of whom is an ex Union soldier 5.
The contest between Worthington and Post for the
ferred to the Committee Elections recently APP
pointed by the House, upon the request of the
Speaker. 1t will be some time before the contest
will be decided.
Ii T., irving, R7s-I fled a pension claim prior
to the year 1885, account of injury to breast and
shoulders, and resulting lung disease. was pen
stoned for the injury but not for the lung disease
Am not entitled to re-rating since 1870, the date
shown by my evidence to be the origin of the re-
sulting disease to lungs? AnSWeT We do not think
that the Pension Office will reopen your claim
allow you re-ratng, because action once taken is
rarely If disturbed unless II can be shown that
manifest injustice has been done Possibly If you
can furnish reliable medical evidence, showing
higher degree of disability than that for which you
have been pensioned, your claim may be consid-
cred.
JR H., Alpha. Dak-Piease decide bet When
my pay high private " was raised to SIG a
month, was or was not my ration allowance cut
DOWN. AHSWer. No; it was not.
j. b. c., RaUelnd, Ne6.-Is soldier who enlisted
for three years but who was discharged before the
end OF that period on Surgeons certificate of dis
ability entitled to pension from date of discharge?
Anstcer. That depends upon when be filed his
claim. If before July ], 1850, Yes; If after said
date, No.
D. d. b., Fendale, Calls a soldier, when dis
charged for wounds before the completion of his
enlistment, entitled TO pay for the whole period?
AnstoeT. No but he would be entitled to the full
bounty If wounds were received in line of duty.
r. H., FoacIer, 3iclI.--A dependent mother draws
pension, and upon remarrlaRe she IS dropped from
the rolls. Her husband subsequently dies Can
she be restored? 1ssaoer. She cannot be restored
TO the rolls, because her pension forfeited by
her remarriage. Unless her second husband was q
soldier, and died of disability contracted in the
service and line Of duty, she cannot be again PEN
eioned.
e. F. Canton, ~ Y-1. Please give me the names
OF pension bills which were recommended by the
| GAR. National Encampment at St Louis to Con-
gress, with full explanation of each. 2. Can a
soldiers widow, whose husband was pensioned for
heart and lung trouble, draw the Sl2 pension re-
| gardless of the cause of his death? g. Would she
be entitled TO it if he pensioned for a wound,
and died of lung fever? AnsUer. i. The bill In
full will be found in issue of Oct last. 1t has
been introduced in the Senate by Senator Mander-
son, of Nebraska. and is designated s. ISL. You
| can procure copy of 1t by writing to your Mem
/ Der of Congress. 2. No. Under the present laws
4 1t must be shown that his death was due to dis
ability contracted in the service and line of duty,
in order TO entitle the widow to pension. g. No.
less the lung fever was contracted in the service
but if the GAR. bill should be passed, she would
| be entitled.
| G. IT, j., Gorhanp. NJ Y-Please inform me where
can purchase old rnuskes for Post of the g A r.?
AnsaCer. Write the Chief OF Ordnance, u. S. A., OF
| this city.
/ w. IL, CentraIio, IH.--1. applied for pension on
three disabilities prior to July, 1880. 1t was al
lowed to at 81, with arrears to date back to
discharge. made application for increase, which
was allowed at s. per month since last May. Am !
not entitled TO arrears that also? If So TO whom
should apply 2. Was it IN 1861 or 1852 that green
| backs were authorized to be issued? AnstCer 1.
! The original disability allowed, with arrears
/ and subsequently increased to 81 per month, has
been finally disposed of. Nothing further can be
| collected that disability. If the remaining dis
abilities allowed, they will also draw arrears
providing the degree of disability therefrom is CON
| sidered sufficient to justify additional pension
therefor. O. The act authorizing the issuance Vi
greenbacks was passed in 1861
| 81. n. G., Washington, bld.--A soldier while in
the service lost his wife. He remarked after dis
charge. He died pensoDer, leaving two sets oil
| minor children. Will both be equally entitled Ia
pension? Is his second wife also entitled? AnsUcer
The legal widow of the soldier, who in this case is
his second wife, and his minor children under le
years Of age his death, both by his first and Sec
| ond wife, would be entitled to pension, provided
his death was dae to disability incurred in the
service and in line of duty.
| Il. L., BTeedSuitie Mich-I have Treasury Ger.
tificate for $780, How after appropriation fol
payment of same shall have been made will be
able to collect on it? AasDer About one month
after the appropriation shall have been made.
Il. j. t., Mention, Il.-A pensioner is sent TO the
penitentiary for murder. Can his blind and desti
tute wife draw his pension? AnSwer. The pension
can be continued TO the wife under the act of Aug
g. 1882, which provides that in of the mprison
ment of any invalid pensioner for O1fenses agains
the laws his pension money during his eonine
ment be paid TO the wife guardian of til,
minor children of such pensioner.
4. H. ~, Hat city, Ka,l.-Dd Gen. Grant defea
the passage of the Equalization of Bounty Bill
Ansper. Yes. After having received the bill for hi
signature he allowed Congress 10 adjourn withou
signing it. This is what is termed pocket veto >
We have answered this question often before ant
hope this will settle it.
O. d., Brittail. DIN my original application 70
| pension / could secure the testimony of only on
witness; so / let II rest. Now that am drawing
pension, ann ] entitled TO any arrears? AiSGe,
The question is too vague to answer.