The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-02-16
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s. b T., Lincoln, Neb.-1. A pension Is paid from
the Chicago Agency. How can payment be trans
ferred to the Des Moines Agency? 2 Are claims
for loss OF horse or for risk and of horse bar
red by Limitation? Ansscer. l. Apply to the Com
missioner of Pensions for transfer and the proper
blanks viii be sent you upon which to make your
application. 2. All such claims are barred.
l. D., BeaviUs, III am drawing small pension
for deafness Of both ears. Does the Government
furnish ear-trumpet5? AnStCer No.
IFS, Eagle Lake, Ainn.-I. Are land-warrants
still issued? ii not, when were they discontinued?
2. Are they good and will they hold wherever
Government land may be had? 3. W here can the
details of the homestead and land laws be pro-
cured2 ATiStgeT. 1. Yes; for services rendered In
any war prior 20 March g. 1856. 2 They can be used
the same cash. 3. The Commissioner Of the
General Land Office.
VI w., Crown Point, Ind was wounded and
taken prisoner at the battle Of Chickamauga.
Have Through from Cumberland Hospital, Nash
vile, and one from Camp Chase, Columbus, D.
How can get Communication OF Tations? AnSCeT.
Apply TO the CommissaTy of Subsistence, Washing
ton, D. c. submitting your furlOughs.
". H., Rici5ord, N. K.-What IS the legal fee for
the successful prosecution Of an original claim for
invalid pension? AastceT SO, if no contracts we're
flied; but in ali such She claimant is priv-
legged to contract with his attorney for the payment
of fee not to exceed SIS payable the allowance
of the claim.
F. d. H, Milford, Mass.-If an attorney succeeds
in having pension granted to awidow of a soldier
OF the late war, as also the claim of her deceased
husband, which was filed before the soldier died Is
he not entitled to fee of SIS in each claim, proyid-
ing the widow signed articles Of agreement to this
effectS AnSa0sr. Yes.
~ A oh - IfTc II,
applies for increase OF pension on new disability
which is allowed, does the payment commence
from date OF filing the application IN the Depart
meDt or from the date OF the claimants examIna-
ton? Anstcer. Pension will commence from the
date of filing the application, if the same has been
filed subsequent to June 80, 1880.
g. W. R., OttaIUa, KGn.-l. Where did the sea get
its salt? 2. Where Is the largest bell in the world
8. Please give me the address Of VIM. Ayrd. an
st0er. l. The origin Of the salt of the has never
been satisfactorily established by science Salt OF
sodium chloride, exists III natural formations all
over the globe, and among the theories which have
been advanced, the most satisfactory one Is that
the salt of the ocean doubtless results from the
mechanical changes which have taken place in the
elements that constitute the earth crust during
the former geological epochs- 2. The largest bell
In the world Is IN the city of Moscow, Russia. g
We have not the address of the eomrade you mem
ton.
w. c. w. Boulder, U-What is the value of a
one-half cent copper coin dated 1909? Anslcer.
The value OF ali coins depends upon the state OF
preservation they are in, to ascertain which an in
method would be to refer the matter to a reliabls
| numsmatologist.
j. D. W., Randolph, Ky.-I was discharged IN
July 1865, upon Surgeons certificate of disability
| and afterward served nine years in the Regular
| Army. Can the latter service deprive me Of pen
sion for disability contracted in the former? an
siUer. No. if you can prove the continuance of the
| disability from July, 1865.
e. o., Rinigan, Mol. am pensioned at "a PEI
month. Remarked in 1867. In case of my death
| could my wife draw pension? 2 If Cleveland /:
elected second term, what kind of time will we
| have? AIsCer. l. Date of marriage has nothing
/ whatever to do with the rights of the widow. A
widow of one day Is much entitled to pension a.
/ a widow of 40 years The right Of the widow K
pension depends solely upon the cause of the sol
| dler's death. 2. We cannot now answer the ques
| ton.
| J. c. a., Seneca, Kan.-1. Is there yet a law II
existence to pay soldiers ration-money; more
| especially those who were absent on account o
| wounds received in line of duty? A soldier wa
| wounded at Fort Douelson, Tenn, in 1862 wins
has lost his fuTlOugh but retains his descriptive roll
with the certificate of the commanding officer o
his company, stating that the wounds were tn,
cause of the absence. 2. Please state where Sena
tor Quay is from, and also his political creed. An
| SiUer. l. The amount can only be collected wher
| the claimant furnish his original fuFlough
The fact that the records show him absent on fur
| Tough Is not sufficient to establish the claim.
Senator Matthew >. Quay resides at Beaver. Pa. Fl
| is Republican. He served during the war as 81
| officer of Pennsylvania volunteers, and was mus
tered out Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Com
| missary- General. His term Of service will expir
March g. 1893.
a. ". L., huShUo, ". III draw go for the loss Q
an arm so near the joint that l cannot wear al
artificial limb. Drew $50 from the time Congress
passed the act raising it to that amount. Was ther
not pension law allowing $50 for a disabilit
| such as mine up to the time IT was raised to S45
AnslOer Prior to Aug. A, 1856, you could draw onl
$50 for an amputation above the elbow, even thoug
| it were the shoudeF-joint as to prevent tn
use Of artificial limb. The S36 rate was nc
granted till Aug. 4, 1885, at the same time that tn
S45 rate was made. You were properly increase
from $50 to $40, and draw nothing in add
ton for any period prior to the date when you wer
advanced to $40.
J. IL. c., 0hi0VilIe, Pal Is the Pension Boar
of Review up with its work? 2 My claim wa
submitted to that Board Dec. %, 1887. How 500
may expect action? 2. After being acted upon b
this Board, where will it then go? 4ns7Usr i. We.
practically. 2. Any time. 8 To the Medical Divi
ion, where the pension viii be rated and then
the Certificate Division for pension certificate
issue. This, of course. is on the superstition this
the claim viii be allowed. If rejected it viii
sent to the Adjudicatng Division, and letter of
lection will be sent to the claimant his attorney
stating the reasons why the claim is rejected.
j. B., Detdno, Mimi pensioned depender
mother dies, leaving a weak-minded son, who
unable to support himself. Can his mothers per
sion be drawn by him? 2. Who is entitled to tn
! pension accrued at her death? AnstUer l. Their
is no law for passing the mothers pension to Ia
son If he Is over 10 years Ofage. 2. If there n
minor children under 10 years of age, one is eL
titled to it. except by way of reimbursement. Sc
Sec. 47lS, Rev. Stat. u. 5.
| g. Il. s., armstrong, Ran.-I applied for pensio
Aug. % 1879, and my claim rejected for wal
of evidence. / have since had it reOpened. In cas-
OF its being allowed will it include arrears? Al
| sIger. Yes.
A. w., Bangor, Aich.-Is mother entitled to
pension for son who died in the latter part of Ii
war when she has five grown sons single and he
husband living at the same time? AnSlUeF Yes
! she was dependent upon said son for support.
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