The National tribune., 1889-11-07
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Il. H. f., Champaign, M-On Feb Is last su-
pied for an increase OF pension on account Of
chronic diarrhea, resulting piles and heart disease
and on July II my order for examination WAS r.
sued and / was examined on the 25th of same
month. Now how long will il be before should
have my claim settled? AHsWeT. IL will probably
be several weeks, as the Pension Office Is some-
what behind In increase claims. II you do not
hear from your claim in, say, two months, you
should write letter to the Commissioner Of PEN
sions, giving your certificate number and ask the
condition of the claim.
j. O., Dublin, Hetand-Can United States Con-
suls charge pensioners anything for completing
their vouchers? AnsUer. No. BY virtue Of a re-
cent act Of Congress- they are prohibited from
taking any fee for acknowledging a pension
Hrs. N. j. K. Waterbury, VL-If a soldier who IN
drawing pension for injuries received in service
should now marry and should die, would his Wild
ow be entitled 30 pensOn2 1nstrsr Yes proyid-
ing his death was due to causes which originated
In the line of duty i'm the service She would be
as much entitled as though she had married him
before The war.
7. o. w., Grarifv To,Da-I applied for pension on
three disabilities and before sent in my evidences
my attorney, without my knowledge or consent,
dropped my claim on Que disability. furnished
evidence on all three disabilities and was granted
pension on two Of them. III should apply again
on the one dropped, would my pension therefor, il
allowed, commence from date OF original appliea-
ton, and would the evidence already on Gle reIAt-
Ing to the third disability be consideredf A1ssrer
that disability would not affect It's validity. You
should write TO the Commissioner Of Pensions and
state that you desire To complete your claim on the
remaining disability, aud request tn be furnished
with statement OF what testimony is necessary to
complete the same.
@. f. j., ParaGouid, Ark.-I served through the
war as armorer Of the West Gulf Squadron under
Admiral ID. g. FarraRut. and was wounded in the
battle OF Mobile Bay Aug. s, 1864, by the explosion
OF shells from the Ram Tennessee. When / recov-
cred from the shock found the shell-roOm on fire.
so went on top Of the shells aud put out the fIre
with my hand by rubbing it on top Of the loaded
shells thereby saving the ship and crew from de-
structon, Tor which was awarded n medal of
honor. Am entitled TO any pension Therefore I
am receiving pension OF IS per month. and can
not do any work. have applied for an increase n
year ago, and it 10 very tough times with me. An
stoer. You would not be entitled TO any pension
under the law for the services performed in saving
the ship and crew. The only way By which you
could receive reward therefor would be by special
act OF Congress, and as you already receiving
pension and are subject TO increase under the gen
erll law, we cannot advise you in regard to an eE
fort To have special act passed for your benefit
We suggest that you write 10 the Commissioner Of
Pensions, giving the number Of your certificate
and ask the condition of claim for increase Of
pension. IL the same has been pendnga year Il
should receive action.
A. f. s.. Grant, Ors-Isa pensioners widow en-
titled TO the full amount of his pension at the date
of his death? AHSrer. Yes; that is she is entitled
To the amount OF his pension which had accrued
from the date of his last quarterly payment up to
the date OF his death If no died from which
originated tn the line OF duty la the service she 10
also entitled to n widows pension.
7. w. b., HfSerihs. Ky.-In case an attorney Ia q
country village should assist a claimant in ks pen
sion claim by doing all his writing and work
therein, and then the claimant should appoint
other attorney Al Washington, and in case the
claimant had q written agreement with each at
toruey to pay him SIS in the Of the allowance
OF the claim. could each attorney receive SIS as
fees? AHstSeT. No. Only one attorney can be REQ
ognized in pension claim and paid the Fee which
Is paid out OF tho pension by the u. :. Pension
Agent. The attorney who recognized by the
Pension Bureau would be paid The Zee and II would
be unlawful for the other attorney 20 accept any
thing as fee He might charge the claimant for do
ing his writing, etc.
s. H. H., Cambridge City, Iad-Tn case a soldier
should lose his discharge after having it recorded
will another be issued upon the evidence OF the
recordr And II not, and only certificates be
granted. what is the OF having IL recorded ?
Anst0er. The object of recording discharge il thas
you can obtain q certified copy of the original dis
charge, which, attested by the seal OF the court
would be Just M good for ordinary Purposes as the
original discharge; but the War Department will
not issue an exact copy OF the discharge even upon
the certified copy, because the original was the
only copy in existence, aud they have records
of their own upon which TO furnish duplicate or
to verify the correctness OF the certified copy
T. l. A., Plymouth, O.-My ueighbor enlisted I'm
1851 for three years, and served his term and was
discharged; then enlisted Ia the l9lst Ohio for one
year in December, 1864, and served until the close
OF the war. The l9lst Ohio was assigned to Han
cocks Veteran Corps and served there. Now, IL
he q " First Corps q. s. Veteran Volunteer" and
entitled TO bounty as such aud IL 80, how much
Ans,cer. Haneock's Veteran Corps was organized
in the DistTics of Columbia. Recruits were fur
nished transportation To Washington, and were
hinl klsaf-
lilies were domiciled. and were paid special
bounty of 500 upon muster into service. The i9lst
Ohio Vols was not part OF this organization. As
Stunning that he served three years under his first
enlistment, he should have receiyed So advance
bounty when enrolled and s75 balance bounty due
at date OF discharge. His second enlistment for one
year entitled him to u bounty of $780, payable ONE
third when enrolled, one-thrd at the expiration OF
sxm0nths' service aud one-third at the end of L.
months service but il the full year not served
out, he had no title To the remaining third.
s. X r., South BrookiuIa. ". VI served In tha
United States NAVY for three years during the late
from 1851 to 1854 and was honoTably discharR-
cd. Am NOT entitled to n land waFrAntf AISlner.
No. Land warrants have not been issued for sery-
ices In any war since 1855.
BMR, Center Sdndtrich. ~ H-soldier enlisted
Aug. H. 1864, for three years; discharged June -
1895, by reason of Special Order etc. Army of Po-
tomao Received no bounty. Is he entitled tn any
AnslVer. For the enlistment stated he entitled
TO $780, payable 500 at enrolment sO0 ut the expI-
ration of l8months service and 500 at the exPira-
ton of his three-yeaTs' service. He must, there
FORE have received $780, which is all that he is en-
titled to- because the second and third INSTALLING
never became due, he having been discharged be-
fore serving Is months.
ID. A., Kim6aa Ka,s.-Did Gen. Grant, whIIs
President veto the Equalization OF Bounty Bill ?
AnStCsr Yes; that is, he refused to sign It, which
was equivalent to veto, and which action is cali
| ed IA pocket veto.
| p j. a., AndresO, Had.-I am drawing S2e per
month on diarrhea and piles and catsrrh and
severe deafness OF both ears. L am not able to
| work any of the time aud have made application
for an increase. have filed the aidaviIs of four
| good men, who state that am not able to perform
! any manual labor, and il necessary l could get
plenty more. VIII this evidence have any weight in
my case or does 1t depend entirely upon the Exam
| lining Board? AHstpor, The evidence mentioned
would be taken into consideration in the Adiudics-
ton of the claim, hut the result would depend al
| most entirely upon the report of the hoard OF
Examining Surgeons who examine you.
D. b. Dayton, 0re.-I took up u presumption
claim aud lived on II six months. and then com
muted or changed il to u homestead. did not
| receive any benefit from the presumption claim.
Now am not entitled to presumption? Anslpor.
No. The presumption law expressly states that q
person can make but one filing Hereunder.
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