The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-22
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j. H. g., Cobah, Conn.-I am now drawing PEN
sion at the rate of $24 per month for gunshot wound
in face loss OF ie eye and i'm paired vision Of right
eye, resulting in total disability equivalent to the
loss of hand or foot. Am entitled to an increase
under the Commissioners ruling? Answer. No,
you are not entitled to any higher rate under the
Commissioners ruling. The Commissioners re-
cent ruling increasing certain s24 rates TO $50 only
| applies to those whose disability in leg
| Is equivalent to the loss Of r. hand or foot.
g. L b., West Point. Cd.-To whom shall apply
| for copy of my discharge which have lost7 an
stceT. You cannot obtain q copy Of your original
| discharge, but you can obtain certificate ia lieu
OF your lost discharge, by writing TO the Adjuan-
| General, u. s. A, this city
Il. H., SaTdnde, McI.-AfteF my husband died I
| applied for pension. and the Pension Office re-
| CURES evidences showing that he was sound man
| before lao enlisted. The doctor who examined
| him when he enlisted does not remember anything
aboutit. He never needed doctor before ne en-
| listed. What can be done? AnstDer. Furnish the
aiiidayits OF any two neighbOrs or friends who
/ knew him well enough Mt that time to be able to
| testify that he was a sound, able-bodied man ut
| date OF enlistment.
v II. w., Saiern Hdss.-I went home In 1864 on
! veteran furlough, wlRch furiough / now retain.
Can receive communication for such period; and II
| so. at what Eate and to whom must application
| therefor bo made? AHss0er. Yes, you receive
| Communication at the rate of 3 cents per day. APP
ply To the ComHIissaTy General of Subsistence, In
| closing the original fariough.
| d. ID. H., Rototeg, Hass.-fs a man who receives a
liberal pension not obliged to main ain his family
In case be refuses Tegleos to do any part
OF TIE pension be Withheld by the family? AHstveT.
| No. the pension can bs paid to the soldier alone.
j. r., ChssaHiIg, Mich.-Is n soldier entitled TO q
! pension If injured while on furIough? AHstger.
l furln rzre
| Through with his whole command he would DO
! considered ia line Of duty and entitled to pen
| sion; not otherwise.
| sc. r., Yo1tBgstotpr,, 0-Some time agoI applied
| for a pension account of rheumatism and heart
disease contracted In the late war. am 81 years
old, and served in the Mexican war. /. Am i en-
titled to pension account Of my service in the
| Mexican under the act of Jan. %, 1872 2.
| Would pension under said act bar me from re-
| oeiving my invalid pension when claim IS COM
pleted II should then waive oil right Mexican
| war pefisioncr? dnsUer. /. Yes. 10 s. per month
service pension II now disabled, back tO The date
OF the pessage Of tie get Jan. %, 1s57. p No. You
could receive your service pension until yonr claim
for invalid pension was allowed, and then, II the
latter was larger than the former, you could drop
your service pension and receive the disability
pension.
P r T.. Dayton GA soldier died about seven
| years ago from hemorrhage Of wound, for which
lac WIS drawing pension. His widow applied for
| pension, but not called on for the certificate
| OF the doctor who attended bin at his death until
some i've or six nenths after the doctor died One
| other person was with him Et hia death. she has
failed to q pension for want OF the doctors
| certificate OF death. What be done for her
AHs'cer The cause OF the soldiers death must be
| proved. IL was very negligent OF the widow not
| TO secure the evidences Of the physician who at
tended her husband drTiug bis last sickness
until IL was too late, by Of the physician
DEATH II che satisfactorily prove the cause o
the soldiers death she viii be enabled 10 obtain
| a pension. As We know nothing Of the resources
of the widow or the nature OF the additional evil
dence which she can furnish, We not able TO ad
wise you further.
r. a. O., Cambridge Nass.-I made application foI
500 additional bounty in ls57, and the claim wa:
not allowed. enlisted Aug. IL, 1868, aud was mus
tered Sept. 9. 1853, when received So fsEse pay
| ment When was discharged, Dee -, ls65, re
| ceivcd SO Can have my claim for additional
| bounty reopened. and to whom should / apply
4HssceT Yes. Apply to the Second "a uditor Of tho
| Treasury Department.. this city.
j. Al. r., BFoekrile. hy.-To whom should per
son apply for Communication money which - duo
pensioners every Ave years who have lost the practi
cal OF hand foot and Is attorney requires
| in such case? As.sapeT. Application should b
made to the Surgeon-Geaeral, U. 8 A. this city
direct No attorney Is necessary In such 4 case
| attorney procured the bounty due me from tn
Government, bat did net seud me back my dis
| charge. aHdas hs has now moved away ErOm ht
former residence. eann0s trico hina. Can yoI
procure me his addressg AnsIrer. We do not know
the attorney you name In your letter nor have W.
any means Of procuring his address, bat IL II prob
able that he filed your discharge with the Seeons
Auditor OF the Treasury. this city, where 1t may b.
on file. You can ascertain by addressing him. ans
II il 10 In his possession IL win be sent 70 yoa
once.