The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-08-07
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G. b. X, Hilbert Lea Mimi What has beeom.
OF bill rate for deafness to $40 per month
2 III "A pcnsioneT executes All application before !
notary or Justice of the peace must a clerks Ger
Ghcale be attached? 3. In application under new
act, does pension, If allowed, commence with date
OF application or on june q. 1890? AHstoeT J. The
bill II IN committee, and will probably be put Over
until next session. 2. No, unless said officer has
no seal II, however, the notary justice Of the
peace has no seal the certificate OF the Clerk OF the
Court. certifying to official character and SigGtur,
OF notary Justice must be attached to each paper
D. The pension would commence on date when the
application - filed in the Pension Bureau.
4. C. w., Leectburg. Pd.-What has become Of
the Prisoners of War biii2 AHsiUcr 10 IL now in
committee, aud has not yet been reported upon. II
may not be passed this session.
y. h. 3, Ne,p York City.-HOw many medals oil
honor have been issued by Congress 70 soldisrs
AHSwer. Seventeen hundred aud fifty medais oil
honor have been awarded to volunteers and sol
diers OF the Regular Army for distiug ushed serv-
ices during and since tile OF the rebellion.
Besides these, many medals Of honor have been
given by special acts OF Congress TO the inventor
and members of the Life Saving Service, and "a
others loo numerous to mention.
j 8, LJtCer SaisIn Odd President Lincoln call
on California for any troops; md II not why not
dnsrsr. No; probably because the DISTANCE was 90
great from the seat of war TO make the expense
and time of transportation too great. California
however, furnished over - 900 men without call,
a Subscriber, Binghamt9n, " What bills are
now pending ia Congress for the benefit of soldiers
their widows aud dependent relatives and what is
the scope OF these bills? Anstcer To answer youF
question fully will involve more space than W can
devote to The subject There have been nearly a
thousand bills introduced various subjects oil
interest and benefit to eNsoldiers and heirs promi
nent among which the bills to remove the
Limitation OF arrears 10 equalize bOunties to pay
service PENSIONS to compensate prisoners Of war
aud many others too numerous TO mention
u. H. w., Moline Nich-We have every reason
10 believe that Congress will some day recognize
the justice OF paying bounty OF 500 those sol
dicTs who enlisted after June p, l55I and were
discharged for causes incident 10 their service
before service Of two years, or, ia other words.
70 put them on the same footing soldiers dis
charged for wounds. We favor such "A bill and
will advocate Il when opportunity offers.
~ a. w., Worcester. MaSs--I married some
= years ago, aud was divorced. In three years
i married tie same man again. Was that lawful
or had TO get permission from the courtp lie
WAS soldier Does that prevent me from getting
pension, II my claim - good otherwise 4Hstrer.
You have title to pension, because you were the
legal widow OF the soldier. Your second maTTiaR "a
to him cannot be set aside. or set up to defeat your
right 10 pension as hts widow, and II your claim IL
Otherwise proved you eau obtain pension.
X. H. d.. Raymond, ~ H-What was the pen
a Ign
deafness OF both earss AHStCer. Prior TO March 3,
1919. s.; from April 8. 1851 81; from Nov Is 1887
60, and from Aug =, lass, SIS. The foregoing
rates are far enlisted men.
Z. I. Columbus. lRd.-OuT answer TO 5 E j. Dele
van, Mimi, might have been mOre'exteuded in
order To give clear idea OF the benefits OF the
new bill, but confined Ourseif TO answering the
question rs pTopounded. pensioner drawing,
say -. or -, for disease. who has lost a leg by
accident since the war, who Is additionally dis
Rbled from any cause. not the result of mis- own
habits WDNiu in uut}e he
Now bill, and would be rated az from So to sI2
depending upon his ability 10 earn "a support by
r. C. 5, Lockport, RI. II the service pension
bill passes viii commissioned officer who now
draws a pension for disability be entitled to one
cent u day for his seTyceg 2. III a widow of a
soldier wishes To obtain a pension will she have 10
prove that she Is pauper, or the amount OF prop
eriy she may posses, providing the service pension
becomes u lnw7 AHstrtr. ]. Yes. >. No.
j. Il. d.. lricsUihe. Ey.-A soldier comes home
from ;he army, marries and dies from disease con-
trhcied in the service las wife and only child also
die. Now, can soldiers mother draw pension for
him as dependent mother, provided she can
prove dcpendeuCef AHStseT No; because he lens
"A widow Surviving him.
r. n. d., Lander, Uy0.-What is the - Completed
files, and what Is the advantage TO claimant
whose claim has been placed IN the Completed
flies - What Is Order ISL? AHstrer. by Order No.
i0l, last january the present Commissioner OF
Pensions originated file OF completed cases that
II, claims where all the testimony which had been
called for has been furnished. and they are in "A
are then taken up and examined with u view to
allowance II possible. claim not in the COM
p'oled files 10 supposed to be incomplete hence
eannot be finally settled without further proof. To
have claim placed ia the com pIeled files is "A step
toward final and favorable action.
l.. w., A0HcH, M1.-A soldier of the late war died
IN the service leaving a wife and children: the
widow applied for pension, but became discOur-
aged, dropped her claim, remarked. The second
marriage WAS not valid because the second hus-
band had one or more wives then living from
whom lac had not been divorced when lac married
the soldiers widow. This woman leaves him or
drives him OF. He then obtains "a divorce from
her Is the right for this woman TO draw a. pension
ON account OF her first husbands services etc re-
stored 10 her under the old law the late act
June q, 1890. Or IL, Rfler marriage, the second
husband dies, will the widow recover her right to
pension under either iaw1 IHSipsr. A divorced
wife has no pensionnhlc rights aud the widow can
not be pcnsioned We presume by this woman
you mean the widow of the soldier.
w. 4. T., NOrihbTidOs Mass.-I. BY act of July 1,
1922 are general certificates filed IN Pension De-
pRrtmcnt, or Agency for paying pensions done
away with or prohibited; aud. il So with regard
to all papers applications" "atlldavits of eyt-
dence,' vouchers for pension at pay Ing agency -
4 III certificate - required on each paper, would
one certifying Ghen commission of mag jstrate be-
gan and expired which the magistrate can get
from u Court and keep on hand and attnch himself
he sufficient must 70 be certifying that when
paper was executed such magistrate had author
ity, and be attached by Clerk OF Court personally
after the paper il executed? J. IL several papers
are attached IN the same claim, would one cerIih-
cato be euoughY 4. Can Secretary of State certify
Co authority as well ns CLERK of Court? s. Ii l. as
Justice of Peace, should procure AN official seal
would papers upon which 10 was Used bv accepted
as properly sealed? Insurer. /. General certih-
Gates done away with entirely and are no longer
of any value. The law of July l, 1890 cumpels the
attachment Of Clerk ; certificate To each paper cx-
ecuted before any officer having no seal. 2 No
because NOT only the official character of the officer
using no seal must be certified, bat likewise his
signature on the identical paper executed before
hlm muht be certified 10, and the Clerks seal must
be impressed not only through his certificate. but
lsVNEf ihs FftaIt al
Zach paper must have separate Clerks certificate
attached thereto. 4 We presume So. s. Yes If
Ill Justices of the Peace Notares Public and other
officers authorized To administer Oaths would pro-
cure seal, so that Il be imprinted the dOcu-
nent executed before them. their acts would be
egal.
h. r., Pine Run, Mieh.-Can n son OF a soldier
who In permanently disabled being crippled for
ife, and being Fl years of age aud dependent on
MS labor for his support though his father be alive
'nt not legally bound for his support draw a pen
Ion under the new law or any pension law. An
tger. No,
Disabled Soldier, Pottsto,0n PA soldier is dis
bed from work by inward disease His phy-
tall. hi Ia a