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a. ~. O.. Pr0Uideuce r. IL What was the case
Of Francis NJ Williams, +. 4O2. Vol. 3 p. -. and
what was Cen. Eussrys ruling IN that ease? 2
/ What show has an applicant for u pension or AN
Increase 10 get Justice where the Examining Board
- highly opposed TO granting pruaion-2 g. Do
You think the pension law o. just, where it gives
/ sll per month % "a baby one year old who has a
wealthy mother, while an Old veteran who served
four years. in % BATTLES aud lost q thumb from
one hand and finger from the other, receives but
| 80 per month"; AHs'Cer. J. In this case the appel
I laut Oh medical examination showing him euti-
tied to the third grade, was granted "A pension OF
sI' instead OF 81 per month, and the Pension Blu
IehH sent pun n"iics mat the same would be re-
duced 10 80 per month. On appeal the ssistnnt
Secretary decided First that there has been no
SIS rate since March 3 1882. when S2f per month
was substituted therefor second. that whenever a
hird gr1ds pension had been c1rrecilY allowed on
- medlcal examination, and the rate Of sl8 in lieu
OF 81 WIS eTroueousiy pHId on such allowance the
applicant WAS entitled TO rate Of 81 from the
date when the 81 rate commenced; and third that
except where there was manifesty an error OF fact
or law Ia the original allowances, no pension can
be reduced without "a special medical exam{natiou
showing decrease Of disability. A the evidence
showed that the appellant Williams had been
rated at third grade by the Board OF Exam
ming Surgeons, the Assistant Secretary decided
that he WAS entitled TO the s24 rate from date OF
examination From later decision Of the As
sistant Secretary on this point. 10 appears that
in the majority Of such cases, the evidence
showed applicants 10 have been rated bv the
| Boards Of Surgeons, not at the third grade but
at eventeen-eIghteeuths. The Williams deci-
sion - therefore not Of great import there being
very lew eases ~ which applicants who were erro-
neou7iy paid SIS were entitled 10 81 PEI month /:
ia Az 81 these eases 10 which SIS was granted on
report showing seventeen re ghteeuth4 disability
the Pension Bureau Is now cutting them down 10
SlT per month, they should have been orr ~
rated. The latter decision il in the nas. ~ 49,.
ander Martin, D. 378 Vol T. T. d. 2 IL is rnauif.st-
~ impossible To give definite TO q question
Of this character but will shy that an applicant
Tor pension eun always obtain q second medical
examination before different board If h. c,n.
show that tho facts warrant il. B. We cannot dis
eu-s the question ia this column, but we NAV sgv
tu general, that II the soldier thinks he Is entitled
To AN increase (which does not apDearin your -tte-
mentl he has perfect right 10 apply for the same
and the Pension Bureau will after a careful CON
sideTttlOu Of his case grant him such an increase
"a they deem him entitled to.
d. D. D., Hammond La. For what purpose
WAS the Hcecai and Surgical History Of the War
OF the Rebellion published, and how many vol
umes is IT, aud what number of copies were pub-
li-hed2 2 If they were printed for distribuiion
10 whom should an application for them be made
3. In speaking Of the 30th Of May, which term h
correct. Decoration Day or Memorial DayT n
u not proper 10 wear TIE Memorial badge the
8Orh OF May, a. well IA on the preceding -undayP
1HsI0sr. l. The Medical and Surgical Histor, of
the War Of the Rebellion" was published FOR the
purpose of giving the people Of the CnIted Staf.s
knowledge Of the war from a medical aud srrpi-
cal standpoint is Indicated by is title IL il In
three volumes, and the first and only edition con-
tanned several thousand copies. . The edition IA
now exhausted. and the only way by which a coDv
can be obtained IS to purchase il from "A second
hand book dealer. They were mainly Distributed
through Members Of Congress. 3. The correct title
Of the Goth Of May is National Memorial Dav ~
the Order dated April g. 1869, Gen. Logan ofIiciaIv
gave u that name. aud TO make the matter more
binding resolutions were adopted at the National
Encampueut iu Baltimore in 1882 SAYING that lie
correct title is National Memorial Day and nothing
else 4. We fail 10 understand To what Won refer
II. @. B., EttrekG, Vision the 9th OF June last
I WAS informed by the Secretary of the Interior
that my claim on appeal was behind 200 other
appeals, which would have TO be adiudicated before
mine could be reached. How long before I NAV
expect TO hear from the case? AnstUer About one
year. The secretary Is more than Is months be-
hind IN appealed eases.
C.. w.. Cedar Falls. T0tBq.-You can only reioin
the Grand Army OF the Republic through the Post
which dropped you for nOn-payment Of dues or
with its consent. In most cases OF this kind the
Post does not compel the applicant for readnli-4ou
TO pay the u amount Of his buck dues but obarrea
only the regular muster-in fee The amouuf H.
optional with the Post and We do not OF eourse
know what fee your Post charges
r. T. w. North Stockholm, " "a soldier an
plies for pension under act of June 27 lsg0 ami
furnishes the afdayits of his family physician and
two neghb0rs "a to his disability He WAS ordered
for examination, bat was physically unable TO re-
port aud died "A short time afterWaFd Iaavipe, a
widow and three children under the age or M
Can the widow obtain the soldiers pension from,
the date Of his application TO the date of his
dcnthP AHStCsr. Yes. she obtain the accrued
pension due her husband, on establishing his claim
in addition % the widows pension % which she is
probably entitled.
j. H. Netg Lebanon. Pal In THE NArroy,r.
tribune OF June it Is stated that there were
LIOG373 claims pending Ia the Pension Bureau
aud in the issue of July % it Is stated that there
tsV al All
Bureau manage To dispose of so large a number Of
claims In short period of tims2 ? A .odier
drawing small pension under the general law for
guushOJ wound haS Hlude application under the /
act Of June q 1900 for pension on all his disabiIi
ties If pension under this act should be allowed
aud accepted, and the soldier should die of the L
gunShOt wound received in the service, under
which law could his widow be penaionedP g How /
long after medical examination before elton unv
be expectedf 4HSWer. ]. The statement referred |
TO ia our issue of June 4 last wis AN error Thers
were not many claims by 100 600 peudi ny M t,ut
time a. we said there were. .. The widow would I
be entitled under Doth laws, and consequently she
could receive pension under either law There |
seems TO be Impression among orr readers fI,at |
receiving pension under the act Of June ~ 1890 will
prejudice the sights OF soldiers and their widows
after death, under the general law. Such impress
sion u wholly without foundation in flct La "A Il
case Ike the one referred To ia the second question
above, the met that the soldier peusiuned
under the new law will have no more bearing ON
the widows claim than the fact that the soldier /
had red hair ( such IS the ElctL and we think h. h.
10 the interest Of comrades and their widows gen
orally that al OF them understand this. 3 Eight
months DO more.
". G. 8, NcO London, E3iua-If q soldier goes
10 Oklahoma and makes homestead entry. can
be prove mp CA the Citim alone. or must his ftmily
also reside on the laudf 4fSUeT. His family as
we'll a. himself will have to comply with the layy
regarding residence on the land
H. a., Gilmore, O-Does the Government loan
money on real estate security II So what rate
II interest - charged, and how much property is IL
necessary for a person to own la order 90 borrow
money rom The GoysTpmeHtf AIiSWe The Cow