The National tribune., 1891-08-20
our CORRESPONDENTS.
Replies to Questions on a Variety Of Interesting
Subjects.


replied to by mai. iy. Replies hy mgll wiz orii-
uarliy be- waaC within q week and a. Iu tuis COL
Urnu within three wcC2s.i
~. Q. e., Pcuusrlrqnil Furnace Pr-Is there any
chance Of iIE NATIONAL lEIEuSE Service Pension
BILL becoming law duriuE the next Congress
Ausrer. Although we have hopes that thiz btl will
ultimately become ltv set &c 's really impossible
ior rs % say when o VIII be passed.
r.. Peasant ILH. IJ.-A soldiers widow applies
tos pension, and before her claim was allowed she
Fci-llTred. Can she now draw the pension Co tuc
date of her rcmarrage or IS Chs forfeited, Al
SlreF she can draw the accrued pension % thc date
Of her remuTriugc.
We have received numerous letters from
subscribers and others tending to show tEa, Che
impression - abroad shat ta fCt az "a soldier re-
eeiV.uS pension under The new Jaw viii totally or
partially destroy The uti" Of Dis widow tn pension
alter his death. We are 10 loss Ip Uu .irr-slui
how this impression has got abroad 49, there 81 not
shadow II truth iu t The atct ia sold. er apply
Ing Tor and receiving pension under the new INV
hts 90 bearing whatever upon the subsequent title
OF hiE widow 10 she can prove thc -udcr.s death
due to the service, size be peusioued under the
otd law, and % his death was NOT due to service
she may, if dependent, be peusiuued under the
new law, without regard 10 the igw under which
her husband was peu-lOned IN application o. go
or pension received under the act 81 June o.
1870, does not prevent 81 claimant from applying
Tor and receiving any pension % which he or she
may be entitled under O.ucr laws
J. A. M-Soldicr married. but ON account of do
nestle difficulties, which made life together bur
Gensome they agreed to separate, the wife signing
an agreement which released him from providing
Tor her. and also that she would not oppose his OBJ
tanning divorce. The wife IS still. Nviuts and uu
married. Sometime after this separation the bus-
baud was married 20 another woman. with whom
hc lived more than 20 years. having four children
by the second wife. Tho soldier died Last Spring
j. Tan The second wife obtain psusi1u2 The
husband had no divorce f.0m the first wife, the
aforementioned agreement being Li+ only proof
Of separation. 2. Can the children Of the second
wife be peu5iOued4 4HswCr. l. 80. the second
wife - not tHe widow Of che soldier and therefore
she has no title 90 pension. 2. 40.
Il. w. T., Paris Tec.-Whcu dii the time expire
within which an application for pension would
have to be ii.cd 10 order TO draw arreaas2 Insurer.
July ], l-5D. The acts granting auI limiting ar
re"rs were dated Jan. %, 1879 and March, 9, 1879.
respectively.
O. G. L.. Bo'ionrTc Wjs-f RI soldier now
drawing pension should apply for increase, would
he have TO take his turn with the Eew-law claims,
orig nal claims? 2 At the present rate Of n. ,Ow-
ing pensions, how long would Do take 10 allow q
claim fled ut this umc2 3. What are the various
ratings under the act Of June q, 1902 g. To what
extent must "a soldier be disabled iu order to be
rated at si2 per month under the new Hw2 In
s'ccr. I. His application would have 20 take its
turn among the claims % ali Glasses. Q That de-
pends altogether upon CircUm- Juce4. III his claim
required no testimony, or if the testimony far
r.-hed promptly, he could reasonably expect ~
unM RdJusActtiou IN something over year; but
this i matter in which it is nos possible Co make
q positive statement. 3. The ratings under the
act OF June r. 1890 are g. So $40 and So per
FORM manual labor. 4 Ils would have % be dis
abled 10 sucli an extent as under the old law would
tItitle liial 20 w per month or more. Partial
deafness Of both ear@, the loss Of two fingers and
many other disabilities too numerous % mention,
would eHti.e soldier to the ST. rating under the
q. IT. D.. Union, s. C-Nry father applied for
pension under the act Of June o. 1850 In August
1880. and was medically examined by Board Of
surgeons 10 May, 1891. He died June Is 1851. -
% possible to have the pension when aliO col
iecied by some member Of his family aud if So
what steps can be taken? Can the widow draw il
without the consent Of the children? And viii an
administration have 20 be appointed? Aas1gar. The
widow alone Is entitled To- complete the claim and
draw the pension due The soldier 40 his DEATH The
children have nothing whatever to do with the
matter and an administrator would have no au-
thority % receive the pension; his appointment
would be useless so lar as the pension s. concerned
re WHO" 7n"u4d apply 70 the Hon. Commits
siOucr % Pensions thi- city, who viii send proper
blanks aud instructions. The accrued pension Will
mol constitute part 90 the assets Of the estate.
= r., Shell R9ct I1Wr.-lHu draw the veteran
bounty due my son, who served three years, re-
enlisted, and was killed ia battle about six months
Et'ert AHsTer. IF yOur son lcf- no widow or child
surviving him, thea you are entitled 70 the bounty
due him and you should apply to the Second
Auditor Of THE Treasury for the slme
q. n. d., IrJOnuHs5WG " u. Is property
bought with pension money subject 20 taxation
aud execution 2. What is the rate Of pension
under the general law FOR the widow Of "a First
Lieuteuant? Ausrcr. i. The matter is governed
entirely by state laws. 2. sl7 per month.
W H. t"'P"tdH, AsS-i applied Tor pension IN
1852, and some years iaier my claim was rejected
Under Tire laws ~ they sHen stood paid my at
torucy SO ]. IL j should reopen the cusc would
b. allowed % employ another attorney? 2. If
should employ MY former attorney after having
the c1sc reopeued, would + get credit for tile $40
already paid? IHSfUer. J. Yes. Q Yes The $40
already paid would be deducted from the ORIGINAL
attorney fee. in tho claim should be allowed
+, T. u, HrreHSriIe kut-The mother Of a
soldier killed battle during the war has remarked
since the dea;L of the soldiers father but lives
separate from her second husband and h. dependent
upon her grOwl son for support. Tho soldier left
neither q widow nor q minor child Can she now
be peusiOncd ulder tie act Of June p, 1880? an
YES yTu~Itliu.r g!le G. har
enee.
Subscriber, LIeiana-A soldier died in the service,
leaving a dependent mother. While az horne on
Through the soldier married and at his death left
a widow but nomiuOr child. His widow shortly
after remarked Can the dependent mother be
pensiOneds An8cCr. NO. The fac. that the soldier
left widow surviving him efiectuaily bars the
mother from receiving 20 pension on his account
A. IH O.. PrOUieBce H. lin the Correspondence
column Of July q subscriber states chat n PEN
siOuer " hO was drawing pension Of SIS per month
iu ls-c applied br and received an increase To s2f
per month, undr the act providing for an increase
IN such eases VIVA. act does DC have reference
to? AnSCsr Tie act Of March g. 1883, which pro-
vidcs for increase from SIS 90 81 per month for
loss Of o. hand OIiJOt any equivalent disability
=. w., IHdpcdeacs, I9Wr.-What right has the
Superintendent Of an asylum for the insane Co
apply the pensOu-mOney Of the paticgt~ to pay
neut for their support 40 the hospital? The laws
Of Iowa VrOhibt this. AusCsr. No such condition
Of things exist, because the Superintendent cam
not obtain the ustody of the pension money due
L. T. Dr.. Astmd Wch-A soldier drawing
small pension tpDlies for increase and also for
pension under he new law. Should his pension
be allowed uusr the new law 40 II per month,
the maximum ate under this act would this al
lowance deb1r I'm from applying for and FeCtiv-
ing an increase tuder the old law? Please ascer-
tain the views tEc Commissioner OF Pensions
and give VOsitFe reply. 4HSJCer 10 il not ueces-
syry 10 aSeartaI. the views Of the Commissioner
Of Pensions Onthis point, as they already
known To us. Tere is nothing absolutely nothing,
about the act OfIuuc ~ lSJJ, 90 warrant the belief
which seems tobe so widespread, that receiving
pension under us act will debgr person from
ever returning and being peusioucd under the
general law z ere is no such provision iu the
act of June y, 500, and q soldier who receives
pension under lis act has the same right to apply
for and receive q increase under the general law
"a IL the new Ia had never PASSED. One luW does
not interfere VIII the other, although, Of course,
in the event O the allowance of two claims at
about the sumotimc, the claimant would choose |
which he woult receive As he could not receive I
both for the sam period Of uue but such claim I
ant could apply for increase for disabilities for
which lac WAS pdsIoued under the Old law often L
would be granite.
L. r. r. Sratse. " Y-Unless the conduct Of [
the party reterri TO in your recent communion [
ton has been rgi1ct|y correct and proper since Z
August :, Iss2. sc il not entitled TO pension
s. j. s.. Alden tH.-l. Can person pay for - [
homestead at Oh end Of IL months and get q deed I
10 IL? 2. What the price peracge? 3. Two men I
take up the sam quarter section as q homestead. L
A was the first file on the land, and B WIS .he I
first 90 cOmnleee improvements. In case OF a /
contest, who wuid win the laud2 AHS'Ccr. /. /
Yes; at the end Is months compliance with the [
law homestel enterymun can commute his /
entry for cash al thereby acquire title 20 the land
. The price IL - g. 30 per acre, according TO
the location Of te land. g. THut is for the officials
of the Unted SITES Land Olico to decide. Bat we 1
are safe in suyIg that unless 4 had actually /
abandoned the md, or failed To comply with the I
law, the land wu.d go 10 him. The fact that Il i
was first to cJmrsucc improvements il inmateTial. /
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