The National tribune., 1891-11-26
OUR CORRESPONDENTS
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T. l.. Johnstol0n, PA soldier enlisted IN IN.
2lst Pa. Cav. for sir months, and served eiR ht
months before being discharged and while he " a
In the service be was drafted and compelled 10
pay S3DO on going homo Can no not now have
that money returned TO himf AHss0sy No such
claims are barred By statute OF limitation
A. ID T., East Liberty, OIL. Where "a soldier was
discharged for total disability nenlal iubeeiIitv
and such disability has continued ever since dis-
charge will the claim. II allowed give him pension
rom the date OF dlschargef 2 After claimant has
besn notified that his claim has been referred TO
Special Examiner. how long IL b before lhe claim h
detailed 10 = Special Examiner as reported In THx
NATIOyAL TRIBUNE2 Ans,Gsr. l. Yes If admitted
20 be Insanity z Referring claim TO a Special
Examiner - precisely the same thing a. ''detaiI-
ing " claim 10 Special Examiner II you mean
to ask bow long before the Examiner will com
menee To take testimony, We answer. ANY, here
from two to ak months, depending upon how far
behind the Special Examiner in thai district Is with
his work.
r. G., Hsts YORK. Gin, On AprD 2 IsoO MN.
examined by Board Of Examining Surgeons for
an Increase Of pension. On May D. 1890 received
nOLCe rom the Pension Office that IN claim had
been placed on the completed iles. After thar time
heard nothing from 10 until last month"; when the
Commissioner Of Pensions wrote me- la answer 10
= letter OF inquiry, that my claim bad that day
gone before the Board Of Review When should i
hear from it3 41ts1BsT. You probably will hear
from your clnim In about three four weeks from
the time the case went 90 the Board Of Review
providing II Is allowed. n IL IL rejected Il will be-
n longer time before you notified.
Subscriber, Cinci''naii. O.-DUss the Governments
furnish tOmbstOues for the graves Of soldiers aud
80 should ka,
UVsr. Yes. Apply 10 the GuaFtsrmasLsr- General
U. 5. Army, Washington, ID. e..
p. D., ADlOi, NSss.-What Is the highest nunnber
Of invalid certificate that has been issuedY AHssUsr
About ESQ OO.
W. g. A.. White Sulphur Springs. MonE-I. In
July 1890, a soldier pFe-emptsd 100 acres Of nm
offered land la Montana within railroad Iimi,s m
he proves up on his pre-eni ptiOn claim must he
pay 81. so per acre for the iAnd2 3 Can he change
his presumption To soldiers homestead: and m
will he sill have 70 pay for the hand after hav
lug resided 90 and cultivated 10 for i've yenra Ia.a
the three years service rendered In the war7 An
sgsr. 1. Yes. 2 The soldier can change his pre-
emptiOn claim into homestead claim a. auy time
no desires. but he reside on the land N hila
the change Is being effected.
a b. Joliet I'LL applied for pension under the
act Of June g. 1880 IN January last and have not
heard from IL since. Should noI have received a
card Of Acknowledgements before this3 AnstDsr
You should have received a card Of agknovvIetlu-
ment some time ago. buI u is po.sibI, thar the
same may have misearrtsd 10 will be, a.,n,r tins
before other action Is taken the oiainl however
M u H. LtgOatest Fh--t was allowed a pension
Of 50 per month under the Oid law . then Applied
for Increase under tho old law. and also rd = claim
under tho new law. The n-w-law CHAIN va. al
lowed AZ tho rate Of sl2 per mouth aud the 86 under
the old law which had been drawing WAS drop
ped. The claim for Increase under the old law IL
SAIL pending. and ] was examined In said claim
last December. 4 IL the Old-iaw ciaiul ~ allowed
will the S5 per month which formerly rsosivsd but
" hcli was dropped ON the allowances ofIhe nsw-lnvV
olAlm. be addedf la an increase Olaim does the In
crease when allowed date from the date Of apuIics
ton therefor, only from tho date Of medical ex-
AmtnatioOf How long before may * peet 20
hear from the clAimf AstssVsr Your meaning IL
nos clear, bat We viii explain tho matter SO AZ 20