The National tribune., 1891-05-14
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j. L. W.. CatIsalfq1tq P1.-Vhat members Of the
Fennsy wanna state Militia. called out during the
hetty5bnrg campaign, are eligible to membership
In the Grand Army Of the Espi!b,ic2 4UgtDer
Chapter !, Article 4, Of the Isules and Regulations
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic provides that
Al soldiers and sailors o! the United States Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, and Of such state rezi-
tneEts az were called into active service and sup
jet 70 the orders OF the United States general OFF
GERS shall be entitled 10 membership II will thus
be seen That person W no served in a state regi-
meut although mustered into he ssrrics Of he
United Suites may be eligible. provided his regi-
meut WAS acting under the orders Of some United
states general officer. Under this head are in
eiuded nearly ali Of the Pennsylvania Emergency
troops OF l,b3. and consequently nearly, II not
quite all Of them. are eligible to membership. 10
- quite easy for you 20 ascertain whether given
regiment was Ia active service or under some
United states general officer or not and in this way
> on can determine whether a member Of such regi-
ment - eligible 10 membership ia the Grand Army
o. the Republic. ne suggest that you consult
"Baies's History OF Peuusy wanna Volunteers
IT. M, NsD York Ciiy.-I am the widow Of q SOL
der, and last Fall made application for pension
under the act Of June .. IsgD. Someone told me
the other Gay that about 700 claims under this act
hive SO far been disposed Of aud that these new
law Chains are allowed at the rate Of ab0ut 1000
year. ~ tLi5 rate my claim viii be reached ia
about "a years and as am 20 years old now I will
De pretty old by that time. Now, please explain
why there IS such extraordinary delay. AHslgsr.
The statement made TO you - Incorrect and was
probably based upon Typographical error oc-
curing in our is3ue Of pril ., I~gJ. which made
rs 10 state tha. only COG claims under the new law
nave 80 far been allowed As a matter Of fact the
total number Of eases already disposed Of under
this act Is about us 900 and they being allowed
at the rate % about 5000 a week u will therefore
be seen tiat the DELAY j. not great after all.
81 B., Soldisrs' HJHe. S0Rdtsky. GA soldier,
during the war, wa court mHTtIHed for u petty
otense. and was afterwaTd honorably discharged.
Tan he now recover the pay that WAS taken away
IsOm him? AHssCsr. No; the pay was taken away
from him under the sentence Of court martial and
said sentence having never been revoked he can
not recover the money. The fact that he was
honorably discharged has no bearing on the mat
ter.
J. o.. Ttppau, Odd the United States pay
any bounty To the one hundred-days men Of 1864?
AHStDer. No.
r. M, Brooklyn, N Y.-I. I fled application FOR
back pay and bounty some three years ago and
signed and returned receipts 10 second Auditors
Office in December last. When may / expect to
hear from the clGim2 2 ] was examined in claim
for pension under the act Of June ~ 1880, ia March
last When wiil probably hear from the claim
4HslCcr. l. II will probably be five six months
before you hear from the claim. Your signing the
blank receipts does not however necessarily indi-
cai- that the claim viii be allowed. The Auditors
OHice send these receipts out In al cases. But we
think you will hear definitely from the claim in
side Of ak months. 2. Several months.
". T. r., Wgldo FId-L Prior 10 the war what
wasthe so called three-tith vote? 2 Could slave
in the south, Of lawful age east three votes
for every five slaves owned by him and another
vote for himself? 3. Was 1t "A general law through
out the SOUTH and was % in force in the State OF
Florida? The natives here claim 10 know nothing
about Il. Please inform me- 4iHs10gr. l. There
such thing ~ the "thTee-fflhs" vote
What you were thinking Of il probably Article l.
Section . Of The Constitution Of the United STATES
which provides, among other things, that in de-
teTmiuing the number Of Representative to be
allowed any particular State f;he ratio then being
one Congressman for every $4,000 OF population
and IN appoTtoniug the direct tax there should be
counted all the Tree persons Ia such state and
three fifEs of all Other " persons T. g. slaves. 2.
The slavc-0wuers could not directly cast the votes
of their slaves bat the body Of voters Of the state
and District the votes Of the slaves in effect
b. having their own votes COunt for as much more
than votes in the North. 3. IL was "A general law
All over the United States, but the slaveholding
States received an the benefit of it.
{. b. Forest GroUe, Ors.-I5 pensoner exempt
from pOl-thx in Oreg0us AnstVsr. We think not
The matter is governed by State laws, and we know
OF no such law in Oregon.
j. p s. Mouth Of Doe Tsr.-If a soldier who Il
peu4iOned at 50 per month, dies, viii his widow
eeive the same rate? Ans,0sr. No. The amount
Of pension received by the soldier has nothing 10
do with the rate received by the widow II she
can prove the soldiers death due To disability con
tracted in the line Of duty in the service she can Ia
penSioued under the old law in which event she
would receive SIP per month. with s. additional f0I
each child uuder the age of Is years. IL she can
not prove his death due to service, then she may
come in under the new law, and her rate would be
IS per month, with s. additional for each child
under the age Of TO-
r. D., RoHingfon, Einn--My claim for increase
was rejected in March, 1890 and in December 1890
furnished physicians and neghbOrs' testimony
for reOpening the case. have not heard from he
claim vet What course should be taken in the
matter? AHSWer. We think action will be taken
ia the claim in a month or six weeks, aud ia the
meantime advise you to take steps at all In the
matter. The reason you have not heard from he
clum is that there IL such a vast number on file
that the Pension Bureau is somewhat behind; but,
rs before stated, we think Your claim will soon be
acted upon.
n. s., St0nehdm, Mdss.-Please inform me on
what day of the week the year 1919 commenced,
and whether IL was leap year. AHsUer. Jan. I,
ls49, fell on Monday. The year 1919 was not a leap
year.