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O. b., Co0an Station. Pal am drawing s24 per
MONTH the third grade pension, for disease Of the
heart ANA have recently applied for Increase 90 the
so rating for total inability TO perform manual
labor due 20 said heart disease. ,lave FIVE wit
nessesto prove my title TO this rating and ia endeav-
orIng to secure the testimony Of another cOntro-
versy TO what constitutes total inability 20
perfJrm manual labor. Please exDIan the matter.
1IHsger. Manual labor Is such as carpsntsring
bncklaying. wOod-cutting. blowing, harvesting.
and that Of machinsts, blac<smiths, and hundreds
Of like trHdes and occupations too numerous to
formed with the bands and requiring pyscaL srer-
t0n. inability to perform ual labor means NOT
an impOssibIlty for IL To be performed but inability
To perform any manual labor without serious aud
dangerous injury 10 health.
j. d. r., Sand Hui, Tsaa.-A man authorized as a
recruiting officer such came To Eass Tennessee
and enlisted several men. aud took them the
mountains to the Federal lines. but left one As a
recruiting officer. lie give him recruiting papers,
and told him 70 WAS all right that he had authority
TO do so. The enlisted man was not mustered into
the service but entered ON his duty as a recruiting
officer. enlisted several squads Of men aud sent
them across the lines IL was understood that he
to be commissioned as First Lieutenant
While still on this duty recruiting officer the
rebels came on him, ran him down and shot him
in the eye. thought they had killed him, and left
him IA the woods but he revived and was found
and cared for and got well, but was never able to
go TO his command. tie lost hrs papers during The
war, but can prove AL the foregoing IL he entitled
TO pensiOnf Aassgsr. No; there IL no existing law
under which the party could obtain relief
H. T. Cincinnati, GA eOmrade who enlisted
as a private soldier and was wounded several times
was afterward promoted TO First Lieutenant and
after serving such for some time he resigned on
HaFWr1 ill.,.
lie received n pension Of 50 per month until hts
death, recently, which due TO disability con-
traeted IN che service What proof would the widow
have to furnish TO eHtiie her TO pension widow
Of Lieutenant AHslOer. She wOaid have TO prove,
among other things. thas the disability Of which
her husband died originated in the line OF duty IN
the service while he officer. II the disease
which caused his death originated while the sol
der enlisted man, she only receive PEN
sion the widow Of such. His subsequent rank
can in way affect the rate.
j. q. K, Smith Luke, Mita.-Can n man who has
once filed ON a homestead and abandoned his fling
make another entry? 4Bsa0sr. YES IL his first
try made prior To March 2. 1889.
j. ~ ~. Fitchbirrg. M1SS-Does the act OF March
10 lsS6. deprive the widows Of soldiers who were
married after the passage of the act from receiving
RRy pension under the act OF July n 1882 Anslgsr
No prior to March TO- 1856. the rate OF pension for
widows and dependent relatives OF private soldiers
who died Of disability due to service s. per
month, and the net OF March 49, 1886 increased the
rate to s2 per month, with the provisO that where
tire widow of u soldier married him subsequenG to
the date Of the passage of che she should have
no benefit hereunder, and could only receive the
rate Heretofore provided Thus, the widow of n
private soldier whose marriage to the soldier was
subsequent 20 March ID. 1856, can receive only IS
per month pension under the general law.
Sererat Subscribers write To the OF delay
ia their pension claims IL - not, Of course, pos5i
bic for To give such specific information In each
wthuu being EtmiliaF with the papers therein,
but we think the folio wing general statement will
explain to many why there appears To be aneglect
in their Some time after the passage OF the
of June q, 1890 the Pension Bureau established
In n
preference To those claimants who not already
the roll. so that their claims could be allowed
more rapidly than those Of the claimants who were
already pensloned. This rule Of action. which is
the whole very just, has been quite generally
follow eel by the Pension Bureau, until now a great
majority of the original claims which have been
pending and complete for some time have been
disposed Of. and the balances will be finally acted
on in short time. The Pension Bureau is now
also acting on the class of claims In which the
claimants now receive pension under the old law
and have applied for increase under the new law
and those Of this class who have had claims pend
Ing may expect official action within a reasonable
time. Although il il not, of course, possible for
the delay in ali cases TO be explained in general
statement we think the above will apply to nearly
all Gases in which there il apparent delay ON the
part Of the Pension Bureau.
W. H. C., H'rrsm Springs OIL. II a letter from a
foreign country arrives "a pustO1ice in the in
terror Of Ohio, suspected Of containing goods sub
Ject 10 customs duties, TO whom should the POST
master apply Tor iHstruetIonsf 2 Is there United
States Custom House la Ohio; and if So, where is il
located? 3 How long may Postmaster keep such
a letter subject TO examination ArsfUsr l. Section
b1l OF the Postal Laws OF 1857 directs that n such
case the Postmaster Immediately notify the near
est customs officer Of the receipt of letter sus-
pected To contain goods subject to duty and that
he also notify the addressee 20 call and open the
same in the presence Of the customs officer, sub
Jeeting him To no longer delay shan is necessary
have the customs officer present. 2 There arc
three United states Custom Houses in Ohio, To-
Gated respectively at Cleveland Snndusxy, and
Toledo, and the Postmaster should address the
Collector OF Customs, 5Hndusky, Cleveland. or
Toledo. o.. the be- r. The RuGEmaSkar
can keep such letter only as long as il absolutely
necessary To properly settle the matter
=. ID, ABIstsrdaDt, ". Y-Men 81 years Of age and
upward are enlisted only la limited numbers in the
United States Navy, and rank Iaudsmen or cOaI-
beavers. They are subjected to q rigid physical
examination, sad receive SlG per mOnth If lands
men aud So per month If cDal-heavers Men
physically and otherwise qualified, who have for