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A H. KsudqH Mch.-I. Which Of the o. $ PEN
sion Agencies make their quarterly payments in
January, April, July, and October, and when do
the other agencies make their payments? 2 in
what order do the Pension Agents make the pay
meuts; h 10 arranged alphabetically or according
90 number Of cerJlAcato? Austrer l. The follow
ing order hrs been established as TO payment Of
pensions by the various agencies under the act Of
March 3, is9ls The agencies 20 Buffalo, n. T. Con-
cord n. r.: Chicago, H.; Des Moines, Iowa; Mil
YANKEE, Wis., and Ptttsburg, Pa, forming the first
group. make their quarterly payments on January
T. April 4, july 4, and Oct. q 2. The agencies at
Indianapolis, Ind; Knoxville Tenn. Louisville
Nv. New OriS City; Philadelphia, Pa and To-
peka Kan. comprising the second group make
payments Ia February. May, August and Novem-
Der. The third group, consisting Of the agencies at
Augusta. Me- Boston, Mass; Columbus. o.; De-
LrOlJ hlcii' 9th fItt!el7cor Nti, avn washington,
ID. o., makes IT. quarterly payments on March 4,
june T. sept e. and Dec. T. 10 will thus De seen
shat there are three groups, and six Pension
Agencies make payments each month.
Subscriber Boston, MIsS.-l was born i'm England
ard enlisted 10 the British army in lsj6 i subse-
queutly deserted and came to this country, and
a i
honorabiy discharged az the close of the war. I
now desi re- % visit Canada and England, and wish
to know whether 70 would be sute for me to do 80.
Please advise me. iuSrcT III you not q citizen
OF the United STATES, you would not be safe in
returning To England. But II you have taken cut
naturalization papers, and 80 become citizen of
the United states YOU would be-, IN going abroad
under she protection Of the United States and
could therefore return 20 England with impunity.
Ia ths case You should secure a passport from the
Department OF state, aud after 50 doing you could
travel without fear Of molestatiOn all over the
civilized world
y U. Slater. So Did the United States Govern
meut ever donate any land in New Mexico exc!u-
sively % tLc soldiers q class? dusirer. No. The
Government has never set aside any public land
for exclusive settlement by the soldiers. The SOL
diers must enter the same kind of land "a the
citizens, but they do not have to reside on it so
long
M L. r. Fu0n. Ey-Can soldier draw pension
on his service and as dependent father NJ the
same time? AHSJrsF. No. the law prohibits a
person receiving two pensions for the same period
JC r. FIri5adi, Minn-The soldier referred to
by you should communicate with and get the adj
vice of his attorney.
~ d Hg.t,s. Ark-L What is the rate of pen-
sion for loss OF icl. below the knee? > Are the
rates OF pension tine same IN cGses where two com
Tat.cs have lost limb, one OF them being by rea
son Of such loss and resulting disability totally
helpless, so 90 require the regular aid aud at
tendance o. another person, while the otheT suffers
from NO resulting disability? g. To whlt extent
must "A soldier be helpless IN order TO have title to
the $50 rnte Of peusioue 1ustCsr. l. Thirty dollars
per month. 2. No the one should receive So per
month, If your statement is correct, while the
other appears 10 be entitled 10 bat $50 per month
3 There Is $50 rate. The act Of March 4 1890
abolished this rate and provided rate Of ST. m
stead and TO be entitled 10 this rtts soldier must
be totally helpless By Of disability which
can be proved To have orr .iuated In the line Of
duty ia the service 70 require the regular aid
and attendance of another person.
T. H., De GrdV LIgTI Co, OIL was a mem Der
Of Go. r. I2th Ouio Cav. ln july 1865. T. as SER
gcuut, was ordered by Lieutenant Of my COM
p1uy to tie up a soldier By The thumbs for some
slight ofeuse. 1 refused to obey this order aud
because Of such refusal, tried by urt-mart a
convicted and sentenced 10 ei ght months mprisOu-
ment without pay. The correctness Of my state
ment be- established by the testimony Of a
number Of my comrades. Can 1 now recover the
ply for this eight months service? AuS1ccr. No
The Secretary of War cannot reverse the sentence
of the court martial which WAS passed upon you,
and therefore, severe a5 the sentence may seem, no
pay for that period can now be collected
q. ~ A., Elm, No.. Can soldier file claim
for land Ia the Cherokee strip by an agcut2 p IL
so, and some one else moves on the land after the
soldier has fled his statement for the same but
before he has moved on It, who will hold the land
AIsUsF. 1. A soldier can file through an agent
deciaTatOry statement for certain land and he will
then have six months within which % move on the
same. and commences residence and improvement,
required by law. IL Il very probable, however,
that by this time there Is vacant land ia the
Cherokee strip, as there were about three settlers