The National tribune., 1891-08-27
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d. f., South, Rogolton, Vt-L Soldier Is granted
pension OF g per month under the act Of June n
1880. Can he. II his disability becomes greater
apply Tor an increase? 2. What regiments were
brgaded with the Och W. in the latter part Of 1854
3. Has the service pension bill still o be- acted or
by both Houses 81 Congress? AHsUsr l. Yes he
can apply for increase up 10 So IL he desires 2
IN October, 1854 the 9th VI formed together with
with the 9Th Ne, the Second Brigade second Divis
lon' f.lgh.eehlh Corps. We cannot at this time
readily get the data for dato later than this. g
Yes. In order TO become law this bill would
again have to be regularly introduced in and passed
BY each House OF Congress, and then meet the
the bills lefs over by one Congress die before the
assembling OF the next.
". r. r., Cutler, hid. When a claim Is placed
on the completed hies what remains to be done
before 10 Is finally determined? Q I have a claim
pending, which my attorney reported to have been
placed on the completed files ia October 1890 Il M
not time that I should heor from. itP fBg,ger m
the claim IS really complete nothing remains TO be
done except for the Pension Bureau to examine and
allow the claim 2 Yes; we think you will hear
from the claim In n short time.
Il. b., Veterans Home, YOllGtUills, CCR-Your ap-
plying under the new law would not in any way
prejudice your claim under the old law and Won
could, in the event Of the allowance Of both choose
which one you would draw. IL your old claim
should be allowed ~ 50 per month from July, 1852
and your new claim at Sl2 from July 1891 you
could draw the amount allowed under the old law
TO July. 1891 and draw from that date the Sl2 under
the new law, and II in the future you should deem
yourself entitled 10 an increase under the general
titled it would DO allowed. Ia regard to your
pending claim, If you will give Us the number and
your Service and state the facts in the case again
we will endeavor TO aid you.
j. H. d., Myrtle Point, Ore.-If You are allowed
sl2 under the act Of June ~ $780, the s. per month
which you hive been receiving under the old law
Will be deducted. Thus, the new law pension OF
Sl2 per month would date from October 1890 and
the s. which you have received since last October
would be deducted. Pension under the new law
is not an addition to that received under the old
law. as a person cannot receive two pensions for
the same period.
r. H., Chattanooga, TeRn-A soldier applied for
pension in ISL, and in November, 1883, his PEN
sion was allowed, but wns stopped from March,
1888. He ut once applied for restoration to the roll
No reason WAS assigned for dropping him from the
rolls. The following February his application for
restoration rejected. He again applied shortly
after, and ia February 1890. received notice that
his claim was on the Completed Files. In the
early part Of 1891 he received notice that his claim
was gone to the Board OF Review and twoor three
months ago lie received instructions to appear be-
fore q Special Examiner, which he did. l. Is 10 not
time that he should hear definitely from his claim
= II the decision should BIO favorable, from what
date will the pension COmmenceP 3. What is the
lowest and highest rate OF pension FOR First Lieu
tenant who has scuTvy, wounded hip, in which the
muscles are all gone, dyspepsia chronic diarrhea,
cltarrh, and hernia? AaSlCsr. 1. Had the not
been referred to u Special Examiner the claimant
should have heard from it some time ago, but the
special examination, OF course has delayed 1t con-
siderlbly. II Will probably be some weeks before
a final decision is rendered. 2. That depends en-
tirely upon the cause for which claimant was
dropped from tho roll. If tho Pension Bureau
dropped him because disability was held not to be
hfarEt "A ffsf
pension would date from the date when he was
dropped. 8. Il will be less than 3I5 IL would 6e
ST., or $50. or S12 per month, depending upon the
degree Of disability found to exist BY the Board Of
Examining Surgeons. The party referred TO APP
pears TO DO entitled 70 very fir ratng II all his
disabilities are of service origin.
s. T. r., Earned, Kan.-An Alliance of this
neighbOrhOod. In an argument regarding the PEN
sion laws says that when bill to pay soldiers Diff
ference between the deprecated currency with
which they were paid and gold, and a petition
was sent TO Logan by the soldiers TO fight for
il he refused, bat afterwards worked for a bill TO
refund n large to Wall street Is this state
ment correct? do not believe 10, but would like to
have you stale in your columns whether it is true
AaS,ter. Gen. Logan never did anything OF the
kind. lie Was always true 10 the interests Of the
old soldier.
subscriber, Aa1nta Ga-EIow much money per
capita Is now in eiFculatlOn2 Is the statement that
there - only % per capita correct? AS1ger There
Is over SCI circulating medium per capita at the
present time. This is a greater amount than ever
before.
d. s. p, Sarton Ky--It Is absolutely impossible
for to say when the Cherokee strip will be thrown
open. The nearest we come TO il is to say that
10 will probably be opened this Summer or Fall A
soldier can have his claim out there filed by an
agent when il Is opened, and then have six months
within which TO CONNIE nee residences and improve
mens The lands viii be subject to the same rules
aud conditions az any other public lands. A citi-
zen will have 90 reside his claim five years. but
I soldier sailor Of the war will have the period
Of his military naval SERVICE not exceeding four
years, deducted from the five years residence
inarily required Thus soldier or sailor who |
served four years during the war would only be |
required to live on his entry one year. no more /
han leo acres can be entered by one person. This
s all the information give In regard 10 the |
matter.
Yet, Ligonier. Pal. A soldier Is getting Sc per /
month under general law when he applies for /
pension under net Of June y, 1890 having also /
applied under general law for increase. His claim
lnder act of June is allowed at Sl2 per month, and |
he g which he had been drawing under the gem /
,ral law was dropped. II his increase should he 4
allowed, would the So that was dropped be added? 4