The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-11-19

visions ~ Section i7Is. United States Revised
73l'tnics. They should apply Co the Third An.
'..,'t' treasury Department. Washington. d. g.
claim.
q ". Pine Ridge dgcncy. s. D-t soldier was
.''H,i .y % 7peelai Examiner asst March siuca
W,'lch iiue he has not heard nom his claim How
loh< before he should hear from e. Aus5esr ne
WIS lF"hthiy some months after the claimant was
Examined ihal Tee Special Examine rendered hi4
tot-lt Z" 'i' teu7lon BurcHu. and it may require
several months more before the Pension gtlresu
t'i' t.'>e HHti action. VI ueTe cHius Hrs referred
delay o'0
y. R., Aue,br,y. H,sy-r- there any Govern
neht land in tHc state Of F.oTiIu. and 70 40 how
can soldier obtain any Of itf 4us,rsr Yes there
are thousands ~ acres 81 public lands fa Florida,
"llA any soldier or other litiZru 81 the n uitod
,I ca" Ike out homestead entry Of 80 sores
~ .y'e"h, re viii have Co reside on aud cultivate
lAe lhnd t0r i've years except Chat Goa the c.r ~ a
-otdier the term % hiz military or naval service
curing thc war, exceeding four wears will Ls
N'uleied nom the 1--WE years residence ordinarily
.gNre"' The Government fees for making a
Homestead entry Of i60 acres are only ubou. 500
s. r., los Angcres, C7L-Did Thomas = Moran
me present Commissioner OF Indian Affairs .erve
=, ..'y mon army during the war; aud II So what
was MS rank and servieCf Aus,rFr Yes hs ,sss
commissioned Lieutenant in tie 7Uth Iud iu lss2
a "t5n ne resigned. in August. 1856. he held The
Fhnk Of EuRadler Genera 81 Volunteers
T. ". w., ashland Wis-The badge has been de-
tliea oy the Commander in- Chief Of the G. A r. To
De personal property, and he holds that a Post has
ftsnftg
nleiioef 70 give mp his badge but on the other
hand nearly every EASTERN Middle and Western
7late las laws prohibiting any person not mem
per OF the GAR. from wearing tho badge and
Order ' 1o
r. g., MlnteL ArE-Are there any r,tss Of nan
ssion between $50 and s % per MONTH and between
sl0 aud 81 per MONTH and between So and SI00
per month? AAsiger. There is "A s36 rate IN mem.
~ or loss OF or Total disability 10 hand aud foot
ol loF tott Disability of arm leg or for ampula
Hon OF arm above elbow or leg above knee b,7t
aside rom these there rates Of pension be-
tween those mentioned
q J. w., Monet HO-A soldiers wi low -a,,,,-fst
anu o.. AIMED divorce before Che passage Or Tie
aet Of june = 1890 Can she receive pension under
-ahl law on account OF the services OF her FIRST hrs
SSanI providing she applies under her first bus
D7na namef 4HslCer. No. The woman referred
70 Is not the widow Of the soldier and therefore
she mas no status for pension as such
r. =. s., BrGiHtree U-SuppOsc "a 40 Ter lIr,yyiru,
good pension should part with hs wife Is there
any way by which she could control any part Of Is
pension Anst0er, No. Section l-55 Revised
statutes, expressly provides that except ian cases az
/ I'm gtlsohment or insanity, and except yvhers "A
soiu.JI RESIDES IN Soldiers Home, pension can
Ouiy oe phd 70 the person entitled thereto. 40
other person can receive any portion OF the same
as 20 whether the woman can secure aIimony We
cannot, Of course say as that is an frey differ
ei1 matter AMI one for the local courts To- decide
=. r., HoTthbOr0, Iass.--l. A soldier who alod a
clain Tor pension under the general law has been
twice examined BY Board of Surgeons the last time
being Ia May, 1890. Ia September 1900 he was
/ SaIieu upon TO furnish certain testimony in tho
| ciHltu' re mas furnished this testimony but has
llo1 YET heard rom the claim. When will he hear
rom W 2 VIII the testimony of ueighbors ID,
suh4cient when medical testimony cannot be OBJ
tinedf AHS1Csr I. You fail TO slate when The
socer furnished the testimony called for but from
careful reading OF your letter think 70 will BE-
ao"ut two months before yOu hear from your q aim.
ibis statement ~ not, of course positive. 2. We
cannot say not being familiar with the facts in the
c'5e out such testimony will be duly considered
r. M-When and where was the first Union aag
not say.
/ J. +. B., Des l6inss Iot0a-Vhen In Boston lass
/ year attending the GAR. EnCampmenb was in
/ formed by one or two OF the comrades OF my come
pany that they received 500 bounty al discharges
| ana SluO additional bounty some time later Our
regiment was mustered under the call for 500 coo
men. was discharged for disability after having
/ served ess than two years, and the only bounty
received was 500, under act passed IN 1917 or
| 1919. cannot say what act il was that gave my
comrades the additional bounty but chin ( h was
passed IN 1866. Can / receive this additional
/ bounty? AnsWsr. We assume from your stats-
ment that you were enrolled prior to July O. 1851
/ for period Of three years. Such beiu.s the case
L you were entitled under the act Of April % 1874
to sOO bounty, irrespective Of the length OF your
| service or the cause Of your discharge From your
statement u appears that this bounty was duly re-
\ eeived Having been discharged within two years
\ rom date Of enlistment for a cause other than
wounds or injury incurred in the line OF duty you
nave no title to che additional bounty OF 500 pro-
/ vided by the act of Congress approved July o.
/ lsboi and even II you were. such a claim would %
barred BY Limitation, the time for fling such claims
L having expired June 90 1850