The National tribune., 1891-08-06

purchase HIS discharge To do 90 The grst month
OF the second year Of bis enlistment he will have
10 pay SGD; but for eaeh month he serves afer he
expiration % his first year he purchase bis dis
charge for s. less than during tire preceding month
4uiS' Hit1f ne mas served q yc3r aud - half hu can
Pufchnse ms discharge for sl20 less sos thatie for
SD. After serving thres years, however q soldier
can apply for and receive furlough 81 three
months. at the end 81 which time he can upop his
own application 10 discharged without c6sf 10 Jim
sell providing Of course that be has served faith
iuliy and thRt the country 81 90 pence
y u r.. Detroit. Nich.-S0idier applies FOR and -
celNcs pension under the old INV but has one dis-
AGILITY, which was rejected as uot being due 20
service. He subsequently applies FOR aud receives
F" per sion uudeF the net ~ June -. 1890 He now
can furnish evidence which will establish the 70.
naming disability IN his old elnim. Will the ftaa
mat he ~ pcHsiOned under the law prsvenb
THIS claim from being allowed Iis allowances
would give him &2f or so per month ,ff,grrer.
Certainly not Filing q claim under the not II
June p 1880, does not IN wsy anuul or abridga
the rights Of claimant under the general law, and
survivors % the late and their widows and de-
pendent relatives have al why's che xbt establish
their title TO pension uuderany law. one law does
not interfere with The other
Q. O., Washington. " il. How many private
pension bills were vetoed by each President frOra
Grant down 20 Harrison 2 To decide 4 snci4l
bot, viii you please state about how many if any.
OF me private pension bills passed prior TO Clevs-
Laho Administration were Tor prfr1's soldiers,
One dispuiant holds that thers were no special
pension bills passed for the benefit o. prvales prior
% Cloveland's Administration, while the other
holds that thCre n great many Ausicer
l. President Grant vetoed, out % nearly 500 pro-
sented 70 him, eight private pension bills PTesi-
dents Hayes Garfield. and Arthur vetoed mona
President Cleveland vetoed more than US and re-
turned unsigned (which under the Constitution IL
equivalent TO Veto sornow bat more chan 200 thun
defeating 375 2. A careful estimate based upon
an investigation, places She number Of special acts
pensionIug private soldiers passed prior to Cleve
lands Administration at nearly = tholsand. This
docs not include commissioned officers
C0f1rdde, Ridge. O.-Soldier died H. the army ia
1901, and siX months later the widow died leaving
several minor children, one Of whom was then,
ana ~ now, totally and permanently helpless The
mother never applied for pension. The children
drew pension about 1857. L. Can children draw
pension back To the date Of their fathers death9
2 Can the children draw that pension which the
mother would have received had she livedg B
Can the helpless child DO pensioned under The new
lawE AHs'ger No, to all your questions. The
children. ail being over l6 years Of age, have no
ute TO pension. The pension which they drew
hbont 1867 probably all to which they were en-
Titled The helpless child, being over 10 years %
age, cannot be pensOned under the now law