The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-21
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
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r. C.. Kaytgood ~ V4-Is there n law rsc.o,f,,
passed increasing the of pension for disabIi-
Ties o. limbs to 80. $50 and 500 per month? An
seer. No; such bill has been introduced into the
fayoraDly reported by Senator GaIIingsr OF III,
senate Pension Committee
A. o., Wheeling. W. Pa--what bills have been
introduced IN Congress increasing the rates OF pam
sion Tor Deafness and how far have they pro-
greSsed' AnSwer. Senator Davis. Of Minnesota
introduced bull Dee TO- 1891. to increase the rate
Tor total deafness OF both $40 and for nearly
total deafness Of both ears in proportion and the
niil passed the Senate. which, of course is Repub-
lean. but was defeated in The House of Repressu.-
atives so that Is not likely thar any increas-
ing Inc rate OF pension will become a law during
the present session OF Congress.
j. b. O., Satk Rapids. Ninn.-To which political
party did Gen. VIM. t. Sherman beioaQy Anstosr
He was Republican
a w. j.; Providence, r. L. and oihe,s-Pleass In
FORM US whether the bill allowing $50 per month
pension IN cases where the pensioners REQUIRE the
frequent and periodical and CUSTODY OF auother
person. mas become a law. Answer. The bill to
winch you refer, Senate Bill No 1910 has passed
both Houses OF Congress. and only await, the
residents signature, which it will doubtless re-
ceive while we go to press. Il is as follows: Be
" enacted, etc. That soldiers aud sailors who ara
shown 10 be totally ncapacita.ed for performing
manual labor by reason Of injuries received or dis
ease contracted in the service OF the United States
and in line Of duty and who are thereby disabled
10 such degree as to require frequent and periodi-
cii though not regular aad constant. personal aid
ana attenoance OF another person shall be euti-
tIed TO receive pension of so per month from and
alter the date of the certificate Of the Examining
surgeon or Board OF Examining Surgeons show
ing such degree Of disability and made snbss-
quent TO the passage Of this act" This bin fills
ion3-ieIt want. 10 benefits a large class OF peD-
sIo'ers who are partially helpless but not suffi-
eien'Iy so TO have title 10 the s72 rate The bill
does not. OF course. increase all Of those who
draw $50 per month.
A. O., joliet. III. A man was married In 1870
and divorced in 1882 and remarked the sarna
woman In 1897 As the act of June q 1890 pro-
vides that no widow who married the soldier sub
seqnent TO the of the act should have title
hereunder, would this soldiers widow be entitled
under said law in case Of the soldiers deathY 2
How much does 1t cost soldier to make q home
stesid OF loo acres of land. including Governments
ices and all other expenses? 3. Soldier served
houorab!y during the late war, ard subsequently,
enlisted m the Regular Army. from which hs
ueserteu IN 1872 and never surrendered himself.
Ssid soldier lost four fingers ia n savy-mll Can ho
be peHsioned therefor under the act of June y,
isO: 4. A soldier enlisted during the late war
under an assumed name. Can ho now receive q
discharge In his right name and IL So 10 whom
should he apply? A,sVsr. l. No official do
cision has yet been rendered on this point, and
the matter may be looked at in two entirely
distinct views. One view the narrow and techni-
cal one, 10 that as the husband ard wife discon-
ilnued their relations such I'm 1890 their rcar-
rnge in 1892 assumes the status il they had
never before been husband and wife that any
Title as wife or widow she may have had by her
former marriage was destroyed by divorce, and
had It not been for her remarrisge in 1892, shs
could not have had title under suy law and
as that marriage gave her q status as his widow
OF June q, 1890. The broader and more
LIBERAL view is that long before the new law
was thought OF the was married to the
soldier and assumed ali the duties and relations Of
wife; that although their divorces in 1880 severed
this connection. their renarriaee during the pres
ent year TeHetCed il, and rendered their divorce
simply a temporary breach of their relations as
husband and wife, which resumed when
they remarked. II is belief that the presens
administration will accept this latter view Of the
matter, which is fully in accord with the broad
and comprehensive position taken in decisions here
tofore rendered.. 2. That depends upon eireum-
stances. The ices and commissions IN making .
homestead entry of leo amount to Sl4 SIG,
to which should be added the attorneys fee for
preparing papers, ETC., generally SO Within the
next SIX months the entrynan has to build n lsbi-
tation on the land. at cost Of 500 more and for
stock farming implements ETC.. the cost is several
hundred dollars more. Altogether, q person
should nave capital OF at least $500 3 No. His
final discharge from the service not being honor
able. he has title to under the act Of juno
q, 1880. L. Yes, providing the under which
he enlisted WAS not assumed in order 20 avoid the
consequences Of any crime committed. Appiics-
tion should be made to the Adjutant- General,
United States Army. Washington. ID. C.