The National tribune., 1892-08-18

tie close of she wnr. Am not entitled to veteran
bounty for my enlistment 8fsSfgeF. No. ju order
To have title vetsrIu bounty soldier must have
enlisted ia u v"iintecr regiment between Jan /.
i56l and kn-il 1854 for three yenrs after having
previously served 1T least njue months ~ some
other regiment after two years service. II
enlistment rDstie in regiment.
l.. n Red D1k Iytr0 Jan attorney pTactlC-
ing before Ihe Peislua Bureau legally make
agreement with a claimant ia an Increase claim on
oil disability oalv. for fee in excess Of s. We
understand that e "a the legal fee IN sTnight
increase claims. AHs,rrr. Under Tho act OF March
s. 1891, IN claims filed subsequent TO the passage Of
the net in which increase IS claimed ON old dI@a-
hiiiiy only the legal fee OF attorney u but 8
This applies TO the new law where applicant Tor
increase Is peusioucd tIeTeuudsF. and TO the Old
law where claimant il pc.sIoued under the old law;
bat il does not Of cour~e apply any other than
straight increase claim Auy attorney who shall
contract for, demand, receive, or rc;aIn fee IN
such claim in OF 81 is liable fine and i'm
prisGumrnt.
4 p Cincinnati O-PIeaze inform me whether
the Governments furnishes tonbstoucs free 81
charge FOR the graves OF drGeasrd soldiers OF the
war OF tiie rebellion. AnSE6F Yes; the Govern
nisnt will upon proper application, furnish tomb
stone and have -ontto ;he railroad station nearest
the place OF burial OF any deceased soldier Of the
late war, free Of charge. Application should BE-
made to The eluaricrmasier-GeHeral. United States
Army. WASHINGTON. ID. ..
SereTd hundred Subscribers have written US.
making various inquiries regarding the act OF July
ii, 1892, providing fof intermediate grade OF
pension between SO and So per month for those
pensioners who partially helpless and require
the occasional aid and attendance OF another per
SON The said act il ms follows.
" BE IL enacted etc, That soldiers anil sailors who
are shown to be totally inca paciia,ed for perform
ing manual labor by of injuries received
disease contracted in the service of the United
states and in line OF duty, and who thereby
disabled to such q degree rs TO require frequent
and periodical. though rot regular and constant.
| personal aid and attendance OF another person.
shall be entitled TO receive "a pension OF $50 per
month from aud after the date Of the certificate of
the Examining Surgeon Board of Examining
Surgeons showing such degree Of disability. and
made subsequent to the passage of this act"
lbs act provides only for cases in which the
peDSoners hciplessneSs is due disabilities WHICH
had their origin ia the service. and does not, Of
course, apply to the act OF june 81 1890 does
| IT benefit all who now draw $50 per month under
the general law. but perininS to only such OF them
partially helpless and occasionally reouiTs
the aid and attendance of another person in per-
! forming the ordinary duties and occupations of
lite, such as dressing and undressing, eating, walk
| ing about the house. etc. and who also totally
inca pacitated for the performances Of manual labor
Regular applications for increase either directly
by attorney. should be filed by those who deem
themselves emitted under this act, and such in
crease, when allowed. will date from the date or
the medical examination held after the passage Of
the act which shows the applicant entitled thereto
This statement is republised for the benefit of in
terested comrades who have not already seen IL in
the Correspondents Column
II. l.. T., Oakland, CdI.-My husband was peO-
stoned for gun-shot wound of leg for many years
but his pension stopped aboal IS years before
he died. His leg was just bad the last Is years
oil his life AS 1t was while he was pensioned. and in
fact became worse during the last few years of his
life, but he never applied to be restored TO the roll
He died of pneumonia. Can apply for and re-
ceive his pension from the date my husband 3
was dropped from the roll to the date of his death?
dHS,rcr. That depends on the ground upon which
his name was stricken from the roll Had the SOL
dier filed claim for restoration and left the same
incomplete on his death you. as his widow, could
have completed the same and received the pension.
We presume, of course, you aware that you
may be entitled to widow pension from the date
of application therefor.
j. +. r.. Frankfort. Ind. - Please advise me
whether bill increasing the of pensions
loss of n limb total disability therein became n
law during the session of Congress Just ended
Ans,cer. No; the bill to which you refer was
killed in committee by the House of Representa-
tives after having passed the Senate. The only
general pension bills which became laws during
the first session of the Fifty-second Congress were
the following: act Of July "a 1892, to provide an
intermediate rate of pension (see above) act of
July g. 1892, rendering certain Informal declara-
tons for pension valid act of July % 1892 grant
ing service pensions to survivors of tine Black
Hawk. Creek and Seminole Indian Wars and the
unin in our issue of Aug. III; and the act of Aug
D, 1892, granting pension to army nurses 5ee cor
respondents column in our issue of Aug III
There was also passed an act extending the time
for filing application for removal of charge of
desertion under act of March g 1885, two years 80
that the time for filing applications under said act
will expire July /, 1894. We presume of course
subscribers familiar with the act of March
9. 1889. it having become n law more than Hiree
years ago.
These the only laws of general benefit to SOL
ders of the late war which were passed during the
first session of the Fifty Congress.