The National tribune., 1892-12-15
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jill d., Malone, Iopn.-I. What cities In the United
States use the elevated railway system? 2. Where
President Lincoln taken after he WAS shot; or
did he die in Fords Theater? g. What nationality
furnished the largest pro rata of deser,ers during
WAR; In w"' the s n%Es
| Brooklyn, aud Chicago. 2. He carried across
the street to No. SIG 10th street. and died in that
| house. 8. No statistics have been compiled on the
subject. 4. In 1864.
H. H., PhoeniruMe, Pa. Please mention how
far behind the Pension Bureau is in adjudicatirg
rejected claims? 2. How will a claim be
| reached that rejected about one year ago?
| AnsUer. ]. Many months. q We cannot say. If
evidence has been filed bearing upon the cause Of
rejection the will be taken up in its regular
| order.
! J. H. s.. Quincy. W.-In my case applied under
both the old ami the new laws My claim
jccted under the new law, but WAS rot examined
under the old law. l. Can a lower rating than sc
be allowed under the new law 9. Both of my
parents died of consumption after was eight years
old and can prove by the testimony of old neigh
bors who are still alive that treated by three
physicians during the period between eight to IA
years of age. Shall obtain their affdavits the
ground Of hereditary consumption and hereditary
blood poisoning? AnSicer. /. No. 2. We cannot
imagine for what purpose such testimony should
be obtained.
H.MB, Ell Reno. Okla-I made application for
increase of pension two years ago, and passed the
final examination the 18th day of August 1891,
and snce that date have made often and repeated
| inquiries TO the Commissioner aud my attorney,
and have utterly failed to receive any information
in regard to my claim. Why am / thus ignored?
now receive 81 n month for chronic darrhea. an.
s,cer. Because your claim has not been reached
| for examination. We have frequently stated in
this column that where person receiving
pension under the old law and applied for inc
or additional pension under the new law his claim
| will have to wait until the claims of those who
not receiving any pension shall have been dis
posed Of
s. T. J., La Fayclie Ind.-Please to tell me in the
Correspondents Column how to find the record
of soldier who was enlisted and mustered into
the service n private Of Co. f. Goth Ind Inf His
full name Jacob Stryker. He was Familiarity
known " Doc" Stryker. While he together
with squad of other soldiers. being trans-
ferred. rather during their transportation, from
one point TO another in the South. lie standing
| up riding back ward. Samuel Arnold, his comrade
and chum, WAS standing farther to the rear OF the
train and saw the train was approaching a bridge.
He motioned heads down to Doe" but not in time
TO save him from being hurled beneath the cars.
Arnold says he reported n man killed, but they
did not stop to pick him up and when they arrived
at their destination he informed officer of the
accident He does not know the name Of the Off
Ger. Arnold says he is willing to make affidavit to
the effect that he saw Jacob Stryker Knocked off
the car by bridge, and that he him fall be-
| tween the cars while the train going at good
rate of speed. The State records do not show what
became of him. Ans,cer. Write to the officer in
charge of the Record and Pension Office of the
War Department, this city. The report of the Adj
jutant- General of Indiana does not show any SOL
| der of that maine in Co. F, 99th Ind.
r. T.. Vermiiion. ~ FL. Is there law emitting
n soldier who does require n constant attend
Ant, to n rating between $50 and s72? 2. Is there
rating above $50 for gunslot wound below the
| knee when the limb is AS bad AS if off above the
knee? AnSUer. In some cases, where the pensioner
requires at times aid and attendance, rating of
$50 per month was provided by the act of July IA.
1so2 The language of the act is that where the pen
| sioner requires frequent and periodical, though
not regular and constant, personal aid and attend
| ance OF another person. etc.
s. o. r., Portsmouth, O-Has there ever heen
| bill presented in either the House Senate to
| pension the Confederate veterans; and If So how
| far did IL pass and what was done with it? daSuer.
| We are not aware of such bill ever having been
presented although it would not surprise very
| much il bill of that character should be intro
| duced In the next Congress.
| s. M. Fon du Lac, VISA soldier In the late
war had two fingers shot off when he was a boy,
| long before the war? Is he entitled to pension
| der any law now in force having lost his fingers
| before the war. When being examined for service
the Surgeons did not discover that the said soldiers
! fingers were missing. AnsUer Under the
| law he would be entitled to pension for the loss of
|
which the accident took place do not under
the term vicious habits
". W. C., RiegeysrHIc. N. IA soldier applied for
increase of pension under the old law, and the claim
| was rejected. An appeal was taken TO the Score
! tary of The Interior. Can the claimant now make
a new application to the Committee on Pensions
before the appealed case is decided? Ans,cer He
| can do so. blt such action will work dismissal
{, Of the appeal.
j. Il. g.. Oakland City. Id.-Where pensioner
is on the rolls At $50 per month. and he furnishes
| to he permanent, and that occasional aid is
CURED. will It be necessary to have another medi-
| cal examination in order to place him on the rolls
| at $50, the intermediate grade established by the
act Of July II, 1892? Af'sWer. Yes.
II. d.. Peotone ILL.,. VIII the pension claims
that have been in the hands of the Special Exam
liners for the five his be carried through be-
fore the 4th of March, 1898? q Is u widow of
former husband entitled To pension who has mar
ried again. and whose husband left her about three
months after the marriage. she having had n son
by her first marriage, and said son having been
| pensioner on account of wounds received In serv-
ice In the late war; drawing pension until date OF
| death, and being the only support OF his mother?
Ans,oer. l. We cannot tell; probably not. 2. She
may be under the new law as dependent mother,
| but not as widow.
H. H.. Washington. O.-My present rate OF pen
sion is 81 per month. Iapplied under the new law
claim placed OH the completed files i'll July.
1891. In June, 1892, received notice that my claim
was before the Board Of Review, and in July, 1892,
/ received an order to go before Special Exam
iner and examined part of my disa-
bties. Now, what l went to know iSWill the act OF
sending to be examined at the last date result
In placing my claim back where It was before it
was put completed files? If SO. how must pro.
coed to have it restored to its former place? An
st0er. No
c. C. b.. Berlin, Pal. am drawing pension of
S. per month. If make application for pension
under the Of June 81, $780, and at the time
apply for nm increase under the old law, and should
the application under June q, $780, be granted first
and should accept it and surrender my old certifi-
cate. will that stop action being taken on my APP:
p!ication for increase of pension under the old
law? q If l accept the pension under act OF June
81. 1890, will such action debar me from dropping
the certificate (act OF June 81. 1902 and taking the
increase under the old law, If granted? g. If
should be drawing pension under the act OF June
q, 1890, and the incoming Administration should
repeal the act of June ~ 1890, would be dropped
from the rolls altogether, and have to apply and
prove up my case the same as when originally
made application for pension. or would or could !
by applying have my original certificate restored
to me? Ans,per /. No. 2. No. 8. No. You would
be restored to your old-law pension in such an
event.
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