The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-04-21
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s. c. Cedar Iotea-My oldest son enlisted In tho
army and served three years. During his service
he contracted IL disease from which lie afterwsrd
died Ny husband is still living, and had several
other sons to help support me. Can receive a
pension on this sons account? AHsWer. Yes, pro-
viding he left neither widow child and pro-
viding you at the present time dependent upon
your manual labor. the contributions Of
others not legally bound. for your support.
g. Il. g., GreentoUn, Pa.-Does the Government
furnish heads,ones for soldiers graves, and If So
To whom should application bo made? AnsUer.
Yes Apply to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT U. :. Al.
this city.
J. @. r.. Bethel, Ms-A soldiers pension cer:in-
cate issaed May l, but did not reach him until
after his death, May %. At his death the soldier
left neither widow minor children. and claim
for reimbursement by the person who bore the
expenses OF tho last sickness and burial OF tho
soldier has been filed. Can the attorney collect hts
fee7 AHs1sr No; neither the soldier, his widow,
nor minor child will draw The pension. the attorney
cannot collect fee.
d. l.. K, U0usuTt PG.-f see In late Issue Of tt HE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE that Gen. Bussey says IL recent
law prohibits the pnyin. Of a pension to person
OF means. what act Is TINS! dHSlESr. he DrcD-
ably referred 10 section Of the ae. of June n $780,
which section provides that all widows Of soldiers
who dr2lendent upon their daily inbor
ceive pension 50 per month irrespective of the
of the soldiers DEATH This section is limited
to those widows vino dependent upon their
daily labor Dependent relatives also must be
dcpendcn. in order to have title to pension. but
there is no law or part OF p law requiring such a
condition on the part Of soldiers.
j. O. s., Stockholm Center. ". FL. II the service
pension bill should become & law, would a person
who is now drawing n pension under the Old law
bc entitled to pension thereunder iii addition TO his
disability pension? 2. Would a person vino Ia
drawing pension under Of June q. $780, he
entitled 10 "a service pension in addition to his dis
ability pension? A,,s,rer. and 2 That depends
upon the shape in which the bill should pass fit
should pass in the form advocated by The Ma
TIoSAL. TRIBUNE. service pension would DO allowed
in addition I" disability pension
II. K X, Krcn,is. PA soldier of the late war
died Of consumption in 1870. and his widow
married in 1873 leaving four children Of the SOL
der under the age Of 49, Can the children g.
ccive pension for the period when they were under
10? dHsJcsr. res. providing they can prove their
fathers death 20 have been duo to his military
service. They could only draw from date Of moth
er's reulerriaGe.
A. b.. Qutn,an, Mol In 1885 an old soldier
went 10 Colorado for his health. and while there
lie filed II soldiers homestead claim and paid the
fees and commissions, amounting 10 Si4, bat
looking around over the country for while lac
concluded that no could not make "a living there,
and lie therefore rslinquisied the claim hack to
The Government IN favor OF another man and
ceived :i4 from said man As the sold derived
no benefit from this land, could he file another
homestead claim in Oklanomao e. A soldier fled
~ CAIN for pension ia 1878, and was required nj
that tmo to send his discharge papers with his
claim Tho claim allowed in 1876 but they
never returned his discharge. The soldier wrote
to the Department in 1896, asking them to return
his discharge, but WAS informed that IL not
on file What Department should the soldier write
to in regard to his discharged Anst0er. !. The
soldier referred to is entitled TO make another
homestead entry under the act OF March 2 1884, q
We cannot sag. If he sent 1t to the Pension Bu-
1t must be there 1t fs possible that his
attorney has 1t, and we suggest that the soldier
write him aud ascertain
D. B. o. Clorindon Io,Dn.-What excuse did
CLEVELAND give for vetoing the dependent pension
bill now embodied in the act of June 81, $780, whom
il was before him in 1897? Ans,rer. Cleveland did
no. specifically state his objections to the dependent
pension bill III his veto message dated Feb Ii, 1857
but tie Inference drawn from the language used
on that occasion is that he thought it would cost
too much, that it was too indefinite in scope, and
that the soldiers did not need it. as the Govern
mcnt had already been too liberal to them. Con-
oerI,in2 this latter point he said: =" cannot but
remember that the soldiers of our civil war; in
their uny and bounty, received such compensation
for military service rs has never been received by
soldiers before since mankind first went to war;
that ne yer before, on behalf ofany sodery have
DIany and such generous laws been passed TO relieve
against the incidents OF war; that statutes have been
passed giving them preference i'll al pub! ic employ
ments; That the really needy and homeless Union
soldiers of the rebellion have been to large extent
provided for at Soldiers Homes, and that
never before in the history OF the country has IL
beer, proposed to render Government aid toward
the support OF any of its soldiers based upon mil
iiary service SO recent, and where age and circuD-
stances appeared so little to demand such aid"
". C., Delta, Mo-. In what army was the Four
teeulh Army Corps and who were its commandment
q OF what regiments was 1t composed? 3. What
Army Corps fought The battle of Pea Ridge. Ark,
In 1867? Ans,Ver !. The Fourteenth Army Corps
.. part of the Army of the Cumberland and was
commanded respectively by Gems. Rosecrans and
Geo. II. Thomas. 2. We cannot say. There were
about $40 regiments In this corps. 8. Three resf-
ruents OF the Fifteenth Corps.
Il. II. r., Rust Branch, KY. Is there any law
unde. which ii Mexican soldier receive
mere thaH s. per month pension? q If so, could
he receive the same rates soldier OF the OF
the rebellion? 3. Are the soldiers of any prior
To the of tho rebellion entitled to pension in
proportion to the degree of their disability? An
slGer. ! and 2. Not unless ho commissioned
officer, unless he prove that his disability
was incurred in the line of duty in the service and
IN some that il has continued every year since
his discharge up to the present time. Such claim
Ant would have to apply, not under the Mexican
war ac!. out Hnder the general pension laws, ap
plicsi,ie alike TO ths lato war. Such claims
seldom filed. for the reason that in most cases IL Ia
practically impossible To establish them, owing to
the great lapse Of time since the with Mexico.
3. hot unless they establish their title nd-
Gated ABOVE. and this is. before stated in most
practically impossible.
j. c. H., Frisco. Ark-A soldier enlisted three
times, in the volunteer service and twice In
the Regular Army, and the las. time he received
a :" 6o5taii" discharge from the Regular Army
without II couTt-mRrtal or loss of pay. Has he q
pen-inuahle status? insurer. Yes.