The National tribune., 1893-10-19
Read Better than Pension" on page 8.
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

Correspondents should write each question on
q separate sheet of paper, give full name and adj
dress and mark it Corresponding Column" No
ate ton will be paid to- communications not
companied with name and address OF writer. Il is
requested that a stamp be incosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within a week. and If in this column within three
weeks.l
IN p Fargo " D.--My claim for pension I'M
der new law has been refused on the grounds that
am not disabled in pensonable degree. Now,
in bed half the time with scialica, and have
kidney ar liver trouble, and rheumatism in my
joints; have but one eye, and am very deaf. Now,
will you be so kind to tell me il simply file
new proof of disability by testimony of neighbors
and doctor in the Pension Office should make
appeal to the Secretary OF the Interior and send
the aifidavts TO him! AnssCer. To enable to adj
wise you intelligentiy, state when you were last
examined and what date your claim was re-
jected. There Is no use of filing affidavs with the
Secretary of the Interior as that would throw the
case back to the Pension Office for action.
r. Ned. National Home, LearenuorHt Kdn-
After old-law claim is turned Of
June q, and Is allowed aud then more evidence is
furnished to prove the old-law claim up the party
is then notified that he will be called upon by
Special Examiner; after several months waiting
can said claim be withdrawn that 49, the latter one
asked to be taken for further consideration.
/ have written to that effect to the Com missioner,
bat have received no answer. What can be done
IL that is sufficient should write any more?
A1isUer. You must await the action OF the Special
Examiner You cannot withdraw the claim.
s. ID. X, Soldiers Home CatgorJ1ia.-Wili You in
have acquired that all who enlisted in our late
prior to the 1st of April 1864, entitled TO q
veteran bounty? The veterans got s4o0 enlist
ed the 18th of February, 1864 and received $500.
Am l entitled 20 another 500? AnstUer Vet
Grams" were those who had served previous
listment You have received all the bounty to
which you were entitled.
Soldiers Wife" and sererdI Others will please
read notice at the head of this column, particularly
TO communications not signed with full name
and address of writer
W. C. X, Patoka M--To settle a dispute, did
pension bill over the veto of President Cleveland's
AHS,cer. Tie House failed to pass the bill by
the necessary NV o-thrds VOTE and consequently it
did not go again TO the Senate.
A. d., Chanbersburg, had.-What is the fastest
shooting ied-gun in the United States? What size
bore IS IL, and how many times will it shoot per
minute? Ansb0er The fastest shooting feid-gun
in the United States is the 3.2-inch steel breecf-
loader. Muzzle velocity 700 feet per second Can
be discharged In action between two and three
times a minute. More rapid firing would not be
effective.
Old Reader, Fond du Lac. Fis.-Please state the
amount that is allowed under the neic toap of 1890
by the present ruling of the Pension Bureau for
femoral hernia. Ans,Cer. 1t depends upon the
physical condition of the applicant in connection
with the debility mentioned. If the claimant was
i'm good condition otherwise and other defect,
the Pension Bureau might allow nothing at all.
Under former administration such q disability
would be rated at $40.
L. L.. Rockford IH--How much money remain
ed in the United States Treasury at the close OF
President James Buehanan's Administration? An
On the 1st day OF January 1861, the cash in
the Treasury was 81 233 go, whereas s24 600 900
were Immediately then needed to carry on the
expenses of the Government, aud loan of Sl0-
600 900 WAS Coated, bearing interest at from t. II
per cent When Buchanan left the chair M March cd
4, 1861 the cash hand little over 81 600 0G0,
with the Nation largely in debt.
c. n. s., Etgin. Neb.-Who were the Major Gen.
erals of the Regular Army when the war broke
out, and what became of them? Who were Major
Generals in Regular Army when the war closed
and who have been since, in their regular success
sion? AnsOer. At the outbreak of the war there
htfts lain fran arAI In Arm
viz, Winfield Scott, who died May g. 1866. At
the close of the Lieut-Gen. U. s. Grant COM
manded with Maj Gems. Halleck, Sherman
Meade. Sheridan aud Thomas, and since the war
the officers who have attained that rank were
Hancock. Mcdowell, Pope. Schofeid NOW COM
manding the Army, Howard, Terry and Niles.
The following became Major Generals during the |
war. but out of service at its close: Mcclellan,
Frem ont and Wool.
s. s. B. Bath U-I hold deed for so acres of land |
which certihes that am entitled to the possession
of said land and that the Government of the United
Buchanan, President U. 3. A. l also hold PEN |
sion certificate from the Department of the Interior
United States. ETC., is entitled TO pension under
the provision of an act. etc. Now. what wish to
learn IS Has the Department of the Interior any |
more right to annul my right to my pension than |
they would to the possession of my land? AnStcer.
Unless fraud is charged i'll the procurement of
pension, or it is shown that you are less disabled
than when your certificate issued hold that the
Department cannot legally take away your PEN |
sion.
draw my pension in st. John, N b. l am very |
weak, confined to my bed. / am living with my |
only sister who is taking of me. AnS,ger. |
You can, If you are citizen of the United States,
or pensoned for disabilities proved and add |
mitted to have been incurred in the service.
n o. r., Sank Rapids, Minn.-Solder dies of dis. |
ease contracted In army, leaving widow and minor
children under l6 years of age. Widow remarries, |
but retains care OF and maintains said hdren Till
ali arrive of full age and all marry. Soldier never
applied for pension Widow prove that SOL
dier's fatal disease contracted in service and |
afflicted him till he died. Can she be peusoned |
while she remained widow? If pensioned, will
she be granted the 81 additional, will each child,
now of full age and married, have to apply each
for herself HIMSELF AHstUer. The widow
receive pension for herself and 81 additional for
each child under 10 years of age during the period
of her widowhood. IL any child children
manned under l6 years of age ut the date of re-
marriage of widow the pension can continue TO the
child, or children during his or their minority,
upon proper application therefor
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The Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., o
Quincy ILL.,, have very fine exhibit in of the
livestock buildings Mt the Worlds Fair. and for
the last few days their space has been crowded
with curious and interested people. The first
hatch from their machine on exhibition there has
proven n wonderful success. Two hundred eggs
were placed in Their machine of that capacity and
from il came 1856 chicks. This is than has
been Matched by ali the other incubators put to-
gelher, and the Reliable people rejoicing in
heir great victory. If they do not receive first
onors it will not be because of lack of merit i'll
Matching qualities. Their incubator and brooder