The National tribune., 1893-07-27
OUR EsPoNDENTs.


OUR CORR RESPONDENTS
Information of Value Concerning Pensions.
Correspondents should write each question on
separate sheet of paper, give full name and adj
dress and mark it Correspondents Column" No
ton will be paid to communications not ac
companed with name and address of writer. IL Is
requested that stamp be inclosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within week. and II in this column within three
weeks.l
|. j. A. H., ST. Louis No. and many oiherS.-Nether
you nor any other pensioner under the act Of June
u 1890 should send testimony the Pension Blu
concerning your present physical condition
until you shall have received from the Commits
sioner of Pensions n formal notice of suspension of
your pension and calling for such testimony. Take
no action Whatever unless the Commissioner sends
you notice Of suspension
IT, A. IT, National Military Home Leauen,0oTth-A
cont ends that aawealthy x-soldier (say, worth
million, who has been physically disabled since the
war, can secure pension under the disability act
of 1880. Bcontends that only poor ex soldiers who
have been partially wholly disabled since the
war are entitled TO the benefit of said act which
is right? A8rs1eer A.. The financial condition of
applicantfor invalid pension. under either iaw,
cannot be considered any more than the color OF
lis hair.
w. r. b., Hardin Springs, Ry-H pensioner
dies after the voucher is flied and sent to the
Pension Agent, leaving no father. mother. nor
children, can the who takes care OF them as
sign and draw the money after he has paid all of
the last xpenses? 41tstCer. Who are - them? II
can draw the accrued pension, and the last ex-
penses" will not be paid. If the pensiouer was
inraiid pensioner under the old law, reimburse
ment can be made under Section 47l8 T. s., which
please
j. L. B., Mauield. Ky.--I am q pensioner of the
u s. Army and bstantiated my proof as to be-
ing one half disabled, for which L have been al
lowed Sl2 month in place of SIS month, which
ought to receive. wish TO know IL L can get an
increase by the original proof after being rejected
by tile Medical Board? Ansaoer. No. Your case is
doubt considered closed, aud it will not be
opened without conclusive medical evidence show
ing that an was maize in the original rating.
r. s. Soldiers Home.-I Can an application for
change of name which is before the Pension Ofice
for over a year be Withdrawn without prejudice to
claim wTich is pending for increase of PEN
sion? The request for change of name was made
prior to heappication for increase and is not
ferTed to in said application. 2. Would deserter,
who having surrendered and been discharged by
order md aft wards enlisted in assum ed name,
be entitled TO pension for injuries received or dis
ease contracted In his second enlistment? And
could he have his right name restored In pension
certificate? Anstcer /. Probably not. 2. Yes; il
he prove facts to the satisfaction OF the Pension
Bureau.
Mrs. c. Dr. R., Peru. V.-Can soldiers widow
who is drawing a pension still continue to draw
same If she marres again? AnstUer She cannot.
+ W. b. Omaha. Ne6.-An old soldier who was wound
ed at Cedar Creek tried some 20 ago TO find evil
dence to establish his claim but found it impossible
to do So he filed his claim one year ago under
act of June q. 1890 Since thst timeire has found
in Europe of his old comrades and DOW can
prove up under the old law. His pension has not
been granted yet. Which law Is IL best for him to
pursue? ATssJyer. The old law. Under the preced-
lug Administration it would have been preferable
for him TO file lis claim under the net0 law but in
view of recent decisions 1t Is not now advisable to
do
''FnitItfitI.'' Soldiers Home Hospital, d. C-1.
Have any rulings been yet made under the act OF
July Ia. 1892? 2. If has been OH completed
files of Pension Bureau for over six months, can it
be xpedited in any way by the CLAIMANT g. When
reach the peted file all right all the evil
deDce, including that of the Medical Board being
favorable, is there any danger of reiecion? Ass-
T. II, a AM /,
that any necessary. q Not unless the claimant
demonstrate by testimony that by reason of
poverty distress his claim should have prefer
ence over others. 3. There is no completed file.
In such the chances for allowance would be
favorable.
A lSubscriber-From what cause II any, can q
soldier die that will debar his widow from draw
ing pension? Amstcer In claims under the new
law the csifse of death In widow claim does not
enter at all into her title. and right aecrues solely
by reason .of5Iis tiRathfrom any cause. Under the
old law she would not be entitled to pension unless
she could prove that soldiers death WAS due to
wound, injury, disease which originated in the
service and line of duty therein.
sc r., Hef7non W.-Wi you he kind enough
to inform me- a constant reader of THE NATIONAL.
TRIBUNE, whether the title of full General was
conferred ON either Sherman or Sheridan? Ans,oer
Yes; on both.
A. F., Columbia, Pd.--l. Al soldier married in
1881; left for lie war, and after he returned from
the war he married again to another woman, and
his first wife married TO another man. They were
never divorced. The soldier Is dead. Can his
present widow draw a pension; the first wife is
did the great Aurora Borealis occur. when every
onestook il for sign of 1889 or 1860? Anstoer
L No q Sept. g. 1859; but only few superstitious
people considered II a sign OF war. IL was simply
a disturbance of electrical forces, of no more sig
nifeance than athsInderstorm.
r.. f., Windsor VISA comrade applied for
pension for chronie diarrhea and rheumatism
under old law in 1885, furnishing evidence the
same for both complaints. In due course claim
was allowed at 81 per month on disease of rec
tum.p He applied for increase and reissue;
was examined by Medical Board mot the same he
was examined by in first instance) last February,
and recently. some time i'm May, granted reissue
at SIS for q" disease of reetum and rheumatism and
resultant irritable heart" Now, the question is,
did they act on the claim for increase, only on
tue disability not acted in the first place,
namely, rheumatism? AnStUer The whole claim
was acted upon, and there Is nothing pending
b. s. r, Shinnsiom. W. Va-Does the late ruling
by Secretary Hoike Smith affect the pensioners who
have had their claims allowed and are now draw
ing pensions under the law of June q 1890 or does
it only affect those whose claims under that law
are ,royv pending in the Department? AfIstver. II
affects all, both pensioners and claimants. 1t Is
estimated that of the number now on the pension
roll who drawing invalid pensions under the
act OF June 81 1890. more than one-half Will be
dropped and of tile invalid claims now pending
under this act more than onehalf will be rejected
AN.J.-Pease inform me whether there is any
law that grants The privilege to soldier of the late
war of hawking peddlng wares or merchandise
in towns or boroughs where the town authorities
demand license? Can the soldier peddie without
lcenser AnsiDer. There is no Federal law on
the subject consult some competent local attorney
as to State municipal regulations
c. j., Raskin, Neb.-E. b. j. died on the goth OF
May. He WAS drawing n pension OF va per month
acc6tint OF gunshot wound in right thigh. He
also oirewa Communication of $50. His pension
would have been due on July 4. Can his widow
draw amount due at the date OF his death? y VIII
she be entitled to widows pension: having mar
ried the soldier in November 1891? He left no
home or means for her support. AnSUcr. l. Yes;
she should make application to the Commissioners
of Pensions. surrenderng her husbands certificate.
q Yes if her husbands death was due to a cause
originating in the line OF duty In the service; not