The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-12-14
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

Correspondents should write each question on
separate sheet OF paper, give full name and adj
dress and mark IL CORRESPONDENCE Column" No
attention win be paid to communications not ac-
eompanied with name and address of writer. IL -
requested that y stamp be iucosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will ne replied to by mail
only. Replies 10y mail viii ordinarily be made
within a week. and ii in this column within three
weeks.l
j. c. W.. lie Molr1e OIL. Can we not petition the
United States Court for writ tn pei the United
States TO come forward aud show cause why they
should not now give Us the difference between gold
and paper when they paid ~ Off ~ they did to the
boudhoider so do to ~, with interest to date? 2
Could not aciion Of hat kind be sustained? Ia
Stcer 10 both questions. No. The Government never
PROMISED TO pay the soldiers in god, as il did the
bondholder. Such a petition action would be
thrown out at court ut once.
r. o.. JoItnsto'cH, Pa.-If n pensioner is drawing
pension for total loss of arm, say SEQ or sec
a month, aud applies for additional and increase
Tor catarrh of stomach Told lRw) and is found
by the Board of Examining Surgeons. IS he entitled
la 500 q month under ct of July H. 1892? AnSlreT
No, uuIes. his Condition is so aggravated a. 20 re-
quire the "id Hnd attention OF another person.
o. r., Brandt Did President Abraham
Lincoln go 1" Washington in Disguise at the Begin
ming of his second term of Office? ATStceT. No.
why should he? There was no necessity for it.
@. H., Syracuse ". "a soldier came home sick
from the army. and died in one of the hospitals
near New York City short time afteTwRrd. The
widow is unable to remember the of tile
hospital just where IL local ed, and she
not give the date of his death. What course shall
The fact and date of death would probably be y
matter OF record in the War Department., and such
isfo nation the records afford would be fur
nshed the Commissioner Of Pensions upon his
request. III such fact and date not shown by
the record, then We cannot suggest any way by
which she eau establish the claim, unless she
find witnesses who are actually knowing to the
facts "a claimrd.
Subscriber, Montcvista Coto-I am rs wears OF
age. past. Am 1 entitled to- Si2 per month accord
ing To the ruling of the Secretary OF the Interior
under the law of June u. $780, aud will get it by
applying to the Commissioner of Pensions? An
swer. Yes. II WAS a ruling of the Commissioner.
not of the Secretary of the Interior.
~ H. K-A lady wishes to know If her father
died In AndeFsonvilIe Prison. How may she di-
rect letter to the cOnrsde In charge of the graves
at thai placer Ansrer. To the Superintendent Of
U. y National Cemetery, Andersonviile. Ga
IT. M L.. East Cambridge. V.-An old lady, O
pensoner. living Ia this place. died Oct. 20. Now,
In my view, which j take from other like or
similar case. is that If admins Is appointed
she would get her pension up to that date (her
DEATH from the first of the quarter provided she
was wholly dependent for support ON her pension,
Tor such was the case. suppose that pcnsioner
was entitled to II during life. OF course should
expect her death would be officially aLtesled'to
but i Cannot see why, If an administrator is APP
poinie J. who acts in decensed's stead, could not
or would not be entitled To pension until death
Cured. Why ask this il, / have recently heard
though they lived within day OF the close of their
quarter. Apslcer. The claim Is ended with the
death Of the pensioner. and the unpaid pension
vert- to the Government.
c. W. +, Clear Luke. IotUd-l. II q soldier has q
claim pending from early date in 1852. and that
claim, I've allowed him, but just day r two before
his voucher gets to him he should die, could the
accrued pension he obtained by his heirs7 2. Ii
soldier dies leaving a widow and young child,
widow applies for and receives widows pension,
and in a year or two remarries can her pension in
any way be turned over TO her child? ARS,0er J. II
by :" heirs" yon mean he legal widow the minor
children under 10 years OF age Of the soldier, yes;
otherwise. no. 2. Yes. through guardian of the
chid: The mother of the child qualify
guardian.
A If;eb
piicatIOn fOf Increase pension is rejected, will the
Department no ify The pensioner direct from the
ocs' y, wiz tho notise COINS 'nrough tue a'eor-
Bey? Ay attorney told me my application for in
creass would be rejected. and ] do not know
whether il has been not AHSt1er. Both the
claimant and attorney will be notified; such is the
rule. nj hough IN some cases the attorney Is alone
notified.
Dr. f.. Exams City Pa-My mother died Sept. 10,
1888; she had been drawing pension of Sl2 per
month AS depend mt parent; no other dependence;
she under my care for months; there was $50
Que from July TO Sept. I9 Am / entitled To that
amount; if 20. how shall proceed to collect the
same? Anstoer. Under present rulings you are not
entitled, ANA the money unpaid reverts TO the Gov
s. b., Spiiiog Mo-who will apply to for =
discharge from the service? AnStcer. IL for SOL
dier's discharge. to the Chief of the Record and
Pension Office. War DEPARTMENT, this city.
G. C., Kingston, N. HI Is Il soldier, II years
old. having urawn pension eight years. liable to
suspen-ionf 2. Is there law entiiling soldier
To draw pension at IS years of age? Anstcer.
l. No. 2. Mo- but ruing of the Com missioner OF
Pensions made in connection with suspensions n
der the new law, was to the effect that any pen
soner claimant under The act of June 81 1880,
who was IS or more years of age, should be PEN
stoned ut the mum rate of Sl2 per month.
c. ", Canton, o How long will IL take until
pension Is finally seGtledr / received notice
The 9Th Of las month that my claim await
ing the decision of the Medical Board in the Pen
sion Bureau. Ans,Oer. We have repeatedly stated
In these columns that no person can answer sueh
a question: No TWO claims alike; claim
may be settled in week, another in month,
another in year. and another may remain for
Approximaied when a claim. which has reached
any state of progress will be settled, by COM
psrison, because there never was and probably
will be. two claims alike; therefore, the
action in is no indication whatever of the
ton that viii be taken In the next case because
the facts and record and proof are not the same.
IT, G. E., Racine His-A dependent father is
drawing IA pension oi sI2 for son killed in the war;
at death OF said father. can the pension be con-
tiuued to the mother. she being also dependent,
old. aud feeble? AnsVer. You must mean he step
mother, because the father of the soldier could not
Graw "a pension while the mother of the soldier was
living. she has the prior right. The pension can
not go to the window of d ependent father simply
because she is the mother OF the soldier, else
she would have been pensioned instead of the
fat her.
L. j. A.. ST. Charles Mch-Has there been any
action by Congress cutting off soldiers widows
from being pensioned whose marriage to the SOL
dicr occurred later than given date; II so. please
give substance of The act so decreeing? AnSsCeT.
There has been no legislation the subject, nor
does the date of a widows marriage have any
bearing whatever upon her title 10 pension. except
that under the neI0 tdIU, widow Is not entitled un-
less she married soldier prior to June n. 1890.
Under the old Law she would be entitled. if soldiers
death due to service and she IS the legal widow
without regard to the date of her marriage.