The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-11-08
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

| Correspondents should write each question m
| separate sheet of paper, give full name and sd.
dress and mark it Corresponding Column" Nc
attention Will be paid TO communications not &C.
| companied with name and address of writer It "a
requested that stamp be inelOsed for reply By
| letter. Postal cards will be replied To by naif
| only. Replies by mail will ordinarily he made
| within week, and il in this column within three
| weeksl
T. was Mexican war pensioner act Of jan %
| 1887. He died Dee. 6, 1892 On Jan Is 1894 a GER
nhcate was issued TO his widow, under the same
| law. Widow received voucher OF Feb. g. 1894
| with the certificate. Voucher was subject TO eve.
! cutlon on Feb. D t4h coming on Sundayl On the
night of Feb the widow died. Minor child of
herself and the soldier. IL years Old applied by
guardian Tor SUM stated on the voucher 81 r. under
Section 47S. Revised Statutes of the United States
act of March l, 1882 aud act of June 50 1890 The
| Commissioner has not rejected the minors claim
for accrued pension but says that the question of
paying such cases has been referred TO Congress'f
l. this minor entitled to the SIP stated on Widows
| voucher? A1Swer. No; not under present rulings
| j. B. r, Pierce Ry-Please Inform me through
your Correspondents column, ]. IL soldier marres
the second time and he dies is his widow entitled
| TO pension? q II soldier dies and leaves no widow
his children entitled to his pension il they are
under Is years OF age? AnS1er l. Yes; if his death
| results from disability originating In line Of duty
| in the service. IL death due to service she
would be entitled only in the event of being de-
pendent and Of having married the soiiier prior
| to June q, 1890. 2 Yes.
| IT. H., Ode5oH Iorra-wiH you please lie. me
know, through your paper if there is law passed
now, that IL man who has enlisted in The Regular
Army for three years, he can now get ont OF IL.
after he hss served out only two years. ABstrsr
Yes; after serving one year he can purchase bis
s. IT,, Brilliant GA soldier in Ohio draws his
pension from the agency at Columbus, and he
moves to Florida. Gould he be transferred TO an
other agency and draw it there; and If be gets
knocked out in the meantime, would he have TO
come buck to be examined in Ohio, or could he
have examination in Florida? . soldier who
in the army did not draw pension, but had
wife and no children. The wife is dead. aud the
soldier died also. The soldier has mother living
so years old Is the mother entitled to dlaw PEN
sion? ARs,rcr. l. After living six months in q
new agency district pensioner can be transferred
TO the agency for such district. If a medical ex-
animation should be deemed necessary he could
be ordered for examination in Florida. z II hs
died leaving widow. his mother would have no
title TO pension even were the widow dead II no
widow survived the soldier the mother would
have title only in the event Of being dependent
and in event of the soldier having died Of q disa-
biIity originating in line of duty in the service.
j. II B., Little Rcck. ArE.-Has any Postmaster
authority TO take oaths in pension eases5 AnEsrsr
No, not unless he happens to be Notary q JUS
tiee of the Peace. Fourth-clHss POstmasters are,
bv virtue of an act of Congress approved in july
last, authorized TO administer OaJhs 20 pension
vouchers, but to no other class of pension papers.
They cannot take acknowledgements in afidavits
in declarations for pension their authority Is
not coextensve with that of Notary or Justice Of
the Peace. but is limited to the execution OF youeh-
ers in an allowed pension claim.
FW. G., Springfield, kdsS.-A pensioner commits
suicide. Can his widow obtain q pension under
any Iaw3 Please settle dispute by answering in
Correspondents column. AHSIreT She would have
title under old law only in the of the Pension
Bureau concedng that his suicide was due TO in
sanity of service origin; in general such conten-
ton would not be accepted She would be entitled
under the of June 81 $780, providing the soldier
Was finally hOnoTabiy discharged from service of
90 days, more, during the late war, snd pruvid-
ing she married him prior to June ~ 1c9D. and IL
III dependent circumstances
s. E. ST. James City, FlG.-I examined for
increase of pension on June 6, and have not heard
from the Pension Bureau. How long will I have
to wait or what is needed to be done in this mat
ter? | went with comrade, and lie has heard
from the Pension Bureau. on the Goth day Of Au-
gust His claim was re- scied. AHSlUeT. We do HOt
know why the settlement OF your claim is delayed.
There seems to be little uniformity of action
these cases; some are disposed of quite promptly,
and some drag along for years Why not write
and request q settlement?
Hiss n t. Doy'estoUp. O.-COuld child over Is
years of age, providing she was crippled and un-
able TO do any labor. draw her fathers pensOnf
Her father died Sept. 10, and she 10 poor, and
has ether support Please give your
advice on the subject. ANSI0sr. Not if Is years
of age wien the soldier died.
F. g. Columbus o., and Otters.-Under Racrn
was granted pension of Sc per month. act OF June
81, 1890. Now, Notwithstanding my disability IL
equally great as when my pension granted,
have been dropped from the roll Why is thiSe
AnSceT 1t is because che system of rating new law
Invalid pensions has been so changed that q de-
gree of disability that would during Gen. Rsum's
administration have been held TO entitIe you TO IS
under tile act of June p. 1890, is considered
insufficient to warrant a rating. There will 90
change sometime.
VIII w. GelsonpiHs OWN the Pension Ds-
partment accept affidavit of soldiers wife
condition of helpiessness requiring the hequcnb
attendance of another person; to wit, the odiers
wife family 4nSlGer. Il will be accepted for
what il is worth, but other testimony corroboratVa
of |. will probably be required.