The National tribune., 1894-02-15
OUR CORRESPONDENTS

Correspondents should write each question on
separate sheet OF papor, give full name and sd-
dress and mark 1t Correspondents Column" Nc
stten ton will be paid to communications not ac
companicd with name aud address OF writer. 1t is
requested that n stamp be inclosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
enly. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within week. and If in this colnmn within three
weeks.l
Vet, Richford ~ Y-l. A soldier enlisted in the
Fall of 1861. and deserted in the Spring of 1852
About ak months from his deserton he re-snlis;ed
in another regiment, in which he severely
wounded and served faithfully until the close oi
the war. when he was houorably discharged The
charge of desertion has never been removed Will
il he a bar TO his receiving pension? 2. Mr. and
Mrs. A. lived together II years, and then lac ran
away leaving his wife in destitute circumstances,
with family of small children. The husband
located in another State and remarked. For %
years the deserted wife managed to support herself
and family, occasionally hearing indirectly from
her caoitrant husband At the end of this time
she married a soldier, W no has since died. She was
not divorced from her first husband at the time of
ber second marriage. Is she entitled to q pension
the sodisrs widow? Anst0er. l. No. 2. No.
II. Il. B., Union City, Pain prosecuting o
widows pension claim will the Peasion Bureau
accept testimony of her children, provided other
testimony cannot be furnished, say, in case OF
second marriage, also death OF former husband?
AIlSaCer. Yes
r. K, Ruthren. OIL. To settle dispute please
answer the following questions: What is the exact
amount of gold in a gold dollar, and amount of
alloy in same? 2. Under what Administration
and In what year was the greatest amount of
L.
There is nine -tenths gold and one-teuth alloy in
gold coins. A gold dollar weighs 25 S-l0ths
grains 2. The present year with s2255 per capita.
Veteran Mttsicidn--I. What Soldiers and Sailors
Hsmes employ permanently brass and reed bands
and orchestras? 2. What steps should 1 take TO
ship in the u. s. Navy q musician in band Z?
AnStUer. L. All of them. think. 2 The number
of band musicians enlisted in the Navy is compare
lively small as bands only allowed OIL hagships
and ~ Nsvy-yards. The course usually followed in
forming The band for a vessel that entitled is
to first enlist Bandmaser, and permit him select
the members of the band after which they regu-
larly enlisted In the service. Application for in
formation concerning enlistment should be made
TO the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
where II can be ascertained whether thsre any
vacancies existing in bands if there any
vessels fitting out for service as fiagships
j. E. d.. SINNERS Eddy, Pa.-PIease inform me
when ihe term sinking fund " originated, and its
meaning? Anstcer. 1t was created Aug. l2, 1870.
and IL "a financial arrangement intended to redeem
or extingush the public debt upon certain de-
iermIned conditions by means OF sum set aside
from the produce of taxes and to be used in sink
ing or paying a part of the debt through the pur-
chase OF a portion of the public Indebtedness:
Il. 7. ~, Springfield Aass.-l Does the Kelley
cure have institute in every National Soldiers
Home? 2. Can any soldier take the treatment
who desires? 8. Does the Government the sol
dier pay the expense of said treatment? 4. How
far Is the Keeley cure officially recognized by the
Government? Arstcer. !. The gold cure (Keeley
eurel has been successfully introduced IN nearly
all the branches of the National Home. and to
some extent, understand, in various State
Homes. 2. In the National Home any member
can take the treatment, but none are COM PEELED to
do 3. The member Ia king the treatment pays
cost of the same, which is very reasonable under
the contract they (he HomesJ have made with the
keeiey Company. The Government is put to
expense whatever. 4. The is not officially
recognized by the Government but the Board of
Managers and the officers of the various Homes
favor the movement and recommend the treat
ment and offer every inducement possible both
for the of The men and ia the interest of good
order and discipline.
Il. w. T., Orient, ". Y-What rating is given in
the Pension Office for double hernia under the law
of 1880? Anstoer. The minimum rate of So