The National tribune., 1894-08-02
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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J. j., -, III am % years old. MY father
served in u Kentucky regiment; contracted in
flamnatory rheumatism i'll the service; duly
discharged in 1865, and died of that disease affect
ing the heart, im 1857. My mother remarked i'll
1879. She never applied for pension until 1886.
when was Is years old, on account of living in
East Tennessee, and not knowing how to reach
the needed proof. When l was %, l made a sepa-
rate application for myself. l never had amy
guardian. Neither my mothers claim my
own has been decided. l. understand that the
position of the present Commissioner is that
minor cannot recover under the general law unless
he has applied before he was &c. if application has
been made since July !. 1880. Is this so? ?. And
has not the Office heretofore paid such cases,
when application was filed after the minor had
become 81? 3. DO you consider the disallowance
OF such clHms of minors to be sound pension law?
Answer. /. Yes. 2. Yes. g. No the entire matter
Is before the Secretary appeal, and will be
disposed of Mt early date.
r. Nee Helena, O-Please inform me of the
present station of Co.'s @ and H. Dist U. S. Inf
Ansper. Co. c, Fort Niagara. N. Y; posofice
Youngstown, y. Y. Co. II, Fort Porter, N. Y;
po-totiicc, Buffalo. N. Y
IT. T. r.. Story City IoWd.-I have been a reader
of your paper for many years, and for the first time
/ would like to ask you a question two, which
/ think will be of interest TO everybody. |. Was
Abraham Lincoln Il Christian inidel? 3 If
Christian. to what church did lie belong?
q shbor hns book claiming Lincoln to be
inI.de A1,Stger. l. In the language of IA friend
and biographeF of the martyr President" No
more reverent Christian Except Washington ever
filed the chair OF President" On one occasion in
public lin Baltmore), when presented with a Bible
lie responded, This great book Is the best gift
God has given to man. All the good from the
Savior of the world is communicated through this
book" 2. When once asked by member of Con-
gress why he did not Join some church. he replied,
Because II found difficulty, without mental reserv-
ation in giving my assent to their long and COM
piicated confessions of faith. When any church
will inscribe its altar the Savior's condensed
statement of law and gospel, that Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with nil thy heart, with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind that church will /
join with all my heart"
Il. H. b.. Toronto Canada Has Congress yet
repealed the law under which payment of pension
to nonresident widows and Others has been sus-
pended since July /, 1893? AaSicer. Not yet; the
bill long ago passed The Senate, and the House
would have passed il on July 25th had Mr..
Jones, of Virginia, insisted upon the point of no
quorum We look for favorable action at early
date.
G. r. If, South Bend Ind Can you inform me
whether soldiers who participated in the battle of
Gettysburg are permitted burial i'll National Gene
terry at that place? If so, what would be necessary
for friends of such deceased soldier to do? q Can
the soldier be buried in the plat set apart for his
State? 1Hstcer. l. Only those killed on the battle
field of augsburg be Inferred in the National
Cemetery there. Address the Quarterm aster- Gem
eral, u s. A, this city. for full particulars. . Yes
If he lost his life in this battle.