The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-03-29
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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J. Dr.. South London, Ont.-3Iy pension, granted
under the act of June a. 1890 has been suspended
under the alien act of March l. 1898; formerly
drew pension of g per month under the old law.
Is there any probability of the repeal of the alien
act, and is there any existing law whereby my fail
ure for a certain number of years, TO claim my old
law pension would deprive me OF it? Answer. We
think that the act of March !, 1893 what you term
the alien act will be repealed. AS to your old-law
pension, your failure for three years to claim il
would be deemed presumptive evidence that you
were not entitled to 1t, am to obtain restoration
of payment thereof would require formal appca-
ton and the evidence necessary in such cases
G. w. s., Almond NJ WHAT is the rating In a
pension claim where the Medical Board of Ex-
amners rate the disability equal TO the of
hand or foot? Anstcer. For disabilities of service
origin equivalent to the loss of hand foot The
law provides rating of S24 per month Local
boards forbidden To- rate those whom they may
examine, but if their description of the disabilities
of conceded service origin satisfied the Medical
Division OF the Pension Bureau that said disabili-
ties in their disabling effects equivalent to the
loss of hand or foot then the S24 rate should be
allowed.
e. W. j.. Middleton. Ore-1. Was the panic of 1873
as bad as the present one? 2. What was the aver
age value of greenbaels during the war? AnsIUsr
]. II is hard to say which the worst az
every time man is hurt he feels that il is worse
than before. From the nature of things the panic
of 1873 should have been infinitely worse than the
present one. the reasons being that we had lust
passed through the greatest war in history which
had cost US IS COO 00O nearly three-eghths of
the entire wealth of the country. We had had
1900 600 men taken from production, devoted to
destruction For four years one- third of the coun-
try had been ravaged by war. and all the values of
the country had been unsettled by deprecated
paper currency. II was wonderful considering all
things that recovered from the panic of 1873 as
soon az did, and in this connection IL is to be
remembered that we had built thousands of miles
of unproductve railroads, and had been scourged
by the great fires OF Boston and Chicago. q For
1862, the value of "A greenback dollar in gold was
1873 cents; 1861 $50 cents; 1864, 492 cents; 1885,
Go. 6 cent?. Average for the four years 67.5
j. III. b.. Ohio County, Ry.-l. How far behind in
the settlement of claims for of pay is the
Second Auditor of the Treasury? 2. A widow of
a soldier of the of 1872 has complied with all
the calls of the Pension Bureau, fling the last
timony some two months ago; how long before
she msy expect a settlement and from what dale
will her pension commence? 8. When appli-
cant for pension is so years old and without means
of support. how can the claim be made speciaIe L.
To whom should an 1917 war widow apply for a land
warrant 5. Why do the PopnIiss in Congress
vote with the Democrats? 6. What is the issue be-
tween the two old parties; is il free trade or pro-
tecion7 Anstcer. l. Two years more q Prob
ably in a few months. Pension should date from
March Q. 1873. 3. Prove the facts by competent
testimony submitted 10 the Commissioner of Pen
sons. 4. To the Commissioner Of Pensions. S. We
suppose because they think that the principles of the
Democratic party approach more closely to theirs
than do those advocated by the Republican party.
1t hard to accurately define the issues between
the two parties, inasnIuch they variously
stated by the advocates of either party Substan-
TALLY, the Republican party favors adequate
protection of all American industries, while the
Democratic party favors more or less of APP
proach TO free trade
j. D. d., Charleston, s. C--Is there not a law
granting pensions to soldiers of the late
soon as they attain the age of 60 years? Answer.
No
J. c., Iearenuoorh, Ran.-A soldier. having served
Is months, is discharged because of wound and
dies, leaving a widow and two children. Widow
remarres and children now the age of 16
years. No application for pension has yet been
fled Has the widow title during widowhood and
the children title from date of widows remarriage
to date they attained the age of Is years? 4nssoer.
The remarked widow has title during widow hood,
providing she can prove that the soldiers death
was direct result of a disability originating in line
of duty in the service. Under present rulings the
children not entitled ii being held by the pres
ent Commissioners of Pensions that children of q
deceased soldier hose death due TO his sery-
ice are entitled TO pension il the age of Ii
years when the application filed, unless said
application was filed in the Pension Bureau prior TO
July, 1880 Is proper TO add that the matter is
before the Secretary of the Interior appeal
from the Commissioners decision, the result of
which will be noted in columns.
j. q. M,-.--What is meant by the present
Commissioner iii bis present way of reporting the
work of the Pension Office in reissue. resto-
ration" and "duplicate? Also, at the rate of the
last eight months, how many real aceessious do you
think viii be made to the pension-ro during the
fiscal year. and how much the roll will be decreased
by being dropped ana accrued? fHSUef. Reissue
means The issuance of another certificate to take
the place of former one to correct error, to
change name, rate. or disability. Restoration is to
place upon the roll name previously dropped.
Duplicate Is the issuance of certificate in place of
one lost or destroyed. We cannot guess as
to the number that will be added to taken from
the roll Turing the fiscal year. The matter is too
complex
d. L., shern,ar IFosh.-l How should veteran
proceed to get admitted to National Soldiers
Home? q Does lie have to be in penniless cir
cumstances before he will be admitted? 3. If he is
drawing pension will that revert to the Govern
ment will he continue to draw it? AnSVer.
/. Write to the Governor of the Home you desire
to enter. g No. 8 The pension will be held by
the authorities of the Home for him, and he can
draw from 10 for his use.
If any young, old, or middle-aged man suffer
ing from nervous debility weakness, will in
close stamp to me / will send him the prescrip-
ton of a genuine certain cure free of cost.
No humbug. No deception. Address T. c.
Barnes News Dealer, Marshall, Mich.