The National tribune., 1895-12-05
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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weeks.l
G., Cadiz, GA private soldier, wounded
! goes to hospital; returns and is promoted 10
| Captain: discharged; gets pension on account
/ of wound dies of wound widow gets pension,
OF course; but does she get pension widow oil
| private or as widow of Captain? AnSWer. She
/ will be pensioned as the widow of an enlisted
| man as the soldier held no commission at the
! date of incurrence of disability causing death.
A widows rate of pension under the general
law is governed by the rank held at the date of
incurrence of the fatal disability.
e. 4. r., Bro0klyR, N.Y. When a pensioner
receives notice that a certain United States Ex-
amning Surgeon i'll his neighborhood will call
upon him and examine him, how soon after the
| Bureau examination is the report likely to
reach the Pension Bureauy 2. What is the law for
the $50 month and S50a month pension2 An
sIUeF. /. Within week so. Q. The $50 rate
is provided for disability of conceded service
origin that renders the peusoner wholly unable
to perform any manual labor whatever; tine
$50 rate is provided for disability OF conceded
service origin that not only renders tho pen
siOner wholly unable to perform any manual
labor, but In addition thereto renders him help
less to the extent of requiring the frequent and
periodical personal aid aud attendance of
another persons
H. 4. T., knights, PA pensioner drawing
$50 month dies. leaving an invalid daughter,
.3 years of age, demented and wholly unable 10
care for herself; will the Government pay her
any portion of the pension, and will it be neces-
sary for guardian to be appointed? AlSuer
There is no provision of law under which the
daughter can be pensoned, as she was over the
age of l6 years at date of the soldiers death
no child over that age at date of fathers death,
matter how greatly disabled has title to
pension under any law.
E. T. j., BoWdoinham, Mel. What rate of
pension am | entitled to under old law? Inow
draw $12 under new (1S90) law; was wounded
iu service, and have fracture of right leg; also.
i draw for lung and heart trouble caused by
exposure IN service, and cannot do manual Ia
b0r 2. Ii service pension bill should become
a law, would a pensiOner still draw his disabil-
ity pension III lieu OF service. or would he have
to give mp present pension for service? If so,
it would be great loss to many a comrade
AHSicer /. We cannot say other than that, if
you are wholly unable to perform manual labor
by reason Of disabilities that the Pension Bu-
reau comedies 10 be of service origin you should
be pensioned at the $50 rate @ No man has
W fN - PS''i't'f a. haS tIIto uuuer
two laws, it is plain that, i'll selecting which he
Will receive, he will take that which is
most beneficial to him he will no. have to
swap oil a disability pension for a service pen
sion unless he wishes to; and it is quite evi-
dent that he will not wish to unless it benefits
him; consequently those drawing u disability
pension in excess of that rate which may be
provided by the service pension bill, should
such measure become a law, will in no degree
be benefited by it. and will not claim under IT,
N. H., Mason, Mch.-Please state the name
of the President of the Republic of Switzer-
land, aud his army record here Ansusr Jo-
seph Zemf is President of the Swiss Republic;
Emil Frey was President last year; he was an |
officer in the Gath and sd Ill