The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-04-04
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

| Subscriber, Dallas, Ter.-Please inform me
whether the service herein stated is sufficient
to render one eligible to admission into the
GAR The discharge reads as follows: Un.
assigned enrolled Jan. 80 1865, for three years
discharged june g. 1865 at De Camp Hospital
David's Island, n. Y. by reason of expiration
of service and telegram from War Department.
Has the Endorsements of the q. g. Paynaster
etc. Ansger. The service stated seems to be
sufficient to make the soldier eligible.
". @. IT,, Malaga, GA widow pensi oner re-
marres, and her name is dropped from the PEN
sion-roll in consequences. She finds that her
second husband has wife from whom he has
not been divorced, and thereupon she. the
former pensoner. secures divorce from him
Is she not entitled to restoration of pension on
the ground of ilIegslity OF her second marriage
Anseer. Yes; if her second marriage is declared
void db iHiti0.
j. w. L., Ottunapa, Io,ra.-Can q soldier draw
pension on two disabilities and make the two
cases separate? Ansrer. We do not know that
we understand your question. Under the act
OF June q, 1890, soldier is pensioned for in
either partial or wholly. and he can claim on
all causes that contribute to bring about that
disability. Under the old or general law he
can claim on any disabilities OF service origin.
and whom the claim is considered with respect
to rate, all the disabling causes shown duo TO
service will be regarded as uh0le in fixing the
rate.
T.H.s, Kim5aR, s. D-can the widow of =
man who held the position of Provost-Mar-
shall draw pensionf lie served during the war,
and / think that he drew q pension after 1890.
2. Can his two minor children be pensioned
AnsTer. 1 and 2. Not unless he died of a
wound or injury received in the discharge Of
his duty in such case there is now itle
under the act of June q, 1890, nor under the
old law, unless he died of wound or injury
received in the service; death from disease
contracted in the service would not entitle. as
Provost Marshal is not himself entitled to
pension for disease contracted in the service.
b. Il. W-Please give sketch of the life of
I" "Parson" Brownlow. Answsr. William G..
Brownlow was born iu Virginia in the year
1905 became Methodist mi mister, and in 1881
moved to Tennessee; from 1887 to 1862 was ed-
tor of the Whig; during the war he was out
spoken against the Confedsracy and was
prisoner awhile because of his loyalty. He
was Governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1867,
aud became United States Senator in 1869.
and long served his State in that capacity. He
was the author of Debates on Slavery" and
of Sketches of Secession" etc.
Il. II. T., Oakland, Cdi.-Please print history
of the Washington Monument. Answer. Its
erection was approved by Congress in Decem-
Der, 1873, but nothing was done till 1888,
when some prominent persons raised $3.50 900
and the corner stone was laid on July A. 1918.
IL was worked on till 1856. and was carried to
the hight OF 156 feet; work was then suspend
ed until 1876. when Congress undertook its
completion. 1t was finished in August 1884,
and was dedicated on Feb. %. 1865. Its hight
is 055 feet, and'a its base is 30 feet one and a
half inches square At the hight of 500 feet
from the ground the sides OF the monument are
30 feet wide. The foundation is of blue granite
and the upper portion of marble. 1t has eight
windows Its cost was $1.500,0OO.
j. A., MO0refeld. O.-1. Is a woman entitled
to a pension that has been married to a soldier
only two years at his death2 2. Does woman
who was married to a soldier prior to the war
have to show that he died Of disability con-
tracted in the service to get the Si2 rate? IN
sWer. /. II she married the soldier after June
q, 1890. she is not entitled unless she can show
that the soldier died of a disability of service
origin. 2. Yes.