The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-01-10
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

| Correspondents should write each question
separate sheet OF paper. give IN name and a9-
| dress and mark it Correspondents Column" No
| attention will be paid communications sc-
| compsnied with name and address of writer. IL is
| requested that stamp be inclo-ed for reply by
| letter. Postal cards will be replied To by mail
| only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
| within week, and il in this column within three
! weeks.l
| j. W. T., Stamford Conn.-Can q soldiers
widow, whose second husband is dead secure a
/ renewal OF the pension which she drew up to
| remarriage. on account of death of her first hus
| band? Answer. No.
j. Nee, Wdtertolcn, W.-A dependent father
was drawing pension and dies. leaving poor
| widow, the stepmother of the soldier. Can she
be paid the pension from date of last payment
to him up to date of his death. and can she
secure a continuance of pension tbereafterP ?
Anscer. Her financial condition cuts no figure
| in the case but as the widow of pensioner size
may. upon due application and proof. collect
| the accrued pension due from date of last pay
| ment to her husband to date of his death. She
cannot be penSioned for any period subsequent
| to his death.
Mrs. III. K. Nor,CalE, Conn-Please inform me
whether the War Department pays for the care
of sick soldier who broke his leg in January,
1S93 aud never got well, and died in August,
| 1894. Soldier was pensioner az the rate of 81
a month, which was not enough TO pay the
penses, and his mother cared for him. Answer
The War Department has nothing to with the
matter but if there WAS any accrued pension
due on the soldiers certificate. then such PEN
sion (from date of last payment to date of his
death) might be collected by the mother of the
soldier, providing he left widow and no
minor child or children and insu tficient assets
to defray the expenses of his last illness, and
providing she bore the expenses thereof Ap-
plication should be made, if entitled. to the
Auditor for the Interior Department., Washing
ton. ID. c.
G.. d.. X. South NorralE, Conn.-Can a man
who long prior to the war. adopted an orphan
boy, be pensioned a dependent father OH ac-
count of the death of that boy in the serviee2
Ansuer. No.
w. j. X. Bearer Spring Pa.-To settle dis
puts, please nform ME whether if a pension at
torney is elected Justice of the Peace he can
swear the witnesses in his own claims2 AnSUer.
He cannot. aud any and all testimony sck nowI-
edged before him ia worthless, as he cannot
disavow interest in the prosecution of the claim
SO long as he is the attorney of record in it.
j. C. W., lie Moyne, O.-Plesse give me the
location of all the Soldiers Homes both State
and National, west of the Mississippi River.
Ansper. The National are at Leavenworth,
Kan. and near Santa Monica, Cal; the State
Marshalltown. Iowa; Hot Springs. s. d.;
Miunehahha, Minn.; Lisbon, N. d.; Grand Is
land, Neb.; Dodge City. Kan: Monte Vista,
Colo; TOWNSVILLE, Cal; Roseburg. Ore; Orting,
Wash.
M l.. Mex. NorthriVe, NJ Was there not
q law that those soldiers who served until after
the surrender and then went home without a
discharge could be furnished with an honor
able discharge upon applicationf ARsrer.
You refer to the act of March 2, 1889, which
act has expired by limitation of law, under
which relief was afforded those deserters who,
having served faithfully for six months
more prior to May /. 1866. then absentod them
selves from their commands. Applications
cannot now be favorably considered under this
act, but it is probable that the present Con-
gress may extend the time for filing applica-
tions for the removal of a charge of desertion
and an honorable discharge.
J.. H.. Madison. had.-I. Is there any law
other than the act of Jan. 5. 1885, that provides
for the increase of pension of the survivors
OF the Mexican war? And must the claimant
under that act be without means of support ?
2. What amount of property can he possess and
be pensioned as q survivor of that war?
AasUer. The language of the act of Jan ),
1888, Is that the pensoner mast be wholly dis
abled for manual labor and in such destitute
circumstances that S5 per month are INSULT
cient to provide him the necessaries of life. If
these conditions are shown to exist he eau be
increased to Sl2 per month, providing he was
on the pension-rol on Jan. s. 1898. In determin
ing title to pension as u survivor of the Mexican
war, the financial condition of the applicant is
not to be considered if over the age OF 50 years
whom title accrued, or if for tho period for
which pension can be paid the applicant was
suffering from q disability dependency
equivalent to some cause prescribed or recog
nized by the pension laws as sufficient reason
for the allowance of pension.
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