The National tribune., 1895-01-03
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.


Correspondents should write each question on
| a separate sheet OF paper. give full name and adj
dress and mark it Correspondents Column" No
attcn ton will be paid to communications not ac-
companed with name and address Of writer. 1t is
requested that a stamp be inciosed for reply by
letter Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within a week and If In this column within three
weeks.l
g. W. E., Ealenton, Pd-please inform me
through The NATIONAL TRIBUNE as to whether
Gen. Wadsworth was graduate of the United
States Military Academy. AHstrsr If you refer
to Gen. James 8. Wadsworth of Now York,
then you are informed that he was not.
Mrs. j. r., Dallas. TeE.-How can my husband,
who served under an assumed name, establish
his IDENTIFY His pension claim is at a stand
still because of his failure to furnish the re-
qured testimony. AnsTcT. Testimony upon
this point, to be acceptable. should be from two
or moro persons who actually served with the
soldier in the service, and thus knew him by
his assumed name, and who have since known
him under his present name.
Mrs. P. A. p, East FainhGm, P. O., Canada
Ny husband was born in Canada; his father
was born in the State of New Hampshire. III
! cannot prove that my husband was natural
lied citizen of the United States, will il answer
il prove that his father was born in the United
States3 My pension has been suspended. An.
SUeT. UDOer present laWb you VIII uOJ NC dDlop
so long az nonresident, to get your pension
renewed unless you prove by transcript
Of the record il any there be. of y0ur husbands
naturalization to provo that his father was
born in the State of New Hampshire would not
answer.
d. d., Akron, o.. Will the Government
give any soldier of the late war loo acres OF
land7 2. 1 applied for pension and my claim
was rejected had | better let it 60 for the
try IN duR,r 4 Auv
soldier who Is not the owner of more than l60
acres of land in any State or Territory of the
United States, and who has not exhausted his
homestead right, can, in common with other
citizens, acquire title to public land under the
homestead acts by complying with the condi-
tions of the law; and in computing the neces-
sary five years of residence and cultivation
thereon, the soldier IS given credit for the term
of his enlistment, not to exceed four years, and
to this extent has an advantage over civilian.
Very little desirable land is now open to home
stead entry. 9. If you have onfidence in your
claim you had better try to reopen it. as other
wise your silence might be construed to be
acquiescence; we think it better for you to pro-
test by trying to reopen. even il you now fail,
than to let the matter 90 by default.
It. r. c.. Cheshire Mass.-If claim under the
act of June q. $780, is rejected. can il be re-
opened, and how2 Is it necessary to file new
application? Ansrer. IL you refer to claim
for original invalid pension under this act,
then you are advised that il rejected upon the
ground of not being pensionably disabled the
claim can, in general be re0pened only by filing
a new application, and the pension if allowed
will date only from the filing of such applica-
tion after rejection. so that, in effect it amounts
to commencing over again with q view of show
ing greater degree Of disability than was
found to exist before
J. G. c., New Haren, C0nn.-What are the
rulings of the Pension Bureau as to presumption
of a soldiers death where he has not been heard
from for q number of years? AHsuer. During
the Administration of Gen. Raun an unheard
absence of seven years more under such cir
cumstanccs that the legal presumption of death
attached was held to be sufficient SO far the
death of the soldier was concerned: but since
then there has been, apparently. reluctance to
admit the presumption OF death. We under
stand that the matter is now before the Seere-
tary Of the Interior, and that his decision when
made will settle the practice of the Pension
Bureau with respect to this class of claims.
K. L. b.. GLoversuiLte ". FL. How many Ma |
tional Homes are there? 2. How are they sup |
ported and governed? 3. Is the Home near
Washington. d. c., different from the others in |
and control? 4. Who owns the |
Homes? s. How are they acquired 2. g. How |
many acres in tho Home near Washington, and |
how far is this Home from Pennsylvania |
avenue2 Answer. /. There are seven branches of |
the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol
diers" viz: Central, Dayton, o.; Northwestern,
Wis; Eastern. Augusta Me-; South
ern, Hampton Va; Western, Leaven worth,
Kan; Pacific, Santa Monica, Cal; Marion.
Marion. Ind. 2. They are supported by the
General Government, and are governed by a
Board of Managers. g. Yes. it is separate from
the National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers; it is governed by a Board of Com
missioners. consisting of the Commissary Cen
oral of Subsistence, the Surgeon-G General, and
the Adjutant- General of the Army, whose acts
are subject to the approval of the Secretary of
War. 1t is supported in part by funds derived
rom fines and stoppages adjudged against SOL
Tiers by sentences of court srtial. forfeitures
IN account of deserton, and retained pay (12l
cents a month"; of non-comm issioned officers,
artifcers. and prvates of the Army.
The National Home for Disabled Volunteer
soldiers is governed by Board of Managers.
consisting of the President, Secretary of War,
thief Justice, and nine others selected for
erm OF six years; all serve without compensa-
ION. A. The United States. g. By purchase.
l. Several hundred acres, situated about three
niles from Pennsylvania avenue.