The National tribune., 1895-09-12
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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weeksl
w. IT. IT., Sligo, Pa.--If an applicant for wild
ow's pension under the general law has her
claim rel ected aud then applies under the act
OF June a. 1890 and is allowed pension uud Or
tho last claim, will she get pension from sae
date of the soldiers death, or only from the
date of the Alag of the last claim? Aasuer
Ouly frsm the date Of Cling the application
under the act of June q, 1880. To get pension
from date of soldiers death she must establish
her general law clairn.
p NJ, C,nthiapa. XII. A soldier fles claim
under the acsof June 81, 1890 in Jan nary 1891.
and in February, 1892, it was rejected; appealed
tse ciaiE, and got it back before the Pension
Bureau. How often should it be heard from
9. The claim was called up in August, 1893. II
the claim is allowed. will it be paid from this
date or from filing OF claim? Ansger. /. That
depends entirely upon its condition. If COM
plete and awaiting e.iicial action, there ought
not TO be any delay in the settlement of it, but
if 1t is awaiting evidence called for by the Pen
sion Bureau, it will not DO heard from unless
that evidence be furnished, or unless the claim
ant or his attorney should call up the claim.
1t is not regarded by the Pension Bureau as y
part of its duties to remind an applicant fer
that testimony which il has called for. 2. 1t
il improbable that If il is allowed that it will
be allowed for any period Of time prior TO the
filing Of an application subsequent to rejection.
If no suck application has been filed since the
rejection of the claim then the case would ap-
pear, under the present rules of practice, to not
be in q condition to be allowed, aud tho filing
OF q new application would be the first step TO
be taken. We do not have access to the papers
In any case, and cannot reply more definitely
TO these questions.
r. G. q, DebeHO, visa soldier married
about 10 years prior to the war, and at its out
break enlisted, but without the knowledge Of
his wife, having quarreled with her, and when
he returned some two years later she was not
to be found, rs she had left that locality. The
soldier married again without the formaiity of
u divorce and by this last marriage has had
large family of children. Some nine years
after abandonment the first wife remarked.
Which OF these women would be entitled to
pension in the event OF both surviving the
death of tho soldier? Ansper. If either. the
FIRST ene but she would not be unless her Illicit
relations with the second man ceased prior to
the death of the soldier. The attempted re-
III carriages Of the soldier and the wife to whom
he married prior to the war are both illegal,
as prior legal marriage remains undisSolved
by death or by judicial decree. This question
is answered upon the assumption that neither
tho soldier nor his first wife ever secured
judicial annulmeut of their marriage to each
other.
j. d. O., SUPERIOR Wis. and others who in
quire concerning public lands should carefully
poruse the following, which is kindly furnished
by the Receiver of the U. s. Land Office. Dodge
City, Kan:
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOMEsTEADs
Every soldier who has proved up 8 soldiers
homestead Of less than 100 acres is entitled to
an additional homestead OF acreage sufficient, |
with that previously proved up, TO equal 160 |
acres. Residence on the additional homestead |
is not necessary. The only expense being the |
Government fees of IS or $40, approximately. |
soLDIER's ORIGINAL HoMEsTEADs.
Every soldier who has not taken homestead, |
and who is not the owner of more than l6O acres |
Of land, or the unmarried widow Of such soldier,
canItske homestead, and the time snch soldier |
was in the service mot exceeding four years.
will be credited upon his residence of five years
necessary to obtain title. If the soldier had
served four years or more, one years residence
would be necessary on the land to acquire title.
SOLDIERS MINOR ORPHANS HoMEsTEADs
The minor children of soldier who never !
took advantage of the homestead law and
whose wi 70 never used tho widows right can,
through their guardian. file on aud prove up o
homestead Of 100 acres.
There are now about 600. 900 acres Of land
open to settlement in the Dodge City Land DIS.
Irict most of il smooth, good land.