The National tribune., 1895-11-14
OUR CORREsPONDENTs.

Correspondents should write each question
a separate sheet OF paper, give full name and adj
dress and mark it Correspondents Column" No
atten ton will be paid to communications not
companied with name and address Of writer. 1t is
requested that a stamp be inclosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only. Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within week. and II III this Column Within three
weeksl
j. W. s., BentonriUe, O.-Please inform me of
the amount of pension that will preclude adj
mission into the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers. Ans. The In5pector-Gen-
era1 N II. ID. V. s. states, in reply to an inquiry
of this nature, that "the rule of the Board OF
Managers excludes from ad mission to the Home
pensioners receiving more than SIG per month.
Mrs. c. 3. L., Holden, Mass.-A soldier dies,
leaving no real estate, but does leave an insur-
ance policy of $1,000, the income of which Is
insufficient to support the widow; is she enti-
tied to pension? 4ns. Under present rulings
she will be held to be not entitled to pension.
unless she can show that the soldiers death
was direct result of q cause originating in
line of duty in the service; it will be held
that the amount of property she has will de-
feat title under the act of June 27, 1890.
H. c. b., Ruid0so, N. M.-If pensioner signs
his voucher and dies two days after, and the
check is mailed to his address, is not the check
Just as good as if the pensioner had lived to
use it? Ans. Yes it becomes part of his
estate; relative to cashing it. correspond with
Treasury Department, Washington, ID. G.
c. r. G., N0rwdy Me-. If soldier gets
divorce from his wife and afterward dies. and
neither of them have remarked since the di-
vorce can she draw pension2 z. Ii soldier
and his wife are too poor to live together. and
he goes to Soldiers Home and dies there, will
that hinder her from making out claim to
pension? AnS. 1. No, as she is not the widow
of the soldier. 9. No.
c. ". r., Horizon, visa soldier enlisted
in 1861, and re-enlisted in 1864 upon the prom
ise that he could 60 home and have his son
take his place and serve his time out. the SON
being of the same name and size. The son
took his fathers place. and after serving awhile
sickened and died. Now. by a mistake of the
Captain aud of the Orderly Sergeant. the sons
name is not borne on the rolls of the company,
and the father is borne on the rolls as de-
serter because of his failure to return from vet
eran furlough. The Captain and Sergeant are
both dead but the soldier can get evidence as
to the fact of such an arrangement as is stated.
How can his record be amended? Ansuer.
The Captain had no right to make any such
arrangement, and the charge of desertion now
standing against the military record of the
soldier cannot be removed unless he can satisfy
the War Department that by reason of a dis
ability contracted in line of duty in the service
he was prevented from returning to his COM
mand or from reporting to the nearest military
authority from the date bhat ne sDseuted hlm-
self from his company to date of its muster
out.
W. X. c., Ann 4rbor, Mich.-1. What is the
law as to three months extra pay for officers
who served in the war of the rebellion? 2.
Can widow Of an officer apply for and procure
the same? Answer. I. 1t is the act of March
8, 1865, and it provided, in substance, that
those officers of volunteers in commission, be-
low the rank of Brigadier. General, from March
3, 1865, to April IL, 1866 (both dates inelusive)
should be entitled to receive. upon being mus
tered out of service three months pay proper
2. Yes Apply to Auditor for War Department.
u. S. Treasury Department, Washington. ID. q.
j. G., Salem. Ore.-When is the war of the re-
bellion held to have terminated, so far as the
navy Is concerned? AnSrer. July L, 1860.
Any service in the u. s. Navy rendered after
July /, 1866, under any enlistment prior to said
date, is presumptively not service in the war OF
the rebellion.