The National tribune., 1895-07-04
our CORRESPONDENTS.

H. ~ ", BridgSport COnn.-please state the
amount of pay received per month by officers
of infantry regiments and batteries OF artillery
during the war. Aas0er. From July Is, 1862,
to March 8 1865, the total OF pay per month
was. for cavalry aud light artilery-Colonel,
$21; Lieutenant Colonel, '$l67; Major. $l63
Captain. $I2930; First and Second Licutenants,
SIP So Adjutant, Z. q. NJ. aud T. G. s.. cavalry.
additional TO regular pay, $40. Infantry and
heavy artillery-Colonel, $l94; Lieutenant
Colonel, Sl70; Major. Sl5l; Captain, sllS.50;
First Lieutenant, S1o5.5o; Second Lieutenant,
$l0350; Adjutant, r. G. s., and Il. @. NJ, adj
ditional, SO per month; Chaplain. $1l8 a
month.
j. Z. T.. JENNINGS Lain 1886 soldier liv-
ing in Utah obtains a divorce from his wife,
who is living in Ohio and in 1887 marries
again. In Ohio the divorce is not recognized,
but the wife who lives there secures ono in
1895. Can the second wife draw pension in the
event of the soldiers death? 44asrer. She can.
if the Pension Bureau will conceae that she is
the legal widow of the soldier, and if all other
conditions essential to title are met.
A. B. Poughkeepsie ". "a soldier applies
for pension under the old law, and after special
examination his claim is rejected for lack of
satisfactory evidence of origin, the comrades
testifying before the Special Examiner failing.
through forgetfulness. 70 testify as they did in
their original affidayits. The claimant cannot
he cannot file new claim on the same dis
ability and refle the testimony of his comrades.
ApsUer If you mean can he file duplicate
claim and again take the aiidavits of the same
cof1rades in support of it, then you are advised
that such a course would avail nothing as the
dispositions taken by the Special Examiner. and
on file in the case, will be regarded by the PEN
sion Bureau as the best evidence of what the
witnesses really know concerning the case, and
any new atidavits by the Same witnesses that
in any material degree conflict with the deposit
tions will be dsregarded. Such claim can
not now be reopened, except upon the filing of
some new and material testimony from COM
rades who have not heretofore testified.
j. G. d., Mount Jog, o.. Pensoner died
soon after executing his voucher, and before his
check was received; what steps must his widow
take to get the accrued pension? 2. Soldier
was peusioned under the old law at IS month,
and was increased to Sl2 a month under the
new law; his death was due to his army service;
what pension per month will his wife get 2
hnsger. 1. Apply to the Commissioner of PEN
sons. 2. $12 per mouth. provided his death
is conceded a result of mis- services. and pro-
vided the widow was married to the soldier
prior to March 10. 1886.
c. j. c., W7lkesJoro, ". ca widow PEN
sioner was dropped from the rolls upon the
allegation that the soldier had another wife
living at the date he married the claimant-a
woman living in distant County with man
with six children. The Commissioners could not
prove the charge, and the claimant could not
disprove it was the action of the Commissioner
in dropping her name from the rolls legal ?
Ansrer. Without knowing all the facts in the
case we could not arrive at any opinion, but it
is general rule of law that the party who
advances his claim has the burden OF proof
thrown upon him, and it is especially true In
pension practice that if point like that
raised In this instance is In issue, it is incum-
bent upon the claimant. as party advancing
the claim. to afiirmatyey disprove that bar
to q valid marriage existed at the date of her
marriage to the soldier.