The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-07-25
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

ICorrespondents should write eaci, question on
. separate sheet of paper. give full name and ad.
dress and mtrk it Correspondents Column" No
attention will be paid TO communications not ac-
compnnied with name and address OF writer. IL is
requested that n stamp be inclosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only. Repiies by mail will ordinarily be made
withina week. and II in this column within three
weeks.i
W. w.. Hsa,brie. TER. How can n man
get pension for rheumatism and another
disease, both being due to the service never
having been treated for either and never hav-
ing been on the sick-list while in the army
2. Can a man get another pension agent imme-
diately after the rejection Of claim. or has
the first agent any given time within which 20
act? AHsrer. I. We are Of the opinion that.
under present practice, he stands no show OF
establishing title under the general law unless
he can produce medical testimony as 20 treat
ment for his alleged disabilities Immediately
upon his return from the army. and unless he
could. in addition thereto, furnish competent
testimony from an officer or comrades as TO the
origin in service and line of duty OF the alleged
diseases. 2. The attorney of record in a pen
sion claim is allowed 90 days from date of re-
lection Of the claim within which to act, and
during said period no new attorney can ac-
quire any rights.
j. A, Price HH. O-Has the law permitting
the examination of the reports of Examining
Subscriber, Wichita, RGH.-Please inform me
as to whether there is any firm dealing in Con-
federate postage stamps, and what would be the
market price of n we'll lpreserved, uncanceiled
blue fve.cent Confederate postage stamp, hav-
ing upon it the portrait of Jefferson Dsvis2 An
Sger. We are not philateists, and no firm
dealing in Confederate postage stamps adver-
tises in our columns. We do not know of any
firm that buys such stamps. but a firm doing
business in New York asks so cents for such a
stamp you describe.
.. o. G., Reed City, Mch-Please inform me
whether soldier carrying life insurance can
draw pension; and would he be considered
disabled in pensionable degree and If carry
ing an insurance of 81 900. would he be entitled
to a pension of $l2 under the old or under the
new law? AnsUer IL he can satisfy the re-
quirements OF the Pension Bureau he is en-
titled to pension. irrespective Of the matter of
life insurance. IL has not infrequentiy, we be-
lieve. happened that man carried life insur-
ance and at the some time drew a pension, and
this state of affairs might have been due to
eursory examination on the part of the Medical
Examiner of the insurance company. and the
suppression, on the part of the insured, of ma
terial facts concerning his physical condition
when applying for insurance. So far title
to pension under the act of June 81, 1890 is
concerned, one is held to be not entitled TO the
sig rating unless wholly unable to obtain
subsistence by manual labor, and it is hardly
reasonable to suppose that any reputable in
surance company would care to place risk
where those conditions existed.
W. II. b., Seattle. Wdsh.1. How can a sailor
who has lost his discharge certificate get a
certificate of service2 2 Is every man in the
service entitled to land warrant, and how
can one bo obtained? 3. applied for pension
under both the old law and under the new
law, and have been allowed pension of Sl2
under the new; my attorney has called up
the old-aw case, but of what advantage to me
will its allowance be? AnslCer. I. Apply to
the Navy Department. 2. Land warrants are
not due for any service rendered after March
3, 1855, and one cannot be obtained for late
war service. 3. OF advantage, unless it
provides for an earlier date of commencement
than did your new-law claim. or unless it pro-
vIdes a rate greater than SIP a month how
ever, it will not be allowed unless it confers
benefit Oh you.
j. ". B.. Nayger. Ors.-Please state whether
the Grand Army Of the Republic was organized
during the year in which Gen. Logan its
Com mander- in Chief AnSger. No; it was
organized April 6, 1866 at Decatur, ILL.,. by DR..
B. +. Stephenson: and its first Commander-in-
Chief was Gen. Stephen A Hurlbut. Gen.
Logan was it's second Commsnder-in-C Chief.
Comrdde. Bottrar. Ho.-Is the widow of a man
who served one or two years in the Confederate
army. and was then taken prisoner and Joined
the Union army to fight Indians, entitled to
pension? Answer. Under present rulings she
is not entitled to pension, unless she can show
that the death of her husband was directly due
to a cause originating in fine Of duty in the
United States service.