The National tribune., 1896-01-30
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z. z. w., Soldiers Home, Pd.-Please state
whether in August, 1861, the pay of the army
was at the rate of $ll month, or at the $l3
rate? AnsUer. Prior TO Aug. 5, 1861, the pay
of the infantry arm of the service was at the
rate of 81 per month; thereafter $l3 to May
l. 1864. and then SIG; the pay for the other
arms OF the service not less than Sl3 q
month at any time during the war.
U. Dr., Middleton, II am now drawing
a penson of $40 month under the act of June
81 1890, for double hernia and general disa-
bility am | entitled to an increase under said
act? AnSwer. To get the $12 rate under said
act it is necessary. under present rulings, that
you should be wholly unable to perform any
manual labor.
It'd. c., Sprinqfeld. Mass-Soldier was mar
ried in 1875 and lived with his wife some
eighteen months, and one child was born 10
them A divorce was then secured, and in 1894
the soldier married again, and died, leaving one
child by the last marriage. The first son Is in
sane. Is he entitled to pension? Is the first
wife entitled, and is the child by last marriage
entitled to pension2 Ans,rer. The child by the
first marriage has title. has the first wife,
since she is not the widow of the soldier. The
child by the last marriage has title only in the
event of the death of its mother, and then only
by proving soldiers death direct result of a
cause originating in line of duty in the service.
Sim, North Salem, ". H.-Please INFORM me
| as to what has become of the Judge Long case
| Ansrer 1t is awaiting its turn before the SUI
preme Court of the United States, it never
having been considered by that tribunal.
f. W. b., Campbell, ". VI was granted a
pension for disability originating while on
veteran furlough, and received my certificate
| in Oct ober 1890 BY a ruling of the Secretary
| of the Interior of July 26, 1895, my name was
stricken from the rolls, and / wish to know
| whether the names of all those who have been
so pensioned have thus been cut of. AnS1rer.
We do not know, but We presume that they
have as it is ruling of the present Secretary
that the language Of Section 400, K. s. u. s.,
relating to a soldier upon veteran furlough
with the organization to which they belong"
is held to mean such soldiers while with their
commands when leaving for and returning from
veteran furlough, and not when separated and
absent from such commands while at their
homes.
j. W. s., Oden, Ark-If soldier has served
in the Confederate forces, and afterwards en-
lists in the United States service, and is PEN
stoned under the act of June "a. 1890, can he
be prosecuted for it2 Ansuer. Under the adj
ministration of Gen. Raum it was held that a
soldier would, under such circumstances, as
Stunning an honorable discharge from United
States service of so days or more and pen
sionable degree of disability, be entitled to
pension, and while it is the rule of the present
administration to drop such pensioners from
the rolls, no ground exists for any criminal
prosecution against the pensioner unless he was
guilty of introducing false testimony into his
claim, or unless he had made perjured state
ments concerning his claim or service.