The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-05-14
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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| requested that stamp be incoscd for reply by
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| only. Replies 10y mail viii ordinarily be made
within week, and II ia this column within three
!, weeks.l
/. " E. Edna. Kan-1f pensioner is placed
on the roll by special act of Congress, must he
| depend upon another special act If he wants an
| increase of his pension? -4nStcer. If his name
| is placed upon the pension roll subject to the
limitations and provisions of the general laws, T"
lie may apply for an increase like any other
| pensioDer, and VIII receive II II his disability
| is held to warrant il.
A. /. s., Br0URsddle Minn.-If a pensioner
who has a wife becomes insane, and is sent to
| an asylum, who will draw the pensionr An
Sicer. His lawful guardian, if he has any; If
none. then his wife may upon the order OF the
Commissioner of Pensions. he being satisfied
| that she is a woman OF good character.
| u. B., Chic0pee MdSS.-Please state what
| constitutes dependency so far as dependent
parent is concerned. ARsrer. There appears 10
be no fixed rule; age, locality cost of living,
| health and other factors are taken into con-
sderation; an income that is held to defeat
| title in one case may not in another. The
| question cannot be more definitely answered
unless we add tina. in general an income Of
much in excess OF $500 per annum would GER
tainly be held, under present rulings, TO destroy
pensionable dependence. and an income Of less
| than this sum might.
J. A., Pine Summit. Pd.-Please state>whether
when claim under the old law has been re-
jecied and reopened and new disabilities added,
would the soldier get arrears back to date oil
fling of first application if the claim weyc
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allowed on that disability that was FIRST alleged.
If allowed only on the new disabilities subse-
| ouently alleged, the pension would only date
| from the time that they were alleged.
M. K, QmUera KdR.-l. If the guardian oil
a minor draws his pension and misappropriates
il. how can the child recover when it becomes
Of age, if the guardian and his bondsmen have
no real estate? 9. How much is a guardian
allowed for drawing and keeping said minors
| money till he becomes of age? Ans,oer. ]. In
| such a case we do not see as the money could
be recovered. Such conditions 30 not ordi.
| narily exist, for, as q rule, the court will re-
| ouire good bondsmen, aud the fact that the
| guardian must regularly render an account to
| the court showing how he has disposed Of the
pension money, and that those accounts are
approved, would. in general, preclude the child
from obtaining judgment against the guardian
.. 1t is not customary for the guardian IL
simply hoard up the money until the child
atiains majority, as ordinarily ii is expended
under the direction of the court in the sup
port and education of the child rs fast as il ii
received
S. II. d., Gilbert, La. IF widow pensionel
under the Mexican war act remarries, does that
stop her pensIon2 2. Docs she have to be 81
years old before she gets a pensionr 3. If ;
soldier pensioned under act of June %, 1890
dies, leaving children under the age Of Is years
aud his wife, to whom he was married in 1871
\ =. al. l. a. Il - nss.,
and what proof must he leave to make il easy
for them? AnsUer. /. Yes. 2. If not disabled
or dependent she must attain the age of g.
before she can be peDsioncd under the act o.
Jan. % 1857, as the widow of soldier OF the
Mexican war. 3. II they be under 10 when hs
dies they will be entitled, but he can do nothing
TO perfect their title. Testimony to be of valu,
in a pension claim must be used promptly aftei
taking, aud consequently any evidence that il
for use in claim for minors claim cannot b,
taken until after the death OF the soldier.
c. L., North Gray. nc, and 0thers.-Pleast
state whether Congress has passed a law ex
empiing from taxation property purchased will
pension money. AnsIOeT. 1t has not, and i'll al
| probability never will. IL is believed that any
such legislation would be nnconstii utional.
j. 81. C., Lafayette. Iad.-can a Mexican wa
pensioner receive SIP month unless he wer,
in the war OF the rebellion? AHSUcr. Hi
| having been in the war Of the rebellion ha
nothing TO do with the matter, and we do no
understand how it should occur to anyone d
ask such question. pensioner under tn,
Mexican war act OF Jan. 90, 1857, pensioned a
a survivor at S. a month, may get SIP month
under the act of Jan. D. 1893, providing he wa
on tho roll and actually in receipt of a pension
certificate prior TO Jan. 5. 1893, and is in sucl
destitute circumstances that the sum of s. pe
month is insufficient to provide him with tn,
necessities Of life, and providing he is wholly
unable TO perform any manual labor. Widow
pensioners under the Mexican war act are en-
titled 10 but s. month.
II. w. ~, Stockbr1dge. VA woman marrie
man who is pensioned as a dependent fathe
on account of the death of his son can she b.
pensioned when he dies2 ARSWer. No.
j. W. H., Lyons. Wis.-l How many Soldiers
Homes are there, and where are they located
and how many inmates have they? 9. How
many survivors of the Union forces are Their
now alive? 3. How many, all told, now draw
ing pension, including widows aud minors
AHSDer. j. See our columns; We are now print
ing articles on the National Homes, and SOM
time since VIC published a list of them. il
, 1895 there were, including State Homes, 9
Homes, with 26, ESQ inmates. 2. Ii is estimates
that there now about ], 15s,SI0 survivors
3. On Jan. j, 1886, there were on the rolls Tia
' names Of 936, l07 pensioners.