The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-03-26
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Mrs. Y H., .Suis,tn, Cal-Please state whether
any service pension has yet been provided for
service in the Indian wars of Oregon In the sos?
Ansrer. No; service pensions have been grant
ed with respect to Indian wars only for service
in those that were waged from 1882 to 1912,
inclusive.
Mrs E. NJ, Orange. Ter; Subscriber. Common
tpealth His., and some others advised that
il is a rule of this column that not only shall
all communications to it be signed. but that all
such be signed by the correct name of the per-
son propoundng the question, as we'll as his or
her correct POstoffice address 1t not infrc-
quently happens that we prefer to reply by
mail and when do So and fictitious ad-
dress is given by the inquirer, our answer is re-
turned unclaimed, and is therefore consigned
to the waste basket. Our time is too valuable
to he spent in this way.
d. G.. ~, Emporid hd.-Please answer the
following questions, viz: 1. What per cent.
does the Government retain for coming both
gold and silver? 2. What per cent. is alloy i'm
gold coins? 3. If the silyertes should establish
the free coinage of silver, would the Govern
ment coin silver bullion for any one free-i. O.,
for noth,ngs AnsWer. 1. The Government
makes no charge 70. coming gold; the only sill
yer it coins is that which it has acquired by pnr-
chase, and in the coinage OF this it makes as a
profit (seignorage) the difference between the
bullion value and the nominal value. According
to the report of the Director of the Mint there
were coined from July to Nov. /, 1895, from
bullion purchased under the act of July Id,
$780, 80 standard silver dollars containing go 81
ounces of fine silver costing $63. thus giving a
profit of SIT upon n coinage of $50. 2. One
tenth. 3. That is what is desired by them.
j. w. T., Paoia, Ran.-1. The widow of
soldier marries man who has, as it is snbse-
quentiy found, a living wife; she contracts
another marriage with same result can she not
be pensioned as the widow of the soldier, her
two subsequent marriages having been void?
9. What is tho limit of property or of income
that is held 10 defeat widows claim for PEN
sion under the act of June 81. 1890? 3. Is
there a clause in the law that prevents widow
who is possessed of property from drawing
under the old law? 4. Is there digest of
pension laws published? 8. Is it necessary in
an application for accrued pension and in one
for widows to duplicate the evidence of mar
riage and death, etc.? Ansirer. i. She can be
pensioned as his widow If she can convince the
Pension Bureau that both the subsequent
marriages were null and void alb initio and that
she renowned each soon as she found out
the facts. q At present it is held that q
widows title to pension under the act of June
q 1890, is defeated if she is in possession of an
income much in excess of 800 a year; this is
likely to be socn changed by statutory enact.
ment 3. No; under tho general law the
financial condition Of a widow is not factor
in the case. A. We know of none other than the
pamphlet that is printed at the Government
Printing Office for the Interior Department.
D. 1t is not necessary to duplicate the evidence
that testimony in the widows claim for pen
sion which proves that she is the legal widow
of the soldier also establishes her right to the
accrued pension. 1t does, however, take two
separate applications