The National tribune., 1897-02-18
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

Correspondents should write each question ON
separate sheet OF paper, give full name and adj
attention will be paid to communications not &C.
companied with name and address OF writer. II Is
requested that stamp he inclosed for reply by
letter. Postal cards will be replied to by mail
only Replies by mail will ordinarily be made
within week. and II in this column within three
weeks.l
d. y s., Glenn. OFF soldier dies and his
widow dies, and he has a son crippled so as to
render him unable to make living, and per-
manently disabled, is there any law that en-
titles him to pension? His father was a PEN
sioner. 2. How long after soldier is ordered
before board for examination. if the report is
good, will it be until he gets his pension? 3.
What is the rating for severe deafness of one
ear? A. What is the rating for diseased eyes?
s. applied for pension in 1883; If my pension
Is allowed. will draw from the date Of applica-
ton? Ansner. l. Not if over 16 at date of sol.
dier's death. 9. No uniformity; from a few
weeks to few months. 3. Under general
law Sc from March 2, 1885, 4. All the wa
from Sc to $72 month. 5. You should.
A Veteran Subscriber. Mt. Hernon, O-PIease
insert in the next issue of your paper the full
text of Sec. 1854, Revised Statutes. lam desir-
GUS to see it again, and it no doubt would be
interesting reading to numbers of old comrades.
Answer. Sec. 1854, r. s., U. s., provides: per.
sons honorably discharged from the military
or naval service by reason of disability re-
sulting from wounds or sickness incurred in
the line Of duty, shall be preferred for appoint
ment to civil offices. providing they are found
to possess the business capacity necessary for
proper discharge Of the duties of such Offices"
J. r., Fort Scott, Kan.-Will you kindly state
in the column of Correspondence whether
soldier applying for pension under law of June
81, 1890, will receive pension from date of ap-
pication. or whether the law has been changed?
Ansrer. He will receive pension from date Of
filing of first application, provided the Commits.
si0ner of Pensions is satisfied that the evidence
in the case shows pensionabe disability to
have existed at the time Of fling such first
application. This is all the act Of March g.
1896. covers. At the present time. an invalid
act of June "a, 1890, pension usually dates only
from the fling of the last application subse-
quent to rejection there being exceedingly
few cases where the evidence reports of Exam
lining Snrgeons) satisfies the Commissioner of
the existence of pensionable degree of disa-
bility under said act for any period prior to
the filing of said last application.
ID. G.. Columbus City, Ind.-Please publish the
Act of May 3. 1865, bearing upon the subject Of
descrtion from the army. .Ansper. 1t is not the
Act of May 3, 1865. to which you refer. but that
of March 3, 1865, which provided. in substance,
or naval service Of the United States, and who
days from March IL, 1865. should be held to
have forfeited their right to citizenship or to
become citizens and to hold any Office of profit
or trust under the Governments This act has
no q. bearing ct the present time upon the ques.
lion OF amendment of the military or naval
belliou.