Western Reveille from Winfield, Kansas • 6

DECISIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR IN PENSION CLAIMS. Published Monthly at Wlnfluld, Kanana. could be attended by Department officials because of the remonstrance made against the move by G. A. R-encampments and veterans of the Union Army generally.

Immediately the agitation for removing the half of them have applied for their just dues. They should be up and doing. The doctor will see that a number of them are placed on the pension roll. All will do well to employ him. A.

H. LIMERICK, Editor and Publisher. flags and trophies of a like character TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Claims for increase of pension are granted from the date the soldier examined, not from the date of filing; the claim in the pension office One eopy one year 2ft One copy tlx mouth 15 One oopy three month 10 Five ooplH one year wltU oue to person HendlDKOlub 1 00 Ten enpttii one year, with one to periou ending olub 2 00 This is not fair. If the increase be to the National Museum was begun, and pending a final doolslou in the matter, the Confederate emblems, which had previously been In charge of the Adjutant General's office, was removed and put under the care of the chief of the record and pension division of the War Department, where they still remain.

allowed it should be from the date Terms for advortUlng made known on ap Dlplion. the claim is filed. We know All remittances ibould be mado by poHtal instances where applicants have not been examined until about si huh) or Hutmpi. Address all communication, WESTERN REVEILLE, Wlnfleld, Kanaaa. months after claim for increase was received at the Pension office able succession.

2. An alleged dependent sister is required by the law to prove, first, orphanage; second, penslonoble minority; and third, dependence of support upon the deceased soldier. 8. The father of a deceased soldier is second in the line of dependent relatives for pensionable purposes, but his pensionable rights do not accrue nntil after the mother's death. 4.

The line of succession is held, for pensionable purposes, to be Inseparable from the facts of pensionable dependence itself. Appeal of Georglana V. Colder sister of John W. V. Colder, late ser-geant, Co.

5th Reg't, U. S. C. V. Assistant Secretary Bussey, May 2, 1891.

WIDOWS' CLAIMS ACT OF JULY 27, 189a 1. Section 3 of act approved June 27, 1890, conferrs its benefits upon ly those widows whose husbands served ninety days or more during the war of the rebellion, who were there after honorably discharged, and who have since died, 2. The mere fact of death in the service is not necessarily an "honorable discharge" from the service; but the honorable discharge mentioned in section three of the act of June 27, 1890, means a discharge granted in conformity with the rules and regu Charles F. Gillet, of Cleveland, Renew subscription to Reveille at once, as many expire with this has the honorable discbarge of a dog from the Union army. The dog issue.

served for three years in battery Address all communications to of the independent regiment of the the Western Reveille if you de sire prompt attention. rtlf- the Sbe dates in this issue ot the feront re-unlons to be held in state of Kansas this fall. Pennsylvania light artillery. The discharge recited that "Jack Puppy" (brindle) is a "watchman" in Capt E. H.

Nevin's company that he was enlisted Jan. 1st, 1802, for three years and was discharged June 10, 1865, by reason of expiration of term. LOSS OF ARM OR OF LEO $45 RATE. In applying the final clause of tho act of August 4, 1886, fixing the rate of $45 for amputation either of arm or of leg, the Department holds: 1. That in all claims pensionable under the act of August 4, 1886, for the loss of either an arm near the shoulder joint, or a leg near the hip joint, where the examination clearly shows the amputation has been at or above the middle of the arm bone, or at or above the middle of the thigh bone, it shall be considered as boing so near the joint as to prevent the use of an artificial limb.

2. That the middle point of the bone shall be determined in the arm by carefully measuring from the margin of the acromion process with the arms hanging down to the end of fragment of bone, and comparing this with the measurement of the sound arm from the acromion process to the outer condyle of humerus and, in the leg, by measuring from the center of prominenoe of greater trochanter to end of fragment, and comparing this with measurement of sound leg fiom the above' point to the prominence of outer condyle." Appeal of John W. Curran, late corporal, Co. 5th Reg't Wis. for increase.

Assistant Secretary Bussey, February 28, 1891. PRIOR UNSOUNDNESS SERVICE AGGRAVATION. The ruling in the case of Rudolph M. Montgomery (vol. 3, P.

p. 41) reaffirmed, viz: "Where a disability which originated prior to enlistment but was apparently cured prior to and at the date of enlistment, is revived and aggravated as the immediate result of an accident or of an incident in the line of duty, the in Thkkb were 144,697 more pension certificates issued during the fiscal year just ended than during the last Admiral Worden, who com year. The decision of the Detroit convention of the Grand Army of the Republlo to hold their next meeting in Washington, although closely contested, was preeminently a wise one. There are many reasons why this city is a fitting place for the assemblage of the veterans of the late war; so many, in fact, that it is wholly senseless for us to recapitulate them. For the reason the wholly senseless and altogether malicious attaok of General Vander-vort upon Washington and Us citizens may be set down to the mistaken zeal of that gentleman in his endeavor to secure the meeting of 1892 for his own city.

His charges against this city embrace so many glaring falsehoods and reckless mlstate-ments that we cannot but wonder why he should have uttered them. It is not true that even a respectable portion of our citizens are of southern birth, or of sympathy witn the south during the rebellion. It is not true that the sight of Yankee faces or uniforms are so unfamiliar to us as to create the slightest remark. On the contrary, we believe that the census has demonstrated that Washington is a southern city, Wanted. Someone in each city and town to take subscriptions for lations of either the appeal of John MbCarty late private, Co.

B. 1st Missouri State Militia Cav. Assistant Secretary Busgey, June 2, 91., INSANITY SUICIDE. There appearing satisfactory evi manded the original Monitor in its historic fight with the Merrlmac, still shows in his face the heavy peppering with gunpowder which he received in that engagement by the explosion of a shell at the peephole to which his eye was applied. He is living unostentatiously in Washing-ington, and it is difficult to get him to say anything about himself or about the battle in which he won distinction.

He eschews all articles of dress which would indicate his profession. Comrades The Reveille wishes to inform you that a pensioner under the new law, can have his pen the Reveille, Will allow a liberal per cent Read this paper and note how different it is from all other soldier papers. No mixture or compound. It is straight We will be pleased to send sample copies of the Reveille to your friends, if you give us their names and P. O.

addresses. Henry A Ewing, $8 per mouth from June 18, 1800. Allen, $4 per month from Deo. 23, 1889. WT Sutton, $4 from July 18, 1889.

INCREASE. John Hinds, $30 per month from May 6, 1891. Samuel Meek, $17 per month from July 30, 1890. ACT OF JUNE 27. 1890.

NEW Chas Bradbury, $12 per month. Joseph Church, $12 per month. Wm Barkis, $8 per month. Naah Johnson, $12 per month. Jas Lees, $12 per month.

Jas Gilkey, $12 per month. Wm Paine, $12 per month. Philip Hautz, $12 der month. VVn Sample, $12 per month. Gates, $8 per month' Hezeklah Hutsell, $12 per month.

John McMahon, $12 per month. Stillman Woodock $12 per month. Jesse McGinuls, $12 per month. Jacob Klink, $12 per month. Robert Usher, $12 per month.

Judson German, $12 per month. Ezekiel Gault, $12 per month. Jas Booth, $12 per month. James Callison, $12 per month. Samuel Boguse, $8 per month.

Benedict Strauch, $12 per month. Alexander Buchanan, $6 per month. Oren Ellsworth, $12 per month. John A McGuire, $12 per month. John Adams, $12 per month.

James Pattison, $12 per month. Wm Gallea, $12 per mouth. Milton Hurlburt, $12 per month. Detrlck Kruse, $10 per month. David Gaston, $12 per month.

Andrew McCollins, $8 per month. John Scott, $12 per month. Wm Hall, $12 per month. Alexander Crow, $8 per month. Charles Bannister, $12 per month.

Jerome Briggs, $12, per month. Alexander Kirkpatrick, $12 per month. Henry Higbee, $6 per month. Wm Bell, $12 per month. John Harkness, $12 per mohth.

Lewis Doolittle, $12 per month Stephen Van Dykej $12 per month. Stephlnus Stout, $8 per month. Daniel Moffet, $12 per month. Otto Scheuffler, $12 per month. Willard Darling, $12 per month.

Wm Shearer, $6 per month. Milton A Bishop, $8 per month. Tilghman Aley, $12 per month. John Stevens, $6 per month. John Nal, $12 per month.

Phillip Hedges, $12 per month. A PRESENT. Anyone sending us a club of five paid up subscriptions for the Reveille one year, can select one picture from the list which will be mailed to address free each picture is 22x28 and is worth 50 cents. dence showing that the soldier's suicidal death was due to insanity resulting from disease contracted in the service and line of duty, the Department holds the soldiers with a white population, that in its Iowa soldiers should subscribe for the Reveille now and get the Iowa Roster of Regimegtal Surgeons, published in this issue. widow entitled to pension.

Appeal of Maggie Schweigert, widow of Louis Schweigert late of Co. nativity is largely northern. It is a sion increased above $12.00 per month by filing bis claim under the old law on all his disabilities, if said disabilities warrant it The allowance of a claim under Act of June Ohio VoL Assistant Secretary Bus jurious consequences of such aggravation may be pensionable under a liberal construction of the law." The Western Reveille is one year old and is as large and has as great a circulation as many papers that have existed for twenty years. matter of easy proof that in each recurring Decoration Day a great proportion of the participants are those whose sectional feeling, did they possess any, would be classed with the south, and that northern and southern soldiers unite in rendering tribute to the fallen. Out of a large 27, 1890, does not in any way inter (Former decision overruled.) Ap fere with the prosecution of a claim for increase on a new disability un sey, June 2, 1891.

BOUNTY LAND SERVICE HONORABLE DISCHARGE. Sections 2418, 2420 and 2425, R. R. affecting claims for bounty land based upon military service. 2.

The relation of writ of habeas corpus, re peal of James Shaffer, late of Co. 2d Ohio cav. Assistant Secretary der the old general law. The appli cant or pensioner has the right to Obsbkve the long list of pensions procured by the Western Pension Claim Agency of this city since our last issue. This Agency lias no equal in the stute of Kansas.

Bussey, March 9, 1891. PATHOLOGICAL SEQUENCE RATING. 1. A declaration setting forth a experience, we are in a position to assert that in no city in the Union will the veterans of the Grand Army select under which certificate he will be paid and to change that cer claiming minor from the military tificate whenever it is to his inter particular disease or an injury as the service, to an honorable discharge from the service, under act of Feb est to do so. receive a more cordial weloome than in the capital city of the nation.

The tirades of abuse from the Nebraska basis of a claim for pension is sufficient to cover all the pathological ruary 11, 1874. 3. The meaning of The Minneapolis Times is a little Db. F. C.

Rand, of Washington, possesses a curious relic of the rebellion. It is a piece of "hard tack" that formed a part of one of the doctor's rations just thirty years ago. orator are so utterly senseless that more outspoken than some of its sol sequences of such disease or 2. A rating for increase on account they have scarcely given offenca to dier hating colleagues. It says, sweetly, that the Grand Army of the Republic was "a Grand Army of an honorable aischarge "in contorm-ity with the rules and regulations of the Army and Navy." Appeal of Charles T.

Loomis, No. 327,294. Assistant Secretary Bussey, une 3d, 1891. of pathological sequence, traceable to a pensionable disability must begin from the date at which the med us, and in all quarters and circles were received with laughter rather with any feeling that an insult was intended. The gatherihg of 1892 will doubtless be the largest in the his military idlers men guilty of put- ical certificate shows the develop ing on uniforms, taking Govern The pension office is doing satisfactory work for the "boys" and General Raum is receiving many compliments for his energy and attention to the interests of ment of the sequence itself in a pen Militiamen united states ser sionable degree.

Appeal of Charles tory of the Grand Army, and we H. Wisner, formerly second lieuten ment pay and bounty and following a drum; men whose conduct was less self-sacrificing and whose occupation for four years was the trumpery of throat cutting. vicepension. 1. The meaning and scope of par agraphs first and third in section ant of Co.

F. 136th N. Y. Vols. Assistant Secretary Bussey, March 17, 1891.

venture the assertion that the cordiality of their welcome will equal if not exceed that of any former meeting. RENE AT ONCE-DON'T "Trumpery of throat-cutting" is very good very delicate and re fined, isn't it? The editor of the ACT OF AUGUST 4, 18SG RATINGS. Under the act of August 4, 1886, WAIT. Subscribers should not fail to re Times took no part in the miserable business, we suppose. He calmly new their subscription promptly.

the loss of the foot and lower limb, not at the knee-ioint nor above the Winfield can boast of having the most successful pension attorneys in the state. The Western Pension Claim Agency is doing a land office business. Read advertisement on last page. Commkades look, to your interest! The way of the veteran begins to look gloomy. See that your guns are well loaded, properly aimed, and shoot in the right direction; a word to the wise is sufficient Do not wait, if you do, you will miss knee-joint, but at a point 3 inches but firmly staid at home, and stuffed his bulging pockets with soul-satis-fyind greenbacks.

the good things' which will soon appear in the Reveille. We call below, there being fair motion oitne knee-ioint for locomotion, is not en the attention of our readers to this Commissioner Raum emphatical titled to a higher rating than $30 per i matter now because many new and and interesting features will be in ly denies the story that there is an month. ADDeal of Win. b. Huston, Certificate No.

15,937. Assistant Sec retary Bussey, April 7, 1S91. arrangement between him and (secretary Foster by which no more pension certificates are to be presented for payment until after Sept 1. He says that on the contrary all LINE OF DUTY ACCIDENTAL INJURY, troduced in our paper during the coming season. Do not delay your renewal, but send in your name and money at once.

You will never regret it iTow IS THIS. We will send this paper free to A pistol-shot wound, caused by ac- George Washington, Andrew Jackson, U. S. Grant, James A Garfield, John A. Logan, Phil H.

Sheridan, Benj. Harrison, R. A. Alger, T. Sherman, J.

C. Fremont, G. G. Meade, W. S.

Hancock, A. E. Burnside, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, Martha Washington, Francis F. Cleveland, James G. Blaine.

dental discharge of the weapon while the soldier was engaged in cleaning the saoue for use in performance of special service as a head-quarters of all Grand Army the pension agents are provided with funds to make continual and daily payments. Nor is it true that no original certificates have been issued since the 1st of July. The work for the fiscal year just ended shows that that there were 144,597 more certificates issued than for the Posts, W. R.Corps,Sons of Veterans, teamster in the quartermaster's ae-partment. being unattended by con From an article in this issue signed O.

W. Carlson, of Milwaukee, Wis. We are lead to believe that the Dr. is a whole-souled G. R.

man and the Reveille wishes him success and a long profitable life. It feet of lumber. 48,000 yards of canvass and tons of tacks to construct the cots for the use of the veterans at the Detroit Encampment 13,000 mattresses, and 4,000 towels were also furnished. The Florida legislature wants to make the birthday of Jefferson Davis a legal holiday. Bat there are many people in that state who do not favor the proposition.

There is plenty of good sense in the orange groves. tributory negligence, is held to have U. V. Ex-Prisoners of War As; sociations, Loyal Legion, Naval Associations, Soldiers Homes, Repub. lican clubs.

Reading Rooms, Public of fiscal year ending June 30, 1888. Dur -1 1. i. I Libaries, on application with the understauding that it is to be placed on file at such hea 1 quarters. ing the past month 2,853 original certificates were issued under old laws, while 23,498 original certificates were issued under the act of June 27, 1890.

The issue of original certificates in July, 1888, was 3,444. we can iiirmsu uiuci yiuiuioo ui noted persons not named in this list ,1 A BEA UTIFUL PICTURE QIV EN AWAY. We will mail to the address of any been in the line of duty for pensionable purposes. Appeal of Joab Truce, No. 451,698.

Assistant Secretary Bussey, April 11, 1891. CONTRACT SURGEONS ACT OF JUNE 27,1890. Contract surgeons, having been made pensionable by the acts approved March 3, 1865, and March 3, 1873. are likewise pensionable under NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS'. If vou are a subscriber to this paper, you should remember that it 4693, R.

S. 2. The relation or tne militia and of militiamen to pensionable rights for which the two aforementioned paragraphs, respectively, provide. 3. Widows and minors pensionable under paragraph first of section 4693, the same as under section s702, R.

S. Appeal of Louisa S. Norris, widow of Crittenden S. Secretary Bussey, June 20, 1891. LINE OF DUTY DEATH CAUSE.

A disease or an injury incurred by a soldier while away from his command passing between his own home and the military post, while acting in pursuance of the orders of his commanding officer, is held as due to the line of duty and, therefore, pensionable; and a mother's claim, based upon such a cause of death, is admissable. Former decision overruled.) Appeal of Betsy M. Potter, mother of Hiram Potter, late of Co. N. Y.

Heavy Art Assistant Secretary Bussey, March 1, 1891. PENSIONS. This list is only a part of those made happy by theWestern Pension Claim Agency since our last issue, ORIGINAL PENSIONS. Capt. H.

H. Siverd heads the list $20 per month from June 1889. Richard W. King, $17 per month from October 11, 1889. Newton McNett, $2 per month from June $12 per month from June 10, 1889.

and $14 per month from May 13, 1891. James R. Harris, $17 per month from May 20, 1890. Edward W. W.

Brothers, $8 per month from August 29, 188a Richard McDowell, $12 per month from March 29, 1887. Joseph Dickerson, $8 per month from Dec. 9, 1889. Wm Stout, $12 per month from Feb. 1, 1890.

Edward Percy, $2 per month from January 20, 1883 $6 per month from Dec, 9, 1889, and $8 per month April 1,1891. John Bailey, $4 per month from Oct. 11, 1888, and $8 per month from May 6, 1891. Lanham, $2 per month from Dec. 23, 1889, and $4 per month from April 22, 1891.

.3 one sending us a ciuo oi leu up subscribers to the Reveille, any of will not be sent after the time for which it has been paid for in advance. The amount charged for it is too small to justify us in employing a collector. Call at the office and pay for it or send the money. section 2 of the act of June 27, 1890. If you are a pensioner at less than $12 per month under the old law you should apply under the new It will net interfere with the old claim and you can draw for other disabilities for which you are not Appeal of Richard Mace, late contract surgeon, U.

S. Vol. Assistant Secretary Bussey, April 30, 1891. ACCRUED PENSION ACT OF MARCH 1,1889. The exercise of the Secretary's dis the pictures in the appended list.free of charge.

These beautiful pictures are 22x28, finely colored and faithful delineations of the great events, which they portray and are worth $1 each. Battle of Bunker Hill. Gettysburg. Shiloh. Lookout Mountain.

Prairie Grove. Chattanooga. The Washington Post has the following to say concerning the Confederate flags captured in the war "Torn by shot and shell, some of them almost riddled with bullets, varying in size from the ordinary musket ball to the miBie, the Confederate battle flags which were captured during the such of them as are still in possession of the Government, repose, carefully wrapped and large' boxes among the archives and safe-keeping place of the War Department, and from all accounts they will remain there for some time to come, perhaps permanently, in contradiction of the somewhat general opinion that the trophies were to be placed in the National Museum, together with the Two or three congressmen are making threats as to what they will do in the matter of "stopping pensions" when congress meets. As a cretionary power under the act of general thing those who indulge in such talk are men who nave re oently been elected. They do not talk that way on the eve of an Five Forks.

Antietam. Mission Ridge. Wilderness. Kenesaw Mountain. election.

thkbe in some talk of the CASH IN THE TREASURY. The Treasurer of theUnited States officially reported that the cash in the Treasury at the close of business on Monday, August 16, was We clip the following from the Chautauqua Assembly Herald. It is another evidence that with the highest culture and broadest intellectual development will be found the most endearing gratitude and sublimest type of patriotism: "Tomorrow Chautauqua will hang its banner on the outer walls, don its G. A R. and Loyal Legion buttons and receive, entertain and honor the war veterans.

Nothing we have is too good for the boys in blue. They have earned all and more than we can offer them in the way ot good fellowship and good wilL Let our welcome be as hearty and generous as their conduct was brave and heroic and self-sacrificing." between Merrimac and Moni, tor and all the principal engage- Rkveillb changing hands in the hosts of foreign battle flags captured in various wars and hundreds of near future. If it does probably the March 1, 1889, with reference to "accrue'! pensions, is limited to the extent that a pen sion certificate shall have been issued ana that the pensioner dies before payment; and, also, by the word "hereafter," implying a fulfillment of the conditions to be necessary after the passage of said act. Appeal of Mary Masterson (deceased) widow of Wm.Masterson. Assistant Secretary Bussey, May 12, 1891.

DEPENDENT RELATIVES LINE OK SUCCESSION. 1. Under the acts of congress providing pension for dependent rela-1 1 VPS. the mother of a deceased sol ments of the late war. subscription price will be increased other relics with a historical record which the Department has had in Will advise you to subscribe now, as it will cost you only twenty-five J.

N. HAETER, Winfield, charge for years. During President cants for one year if your name la on Cleveland's administration he or Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Toilet Artie- I lea, Books, Stationery, Fine Soaps, Sponges, the subscription book before the change is made. Dr. Howe, our Pension Attorney, has just returned from Colorado.

He says that the old vets out there are behind in pensions. Only about one- dered the Confederate flags to be sent back to the various states to which the regiments belonged from whsra they were taken. That order was never carried out, as it was countermanded before the affair Prescriptions Carefully Com- pounded from purest drugs. dier is first in the line of pension.