Western Reveille from Winfield, Kansas • 2

In and About the Department' REMEMBER THE POST ROOM UJIE WEJSfERJi REYEIIxItE within six months appear in person before the Land Office and make DECISIONS BY THE SECRETARY OF PMilUheJ MonUily at Wtnfleld, Khuhm. his entry within the same time eg tabllsh hia residence upon the land, TIU INTERIOR IN PENSION CLAIMS. TO-KIGUT. BY 3, KIM YON, Ola eomrodoi ronr ember the Petit room, And make It your duty to cull Forget not to-nlf tit there's a meeting, And be at your place at tlie hall, and erreot thereon a habitable A. H.

LIMERICK. "Editor and Publisher. Privileges of Attorneys Examining Papers. The action of dwelling. Cektikicatk to Discharge, TEHM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION.

the commissioner of pensions in re Clo greet yourold comruden with klnuneai toldier in flllnar a declaratory state Uo Rtaud a we itood lu the flulit, With the touota to left at the elbow, sol the meeting to-night. Ono copy ono year Out) copy ftlx months. OiiAcnpy Hi roe mnntliH ('l ve coplcH ono year with one to pernon "eliding club 1 an miitiiiy nun vpur uifh nna tn Denun ment must file therewith the orlgt nal or a certified copy of his cortln cate of discharge. In case the dls fusing to permit claimant's attorney to examine the papers (Including the'reports of the adjutant-general and surgeon-general, U. S.

in a Tbere'i genial glow in the Pout room That eUewhere you hardly will And, wMnlmirchib 2 00 pension claim while in the hands of There'! warmth In the arreting of oomradeu charge or a duly certified copy thereof cannot be produced, the Boldier'i own affidavit, showing his That tlei of fraternity bind. Tlioae lluki tlmt now bind lu together, 'a special examination is approved In re 8. E. Elder. 'IVrnm fir advertlHlng made Snown on ftp fillfailon.

All reinlttinces should be mode by postal note or Klampx. Addrtmall communication, WESTERN BEVEILLK, W'infleld, Kana. Were forged 'mid the Haute of tho flght service in the army, should cor roborated by two disinterested wit Pension Bills Introduced, A Bill, 819, by Mr. Davis, to In-crease the rate of pensions for cjsr tain cases of deafness. Be it enacted, That whenever it shall be made to appear to the proper authority that a soldier, sailor, or marine who served In the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States during tho war of the rebellion, and who has been honorably discharged therefrom, had contracted in tho line of duty a disability caused by wounds, Injury exposure, Imprisonment, or disease resulting in total deafness of both ears, he shall be entitled to receive a pension of $40 per mouth, and for severe deafness of both ears, approximating total deafness, shall re-ceivo an equitable proportion of the full pension; the degree approximating total deafness to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

A Bill, by Mr. Davis, to amend an act entitled "an act to provido for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depre Minors Dependence. Proof of dependence is not necessary under nesses, but in case it is shown that the two witnesses cannot be procur the act of June 27, 1890, in the case of a minor ohild under sixteen years No war with Chill. ed, the applicant's own affidavit will answer. The soldier In filing hlsde of age.

In re Donnelly Co. As slstant Secretary Bussey. news and see Bo comrade) remember the Post room, And go to the mooting to-night. Remember the dead that when living Bo bravely itood by to the last, And cherish the uamti of old tcnt-mnteg That fell by your side In the past, Remember their widow and orphan, And see that their burdens nro light For tho take of the dead and the llv tig, Uo vlrlt the Pout room to-night. lie more ber the tolls and the dangers Kndured when we settled the row, Boys send in the how It look in print.

claratory statement by himself or aurent. thereby uses and exhausts Line op Duty Furlough. A his homestead right. of all kind. I belong to Co, 10 O.V.J, served three years and four months and laid in prison three months at Vlcksburg.

I will do all lean to extend the circulation of your paper and I will send you tha number of tho post and a list of its members Mr. D. B. Atkinson Waterloo, Ind. Comraai the Reveillk Is tho paper to hftvo and now is the time to subscribe for It, Don't wait.

You can get all the news you want from It and good sound sense. Try it one year and you would not be without It. I find It to be a paper well worth the money. George W. Kesler, Colby, Wis.

Muldrow, Kansas, Sherman Co, Editors Western Reveille Wlnflleld Kansas. Sirs riense forward my paper as in thepast year the stamps will be coming in Feb, next, I think the reveille is a good paper for the small sum of 25cts and should be read by all old veterans at least those Interested in pension work, Wishing you much success in editorial work, I am your soldier friend. Wm. McDaniel. Norman O.

T. 3 1S92. Editors Reveille, I have been taking your paper for one year, aud I was so well pleased with it that I send you a club of five more. I think all old comrades would do well to subscribe for your paper. All the objections I have to it is that I don, get it as often as I would like to.

John W. Hester. furlough granted to a solder for the avowed purpose of enabling him to Read the decisions of Assistant Secretary Bussey in this issue. This is the eeneral rule, with the same exceptions as to amending on go home to vote, does not keep him in the line of duty for pensionable trv and making second entry as And thoHe that survive need our friendship purposes, hence a widow's claim ro would generally be allowed in jected where the soldier was killed homestead entries. Peruse correspondence column and see how much Information you will get from It.

Subscribers if you fall to get your paper by the 15th of each A declaratory statement does not in a railroad collision while going home, on a furlough, to vote. In re segregate the land from the public domain, and another will be permit Isabella Hoffman. Assistant Secre tary Bussey. dations," approved March 3, 1891. month notify the Reveille office.

Be enacted, That the act ted to matte entry upon the same tract. The second entry will not in When the time of your subscrlp 'Tin right we should stand by them low Aud see tbtt the wolf never enters The threshold for the sake of the past, Of those who helped save us the but tie, Aud fought for the flag to the last. Htand up for each other united, Aud keep tha old camp-fire aflame, Regarding your comrades as brother. And aid in sweet charity's name. Be loyal to post as to country, rftnnd firm in the cause of the right Forgot not to aid by your presence The boys at the Post room to-night.

Too soon will our marches be over, Too toon the last bugle will call, Line of Duty Assault. Where a soldier while marching with his command was injurned by another Hon oxDires the REVEILLE will terfere with the soldier's right to entitled 'An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations," approved March 8, 1891, be amended by striking out all of the provisos in cease to roll around unless you re 'new. perfect his entry and hold the land See I 79. soldier in an assault which he had not provoked held, that he was in the line of duty for pensionable BIX MONTHS TO MAKE ENTRY AND establish residence. The soldier section two thereof and inserting Wk thank our comrades for past favors and the Reveille is ready and waiting for an opportunity to purposes.

Overruling a former de or marine must within six months cision in the same case made by the the following "Provided, That no claim accru When death will entlngulsh our camp-fire, after filing his declaratory state ment, make his final entry, com repay you. ing prior to July 1, 1859, shall be department April iu, iss7. in re Aaron Brewer. AssiatantSecre tary mence settlement and improvement The many inquiries made by ex Bussey. considered by the court, unless the the claim shall be allowed or has and thereafter fulfill all the require solders and sailors is answered Id iOte.

In this case the assistant ments of the law. A failure in any been or is pending, prior to the pass this issue of the Reveille under the head of "Soldiers and Bailors secretary said that the appeal was of these particulars will cause a for age of this act, before the Secretary based solely upon the departmental feiture of the land, in presence of an of the Interior or the Congress of Homestead Rights." Read it under standingly. decisions in the case of W. A. Am adverse claim.

Prior to Deo. 15, 1882, merman, I. G. W. and that 'ln the United States, or before any superintendent, agent, subogent, or (1 648, and Milne vs.

Ellsworth, Parties sending subscriptions to 3 213,) a soldier's homestead en commissioner authorized under any vthe Western Reveille should try was not subject to contest until view of which the claim might, with great propriety, have been reopened and readjudicated without the intervention of an appeal." act of Congress to inquire into sucli send postage stamps or postal notes six months after homestead entry, claims but no case shall be con and save expenses. A registered thus giving the soldier twelve sidered pending unless evidence has Arrbaks Resulting Disabili months from date of declaratory 'letter costs half the subscription rice. been presented therein And pro Anderown himself monarch of all, Bo oomredes attend to the Post room to Bight, And see that the camp-fire is bright For the sake of tho past and the present, Attend the meeting to night. Bow many times after the battle Old comrades would fall to appear, As the sergeant would call the roll over. How few oould answer back "Here." But to-ulght there are no such excuses, Respond for the duty Is light, For the sake of our comrades, the fallen, Ooice down to the Post room to-night.

As Uio eonradeB grow Ufa worn and weary, They restlu tho valley below, The road they have trod all must travel. God keep us all ready to go. "He fought the good light" be our record, Approved be our labor of love No comrade be absent or missing At last in that Post room above Then comrades remember the Post room, And make it a duty to go, And stand again shoulder to shoulder As once whan we throttled the foe. Salute the old flag at the ultar, Our emblem of freedom and right, And cheer the old boys that sustained it, With greetings of kindness to-night. From The Volunteer, New Castle, Pa statement to commence his settle ties.

Arrears of pension to date of a soldier's discharge from the ser vided further. That all claims exist Comrades when you wish your ment and establish his residence on the tract. vice are allowable under the act approved March 3, 1879, on account fitinsion claims called up by anyone. As shown by the above references, ing at the time of the taking effect of this act shall be presented to the court by petition, as hereinbefore provided, within three after the passage of this amendment, or this is no longer permitted, and the you should give the number of -slAim nanio in full, company regi-' men! and state, also givo the name of your attorney if you have one. By request of Hon.

B. H. Clover. only of independent or separate disabilities alleged, prior to July 1,1880 to be of service origin, The increase of a pension on account of disabili-which are a pathological sequence Clay Center January 2, 1892 I will make my new subscription to the Western reveille for the year of 1892. 1 am verry much pleased with the sentiments of the I think it is the most valuable paper I ever read" as it defends all the interests of the old soldiers.

August Levine. Liyons Kas. Dec, 22, 1892. Sirs Please send a sample copy of the Western Reveille to William Mathews, Sterling Rice Kas. He is an old soldier and I am sure he would be glad to subscribe for your paper.

I have taken the Reveille for eight months and I am very Well pleased with it and do Dot regret the money which it cost. J. A. Smith. P.8.

Also send a sample copy to C. H.Gardner, Audubon, Audubon Iowa. Cottonwood Falls, Deo 15 '91 Wertern Reveill. Please find shall be thereafter forever barred soldier must make his entry and establish his residence in a habitable dwelling, within six months from filing his declaratory statement. Chailes Hotaling, 3 LD 17; Snyder And provided further, That no suit or proceeding shall be allowed under of pensioned disabilities is allowable this act for any depredation which from the date only of the medical An Idea has come to our mind which we wish to note in this issue, viz: Comrades, in filing claims for shall be committed after the passage vs.

Ellison, 5 863; Joseph M. Adair, 6 200. For climatic rea thereof. examination whereby the increase of said disabilities is established Sec. 469S14, R.

P. In re Wm. 8." Reagan. Assistant Secretary Bus A bill, S. 640, by Mr.

Cameron, to sons uenerai iana uointnissiouer may extend time to one year. 6 adjust the pensions of those who have lost eyes, limbs, or the use of 368. More of Our Vets Made Happy. sey. competent attorney who gives their whole time and 'attention to the pension business, and who is permanently' located.

The reason we make this statement is because a urautmnnv havn armiiod with nar- Loss op Leg Rate. Where the The following is a partial list of them, or have additional disabili ties. THE DECLARATORY EXHAUSTS HOMESTEAD RIGHT. The filing of soldier'fl declaratory statement, gen pensions procured through the amputation of the right thigh was considerably below the middle point Be it enacted, That from and Western Pension Claim agency siface after the passage of this act all per enc losed 25cts in stamps to renew of the femur, leaving a fragment of the limb which was at least 11 inches long held that the amputation was "so near the joint as to prevent the use of an artificial limb," and that sons on the pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in my bubscriptlon to your paper for the year 1892. I think the Reveille is a good paper for the old soldier, and in fact a good one I 4 ties that were not in the pension business and not permanently located, have moved away to parts unknown to claimants and they have do knowledge of attorney or their claims eithbr.

Begin well if you wish to end well. the line of duty, shall have lost the claimant was not, therefore entitled for any one that wishes to keep posted of what is going on among the old boys. My address, Geo. W. to the rate of $45 per month.

In re sight of both eyes or the sight of one eye, the sight of the other having Joseph Underwood. Assistant been previously lost, or shall have Secretsry Bussey. I Chum, Strong City, Cha9e Kas. Crothersville Jackson Ind. Dec, lost both hands or shall have been Service Pension Discharge.

A service pension is based upon the fulfillment. Of contract for service as 31st 1891. Mr A II Limerick. Dear Sir: totally disabled in the same, or shall have lost both feet or shall have been totally disabled in the same, or our last issue. ORIGINAL INVALID PENSION GENERAL LAW.

IfEpLbain W. Gharst $12 per month from Dec. 3, 1889. James England, $12 per month from July 14, 1890. A hij ah Sisemore, $12 per month from Dec.

2, 889. Samuel K. Wickard, $10 per month from March 19, 1890. Israel V. McKisson, $10 per month from July 17, 1890.

Franklin B. West, $4 per month from June 7, 1891, and $6 per month from June 6, 1890. Robert 8. Parker, $4 per month from-March 5, 1890. John A.

Murray, $4 per mouth from Dec. 12, 1S86. Alonzo Ragle, $24 per month, from Jan. 28 1891. John Osborne, $17 per month, from Sept.

17 1891. John J. Broadbent, $10 per month, from May 13 1891. Wm. R.

Comstock, $4 per month, Please find 26c ts to pay for a years erally speaking, exhausts the homestead right. Roberts vs. Howard, 4 562; Stevens vs. Ray, 6 Li D.134; case C. Arter, 7 136.

An exception to this rule has been held whore there was a prior adverse right to the land at the time the declaratory statement was filed. 4LD The act of March 2, 18S9, (25 Stat. 854); 8 LD 317, provines that "any person who has not heretofore perfected title to a tract of land ofwhich he has made entry, under the homestead laws may make homestead entry of not exceeding one quarter section of public land subject to such entry, such previous filing or entry to the contrary notwithstanding." 381. Under this section it has been held that filing declaratory statement prior to March 2, 1889, and failing to secure 'title thereunder, does not preclude that person from filing another doclajatory and enter contemplated by the soldier's enlist subscription to your most valuable paper the western khveille. wih you would make it a weekly Xieut.

Allen R. Foote, who is "the founder of the "Society of Volunteers," organized at Washington. ana championed by Gen. Slocuro, whoso object is to pi event further pension legislation in a re-- cent public letter says, "I am not 'with the mercenary horde who de-rmattd pensions for duty done, be-waue my loyalty is not and never wns for sale." Oh No! Foote is not of tiio "meicenary horde." The fact -has leaked out, however, that he is iu receipt of a pension which he mentand from that enlistment a soldier can bo released by only a formal discharge hence a formal discharge is a perrequisite to the granting of a pension under the act paper I would be willing to give $1.50 for it. It is one of the very best papers, ana I don't wnnt to miss a number.

Thomas j. corkisii. Jan. 29, 1887, for service in the Mexiccn war. In re Alex M.

Humes, Assistant Secretary Bussey. Headquarters, Department of Combined Disabilities Medi cal Rating. Claimant maintained Kansas, Grand JLrmy of the Republic. Larned, Feb. 1, 1892.

Circular No. 5. The Department Commander uraws wnn resuming, uu now he wants to cut off the poor anil -needy veterans who have not yet received their just dues, while he draws his stipend. Nothing selfish about Kioto! from August 5 lbai. INCREASE.

(OLD LAW.) John A. Murray, $12 per month. Peter Bottey, $12 per month. John Banghara, $12 per month. Solomon P.

Becker, $12 per mouth that he should have been increased to $24 instead of $12, because the ratings specified by the examinlngsur-geons, vie 6-18 for rheumatism. 6-18 for heart disease, 9-18 for bron thereunder. 6 382; 11 385, takes great pleasure in announcing to the comrades, that a further-reduction of the rate to the Atchison Encampment has been obtained. William J. Guinn, $12 per month.

chitis aggregated more than 17-18 or The Trans-Missouri Passenger As $17, and there is no rating between sociation has granted a rate of one fare for the round trip from all points in Kansas, including St Joe and Kansas City. shall have lost one hand and one foot or shall have been totally dis abled in the same, or otherwise 60 totally and permanently disabled as to render them as nearly helpless as to require the regular personal aid and attendance of another person, shall be entitled to a pension of $100 per month. Eec. 2. That all persons on the pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and lu the line of duty, shall have lost an arm at the shoulder joint or a leg at the hip joint, er shall have been totally disabled in the same, shall be entitled to a pension of $60 per month; and all such persons who shall have lost an arm at or above the elbow, or a leg at or above the knee, or who shall have been totally disabled in the same, or who shali have lost an arm below the elbow or a leg below tho below the knee and suffer from total or partial stiffness of the joint or other cause which renders the stump useless, shall be entitled to a pension of $55 per month and all such persons who shall have lost a hand or a foot, or shall have been totally disabled in the same, shall be entitled to a pension 'of $50 per mouth and all such persons who shall have Incurred or contracted other dis $17 and $21 is necessarily entitled him to $24 held, that no matter what the aggregate of ratings for Wm.

Mcvey, $12 per month. Julius W. 8. Lane, $22 per month. Michael H.

Wills, $12 per month. Abel II. Scott, $12 per month. Sames G. Winchester, $2 per month.

Samuel Bowman, $12 por month John Walker, 412 per month. Tickets win oe 301a aeo. to Service in the army or navy of the United States in the recent rebellion for a period of ninety days, entitles one to make a homestead entry without rrgard to age or citizenship. R. g.

U. section 2304. If the soldier be dead, his widow, and if she be dead then his minor heirs by guardian, duly appointed and credited at the Department at Washington, may make homestead entry and have all the benefits of section 2304. See R. S.

U. S. section 2307. several disabilities when combined 27th, good to return until Feb. 29tb, inclusive.

This satisfactory rate will insure they do not warrant a higher rating than $17 unless it can be distinctly Thomas J. Perrine, $12 per month. Stephen B. Littell, $12 per month. shown that the combined disabili a very large attendance at ttie encampment, and the comrades at Atchison are preparing to give us a royal welcome and entertainment.

James C. Edminston, $12 per ties are equivalent in their disabling effects to the loss of a hand or a Department Headquarters wm oe month. John Glasgow, $12 per month. Cyrus W. Dover, $12 per month.

Robert M. Tabor, $12 per mouth John H. Hall, $12 per month. established at rooms 8 and 9, "The foot also held, that it is not a neces sary consequence that, when con 'Soldiers' and Sailors' Homestead Rights. U.

S. Statutes provides that every private soldier or officer, and every eeaman.who served in the array of the United Statec, for ninety days, during the recent rebellion, -and who was honorably discharged 'and has remained loyal to the government, shall be entitled to enter 1(50 acres of land, and he is allowed six months from time of filing his declaratory statement to make his entry and commence his residence and improvements, and erect thereon a habitable dwelling. Sec. 2505, Revised Statutes, provides that the time he served in the army shall be deducted from the time required under the homestead law to perfect If soldier was discharged on account of wounds received or di'sa- Byrum" during the encampment. Konorts irom an the posts must oe Samuel E.

Burger, $10 per month sidered in combination, the aggregate of all the ratings, for a man in the hands of the Assistant Adju tant Uonerai prior to ien, ziuth at may have three separate afflictions which date the Headquarters at Larned will be closed. Post Com each one of which, when considered singly, would entitle him to an $8 manders, whose posts are now delinquent, will see that all reports are forwarded without further delay. rating, and yet, when all were con Readquarlers J. M. Arthur, Post JVo.

300, Q.A.R, Department. Goodrich, Jan. 6, 1892. Ed Reveille: The following were installed officers of this Post on Saturday, January 2d, 1892: Samuel Bowman, P. C.

M. Smith, SVC; W. J. Ed. B.

Pomeroy, Adjt. Samuel Wooten. Thos. Carpenter, Surgeon; Sam'l Redding, Chaplain; J. M.

Wooten, W. H. Lile, 8 E. B. Kerr, John Byerley, Delinquent posts cannot be rep sidered together, they might not, in the aggregate, disable him for the resented in the encampment.

abilities shall be entitled to a sum per month equal to the total of the rates for all of said disabilities, said performance of manual labor much more than any single one of them' if existing alone, would have done, and as the department found no trood reason for deciding that the l.ilitir Inmirmri In thn linpnfdutv sum to be determined by adding to gether the rates provided by law for each of said disabilities separately. QMS. Yours in F. C. 5c Jiy command of T.

McCarthy, A. B. Campbell, Dept. Com. Ass't Adj.

Gen'l. The Ranks 'Are Thinning Fast- From National Herald, St. Louis. The following table, prepared by Maj. Fred C.

Ainsworth of the Medical Department of U. S. giving the probable length of time the soldiers of the late war will live, is of interest to all who wore the "army Isaac Stndy, $12 per month Thomas B. Ward, fVl per month. George H.

Davis, $8 per month. Barthmew Moriarty, $12 per. mouth. Levi Hays, $8 per month. Marvin N.RobinsoD, $8 per month Michael Toms, $11 per mouth.

Josiah L. Jameson, $12 per month. James L. Taylore, $12 per month. Oliver A.

Pratt, $12 per month. Myron H. Woodward, $8 per month. Benjamin F. Davis, $12 per'month.

Finley Brown, $12 per month. James A. Coleman, $12 per month. Anson C. Toombs, $12 per month.

Wm. H. Cogdal, $8 per month. James B. Wall, $12 per month.

David Reams, $12 per month. ORIGINAL ACT OF JUNE 27, 1890. John Brady, $6Jper month. Harrison Harrod, $12 per month August Friend, $12 per month. Urias Creamer, $12 per month.

Edward Poer, $8 per month, Frederick Slinkerd, $6 per month. Franklin Hall, $12 per month, John F. Walton, $0 per month. I John Henry Hink, $6 per month. Ed.

B. Pomeroy, Adjt. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of rate of $12 fixed by the Medical Referee was not commensurate with the disability shown, the decision of the Medical Referee was afiirmed.

In re Albert Marshall. Assistant Secretary Bussey. acts so far as they may conflict with the provisions of this act and they are hereby, repealed. he is entitled to credit for the full term of his enlistment. In no case can he acquire title or patent, until he has resided upon cultivated and improved the land for at least one year.

Skc. 2307, Revised Satutes, provides that in case of the death of the soldier, his widow, or if she be dead, or married, then thejminor children shali have the right to which the soldier would be entitled were he Puff' for Reveille. Editor Reveille. Dear Sir. I have seen your paper and have read Convention, of Grand.

Lodge A F. and A. M. and Grand Chapter R. A.

M. of Kansas. Leavenworth, Kansas, February Information. Editor Reveille: -As your paper is devoted to the Interest of the G. A.

R. and old soldiers and being one of the gang, will say for the benefit of others, that there are thousands of acres of homestead land in this county, and that I will give all the information I can to commls that wish to come here if they will address letters to R. L. Disber, Lilac, McPherson, county, Nebraskia. a great deal of it also and although lam no subscriber now I willeu- Survivors.

7M2.73 744,1 7IIS.19 W8.8S 628.23 4J9.72 251,72 11H.07 37.0g 6 24 84 Year. 101 ispj lm 18 5 im 1K97 18HH 18 1WX) 1MI IW03 ia Survivors. Yenr. l.aa.zB ihoo 1H0I5 1.2iAM3 19H7 190 l.lfil.SlO 1WK1 1,12.1.725 llllil 1(115 l.OSl.SM 1HJ0 1.032 -I1H 9 39 1H35 16th, 1892. Return tlokets at one- uvicie-.

close 25cts worth of stamps for ono years subscription to begin with the January number. I think the third fare via the Mo. Pao. from Leuveuworth, limit of certificate, Stey. 2309, Revised Statutes provides that the declaratory statement may be filed by the agent or attor j-ievi KinKer, per month.

Reveille Is just an excellent little 1892. O. Braniiam, bounty under act of ply 28, 1866 February 24th, Wm. Melchert, $50. Agent.

paper In price as well as in reading 19(4 i ney of the soldier. The soldier must.