The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-12
JAMES MADISON.


Fer the relief Of the Officers and Soldiers who sery
ed in the late campaign on the Wabash
II it enacted by the Senate and House of Retire
. SeHtatiVes II the UA::ed States of i1,eyica in
congress aSSemDlea, That the officers, according to
the rank assigned them, and which they held Oh the
seventh DAY OF November, thousand eight hun
dreI and eleven, the non-commissoned officers and
soldiers OF the volunteers and militia and the legal
representatives. of those who were killed or died of their
wounds, composing the army that served in the late
campaign on the Wabash against the hostile Indians
shall receive the compe sation which is allow
ed by law for the militia of the United States when
called into actual service of the United States
sec 2. Ind be it further enacted That the Off
GERS, according to the rank which they held as alore
sad, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of
the volunteers militia who served in the said cam
paign, and who were killed died of wounds receiv
ed IN said service, leaving a widow or il no widow
shall have left child children under the age of
sixteen years, such widow or, if no widow such Child
or children, shall be entitled to- and receive the half
OF the monthly pay to which the deceased was enti-
tied at the time OF his death, receiving the wound
OF which he died, for and during the term of FIVE
years; aad In case OF the death utermarriage of
SUCH widow, before the expiration of the term of five
years, the half pay, for the remainder of the term
shall go to the child children of such deceased of.
hcer or soldier, whilst under the age of sixteen years
and In like manner the allowance to the child or
children OF such deceased, where there is no wdsw
shall be pI'l no longer than while there child or
children under the age aforesaid-Provided, That
no greater sum shall be allowed in any case TO the
widow or to the child children of any officer than
the half pay of Leutenant-C olonel
Sec! 8. Ind belt further enacted That every Of.
hoer, according to the rank which he held as aore-
SAID, non-commissioned officer and private of the
volunteers and militia, who served in the said cam
palsn, and who have been disabled by known wounds
received IN sad service, shall be placed on the list of
nvalids OF the United States at such rate of pension
as shall be directed by the President of the United
States upon satisfactory proof of such wound and dis
ability beng produced to the Secretary of War agree
oh lu Tn enaH rutIaa. L.
The rate of compensation for such wounds and dsa,
bIites shall never for the highest disability exceed
hall the monthly pay Of such officer at the time of
beng SO wounded or disabled, and that the rate Of
compensation 10 anon-eommissoned officer and pri-
vate, shall never exceed FIVE dollars per month and
all inferior disabilities shall entite the person so disa
hled, to receive sum in proportion to the highest
disability, but no pension of a commissioned officer
snaiI De calculated at higher rate than the half pay
of n Lcutenani-C ooneI
See 4. Ind be it further enacted. That any per-
son or persons belonging 10 the said army who may
have had horse or horses killed during the late bat
Tie on the Wabash therein shall be entitled to, and
receive the value thereof-Pro Oided That the
proof OF the value OF such horse horses shall be hv
affidavit OF the QuarterMaster of the corps to which
the owner may have belonged, or of two other ere.
ditdble witnesses.
Sec. 5. lind be it further enacted, That to the
heirs or legal representatives of every person who
was killed, and to every person who was wounded in
the said campaign, who were purchasers of public
ands OF the United States, and whose lands bad not
before the seventh Of November one thousand eight
hundred and eleven, been actually sold or reverted
to the United States, for the on-payment of part of
the purchase money, further time of three years
shall be allowed, in addition to the time allowed By
former laws, to complete their payments; which
further time of three years shall commence from
the respective times when their payments should
have been completed according to former laws
H. CLAY,
Speaker Of the House If Rebyeseutatives.
WIN. III. CRAWFORD,
April 10, 1879.
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