Southern planter., 1832-12-29
DEpARrMrNr or Wan.

effect the act Of Congress passed June 7.
1882, entitled "An act supplementary TO 'An
act Tor the relief Of the surviving officers and
soldiers Of the revolution.'p
This law has been construed 10 extend as
wei to the line as to every branch of the staff
ot the army, and to include under the terms
continental line" estate troops, "militia,n
and volunteers" all persons enlisted, drafted.
or who volunteered, and who were bound to
military service, but not those who were occa-
slonally employed with the army upon civil
contracts, such as clerks to commssaries and
to slorekeepers, &c. teamsters, boatmen, &c.
-Four general classes of cases are embraced
in this law:
l. The regular troops
2. The State troops, militia, and volun-
GERS.
8. Persons employed in the naval service.
4. Indian spies.
As rolls Of the regular troops in the revolu-
lonary war exist in this department, all per-
7ons claiming the benefit of this law as Off
GERS, non-commissioned officers, musicians, or
prlvoies, will, in the first instance, make APP
phcatlon by transmitting the following decla-
ration, which will be made beio,e q court Of
record of the county where such applicant
resides. And every court having by law
seal and clerk is considered court Of record.
Declaration in order 10 obtain hc Jcne6t Of The
deI Of Congress Of he i7h June, 1859.
STATE, TERRIToRY, OR DIsTRrcr OF
CoUNTY OF ~
On this day of personally ap-
peared before the of the
b, resident of in the county Of
and State, Territory, or District Of
aged years, who being first duly sworn,
according TO law, doth, on his oath, make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefit Of the provision made by the act Of
Congress passed June Z, 1882. That he en-
listed IN the army of the United States in the
year with and served IN the
following named officers:
Here set forth the names and the rank of
the field and company officers; the time he
left the service; land if he served under more
than one term of enlistment, he must specify
the particular period; and rank and names of
his officers;) the town, or county, and State
in which he resided when he entered the SER
vice; the battles, if any, in which he was en-
gagged, and the country through which he
marched.
He hereby relinquishes every claim what
ever TO a pension or AN annuity, except the
present, and he declares that his name is not
on the pension roll Of any agency in any
State, or (if any,) only on that Of the agen-
.cy in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year
aforesaid A b.
And then will follow the certificate Of the
court:
And the said court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant was
a revolutionary soldier, and served as he
states.
of the court of do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said court in the
matter of the application Of for u
pension.
In testimony whereof, | have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office, this day of
&c.
II, on examination Of the proper record, the
names Of applicants, making such declara-
ton cannot be found, they will receive de-
tailed instructions respecting the nature and
form of the testimony they must produce to
secure their being placed ON the pension roll.
As the presumption will, in such cases, be
against the applicants in consequence Of the
omission of their names in the muster rolls,
they will be required to furnish, as near as
may be, the same evidence as has heretofore
been required by the regulations and practice
adopted for carrying into effect the act Of
Congress of March Is, 1918, and the acts
supplementary thereto; with such relaxations
as have been, from time TO time, sanctioned
by the department, on account Of the rapid
decrease Of the survivors Of the revolutionary
army, and the consequent difficulty Of procu-
ring direct positive testimony in every case.
Wherever an officer or rnon-commissioned of
fcer is now in the receipt Of a pension, he
should make application, if entitled to the
benefits of this act, by letter merely, setting
forth his rank, and the regiment, corps, o
vessel, in which he served, and his present
place of residence. His pension certificate
must accompany his letter.
In those cases where the applicants have
once been on the pension roll, under the ac
: of March lS, 1918, and have been droppe'
= therefrom on account of property, or for an.
/ lother reason, or where application has beer