The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-03-01
WAR DEPARTMENT,
January 25, 1887.



payment Of horses and other property lost or de-
stroyed m the military ser ice of the Cuited States
prescribed in pursuance Of the 4h section Of the said
act.
All claims under the provisions of this act must be
presented at the office Of the Third Auditor Of Ibe
Treasury Department before the end Of the next ses
sion Of Congress and each must be substantated py
such evidence as is hereinafter designated, with re-
spec, TO cases Of the class under which It falls
FIRST CLASS OF CAsEs.
By the first section Of the law il is enacted
THAT any field or staff or other officer, mounted
militlaman, volunteer, ranger, orcayary, ensaged III
the military service Of the United States since tS
18th Of June 1872 or who shall hereafter be III sara
service, and has sustained or shall sustain damage
without any fault negligence on his pan "hne ~
said service by the loss OF horse IN battle or by ue
loss of horse wounded in battle, and which has dleo
or shall die Of said wound, or being 50 wounded
shall be abandoned by order Of his officer, and lost
OF shall sustain damage by the loss OF amy horse Dy
death or abandonment IN consequence OF the L bhlleu
States failing TO supply sufficient iorage' or bec'Ise
the rider was dlsmOunted and separated from MS
horse or when the officer in the immediate command
ordered or shall order the horse turned out TO Craze
IN the woods, praiTes, or commons because the ChF
ted States failed or shall fail to supply sufficient Tor
age and the loss shall be consequent thereof
or for the loss Unnecessary equpage IN consequence
or the loss of his horse aforesaid shall be allowed
and paid the value thereof: Pr0uided, That II any
payment has been or shall be made to any one aiore-
said for the and risk. cor forage after the DEATH
loss or abandonment Of his horse said payment shall
be deducted from the value thereof unless he has
satisfied or shall satisfy, the paymaser at the tne
he made or shall make the payment, thereafter
show by proof that he was rem0uned, IN which case
the deduction shall only extend To the time he was on
foot: Ind yTOrided also, If any payment shall have
been or shall hereafter be- made 10 any person above
mentioned, on account Of clothing, TO which he was
not entitled by law, such payment shall be deducted
from the value of his horse or accoutrements."
To establish claim under this provision, the
claimant must adduce the evidence of the officer I'M
der whose command he serN ed when the loss Occrr-
ed, if alive or, il dead, then of tho surviving
officer; describing the property the value thereof
the time and manner in which the loss happened,
and whether or not IT was sustained without any
fault or negligence on the claimants part. The eyl-
dence should also, in the claimant remOunt-
ed after the loss, state when he remOuntsd how
long he continued so, and explain whether the horse
wherson he remounted had not been furnished
by the United States, or had been owned by another
mounted mllItlaman or volunteer, 70 whom payment
for the and risk thereof for its forage, whilst
IN the possession of the claimant, may have been
made and fit had been thus owned, should name
the person, and the command to which he belonged
And IN every instance IN which the claim may eS-
tend to equipage the several articles of which the
I same consisted, and the separate value of each,
should be specified
SECOND CLASS OBJ CASES.
The second section of the law enacts:
THAT any person who, in the said military ser
vice, volunteer or draughled mllitiaman, furnish
ed or shall furnish himself with arms and military
coutrements, and sustained or shall sustain damage
by the capture, destruction of the same, without
any fault negligence on his part who lost ol
shall lose the same by reason OF his boing wounded
hall kn al, .,,I
thereof"
Each claim under tins provision must be establish
ed by the evidence fthc officer who commanded the
claimant when the loss happened, if alive; or, il
dead, then of the next surviving officer; describing
the several articles lost tho value of each whether
not the same were furnished by the claimant, in wha
way, and when the loss occurred, and whether o
| not it was sustained without any iaut or negligence
on his part
THIRD CLASS OF CASES.
! The third section of the law enacts:
THAT any person who sustained or shall sustain
damage by the loss capture, or destruction, by al
enemy, or ofany horse, mule, or wagon cart boat
slelgh or harness, while such property was in tn,
military service of the United States either by in,
pressnent or contract, except in cases where TN
risk to which the property would be exposed was a
greed 10 he incurred by the owner, ifit shall appeal
that such loss, capture or destruction was wihou
any such fault negligence, sustained or shall susai,
damage by the death or abandonment and loss q
ANY such horse mule, or OK, while IN the Sc ervict
aforesaid in consequence of the failure on the par
of the United States TO furnish the same with snfc
lent forage shall be allowed and paid the value there
of"
To establish a claim under this provision il will b
necessary TO produce the testimony of the officer o
agent of the United States wlo impressed or con
racted for the service of the property mentioned il
such claim, and also of the officer under whose i'm
mediate command the same was employed at the tim
of capture destruction, loss or abandonment; de
clarlng IN what way the property taken into III,
service OF the United States, the value thereof wbeth
er or no, the risk to which itwoud be exposed wa
agreed To be incurred by the owner whether or moi
as regarded horses mules or oxen, he engaged I,
supply the same with sufficient forage in what man
ner the loss happened, and whether or not il WA
sustained without any fault negligence OH his par,
The sixth section of the law enacts:
That IN all instances where anv minor has been
or shall be engaged in the military service of the Uni
ted States and was, or shall be provided with :
horse or equipments, or with military acceutremep,s
by his parent or guardian, and has died or shall die
without paying for said property, and the same ha
been, or shall be lost captured, DESTROYED or abgn
doned IN the manner before mentioned said pareut n
guardian shall be allowed pay therefor on maxim,
satisfactory proof as in other cases and the fur,he
proof that he is entitled thereto by having fnrnishe,
the same"
A parent or guardian Of II deceased minor. will
therefor in addition TO such testimony apnGcable /,
his claim as Is previously described, have 10 rnruis
proof that he provided the minor with the propert
therein mentioned; that the minor died without nav
ing for such property; and that he, the parent o
guardian, Is entitled to payment for it, by his hayiu
furnished the same
The seventh section of the law enacts:
rha, in all instances whereany person, other tina
MINOR, has been or shall be engaged in the mll,ar
! service aforesaid, \ has been, or shall be provide
with horse or equipments or with military acco,
: uements by any person, the owner thereof who hs
riskcd, or shall take the risk of such horse. eouir
! men's or military accoutrements on himself an
the same has been shall be lost captured, dest,o,
T ed. or abandoned in the manner before mentioneS
such owner shall be allowed pay therefor on maxim
satisfactory proof as in other cases and the fir,he
proof that he is entitled thereto by having urni.he
the same aud having taken the risk on himself"
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