The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-18

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 -agest---years, wAe hsina Gsss duly sworn according lo law, doth, oa hes oath, make the following declaration, ia 0r. der to obtain Vhe benefit of the provision mode by tue aes of Congrs ss passvsa July (, 1856, and the set explanatory of said aet, passed March 2, l637: That she wnu mar. red |" C. D, who was theFe insert the PaF- ticalsss respecting the service of the dsessssd husbaad, (os whose services she nay claam . pension, as directed h tule No. {, of ihe toregoI z resolutions of Ialy Q, 1884.
 She further declares, that sha was usssFisd to the said c. n. on the-----day ok---- --in the year seventeen hundred and d--------;; that her husband, the aforesaid C. D. dssd on the----dsy of------; Ehat she wns afIerwards married to H B. who died on the
 -day "f--------; and that she vas . widow on the 4,h July, 1898, and ssill ss- mains widow, as will more fully appens by reference lo the proof hereto annaxsa.
 Swosn to and subscribed, on the day anA year above wrisaen, beEose
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 !. h e pr0pse to s,ate. fof the iafoeaatlcn of claimants under the 0ah section of slse aes of February II, lSi7, that tn every insaaes in which voiuHseeF soldier wan aischnrged on sargcon's certificate, ,ha, paper must be seHt to the Pension Office with the clai. mant's affidavit, unless |, has been other wise disposed of. Ia .ha, ease satisfactory evidence must be exhibited as to the nature and origin o( Che cla,manfs disability. The iestimony of . commissioned officer should be obtained if possible. tfnc. to be had, the : affidavit of one or more credible witnesses, certified 10 he so by the magistrate who may administer the oath, shoald be produced. 2. The official character and signature af the magistrate who may administer an 0atA must be certified by the proper officer, under 1 his seal of office The certificate must ae. company every case, and he attached to she paper on which the affidavit is written. No affidavit saken before a notary public cen bs admitted as evidence.
 g. The reiinquishment of tlpe Fighs so bounty land mus, be slgned by the claimant, if he wishes to receive scrip in lien of laBd, and the relinquishmeni must be witnessed by some me who writes Iegible hand. {. Volnnteets in soIne cases have besa discharged from the service without esss having received . certi6eate to that et5ses from the officer who discharged them. Sash cases have occurred where an entire regimens has been mustered cut of the service. ln such case the claimant must make the oaif ! of identity required by the regulations, apA add tO the statement as to his service the fal- lowing words s'i never received aDy dis 1 charge. The regiment to which belonged was mustered out of the service.n
 :. No assignment of land or scrip can . made until after land warrant ltAs bean is- sued from the Pension Office. or a certificate of scrip, as the case may be.
 | 6. As there were seIns six months vol. unseers, who did not march to the seat of war, il is indispensably necessary that every soldier who was engaged. should produce the certificate of the commanding officer .ef the regiment or company to which he be. longesl. showing that he was at the seat of war, The post to which the soldier march, cd should be mentioned.
 Regulations established by the &ervtafy ei
 War, for sustaining claims to Pensions. The following evidencs will be requised in all militia cas6s, and cases ol the regular army, where the discharge and surgeoa's certificate have been lost or destroyed, os where none have been given sufficient ta authorize the SecrsiaIy of War to grant psn- sions, VIE:
 in cases where the regular discharge and the surgeons certificate for disability cannot be had, the applicant for pension, wbeshes he has been a soldier of the regular army, CT militia man, in the service of ti,e United States, during the late war wi,b Grea. Bsi- tain or since that period, must produce the sworn certificate of his Capsa'n, or other of. icer under whom he served. stating distinct l ly the time and place Of his having been wounded, oI otherwise disabled, and that the same wounds or disabilities arose while ia the service of tbe United States, and in .hs line of his duly; with the affidavit of one o, more surgeenst or physicians. whether ol the srmy,or citizens, accurately describing the woand, and stating the degree of disabil. ity t. which the soldier may be entitled ua. I der it. These documents to be sworn to he. fore judge of the United Safes court. os some judge or justice of the peace; and l { State judge or justice of the peace, then ua. 4 der the seal of the clerk of the county is which such judge or justice may reside; and the name of the raymasters who last psit the sold,er, as belonging so the service q the United States, to be ia every insisnss furnished by the applicant, in order to dss examination of the muster rOlls.
 | WAR DEPAkrMESf,
 | Pension 0@ce, Dec. g, 1877 'rhcse rules of evidence are applicable to cisi. 1 msnts of every gEads.