The Arkansas banner., 1847-10-18

must ue ueriveu as tO sne p0rt0d eno cause 0l the death of she officer or soldier.
 2. The legality of she marriage, the name of the widow, with those cf her children, who may have been under sixteen years of age ai the time of the fathers deeease, with the State, or Territory, and eoaaty in which she and they reside, should be established. The legality of the marriage may be ascer- tanned by the certificate of the clergyman who joined them in wsdlock. or the .esti- mony of respectable persons having know ledge of the IacL The age and number of children may be ascertained by the deposition of the mother, accompanied by the lesti- meny of respectable persons having kaow- ledge of them, or by transcripts iron the pa- rish registers, duly authenticated. The vii dow, ai the time of allowing the half pay, ov placing her on the list for is, must show thas she has not again married; and must, more over, repeat this al the tinne of receiving each and every payment thereof; because, in case of her marrying sgain, the half pay to her ceases, and the half pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the child or children of the deceden'. This may be done by the afFi- davits of respectable persons having know ledge of the case.
 4. In cases where there are children, and no widow, their guardian will, of course, act for them, and establish their claims as pre- scribed in the foregoing regulations, and re- ceive their stipends for them.
 s. Applicants under the second section oi the.law will make a declaration before court of record, setting forth, according to the best of her, or their, knowledge or belief, the names and rank of the field and company of- fieers, the day (if possible) and the month and the year when the claimants husband, ot father, (as the case may be- entered the ser vice, and the time when he left the same i; and, if under more than one engagement, the claimant must specify the particular periods, and the rank and names of the officers under whom the service was performed; the town or county and State, in which the claimants husband, or father, resided when he entered the service; whether he was drafted; was volunteer or substitute; the battles, if any, tn which he was engaged; the country through which he marched; with such further parfi- eulars as may be useful tn the investigation of the claim; and also, if the fact be so, that the claimant has no documentary evidence m support ofthe claim.
 5. The same description of proof as 10 the relationship of the claimant 10 the deceased officer, or soldier, will be required. as the rule under the first section points out.
 6. Claimants under the third section of the law must not only produce such proof as the foregoing regulations direct, in relation to widows claims, Lut they must, in all cases, as an indispensable requisite, show when they were legally married to the decrased officer, or soldier, on account of whose ser vices the claim is presented, and that the mar riage took place before the last term of SCI vice of the husband expired. They must also prove that they were never afterwards mar ried.
 2. In a case where the deceased officer, or soldier, is clearly proved by record or docu- meniary evidence, or the affidavit of com missioned officer, showing the grade and length of service of the deceased, the particu- lars in relation to the service ate not required to be set forth in the claimants declaration, except so far as to show that the claimant, or claimants, is, or are, the widow, or children, of the deceased.
 8. The claimant must, in every case whe-e there is no record or documentary proof O the revolutionary service of the deceased off, cer, or soldier, produce the testimony of at least one credible witness. Evolutionary evil dence will be deemed useful in every such case.
 9. Applicants unable ,o appear in court by reason of bodily in6rmity, may make their declarations before required, before judge, or justice, oi court of record of the county in which they reside, and the judge, or jus tice, will certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infrmity, attend the couit.
 10. Whenever any official act is required to be done by judge, or justice, of a cour, of record, or by a justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of Staie, or of the Territory, or of the proper clerk of the court, or county, under his seal Of office, will be annexed stating that sucha person is ajudge, or justice, of court of record, or justIce of the peace, and .hss the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
 II. The widows of those who served in the navy, or. as Indian spies, will produce proof as nearly as may be, conformably to the preceding regulations, and authenticated in similar manner, with such variations as the dif1eren, nature of lhe service may require.
 i2. The form prescribed for claimants un- der the third section Of the act will be ob- served by every other description of claim ants, so far as the same may be applicable to their cases. The judge, or justice, who may administer an oath, must, in every in- stance, certify to the crediblli,y of affiant.
 l3. In every case in which the deceased officer. or soldier, was pensioner, the fact should be so stated, and the deceased pea sioner so described as to enable the Depart meul to refer immediately to the evidence upon which he was pensioned, and thus ia- eiliiate the investigation of the claim of his widow or children
 JAMES L. RDW ARDS.
 Commissioner of Pensions