The State guard. [volume] (Wetumpka, Ala.) 1847-18??, 1847-05-11
lERAL ORDERS, NO. IS.
v an DEPAATMEN I,
AnI GrNERAt,s Orr,cr

washington, April ~, 1917.
|. In order TO secure, without delay o
Inconvenience 10 the volunteer soldier, VIII
shall receive an honorable discharge, o
who shall have been killed or died o
wounds, Cor his heirs, &C., as the case ma,
be-, the bounty land or Treasury script
provided by the Q h section OF the act !,
February III, 1917, it is necessary that the
| following instructions be duly observed b,
The officers concerned.
2. Volunteers mustered out of service or
The expiration o. their term.
'nhe rolls fer This purpose must contain
al he names which have been borne Oh III,
previous muster.toll from the first, or the
one musteredi into service, including all wht
have died, been captured discharged, OF
have deserted since The enrolment ni the
company, with appropriate remarks oppo
site the name OF each respectively. All
sbsentees must be satisfactorily accounted
for by explanations recorded in the column
offemarlSs. Tais roll, containing fae in
formation above required, will be prepared
and completed al the time that the compa-
ny may be discharged, and be forwarded by
the officer charged with mastering il out Of
service, direct to the Adjptant Generals
Office, War Department-en endorsed "For
the Commissioner of Pensions, Bounty
Land Bureau" The roll will only vary
from the ordinary muster-fo used for the
payment of companies by the addition OF
the names Of all who have died, been cap
tured, discharged, or have deserted since
the day of muster into service.
3. Individual discharge of Volunteers
before the expiration OF their term, in con-
sequence of Wounds received OF sickness
incurred in the course OF the service.
The Certificates of Disability and Dis
charge in such cases will be gwen in dupli-
cate, and, must, in every instance, set forth
the origin and nature Of the wound receiy-
ed or sickness incurred in the course of the
service, sgreeably to The established printed
form, dated April %, is47. One copy Of
this Certificate will be forwarded BY the Of
fcer signing the discharge Of the volunteer
soldier, direct 10 the Adiuanr General oil
The Army-endor G For the Commis,
sioner of Pensions, Bounty Land Bureau
q. The Commissioner of Pensions, un-
der the direction Of the Secretary o. War,
being charged by law with the business OF
investigating claims1 Tor Bounty land, &C.,
provided by the muniticence of the Gov
eminent, commanders of volunteer regi.
ments and companies will see the Necessity
oil preparing and forwarding, as herein re-
CURED, the requisite musier-rolI, or cerlii.
Gates, as the case may be, being the neces>
sary evidence Of service and Of honorable
discharge TO enable the faithful volunteer, !
or his heirs, &c, to receive from the War
Department The certificate or warrant for
the bounty Of one hundred and sixty acres,
or the Treasury script for one hundred dol
lars, as provided by law.
5. The "Susgeon's Certificate Of ordin.
nry disability" in cases Of invalid soldiers
81 the regular army, will hereafter be for
warded in duplicate; one Of which to be
endorsed For the Commissioner Of PEN
sions, Bounty Land Bureau"
By order; r. JONES, Adj. Gen, !