The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-13
Regulations oftKe Pension OfIice
PENSION OFFICE,
 .4f6reh 4. 18i7

su0FcH q. IoAs- \ K order to carry inio effect the provisions nf ihe 9sh section of the act of the Huh of February, l8A7, the SccreilIy of War has directed that tie following regulations shall he observed:
 1t will he observed, on reading the 9th section of the law. which accompanies these regulations. that there are six classes oi per sous provided foi, vlz:
 l. Those non-commissioned officers. n,usieians, aud priyates of Ae regular army who have served, or may serve, ln Mexico, during ihe present war with that country. and who have served out the full period of their enlistment, and have been hoaorabIy discharged, or who have heen, or may be, honorabIy discharged before the expiration of the period tsf lheir eniistspenl, in conse- quenre of wounds received, or sickness in- eurred, in tie course of such service.
 2. T..e representatives of such persons as are mentioned tn the preceding paragraph, who may die in the service, or after beng discharged, and before the issue of a certIii- cate or warrant.
 ,. Nen-commissioned officers, musicians and privates who have been mustered, or may be mustered, for twelve months, in any volunteer company, who have served. or may serve. until the end of the war with Mexico. and have been, or may be, hnnora- ply discharged by reason of the expira,ioB cf their enlistment, or in consequence of disability from wounds received, or sickness incurred, in said service
 4. The representatives, as designateh by the act, of such volunteers as shall have died, or may die, in the service, or after having been honorably discharged, and before ihe issuing of T warfani or certificate.
 5. Volunteers received into the service since the commencement. of the Mexican war. for less sfaa twelve months. who shall have marched to the seat of war, and shall have served until honorably discharged.
 6. The representatives, as designated in the act, of volunteers received into the ser vice for less than three months, and who may have died in the service. or after having been honorabiy discharged, and before the passage of this act.
 In order 10 substantia,e claim for land or scrip, under lhe provisions of the foregoing section of the act, the persons described in the first class of these regulations will send to, or deposit with, the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, evidence of en- lislment, service and honorable discharge. as required by law The best evidence on these points is beld to be the original dis charge of the applicant, which must, in all cases, be produced, if in existence, accom- panied by the applicants affidavit, setting forth that he IS the identical person mt ntion- ed In .he discharge; aud in case of the loss. ot destruction, of the discharge. the applicant will make path io the fact, and produce tine affidavit of some credible witness in cor roboration of hts statement The claimant must set forth the regiment and company 10 which he helonged; the time of entering the service; the time. place and manner of his leaving the same, and he must show by the testimony of commissioned officer tha, he was honorabIy discharged.
 In case ihe claimant should desire scrip. instead of land, he must make his request in writing, according to the form marked 4, ac- companying these regulations
 The rules in the paragraphs immediately preceding are applicable to volunteers men toned in classes No. , and ,.
 The representatives of deceased soldiers
 
 6 must produce evidence of the enlistment. service and death of the original claimant II the soldier vas discharged, the discharge must be produced, if in existence. If not, the same proof will be required as in other cases of lost discharges; and if he died in the service, the certificate of ilis captain, or other officer who commanded the company to which he belonged, must he produced
 The persons who may claim mus. pro- duee evidence of their relationship 10 the deceased, and show the degree of consan- guinity they bore to him. The proof must be drawn in conformity with the form mark ed B, and may be taken before any court having probate jurisdiction. In case the father claims, he must show that no wife or child of the deceased is living; and in case the mother claims, she must show that neitier wife, child or father of the deceased is living.
 L. EDWARDS,
 CoRsmissioHer of Pensions.