Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-05-12
INTERESTING TO oLUNTEERs.

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In inserting the following General Or
der, says the National Ilntelligencer, pro.
wi ding for the settlement of claims by. dis
j charged volunteer soldiers for bounty land
& or Treasury scrip, We are requested TO in.
wife attention TO its provisions. AS the just
claims Of the volunteer can only be esta-
$ biished aud settled on furnishing the .requi-
7ssiile evidence in such cases, the volunteer
officers should make themselves fully ac
quainted with The regulation, and be gov.
erned accordingly:
WAR DEPARTMENr,ADJ.G GEMS. OFFICE,
49,. Warrington, April %, iS47.
| General Orders, No. 18.
.ss3 .is3 I. In order 10 secure without delay or
Inconvenience to the volunteer soldier, who
shall receive an honorable discharge, or
s who shall have been killed or died of his
4 wounds, Tor his heirs, DC, as the case may
be,) the bounty land or Treasury scrip.
provided by the 9th seclionof the act of
February IL, I847, ii is necessary that the
following instructions be duly observed by
stbe officers concerned. s. 5!.5
Volunteers mastered outsof service on
/. .the expiration Of their term. 3.ls
The rolls for this purpose must coniaio
OH the names which have been borne on
the previous muster rolls, from the first or
the one mustered tiuto service, including
gsaii who have died, been capiured, dischar-
the company; with appropriate marks;
Opposite the name oil each4r pectvely.,
Allabsenlees must be satisfactorily accoun,.
ted for BY explanations recorded in thesc0
lnmn of remarks. This roll containing
{ the Information above required swill be
prepared aud completed at the s,ime that
the company may be discharged, and be
forwarded by the officer charged with
!, mastering it out of service, direct to the
Adintant Generals Office, War.Depart-
ment-endorsed, "For The Commissioner
Of Pensions, Bounty Land Bureau" The
roll will only vary from mlhe ordinary mus
ter roll used for the payment accompanies
5 by the addition of the names of all who
have died, been captured discharged. or
have deserted since the day of the muster
into service. 1t
8. individual discharges of Volunteers
before the expiration Of Their tenn in conse'
quence cC,0ounds received or sickness incur-
: red in Utc course of the seruice.
The Certificates of Disability and Dis
charge in such cases, will be signed in du-
plicate, and must, 10 every instance, sci
forth the origin and nature of the wound
received or sickness incurred in the course
oflhe service. agreeably 10. the established
printed form, dated Apr:l22. 1917. One
copy Of this certificate will be forw arded
By The officer signing The discharge ofthe
volunteer soldier direct to the Adjutant
Generalo of the Army-endorsed %For the
+ Commissioner Of Pensions, Bounty Land
Bureau fsat ~. 3&s ]
a. The Commissioner Of Pensions, under
The direction Of the Secretary Of War, be:
ing charged by law with The business ofin
is:vestiga,ing claims for Bounty Land, Sc.
provided by the muni6cence Of the Gov
ernment, commanders ofstvolunteer regi.
meb,s and companies will see the necessi
" of preparing and forwarding. as herein
required, the requisite muster roll ,or certi
fcates, as the case may be. being the ne
Z cessary evidence of service and Of honora
ble discharge 10 enable the faithful volun
teer,, or his heirs, &c. to receive from tht
War Department the certificate ofwarrau
I. for the bounty of one hundred and ski.
acres. or the Treasury scrip for one hun
dred dollars. as provided bylaw. ,s*
S., The"Surseon's Certificate. of ordin
nry disability" in cases ofinvalid soldier
Of The regular army will hereafter be for
f warded in duplicate; one of which is t
be endorsed :" For the,Commissioner 0
Pensions, Bounty Land Bureau
By order: ss
R. JONES, Adj. Gen.
Cotton and Corn Crops.--The Laurens
Vile Herald says, that, in that section Q
the counlryth rapid progress Of vegeta