The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-19
The Three sIo.s..,, Paw.

The paymaster- General announces offieiallx.
that rolls win be prepared, soon - Practicable,
and paymasiefs sent 10 The several States TO pay
all volunteers who have been in actual service an
were honorably discharged, and also the heirs Of
such as may have died. For the convenience Of
claimants, peymasters will visit the places al
which the regiments were organized, and, if prac-
ticable, The places of company enrolment, o
which due notice will be given BY advertise.
menf.
EvIDESCE REouIRKD.-he testImoney Of the
commanding officer of the company, or m his alb
sence, that Of one Of the commissioned offieeTs
thereof, viii be required, 10 prove that the claim
ant is the indvidual who served in said compsDy
and that be was honorably discharged from ser
vice. When such evidence cannot be procured
the testimony Of two credible and disinlerested
persons, to the service and honorable discharge
may be received 10 establish the claim.
Claims ior the three months extra pay for deceas-
ed officers aud soldiers, being restricted, LIST to the
widows, ID 20 the children, ID 10 the parents and
All 10 the brothers and sisters, no payment can be
made but TO them, and in the order stated. The
proof Of heiIship will be the deposition Of two
witnesses, taken before Judge or Justice Of he
Peace who shall certify 10 their eredibility that
The Pefson claiming is the widow, child, &c, OF
the deceased, and that the deceased left no 9TH
eT child. When the claimants are the parents,
that ne deceased left no widow or child; and
where the brother or sister claims, that the de-
ceased LEFT lone Of the befDre mentioned heirs,
and no oiheI brother sister; and that the claim
ants are, OF ne not Of lawful age, the may
be. The dei,onents shall further make oath that
they are dsil1efesfed. The Official character Of
the officer b'sDre whom the deposition is made,
should be pn,perly aftested.
Nhers mi3ors ishsrif, whether children. on
eIoineIs snd sziets hey masi pc represented by
duly aufhenticared. Where there are Several
adult heirs, they should unite in the power OF an
attorney, as hePaynent can most Conveniently be
made to one PeIson-
Powers Of attorney must, IN all cases, have been
executed subsequently, 10 ina 18th of Jaly, 1913,
and should express that they are granted for the
purpose OF receiving the three rs0aiks' sxfra pau
authorized By me act OF Congress- Of that date
such powers vii authorize any claimants 70 re
must be ACCOMPANIED with lie evidence Of service
and honorable discharse-
No payme1f o. exfT1 pay 20 volunteers can be
made az this place, until the paymsster shall have
left the State in which the claimant resides, and
have made his returns TO this Office, the rolls be-
ing in he hands Of the psymaster.
Regular Soldiers, who come within the provis-
ions OF the act, viii make their application direct
10 the paymasteT-general at Washington. with the
usual oath Of identity and Certificate Of clerk OF
court, and receipt, signed, accompanying the
application The evidence in case Of deceased
soldiers viii be the same as required Of volun-
teers-
The Secretary Of War CONSTITUTES the proyiso
which restricts he allowance 70 such a. were sin
aetusf service" 10 mean more thsn merely mus
tering IN. Hence recruits, who had not left this
country, or il 50, had not joined their regiments,
are not entitled. h ike manner, volunteers ae-
tnally mustered in but not marched to the seat Of
war; and this he applies specially TO the troops
called out BY Gen. Gaines. and those discharged
from Camp Washington in this State, a. well as
Missouri regiment raised for Santa Re, bat not
sent
If, after must T-n, however, an officer, non
commissioned officer, or private, has been dis
the service, he IS entitled; bat not so when Dis
charged on his own application, without such liz
ability, nor where officers have resigned and res-
gnatiOn accepted in the form of discharee -
When the volunteers mustered in and "a ronfe =
the seat ofwaT, may have died beer dissAsrs-
ed from sickness incurred in the service, ne riel
attaches.