The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28

act Is proride 10. The payment Of hcrses and other
property lost destroyed IN the military service o.
the United Stafss." iiafs@
LIZ CLAIMS under the provisions Of this pci mus
Treasury Department and each must be subaianiia,ed BY
such evidence Is hereinafter Designated. wiki respect to
cases Of the class under which Il falls
First Class Of Cases
by the frst section Of the Law II is enacted;
That any field, STAFF other officer, mounted mill,
;ary service of he United States scs he is Of June
1872 who aal hereafter be In said service and has
tanned or shall sustain damage, without any fault or neg
gencs his part while In said service, By the loss Of
horse "a battle Or BY the loss q horse wounded N battle
wounded shall be abandoned By order Of his officer and
lost shall sustain damage BY e loss Of any horse BY
ofthe sea when on board United States transport vessel
because the United States Jailed 10 supply transportation
LIZ me and R ahsr VS. oy vi of"er q,
consequence Of the United States falling TO supply sufficient
forass Or because The rider was and separated
detached from his horse, when the Officer In the Imme
daie Command ordered or shall order the horse turned Out
United States fasd Or shall a q supply sufficient forage,
and the loss shall be consequent thereof for the
horse as aarssa shall b. slowsd and paid id he vae
thereof not to exceed TWO hundred doars provided thai
II any payment has been shall be made any aore
said or he use and risk forage aer the deaih loss
abandonment Of his horse, said payment shall be de
satisfy the paymassr the time he mnde shall make the
payment thereafter show by proof that he was re-
mounted " which ease The DEDUCTION shall nny eSl.na e
shall have been shall hereafter be nude TO person
above mentioned on account Of clothing TO which be was
not entitled BY law, such payment shall be deducted from
The value Of his horse or accoutremenfs.p
To establish claim nnder this provision The claimant
must odiuce tile evidence of the officer under whose
mand he served when the mss occurred, IL alive "
dead, then Of The next surviving officer describing hr
property the value thereof al the time Of entering the
vice the time and manner IN which the loss happened and
whether not II WINS sustained without any aIt negli
gence on the claimants part The evidence should also IN
he was remoned how long he continued SO, and explain
whether the horse wherein he rem0unted had not been
furnished by The United States or been owned by another
mounted miaman volunteer 10 whom ayment for the
use and risk thereof OF for lis forage whilst IN the pos
session Of The claimant may have been made and f had
been thus owned, should name the person and The
mand 10 which he belonged And in every instance in
which The claim may extend e e1upage The several ari
cles Of which the same consisted separate yalne Of
each should be specified.
Second Class of Cases.
The second section Of the law enacisi
That any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage BY the capture or destruction by an enemy or by
the abandonment or destruction by the order of the com
nandlng general the commanding officer, qnarermas
ter Of any horse mule OK wagon carl boat Sleigh har
ness while such property was In the military service OF
the United States, either by impressmen contract,
cept in where the risk which the properly would
be exposed agreed be incurred by ie owner and
any person who has sustained shall sustain damage by
the death abandonment and loss Of any snch horse
mule on while in the service aforesaid consequence
Of the failure the part ofthe United States furnish the
same with sucient forage and any person who has lost or
shall lose or has had or shall have destroyed BY unavola
or harness while such properly in The service aioe.
said shall be allowed and paid the yalne the time
he entered the service provided shall appear thai such
loss capture, abandonmen destruction, or death, was
without any fault Or negligence on the part Of owner Of
the property and while II was actually employed The
service ofthe United States,n
To esabsha claim under this provision Il WILL In add.
ton to The testimony required under The head Of First
Class OF Cases. be necessary In cases where the property
lost was In the service by contract or pro
uce the testimony Of the officer agent Of the United
property mentioned In such claim and also Of the officer
uuder whose command The employed at the time
In what way the property taken into the service Of the
United States The value thereof whether the risk 10
The owner aud whether or NOT as regarded horses mules
oxen ae engaged @ supply the same with sufficient forage
sustained without any fault negligence on his part
The iith section Of the law enacts
THAT In all instances where any minor has heen shall
BE- engaged II The military service Of e United States and
military eccouirements by his parent guardian and has
died. or shall die, without paying for said properly and
abandoned in the manner before mentioned said paren,
guardian shall be allowed pay therefor, making
he is entitled thereto, by having furnished the same
parent guardian Of deceased minor will Therefore
m sddGn e such testimony aPpssss 70 b, , claim as s
the minor died without paying such properly and that
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section ofthe law enacts:
"Tat in all instances where any person, other than
Aforesaid and has been or sha Se provided with horse Or
equipments or with military by any person.
such horse, equipments, or military aecounements ON
himself and the same has been or shn be lost, captured
such owner shall Be- allowed pay therefor on making proof
In other cases and the further proof that he s entitled
thereto by hay!ns Furnished the same and having taken the
Besides the testimony la support Of his claim herein he
fore required every such owner thereof will have prove
sren a eo s
on himself and that he 10 entitled to pay therefor by hav
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fine person who had been provided By him with such
horse, equipments, or military arcoutemenis.
Third class Of Cases
The seventh section Of the law enacts:
THAT in all where horses have been condemned
hs 1 ns 70 sp
forage all such horses and their eqpagc shall be allowed
and paid or, whenever ne es shall bs proven BY Legal
such condemned horse and the equipage turned over
to qsrtermaser Of the army whether any receipt was
given and produced or not" s4
must adduce the evidence Of the witnesses mentioned under
the head Of first class Of cases. satisfactorily proving that
service Of the United States, condemned by board q
officers on account Of their being rendered unfit for service
IN consequence Diane Government nE to supply forage
and that such property turned quarfermaser
Of the United States army, explaining when the claimant
was rcmouned &c required In said first class cases
In the production Of the evidence
described be dispensed WITH unless the mpractcaby Of
producing i be ccury proved and then the and
best other evidence Of which the s susceptible must
be furnished In lieu thereof
Every claim must be accompanied by deposition Of the
claimant, "declarng thai he has NOT received from any
scer agent Of the United States any horse or horses
eqipage, aecoulremenls mule, wagon cart, boat Sleigh
or harness, Gas the case may be h lieu Of the property
lost, any compensation for the same,' and be sup
pored ipractcab by the original valuation list made
by the appraisers Of the property the time the same was
taken into the United States service and In cases where
the loss alleged % have occurred because The United
States failed 10 supply transportation for The horse, and the
owner was compelled by the order Of HE commanding
officer TO embark and leave him. provided for in the
first section ofthe law; the edavd OF the claimant must
In addition 10 the declaration above mentioned declar
that he did, In obedience to The order Of his officer
said horse and equlpage, and that he cold other
wise disposed OF the said horse equpage and
ceived any compensation for said horse equpage from
any person whaiever.n
All evidence other than the certificates Of officers who al
the time Of giving them in The military service Of the
United States mus be sworn 10 before judge justice
Of the peace or other person duly authorized administer
oahs and Of which authority proof should accompany the
evidence. f GEO. w. CRAWF0RD
Secretary N Wor.
Approved March 90, 1870 n ~