The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-15

War Department, March 30, isao.
Rules relation to claims PROVIDED for BY an act of Con-
gress, approved Sd March, ls49, entitled "Aa act TO
proUde for tie Paymea Of horses and other property
lost or destroyed m the military service Of the United
States"
LII CLAIMS under the provisions of this be
"A presented at the office OF the Third Auditor of the
Treasury Department. and each must be subsnatiaed by
such evidence as hereinafter designated with respect
cases OF the class under which it falls.
First Class Of Cases.
BY the first section Of the law il, is enacted
THAT any field, staff, other officer, mounted mill
ary service OF the United States since lie 18th Of june
1872, who shall hereafter be in said service, and has
gence his part while in said service by loss Of
horse in battle by the loss of horse wounded in bat
tie, and which has died. shall die OF said wound, be-
ing wounded shall be abandoned by order OF his officer
and lost shall sustain damage by the loss OF any
gers OF the when on board United States transport
vessel because the United States failed supply
poraon for the horse, and the compelled, by
the order of his commanding officer embark and leave
him, 10 consequence of the United States failing sup
and separated from his horse, and ordered do duty
foot station detached from his horse when the officer
horse turned out to Craze Ia the woods, praries
mons because the United States failed, shall fail sup
ply sufficient forage. and the loss shall be
qnent thereof Tor the loss OF necessary in
sequence Of the loss of his horse aforesaid shall be al
lowed and paid the value thereof, 10 exceed
ded doars provided, that IT any payment has been or
shall be made to one aforesaid for HE and risk
for forage alter the DEATH loss, abandonment of has
horse said shall be deducted from the vaue there
Of unless he satisfied shall satisfy the paymsster the
time he made shall make the payment thereafter
show by proof that he remounted, IN which the
deduction shall only extend TO the time he foot and
provided also, il any payment shall have been shall
hereafter be made to any person aforementioned ON ac
count OF clothing to winch he was not entitled by law
such shall be deducted from the value of his
horse or accoutrements."
To establish under this provision the claimant
mand he served when the loss occurred If alive Or
dead, then OF the next Surviving officer, describing the
vice, the time and manner in which the loss happened,
and whether not it was sustained without any fault
Also the claimant emounted after the loss,
when he was remounted, how long he connus 50, and
not been furnished by the United States been owned by
another mounted militia volunteer whom payment
the and risk thereof for its forage whilst the
possession OF the claimant may have been made and if it
had been thus owned should name the and the
mand 10 VIII CHI he belonged. Aud in every instance in
which the cln may extend to equpage the several
ces The consisted and separate value oeach,
shoud be specified.
Second Class Of Cases
The second section of the law enacts:.
"That any person who has sustained shall sustain
damage 10y the capture or destruction by enemy, by
the abandonment destruction by ths order of the
niandng general, the commanding officer, quarermas
ter, OF any horse mule, OK, wagon cart, boat sleigh, or
harness. while such property the military service of
the United States, either by npre ssment contract
cept in where the risk to which the property would
be exposed agreed be Incurred by the owner and
any person who has sustained shall sustain damage by
the death or abandonment aud loss OF any such horse, ua
failure the of the United States furnish the
lose, has had shall have destroyed by unavoidable
ciden any horse, mule, wagon cart, boat, Sleigh
shall be allowed and paid the value thereof at the time he
entered the services provided shall appear that such loss
capture, abandonment, destruction death, without
any fault negligence the part the owner OF the
property and while was actually mployed in the service
of the United States"
To establish claim under this provision it WILL in ad-
don the mony required under the head of first class
of be IN where The property lost was
inn or for the service of Is roerv mem
toned in such claim and also oil officer under whose
command the was employed at the time OF the cap
tufe, Destruction loss, or abandonment declaring in VIVA,
States, the value thereof, whether not the risk which
and ybeher or not a. ssaded boses mn OXEN he en
gagged to supply the same with sufficient forage in what
tanned without any iaut or negligence on his part.
The filth section of the law enacts
That in all instances where any minor has been shall
be engaged in the military service OF the United States and
shall be provided with horse equipments, null
announcements by his parent or GUARDIAN and has died.
as h o saa ipPs e
the before mentioned, said parent guardian
shall be allowed pay therefor making satisfactory proof
as cases. and ts further proof that entitled
thereto, by having furnished the same"
parent gardan of deceased minor will therefore,
in addition to such testimony applicable TO his claim is
previously described, have furnish proof that he prov
ded the minor with the property therein mentioned, that
he, parent guardian entitled yment for it by
his having furnished the same
The sixth section of the law
"Thnt in all instances where any person, other than
mnor, has baen shall be, engaged in the military
vice Aforesaid and has bcen snail be, provided with
horse equipments with military accoutfemcnts by
person. the thereof who has rsked shall take
the risk, OF such horse equipments military accontre-
ments himself and the has been shall be lost,
captured destroyed, abandoned, in the manner before
such shall be allowed pay therefor
making proof other cases, and the further proof that
he entsd thereto by having furnished the same, and
having taken tho risk on himself
Besides the testimony in support of his claim herein be-
fore required such thereof will have to
cou rements mentioned took risk
himself, he is entitled to pay therefor by having
furnished and taken the risk thereof himself;
and this proof should be contained deposition the
who had been provided 10y hun such horse
equipments military Announcements
Third Class of Cases.
The seventh section of the law enacts.
hat all cases where horses have been condemned by
consequence OF the Government failing 10 supply forage
all horses and their equipage sha be allowed paid
for whenever the facts shall be by legal and
factory evidence whether oral written such
demned horse and the equlpage tur-ed quar-
termas'er OF the whether receipt
given and produced or not"
To establish claim under This provision the claimant
must adduce the evidence of the witnesses under
the head OF first class oil satisfactorily proving that the
properly therein described while military
vice OF the United States condemned by board OF officers
on account OF their being rendered unfit for service in
sequence Of The Government failing supply forage, and