The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-11

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Rules l., relation 10 claims prorisied for by acf o.
Congress, approved 3D. March, 1919, entitled : AZ
act 10 propide for The payment Of horses ana oei
property tosi OF destroyed i The military serrice 2,
LII CLAIMS under the provisions OF this act must
u be presented al the office OF the Third Auditor OF the
such e"nas ~ u slaaaea Vim rssoeet %
casea Of the class under which u falls.
& First Class Of Cases.
by The 6rs section Of the law 1t is enacted
'Thai any field staff other officer, mounted mil
nman, volunteer ranger or cavalry engaged in The mill
tiry service Of the United States lie 18th 81 June
tanned shall sustain damage without ault or negl
gence his part while ia said servce, BY the loss OF
aud which has died. or shall die OF said wound, or being
wounded shall be Abandoned by order OF la ofcer and
LOST shall sustain damage by the loss Of any horse BY
death or because Of the unavoidable dangers
OF the when board United States transport vessel
because The United States iaied TO supply
Tor The horse and the compelled by the order Of
his commanding officer 10 embark ana leave nun, or ~
consequence the United States falling 10 supply sufficient
or because the rider dismouried and praitd
fro his horse and ordered do duty on loot Mt station
detached from his horse, or when The oleer IN Inc nme
aie ordered shall order Inc horse turned ou
Craze the woods prares, commons, because me
United States ed shall fail 10 supply Sufficient orage,
and the loss shall be consequent thereof or Tor me
loss OF nee cssa snupage In Of tho loss Of his
horse Aforesaid, shall be allowed and paid " value
thereof to exceed two hundred dollars PROVIDED lna'
any pnyment has shall be made 10 any one aioie.
said Tor and risk, for forage alter the ncni
abandonment Of his horse, said paymen! shalt be de-
Quoted from the value thereof unless he satisfied or shall
satisfy the paymaster at time made shall make the
mounted in which case the deduction shall only extend 10
The time he on foot and PROVIDED als any payment
shall have been or shall hereafter be made amy person
mentioned OF clothing, 10 which he was
not entitled by law, such payment shall be deducted rom
the value OF his horse or announcements"
To establish q claim under this provision the claimant
adduee the evidence OF the officer under whose com
mnnd lac served when the loss occurred II alive; or u
properly, value thereof the time Of entering the ser
vice, the time and manner which 'e loss happened and
whether IL sustained without any tauit or neg'
gence on the claimants part The evidence should also In
the claimant remouned after the loss stale we
he rcmounted how long he continued so, and explain
whether The horse wereon lie had notbeen
furnished by The United States or been owned by anothef
mounted miltaman volunteer 10 whom payment Tor The
aud risk thereof for us forage, whilst IN Tue pos
session Of the claimant may have been made ami y had
mand TO which lie belonged Aud IN every instance ~
which The claim may extend to equipage, the several ar
clts Of which the consisted ana separate value OF
each should be specified.
Seeond Class Of Cases
The second section OF the law enacis:
''Thot any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage by tie capture or destruction by an enemy or oy
abandonment destruction by the order OF The COM
maing general the commanding officer, or qnarlernas
of any horse, mule, wagons cart boat Sleigh or mar
while such properly was IN the military service OF
United States, either by mpressment contract ex
cept where the risk TO which the properly would
exposed was agreed be incurred by The owner and
any person who has sustained shall sustain damage by
HE death abandonment and loss Of any snch horse
mule, OK while in the service aforesaid in consequence
OF the flle the part ofthe United States TO urash the
same with sufficient for ge my person who has lost
shall lose or has had or shall destroyed by unavoida
BILE accident any horse mule OK wagon, cart, boat sleigh
harness while such property was IN the service aioe
said shall be allowed and paid the value thereof the time
he entered the service provided il shall appear that such
loss, capture abandonment, destruction % DEATH was
%1 any au or ss on as e employed in the
service of the United States =
To establish claim under this provision will, in add
ton the testimony required under the head OF First
Glass Of Cases. in where The property
lost service contract i'm Jressenf 70 pro-
States who impressed contracted for the service OF the
property mentioned in such clan and also Of the oicer
the capture destruction, loss abandonment declaring
what way the property was taken INTO the service o. me
which would be exposed agreed to be incurred BY
the owner and whether not as regarded horses mules
In what manner the Happened and whether or not Il
without any fault negligence on his part
The 6fh section Of the law enacts:
ha In all where any minor has been OF shall
engaged military service Of the United States and
shall be provided with horse or equipments, or
military by his parent guardian, AMI has
died OF shan die without paying said property, and the
has been shall be lost, captured destroyed or
or guardian shall be allowed pay therefor, making sat
sciory proof IN other eases and me iuer proof thai
he IL entitled thereto, by having furnished the same"
parent or guardian eased minor will therefore,
In addition 10 such testimony applicable 10 hs claim as is
previously described have Ia furnish proof that he pro
vied The minor with the property therein meni'oned thai
the minor died without paying for such property and that
he parent guardian, ia entitled to payment TOR by
his having furnished the same
The sixth section OF the law euacts
"Tb,t in al instances where any person, other than
minor been shall be engaged in The mtrry service
Aforesaid and has been OF shall provided with horse
.uunments or with military by any person
the thereof we has riskol or shall take the risk OF
such horse equipments, or military announcements on
HIMSELF and the same has shall be lost captured
Destroyed Abandoned in the manner before mentioned
such owner shall be allowed pny therefor making proof
and The further proof thai he Is entitled
thereto by having furnished The SAME and having taAen The
risk ON himself"
Hesdes the testimony in sipport OF his claim herein be.
fire onrd every s,b ON per " III hay. 10 prove
iat h. ,ii prov e the horse eaulpmens military
therein m. niIoned ap took The risk thereof
m himself nnd that he is entitled pny therefor by
s IIr,shed the same and taken inc r, thereof him
Ii. an, ,his ,onf shnuI he coulnled In n deposition
f H.. ,1ho RAJ, her 81 proytel bv him With such
'o's', ei"i H ~. - 80 :, ~.
Inrd class o. Eases.
The seventh section oil tue law en1ctsi
That in all cases where horses have been condemned
by board of officers, account of their uniness for
forage NIL horses and their eqnpucr shall be allowed
and paid for whenever the cs snail be proven by legal
M ,yIenrs whether oral written that