The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-23

Rules IN relation 10 claims proried for ty an act 81
Gongress, aPprored 3D. March S49, entitled 3" An
act TO proride for The payment Of horses and other
! property lost Or destroyed in the military serrirs 81
the United States"
J LII CLAIMS under the provisions Of this ac, must
a be presenad al the office Of the Third Auditor Of The
eay Drpan I. and zach must be snesisn!lssa 6y
cases Of the class Under which II falls
4 FIRST Class Of Cases.
1 BY the 6ra section Of the law IL Is enacted.
THAT any field, stan, other officer, mounted mill
aman, volunteer ranger or cavalry engaged IN, Y ne n
ss shall hereafter be in said service and has ss
ainsd or shall sustain damage without any fault or neg
horse ~ battle by the loss Of horse wounded IN battle.
aud which has died. shall die Of said wound or being 50
wounded shall be abandoned by order OF his officer and
lost shall sustain damage By the oss Of any horse by
death or abandonment because o The unavoidable dangers
OF The when board United States transport vessel
because the United tailed supply transportation
orihe horse and the owner compelled BY the order Of
consequence Of he United States falling supply sufcienl
forage, hecanse the rider dsmourted aud separated
detached from his horse or when the officer the imme.
daie command ordered shall order the hors turned ON
nisd Suites s asd Or shall All 70 supply sateeni forage,
anil the loss shall be consequent thereof or for The
horse as Aforesaid sa be aows and paid he value
thereof not TO exceed two hundred dolars provided that
o he use and rsR or for forage asr he eah loss
abandonment OF his horse said payment shall he de-
cteu rom the thereof unless snflstu hal
satisfy The paymasr the time Ne made shal make The
payment or thereafter show by proof that he was re.
onniad in which CAGE The deduction shall only extend to
shall have been shall hersae be made 10 any person
above mentioned on account Of clothing 10 which he was
not entitled by law, such payment shall be deducted from
| the value Of his horse or accouiremanisi
To establish claim under this provision The Claimant
must sdduce The evidence Of The Officer under whose com
mand he served when the loss occurred, II al,ye or VI
des then OF the neM surviving officer, describing The
property the value thereof al The time Of entering the
vice the time aud mnnner which the loss happened and
whether not sustained without any fault neg
eenee on the Claimants part The evidence should also In
the claimant remoned after the loss, when
he remonned how long he continued and explain
wheherhe horse whsreon he remouned had been
furnished by The United States been owned by another
mounted mllaman volunteer 10 whom payment for the
use and risk thereof for It's forage, whilst in the pos
session Of the claimant may have made and iii had
been thus owned should name ths person and ne com
which the claim may extend TO equpage the several srt
Giles o. which the same consisted and separate value Of
each should be specified.
Seroud Class Of Gases
| The second section OF the law enarls:
"Tlat any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage by The capture destruction by All enemy or by
mandne general the commanding officer, qnartermas
Ter Of any horse, mule OK wagon cart boat sleigh OF lar
mesa while such property was in The military service q
the United States eher by impressmeni or contract
cept In where the riak 10 which the property would
exposed was agreed TO be incurred by The owner and
any who has sustained shall sustain damage by
the death abandonment and loss Of any snch horse,
mule, while in the service aforesaid, In conseqnencs
shall lose has had shall have destroyed BY unavoa
harness while such property was the service
said shall be allowed and paid The yane thereof the time
he entered the serce provided shall appear thai such
loss, capture, abandonment destruction, or death, was
w any ault or negligence on the part Of The owner Of
sR " ss as. actually employed in he
To establish claim under this provision u WILL In adi
ton q ne testimony required under ne head q Frs
lost was IN the service by contract or i'm ressmen 70 pro-
Mhe " s e 4 - e
properly mentioned in such claim, and also Of the officer
der whose command NE same was employed 81 ne time
W what way the property was taken into the service Of The
limited saes he value thereof whether Or not te ri @
which wonid be exposed was agreed 70 be iucnre, by
The owner and whether not regarded horses mules
oxen ae engaged % supply the same with sufficient forage
In what manner the loss happened and whether not IL
was sustained without any tat or negligence on his part
| The fnh section Of the law enacs:
THAT In all instances where any minor has been shall
be engaged in the military service Of the United Staes and
was shall be provided with horse equipments. or
military acconrements by his parent guardian, and has
same has been shall be lost captured, destroyed OF
abandoned IN Tie before mentioned, said parent
sactory proof as In other cases. and the further proof iha,
he Is entitled thereto, by having furnished The same
parent or guardian Of minor wilI therefore,
in addition such testimony applicable 10 his claim Ia
previously described have 10 furnish proof thai he pro-
die minor died without paying for such property and that
he the parent or guardian is entitled 10 payment for u by
l MS having tlfnlSnru Tue hiut.
| The sixth section OF the law enacts:
That In all instances where any pes son, other than
minor has been shall be engaged Ia the military service
aforesaid and been shall be provided with horse or
equipments, with military accouiremenis by any person,
The thereof who has rsked or shall take the risk Of
himself and the same has been or shall be lost captured
destroyed or Abandoned In the manner before mentioned
40 In other cases and The further proof that he is entitled
thereto by having furnished the same and having taken the
risk on hmseGn
ha~ai ha
fore required every such owner thereof will have prove
that he did provide the horse, equipments or military
himself and that he is entitled TO pay therefor. by hav
ing furnished the same and taken the rsk thereof on him
OF the person who had been provided by him with such
horse, equipments, or military Announcements
Third c,dsS Of Cases
The seventh section Of the law enacts:
"That in all where horses have been condemned
by board Of eissrs on account Of their nn,neas for
forage all such horses and their egupage shall be allowed
and paid for whenever the facts shall be proven BY legal
such condemned horse and the equpage turned
70 quariemaster Of the army whether any receipt was
given and produced or not.r
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
must aduce the evidence of the under
the properly therein described was while In the military
service Of the United States, condemned by board o.
In consequence Of the Government falling supply forage
and that such property was turned over 10 quariermasier
OF the Ihittu states army, explaining Wntn the claimant
remonied &c required in said first class ofcases
In the production OF the evidence previously
described BE- dispensed with unless the impaccably q
producing be clepy proved and then The nearest and
best other evidence Of which the il susceptible
be furnished III lieu thereof
Every claim must be accompanied by deposition ofhs
claimant "decarlng that he has not received from any
oceror agent Of The United States any horse OF horses
equipage accoutrements, mule, wagon boat Sleigh
harness. the may be- IN lieu Of the property
Loot, any compensation for the same, and be sup
ported praccable, by the original valuation list il made
by the appraisers Of the property At the time the
taken into the United States service and In where
the loss alleged to have occurred because the United
States failed supply for the horse aud the
owner compelled by the order Of his commanding
officer embark and leave him. provided for in The
first secion ofthe law the aidavd OF the claimant must
in addition to the declaration above mentioned dsciar
thai he did In obedience TO the order OF his officer leave
said aud squpsge and that he sold other
wise disposed Of the said horse equpaee and
ceived any compensation for said horse eqpage from
4 any person whatever
All evidence other than the certificates OF ocera who
the Of giving them IN the military service Of the
United States must be sworn TO before judge nstre
Of the peace other person duly authorized administer
oahs and Of which authority proof accompany the
| evidence. GEO W.. CRAWfOkD,
| 'ttFi Secretary lf War,