The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-05
War Department. March ae, 1870.

act 10 propide for The payment Of horses and other
property lost destroyed u, me military ssrrce IF
The United States
A Ii. CLAIMS under the provisions Of this act must
Treasury Department, and each be substnfiaed by
such evidence hereinafter designated, with respect
Cases OF the Class under which il fals.
First Class Of Cases.
by the FIRST section Of The law II is enacted;
"That any field, stan, other officer mounted mill
ary service Of tie Uasa STATES snee lie ish of june
1914 who shall hereafter be In said service, and has
tanned shall sustain damage without any fault or negl
gence his part while in said service by the loss Of
horse IN bae by the loss OF horse wounded Ia battle
and which has died. shall die OF said wound or being
wounded shall be abandoned by order Of his officer and
lost or shall sustain damage BY the loss Of any horse by
death abandonment because Of The unavoidable dangers
Of the when board United States transport vessel
for The horse and the owner was compeea BY ie order
his commanding officer 70 embark and leave him. Or In
consequence ofh United States falling TO supply SUFFICIENT
forage because The rider dlsmourte and separated
from his horse, and ordered to do duty foot at station
date Command ordered or SHAH order he horse red Out
to Craze In the woods prairies or commons because The
nsd States Sat- failed Or ss fall g supply sufficient sraSs
loss Of eqnpage nconsequence OF the loss Of his
horse as aforesaid, shall be allowed and paid he value
any payment has been shall be made TO my one aiore
said Tor the use and risk for forage alter the deai loss
or abandonment OF his horse said payment shall be de-
Quoted from tire value thereof unless he satisfied shall
satisfy the paymaster at the time he made shall make the
payment, thereafter show by proof that he was re-
mounted in which the deduction shall only extend to
the time he was on foot and provided also any payment
shall have been shall hereafter be made any person
above mentioned account Of clothing 10 which he
not entitled by law such payment shall be deducted from
the value This horse or accoutremenis" 8&
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
must addnce the evidence Of the officer under whose com
mand he served when the loss occurred, u alive or,
dead, then OF the next surviving officer, describing the
property, the value thereof the time Of entering the
vice. the time and manner which the loss happened and
gence the claimants part. The evidence should also,
the claimant was RENOWNED aer the oss state when
he was remonned how long he continued So and explain
whether The horse whereon he remounted had
furnished by the United States been owned by another
mounted mtioman volunteer whom payment for the
and risk thereof for It's forage whilst IN The pos
session ofthe claimant, may have been made and 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 70 eqpage the several ari
each should be specified.
Second Glass Of Cases.
The second section Of lhe law enacts: r
That any person who has sustained or shah sustain
damage BY the capture or destruction by an enemy, or by
the abandonment destruction by the order Of the com
mandinc general the commanding officer, qartermas
ter Of any horse mule wagon cart boat Sleigh or har
the United staes either by impressment or Contract
eepf in where The risk 10 which the property would
my person who has sustained ehal sustain damage by
The death abandonment and loss Of any snrh horse,
The failure the part ofhe United States furnish The
same with sufficient forage, and any person who has lost
tHall fnd
Die accident any horse mule OF, wagons cart hoai sleigh
OF harness while aeh property was in he service aiore.
he entered e service provided il shall appear that such
loss capture, ahandonmcn destruction, or death, was
fault Or negligence on 'hs ps,t r %
service Of the United StatrEln eaf
To establish claim under This provision II WILL in ald
ton 10 the testimony required under the head Of First
Glass Of Cases be necessary In where the properly
lost was in the service by contract or mpressen pro-
dnce the testimony Of the officer or agent Of the United
States Impressed contracted for the service o the
property mentioned In such cain and also 81 The officer
iiudeY Whose command The wasemployed at The time
Of capture destruction loss, abandonment declaring
n watway the property was taken INTO the service Of The
which 1t would he exposed agreed 70 he Incurred BY
he owner, whether not az regaled horses mules
in what manner e loss happened, and whether or not II
sustained without any fault negligence on his part
The fnh section Of the law enacta
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.
diea q shall de Without aying for said properly and the
has been shall he lost captured, destroyed
or snpda aa be allowed pay rrear on mixing al
lsriory proof In other cases and The irther proof that
he Is entitled thereto by having furnished The same"
parent guardian NJ deceased minor WILL therefore,
previously described, have furnish proof that he pro
vided HE minor with the property therein mentioned that
the minor died without paying for such property, and that
he The parent guardian s entitled to payment for by
his having furnished the same
The SIKH section Of the law enacts:
z That In all instances where any person. other than
minor has been shall he engaged In the military service
aforesaid and has been OF shall be provided with horse
equipments, with military accontremens, by any person,
The owner thereof who has risked shall take the risk Of
himself and the same has been or sin be LOST captured
destroyed Abandoned In The manner before mentioned
such owner shall be allowed therefor making proof
In other and The further proof that he Is entitled
thereto by having furnished the same and having taken the
risk on himselfh @
Besides The testimony in support Of his claim herein be.
fore required every such owner thereof 10 prove
that he did provide the horse, equipments military
himself and that he is entitled TO pay therefor, by hav
lug furnished the and taken The risk thereof him
OF lie person who had been so provided by him with such
horse, equipments or military accouiremenis,
Third class Of Cases
The seventh section Of the law enacts:
aTlat in all where horses have been condemned
oy board o. ocers o account o. sne mnnness l9r
forage all such horses and their equpage shall be allowed
and paid or me 1es shall Dc 6y sa
such condemned horse and the equipage turned
to quarermaser Of the army whether any receipt was
given and produced or not"
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
must aduce the evidence Of the witnesses mentioned under
the head Of first class Of cases satisfactorily proving that
the property therein described was while in the military
service of the United States condemned by board OF
in consequence ofthe Government failing supply forage
and that such property was turned over to
was remouned &c required in said first class cases
In no the production OF the evidence previously
described be dispensed with, unless the impraccaby Of
be clesry proved and then the and
best other evidence Of which the is susceptible
be furnished in lieu thereof
Every claim be accompanied by deposition OF the
claimant declaring that he has not received from any
officer agent Of the United States any horse horses
or asss tas The case may be-, IN lieu Of the properly
lost, any compensation for the aamc,n and be sup
ported, fractcable by the original valuation list II made
by appraisers of The property the time the
taken into the United States service and IN where
the losn Is alleged TO have occurred because the United
failed nuppy transportation for the horse aud the
owner was compelled by the order Of his commanding
officer embark ond leave him, provided for in the
first section OF the law; the adavid OF the claimant must
In addition to the declaration above mentioned decnr
that he did Ia obedience the order Of his officer leave
said horse and equlpage and that he sold other
disposed OF the said horse equipsge and
celved any compensation for said horse equpigc from
any person whatever"
All evidence other Than the certificates Of officers who At
the time Of giving them were in The military service Of The
United States must be TO before Judge Justice
niher duly auth