The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-08
War Department. March n, 1s4e.

\ nMfs W TefuttoH 20 fafUS profideu f0r by an act
! Congress, approved 81 March, 1919, entitled Al
act 70 proride for the payment Of horses and oths
property lost or destroyed IN he military serrics
The Gnffed Sfofes.n
! IL CLAIMS under the provisions Of this act mus
II be presented IL the Office Of the Third Auditor Of n
Treasury Department, and each be subetantiaed
such evidence as Is hereinafter Designated With respect
cases Of the class under which II falls
First Class Of Cases.
ny the first section OF the law II Is enacted:
THAT any field, stan, other officer mounted mil
aman, volunteer Ringer, cavalry engaged in the mil
ary service The United States since the lsth OF Juns
1879 o. who shall hereafter be In service and has SUI
ained shall sustain damage without atty fault or neg
eence on his par, while Ia said service, BY the loss OF
horr in battle by the loss Of horae wounded In bats
and which has died. shall die Of said wound, being
wounded shall be abandoned by order 81 his officer am
lost or shall sustain damage BY The loss Of any horse
Of the when board United States transport vessel
because the United States failed TO supply transportation
for ihe horse and the owner compelled Dy the order
his commanding ahicer 10 embark and leave him. or il
consequence ofthe United States falling supply sucIen
forage because the rider iamourted and separate,
from his horse, and ordered do duty foot al stato,
detached from his borse or when the officer IN The ime
date command ordered or shall order The horse turned
10 Craze In te woods prsries commonn, because Tn
United States failed. shah fail supply sufficient rage
and the loss shall be consequent hereof or ii,
horse Aforesaid shall be allowed and paid the value
hereof exceed hundred dollars; provided Tia
any Payment has been shall be made any
said for the se and risk Tor forage after the deaib, loss
on abandonment OF his horse. said payment shall be de
Quoted from The value thereof unless lie satisfied or sal
satisfy The paymaster at the time he made shall make m
il which case The sdgsen shall a only - extend !,
The fine he loot and provided, ALSO any payment
shall have been o. shall hereafter be made to any person
mt entitled by law such payment shall be deducted IRON
the value OF his horse or accouirements.i'
To establish clanl under this provision tho claimant
must sdduce the evidence Of the officer under whose
maud he served when the loss occurred, alive; Or
The o. ysa s mex N sh hs
vice. the time and manner IN which the loss happened and
whether or not I was sustained without fault or neg
gence the claimants part The evidence should also In
case the claimant renounied aIer the oss state when
he was remonnted how long he continued and explain
whether the horse whsreon he was Iemonted had been
furnished by the United States been owned ty another
mounted miltam,n volunteer TO whom pay for The
use and risk thereof for ito forage whilst Ia the pos
session the claimant, may have been made aud il had
been thus owned should name the person and the com
which the claim may extend 10 equpoge the several ar
cles OF which the same consisted, ana separate value OF
each should he specified.
Second Classof Gases
The second section OF the law enacts:
That any person who has sustained shall sustain
damage by The capture destruction by enemy, by
The abandonment or destruction by The order Of The COM
mandng general the commanding officer, quartermas
ter OF any horse mule wagon cart boat Sleigh or har
ness while such property was in the military service Of
the United States, either by impressmen or contract
cep in where the risk which the property would
be exposed was agreed 10 be incurred by HE owner and
person who has sustained shall sustain damage by
The death abandonment and loss OF any ench horse
mne while In the service aforesaid in conseqnence
with scen forage and any person who has lost
shall lose, has had shall have destroyed by
bic accident any horse mule wagon cart boat sleigh
harness while ouch properly in the service aiofe.
sa shall be allowed and paid the value time
he entered the service provided il shall appear that such
loss, capture, abandonment destruction, death,
without any fault OF negligence on The part owner o.
the property and while il actually employed In the
service Of the United Satssn
To establish claim under this provision will In add
ton to the testimony required under the head Of Firu
Glass OF Cases. be necessary In cases where the property
lost In the service by contract impresameni,
,nce the testimony Of the officer agent OF the United
Suites who lmpre ssed ar contracted for the service Of the
property mentioned In such cain and uHo Of the officer
luder whose command the same waseployed at the time
Of HE capture, destrcon loss abandonmenh declaring
rniird States HE value herso hsher OF not The rick
which would be exposed agreed 10 be incurred by
the owner md whether NOT regarded horses mules
oxen ae engaged 70 supply the same with sufficient forage
sustained without any fault negligence on his part
The hith section Of the law enac,s
"That In all instancts where any minor hnEbeen sal
was or shall be provided With horse OF equipments
military accoutremene by his parent guardian and ha
same has been Or shall Be losi, captured, Destroyed
Abandoned In the manner before mentioned said paren
poo and he hsr
he Is entitled thereto, by having furnished The same"
q sasdan q minor NJ M rreors
previously described have to furnish proof that he pro,
yided Che minor With the properly therein mentioned that
he the parent guardian is entitled 10 payment for Il by
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section Of the law ehaeis;
That in MI instances where any person. other than
minor has been shall be engaged in The military service
aforesaid and has been rhs be provided with horse
equipments, or with military announcements by any person
The owner ihvrco whe has rssed or shall lake The risk o
such horse, equipments, or military Announcements on
destroyed Abandoned in the before mentioned
such owner shall be allowed pay therefor, on making proof
Ia other and The further proof that he Is entitled
hereoby having furnished The same and having taken the
risk on himsefn
besides ihe testimony ID support Of Ills claim herein be-
fore required, every such owner thereof will have prove
that he did provide the horse, equipments, military
coutrtmsns therein mentioned and took the risk thereof
himself and that he is entitled pay therefor, by hav.
lug furnished the and taken the risk thereof on HIM
self and This proof should be contained 10 deposition
Of the who had been provided by him with such
horse, equipments, or military aecouiremenis
Third class Of Cases,
The seventh section OF the law enacis
0Thnt In all cases where horses have been condemned
by board OF officers, on account OF their nnfness for
forage all such horses and their eqpase shall be allowed
paid for whenever the facts shah be proven by legal
snsh Condemned horse and Se eanpare was turned over
quartemaster Of the army, whether any receipt was
given and produced or not"
To establish claim under this provision the clrimant
must adduce the evidence OF the witnesses mentioned under
the head oil first class OF satisfactorily proving that
the properly therein described was, while In the military
service of The United states, condemned by board Of
oeers Of their being rendered unfit for service
consequence OF the Government falling TO supply forage,
and that such property turned aqusrtermasie
the United STATES army, explaining when The claimant
remounted Sc required In said first css Of cases
In no case the production OF the evidence previously
described be dispensed with unless the mpractcabillty Of
producing be Clearly proved and then the nearest and
best other evidence OF which the Is susceptible must
be furnished In lieu thereof
Every claim must be accompanied by deposition OF the
claimant, declaring that be has not received from any
sicer or agent Of The United states any horse or horses
cuupage accourements, mule, cart, boat, sleigh,
or harness, the may be In lieu Of the property
lost nor any compensation for the samei and be sup.
ported npaccabe by the original valuation list made
by the appraisers Of the property al .he time the same was
taken The United States service, and In cases where
the loss is alleged have occurred because the United
States failed supply transportation FOR the horse, aud the
owner was compelled by the order OF hts commanding
officer TO embark and leave him, provided for in the
frs section ofthe law the ajavid the claimant
in addition the declaration above mentioued. declar
that did, IN obedience 10 the order Of his officer leave
sud and equpoge and that he never sold other
wise disposed OF The said horse equpage and
ceived any compensation for ssid horse equpag, rom
| any person whatever"
All evidence other than the certificates Of officers who
the time Of giving them in The military service Of the
United States must be TO before some judge Justice
o the peace other person duly authorized TO administer
oatha and OF which authority should accompany the