The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-11
War Department, March 20, 1919.

Mar 4-lawl3w
War Department, March 20, 1s49.
Rules relation % claims provtdsd for by act Of Con-
gress, dpproUed Sd March, lS49, entitled "An act to
prouide for the payment of horses and other property
lost or destroyed in the military seruce efe United
Sidtes.'
A LII CLAIMS under the provisions of this act must be
n presented the Office of the Third Auditor of the
Treasury Department, and each must be subsaaated by
such evidence is hereinafter designated with respect 10
cases of the class under which it falls.
First Class Of Cases
BY the first section of the law it is enacted:
"Tha any field, staff other officer mounted mill
ary service OF the United States since the 18th of June,
tanned shall damage. without any fault negli
gence his part while in said service, by the 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
by death abandonment because Of the unavoidable dan
gers OF the when board United States transport
portaon for the horse, and the owner was compelled by
the order of his commanding officer to embark and leave
ply sufficient forage because the rider dismounted
and separated from his horse and ordered to do duty
in the immediate command ordered or shall order the
horse turned out to in the woods, pIares,
ply sufficient forage, and the loss shall be
qient thereof Tor the loss of necessary in
lowed and paid the value thereof not TO exceed Two hun
ded dolars provided, that if any payment has been
for forage after the DEATH loss, abandonment OF his
horse said shall be deducted from the value there
Of unless he satisfied shall satisfy the paymaster at the
time he made or shall make the payment, or thereafter
show by proof that he was remouned in which case the
deduction shall only extend the time he foot and
provided, also, ii any payment shall have been shall
hereafter De n made any person on ae
such payment shall be deducted from the value of his
horse or accoutrements."
must adduce the evidence OF the officer under whose com
mand he served when the loss occurred, if alive Or if
property the value thereof the time of entering the
vice, the time and manner in which the loss happened
and whether o. not II was sustained without any fault
negligence the claimants part The evidence should
also in the laman remouned after the loss
when he was remouned how long he continued so, aud
explain whether the horse whereon he remounted had
not been furnished by the United States been owned by
another mounted militiaman volunteer whom payment
for the and risk thereof for its forage, whilst in the
possession of the claimant may have been made and if it
had been thus owned should the person and the
mand which he belonged. And in every instance in
Giles OF which the consisted and separate value EACH
should be specified.
Second Class Of Cases.
The second section of the law enacs:
"That any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage by the capture destruction by enemy, by
the abandonment destruction by the order Of the
nandng general the commanding officer or ouarernas
ter, OF any horse mule, OK, wagon cart, boat sleigh,
harness. while such property was IN the military service OF
in cases where he risk to WHICH the or woad
be exposed agreed to be inc1rred by the owner and
any person who has sustained shall stin damage by
the death abandonment and loss any horse mule
while in the service in consequence of the
failure the part the United States TO furnish the same
with sufficient forage and any person who has lost or shall
ose has had shall have destroyed by unavoidable
harness. While such property was in the service Aforesaid
shall be allowed and paid the value thereof the he
capture abandonment destruction or death, was Without
any fault or negligence the part of the owner the
of the United States"
To establish claim under this provision will in ad
dtlon to the testimony required under the head of first class
nstxt
in the service by contract impessmen produce the
testimony OF the officer agent of the United States who
Impressed or contracted for the service of the property
toned in such claim, and also OF the officer whose
ure destruction loss, abandonment declaring in what
way the property taken into The the United
States the value thereof whether not the risk which it
would be exposed agreed be incurred by the owner
and whether not regarded horses mules oxen he
manner the loss happened and whether sus-
tanned without any fault 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
was or shall be provided with horse equipments mill
ary announcements by his guardian and has died.
or shall die without paying for said property and the
has been shall be lost captured destroyed Abandoned
in the manner before mentioned, said parent guardian
shall be allowed pay therefor on making satisfactory proof
in other and the further proof that he entitled
thereto by having furnished the same"
parent or gardian Of deceased minor will therefore,
In addition to such testimony applicable his claim
previously described have furnish proof that he provi-
ded the minor with the property therein mentioned that
the minor died without paying such properly and that
he the parent guardian, entitled payment for it by
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section of the law enacts.
That in nil instances where any person, other than
minor has baen, shall be- engaged in the military
vice aforesaid and has been, shall be, provided with
horse or equipments, with military accoutements, by
any person. the thereof who has risked, shall take
the risk, OF such horse equipments, military accoutre
ments himself and the has been shall be lost,
captured destroyed, Abandoned in the before
mentioned such shall be allowed pay therefor,
making proof cases. and the further proof that
he is entitled thereto by having furnished the same and
having taken the risk on himself"
Besides testimony support of his claim herein be-
fore required every such thereof will have prove
that he did provide the horse equipments. military ac
mentioned and took the risk thereof on
himself he entitled therefor by having
nished and taken the risk hmsef,
proof should be contained in deposition the
had been provided by him such horse
equipments, military accoutrements.
Third Class of Gases.
The seventh section of the law enacts
''That all whe have been condemned by
board of officers Of their unhness service
consequence of the Government failing supply ge
all such horses and their equpage shall be allowed and paid
whenever the facts shall be proven by legal and
factory evidence, whether oral written that
defnned horse and the equipage ursed a
termas,er OF the army, whether receipt therefor
given and produced or not" .r.a.f.
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
must adduce the evidence of the under
the head of first class OF proving the
property therein described was while military
vice OF tho United Sates condemned by board of officers
of their being rende red un con.
sequence OF the Government failing supply forage, and