The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-11

/ HNo"5FrSSj upportu 1u IHuTrtt lb3Jl cHiNfu an
act 70 proride for he payment Of horses and othe'
property lost or deef,oysdi in The military serrics o
HE Tinted .Statesn
| LII CLAIMS under The provisions Of this ACT mus
be presented al the Office oil the Third Auditor Of is
Treasury Department, and each be substaniaed by
such evidence Ia hereinafter designated with respect
cases Of the class under which II falls.
! FIRST Class Of Cases.
| by the FIRST section Of the law Il is enacted;
That any field, staff, other Officer mounted mill
lary service Of lhe United States since The 18Th Of June
1872 who aall hereafter be in sadsersce, and has
gence on his part while in said service by the loss Of
horse " battle Or BY the oas q horse wounded n battle
and which ha died. shall die Of sd wound OF heins 80
wounded shall be abandoned by order OF his officer and
LOST shall nsain damage by the loss Of any horse by
death abandonment because of the unavoidable danger
OF the when board United States transport vessel
Or because the United States tailed to supply transportation
LOT TIE horse and the owner was compelled by the order OF
his commanding officer to embark and leave HIM or in
Consequence OF the United States failing TO supply sufficient
forage on beranae the rider H mounted and separated
from his horse AMI ordered TO do duty on foo, Al station
detached from his horse, when the offcer IN the mme
TO craze Ia The woods prairiss because the
United States fed shall fail 10 supply sufficient forage,
and the LOGS was OF shall be consequent thereof for The
loss OF essary euipage ia consequence Of the loss Of his
horse MS aforesaid shall be allowed and paid The value
hereof not 10 exceed Two hualed dollars provided that
II any payment has been shall be made any aofe
sd Tor ne use aud risk, or o forage after The deai loss
or abandonment Of his horse, sad payment shall BE- de-
deed from the value thereof nnlesa he satisfied shall
satisfy The paymasie Al The time he made shall make the
payment, or thereafter show by proof that he
mounted in which the deduction shall only extend 10
The time he was On tool and provided, also IL any payment
shall have been shall hereafter be made any person
above mentioned Oh account Of clothing TO which he was
MOI entitled by law, such payment shall be deducted IRON
HE value OF his horse or acconiremenIs.''
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
nsi nd,uce Tie evidence OF The officer under whose
mand he served when the Lose occurred, IL alive or il
dead then OF The next Surviving officer, describing the
vice. the time aud manner which tile loss happened, ami
whether or not II was sustained without any laii neg
genfe on me CLAIMANTS part The evidence should asn IN
case the claimant remounted AFTER The loss when
he was emonted, how long he continued so, and explain
whether the horse wsrs9n he remonnted had not been
furnished by the United Satee been owned by another
mounted miliaman volunteer payment for The
use and risk thereof Oh for Its forage whilst In The pos
sesson OF fle claimant may have been made and u Ind
been thus osned should name the perron and the com
warh he claim may extend to equipaee The several sr
ceG Of which the same consisted, ana separate value
each should be specified.
Second Cioss Of Cases
The SECOND section Of The law enac,s.
:" That any person who has sustained shah snsian
damage BY the capture destruction by enemy, or by
ihc abandonment dtstrncon by The order Of The com
inandng general the commanding Officer, qnartermns
Ter Of any horse mule OK wagon cart boat sleigh har-
ness while such property was in ie military service OF
the United Saies either by impressmen OF contract, er
efpt IN where The risk which the properly would
be exposed was agreed TO be incurred by The owner and
any person who has sustained on shall ssaln damage BY
he death or abandonment aud loss Of any snc horse
mule, or OK while in the service aforesaid, In consequence
same with sficen orsge andany pc rson who has los or
shall lose or has had or shall have destroyed by navoia
bic accident any horse mule or wagon cart boat sleigh
or harness. while such property was in the service aioie
rd shall he allowed and paid The value ,hefeo al the time
he entered The service provided II shall appear that such
loss, capture abandonment destruction, death,
without any ault negligence on The pdri Of The ownero
The property, and while Il actually employed in the
To establish claim under this provision il will In add
ton TO The testimony required under the head OF First
lost was the service by contract OF i'm ressnei pro-
uce the testimony Of the officer Or agent Of the United
properly mentioned in such cain and also Of the officer
under whose commando The same wasemployed AT the time
IN Ws wav r. nronsry yas aken mo lie sr,ice Of ~
United States The value thereof whether the risk
the owner aud whether Or moi. regarded horses, mules
osen az engaged to supply the same with sufficient forage
in what manner The loss happened aud whether o. no, j
sas sustained without any an negligence on lis part
The fiilh section oi the law enacls:
That in all instances where any minor hasbcen or shall
be engaged IN The military service q The United States and
military accouiremenis BY his parent or guardian, and has
died or shall die wito" paying Tor said properly and The
abandoned, IN The before mentioned, said parent
or guardian shah be allowed pay therefor on making sal.
siacory proof in other Cases. and the further proof that
he rs entitled thereto, by having furnished The same
parent Guardian Of deceased minor win, therefore
previously described have 10 furnish proof that he pro
vied tho minor with the properly therein mentioned, that
the minor died without for such property. and thai
he, the parent guardian, Is entitled to pay for II by
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section ofihe law enacts;
"ThaI in all instances where any person, other than
minor, has been shall be engaged In The military service
aforesaid and hns been shall he provided with horse
equipments with military acconremenis BY any person,
the thereof whe has risked shall take the risk OF
such horse, equipments or military accouremenis on
himself and the same has been or shall be lost, captured
destroyed or abandoned IN the manner before mentioned
such owner shall ne allowed pay therefor on making poo
ms in other cases and The further proof that he Is entitled
thereto by having furnished the same and having taken the
risk on himself"
Besides the testimony IN support Of his claim herein be-
that he did provide the horse equipments or military
conlrcmens mentioned and took the risk thereof
himself and that he is entitled TO pay therefor by av
ing furnished the same the risk thereof on him
self and this proof should he contained deposition
of the person who had been provided by him with such
horse, eauipments, or military Announcements.
Third class 81 Cases.
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