The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-14

RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
Commissioner OF the General Land Office.
War Department, March a6, Is43.
Rules IN relation 70 claims prorifed for by on act Of Con-
gress, approved Sd March, 1919, entitled 'An 10
prOude for The payment Of horses and other property
lost or destroyed an the military SerUtee Of lie Uned
States"
n presented the office OF the Third Auditor OF the
Treasury Department. and each be ubstaRtiated by
such evidence hereinafter designated with respect TO
cases of the class under which 1t falls
FIRST Class Of Cases
By the first section of the law it is enacted:
"That any field, staff other officer mounted mill
aman, volunteer, cavalry, engaged in the mill
ary service oil the United States since the 18th OF June,
tanned shall sustain damage. without any fault nee
on his part while In said service, by the loss OF
e and which has died OF shah die OF said wound or BE-
ing wounded shall be abandoned by order OF his officer
and lost or shall sustain damage by the of any
by death or abandonment because oil unavoidable
OF the sea when on board United States transport
porraon for the horse, and the compelled, by
the order of his commanding officer to embark and leave
him. or in consequence of the United States failing sup
ply sufficient forage, because the rider dismouned
aud separated from his horse and ordered to do duty
foot at detached from his horse when the officer
in the immediate command ordered or shall order the
horse turned out to Craze in the woods pailes com
mons the United States failed, shall fail sup
ply sufficient forage, and the loss shall be
quept thereof for the loss of equpage in
sequence OF the loss OF his horse aforesaid shall be al
lowed and paid the value thereof to exceed two hun
bred dollars provided, that if any payment has been or
shall be made any aforesaid for the and risk
forage after the DEATH loss abandonment OF his
horse payment shall be deducted from the tbsSe
unless he satisfied shall satisfy the paymaser at the
time he made shall make the payment, thereafter
show by proof that he remouned in which the
deduction shall only extend to the time he was foot: and
provided, also. ii any payment shall have been shall
hereafter be made to any person aforementioned
of clothing, TO which he was not entitled by law,
such payment shall be deducted from the value OF his
horse or accoutremeuts."
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
atduce the evidence OF officer under
mand he served when the loss occurred, if alive; if
dead, then of the surviving officer describing
property the value thereof the OF entering the
vice, the time and manner In which the loss happened,
and whether it sustained without any fault
negligence the claimants part The evidence should
ALSO in the claimant was eonned after the loss state
when he remouncd how long he continued so, and
plain whether the horse whereon ne remountcd had
not been furnished by the Uned States been owned by
unied miiitianan volunteer whom payment
for the and risk thereof for lis forage, whilst in the
possession Of the claimant, may been made and if
had been thus owned should name the and the
mand which he belonged. And in every instance in
which the claim may extend eqnipage the several art
ces of which he consisted aud separate value ofeach
should be specified
Second Class Of Cases
The SECOND section of the law enacts:
"That any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage by the capture destruction by snemy by
the abandonment destruction by the order of the
manding general, the commanding officer quariermas
ter, of any horse mule, OK, wagon, cart boat, sleigh, or
hnmess, while such properly was IN the military service OF
the United states, either by npre' sment or contract,
cept In cases where the RISK to which the properly would
be exposed agreed be incurred by the owner and
any person who has sustained or shall sustain damage 10y
death abandonment and loss OF such horse mule
while in the in consequence of the
failure the of the Uned States to furnish the
win sulcien forage ana any person VINO mas os or sa
lose, has bad shall have destroyed by unavoidable &C
ciden any horse NUE. OK wagon cart, boat sleigh, or
harness. while such property IN the service Aforesaid
shall be allowed and paid the vaine thereof the time he
entered the provided shall appear that such loss
capture, abandonment destruction, or death, without
any fault negligence the part of the owner OF the
property and while il was actually employed in the service
of the United States"
To establish claim under this provision it will, in ad-
dlon to the testimony required under the head OF first class
OF be necessary IN cases where the property lost was
the service by contract impressment to produce the
testimony OF the officer agent OF the United States who
impressed or contracted Tor the service OF The property men
toned in such claim and also OF the officer under whose
command the was employed at the time OF the cap
ture destruction, loss, or abandonment, declaring IN what
way the properly taken into the service OF the United
States, the value thereof whether not the risk to which it
would be exposed was agreed to be incurred by the owner
and whether not regarded horses, mules, oxen he
gagged TO supply the same with sufficient forage in what
tanned without any fault or negligence on his part
The fifth section Of the law enacts
That in all instances where minor has been shall
be engaged in the military service OF the United States and
shall be provided with horse or equipments, mill
Announcements, by his parent guardian and has died.
shall die without paying for said property and the same
has been shall be lost captured DESTROYED abandoned
the before mentioned, said parent or guardian
shall be allowed pay therefor, making satisfactory proof
other and the further proof that he entitled
thereto, by having furnished the same"
parent gardian of deceased minor will therefore,
addition such testimony applicable 10 his claim is
previously described have furnish proof that he provi
minor died without paying for such properly and that
he the parent GUARDIAN is entitled payment for il by
his having furnished the same
The SIKH section of the law enacts:
"Thut in all instances where any person, other than
minor, has been shall be- engaged in the military
aforesaid and has been shall be, provided with
horse equipments, with military aecoutrements by
person. the owner thereof who has rSked or shall take
risk, OF such horse equipments military accoutre-
himself and the has been or shall be lost,
ptured, destroyed, abandoned, in the before
mentioned such owner shall be allowed pay 'hefeio on
and the further proof nat
he is ensd thereto by having furnished toe same, and
having taken the risk on himself"
Beside. testimony in support Of his claim herein be-
required such thereof VIII have to prove
that he did provide the horse, equipments military
mentioned and took risk thereof
himself and he is entitled therefor by having
and taken the risk thereof on himself
and this proof should be contained in deposition OF the
person who provided by him such horse
equipments, military Announcements
Third Glass of Cases.
The seventh section of the law enacts,
shat in all where horses have been condemned by
OF officers of their untnsss for
such and their equpage shall be allowed and paid
for, whenever the facts shall be by legal and
factory evidence, whether oral written
denned horse and the equipage tursed a quar-
of the army, whether receipt therefor
given and produced or not"
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
adduce the evidence of the witnesses under
the head OF first class OF cases, satisfactorily proving that the
property therein described was while in the military
the United States condemned by board of officers
of their being rendered unfit for service in
sequence Of the Government failing supply forage, and