The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-28

The tract claimed otherwise such claim will he forfeited
RICHARD NJ. YOUNG,
- Commissioner OF the General Land Office.
Mar 4-lawl3w
War Department, March 40, Is49.
Rules relation 10 claims PROVIDED for by an act of Con.
greS, approved Sd March. lsi9 entitled "An act to
Prou'de TOR the payment Of horses and other property
lost or destroyed IN the military service of The United
States"
LII CLAIMS under the provisions this act mus, be
"A presented the office of the Third Auditor of the
such evidence hereinafter designated with respect
cases oil the class under which it falls.
First Class Of Cases.
BY the first section of the law il is enacted.
THAT any field, staff, other officer mounted mill
tianan volunteers cavalry engaged in the mill
tary the United States since the 18th of June
1872 who shall hereafter be in said service and
tanned or shall sustain damage without any fault neg.
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
ing wounded shall be abandoned by order OF his officer
and lost shall sustain damage by the loss of any horse
by death or abandonment because OF the unavoidable dan
gers OF the when board United States transpor,
vessel because the United States failed supply trans.
poation for the horse, and the compelled by
him. consequence otSe United States failing TO sup
ply sufficient forage or because the rider dsmounted
and separated from his horse and ordered duty on
foot station detached from his horse when the officer
in the immediate command ordered shall order the
mons because the United States failed shall fail to sup.
ply sufficient forage and the loss shall be conse-
quen thereof for the loss of necessary equpage in
sequence Of the loss of his horse aforesaid shall be al
lowed and paid the value thereof exceed hun
shall be made to any aforesaid for the and risk
for forage after the death loss, abandonment of his
horse said payment shall be deducted from the value there
Of unless he satisfied shall satisfy the paymaer at the
time he made shall make the payment, thereafter
show by proof that he remounted in which the
deduction shall only extend 10 the time he foot and
provided also. if payment shall have been shall
hereafter be made to any person aforementioned
of clothing. to which he entitled by law.
such payment shall be deducted from the value Of his
horse Announcements"
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
must adduce the evidence of the officer under whose
nand he served when the loss occurred, If alive or if
dead, then of the surviving officer describing the
property the value thereof at the time OF entering the
vice, the time and in which the loss happened
and whether not il sustained without any fault
negligence on the claimants part The evidence should
ALSO in the claimant remounted after the loss
when he was remonned how long he continued so, and
explain whether the horse whereon he remounted had
not been furnished by the United States been owned
another mounted militaman volunteer whom payment
for the and risk thereof for its forage, whilst the
possession of the claimant, may have been made and if
had been thus owned should the person and the
mand to which he belonged. And in every instance in
which the claim extend to equipage the several art
of which the same consisted and value
should be specified
Second Class Of Cases
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 destruction by the order of the
nandng general, the commanding officer quarterma.
tor, OF any horse mue OK, wagon, cart boat Sleigh
harness while such property was in the military service of
The United States, either by npressment contract
cept where the risk to which the property would
be exposed was agreed TO be lnc1red by the owner and
the death abandonment and loss of such horse mule
while IN the service aforesaid in consequence of the
with sufficient forage and any person who has lost shall
lose has had shall have destroyed by unavoidable
cident any horse, mule OK wagon cart, boat, Sleigh
harness. while such property in the aforesaid,
entered the provided shall appear that such loss
CAPTURE abandonment, destruction, death, without
fault or negligence on the part of the OF the
properly and while it actually ployed the service
Of The United States" f''' = = - : '''''
To establish claim under this provision il wil in ad-
dton to the testimony required under The head of first class
of be in where the property lost
in the service by contract mpressnent produce the
OF the officer agent of the United States
impressed contracted for the service of the property
toned in such claim and also OF the officer under whose
command the same was employed at the time of the cap
destruction loss, abandonment declaring in what
the n,G or hs ns
would be exposed agreed to be Incurred by the
gagged supply the same with sufficient forage. in what
tho loss happened, and whether not il was
tanned without any iaut or negligence on his part
The fifth section OF the law enacts:
s'That in all where any has been or shall
be engaged in the military service of the United States and
was Or be provided WIN an. horse or or m
or shall die without paying for said properly and the same
before mentioned, said parent guardian
shall be allowed therefor, on making satisfactory proof
other cases. and the further proof that he is entitled
thereto, by having furnished the same"
parent gardan of deceased minor will therefore,
in addition to such testimony applicable to his claim
ded the minor with the property therein mentioned that
the minor died without paying for such property and that
he tho parent guardian, entitled 10 payment for by
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section of the law enacts:
"That In all instances where any person. other than a
mnor has been, or shall be- engaged in the military
aforesaid, and has been, shall be, provided with
horse equipments, with military accoutements, by
person. the thereof who has rsked shall take
the risk OF such horse, equipments, military accoue
mens himself and the has been shall be lost
captured destroyed Abandoned In the manner before
such shall DO allowed pay therefor on
making proof in other and the further proof that
10 entitled thereto by having furnished the same, and
having taken the risk on himself"
Besides the testimony n.suppor Of his claim herein be-
fore required such thereof will have TO prove
no did provide the horse, equipments or military
therein mentioned and took the risk thereof
himself and thar be entitled pay therefor, by having
furnished the and taken tho risk thereof on hmsslf
and this proof should be contained in deposition of the
person who had been provided by him with such horse
equipments. military scoeutremsnts
Third Ciass of Cases.
The seventh section Of the law enaots
That in all where horses have been condemned by
hoard of officers of their unftness for servce
OF the Government failing supply forage
d. such and their equipage shall be allowed and
or whenever sha be proven by legal and
evidence whether oral written, that such
ienned horse and the equlpags mraed quar-
oil the army, whether receipt therefor
riyen and produced or moi"
To establish claim under this provision the claimant