The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-04

ffuss IN relation 10 claims iOrided for on act
| Congress, approred Sd March, leig entitled " al
act 10 proride for e payment Of horses and oihe,
property lost OF destroyed in The military serrice d
! me tinted States
ALL CLAIMS under the proyiaions OF his act mus
n be presented NJ the Office OF the Third Auditor OF The
Treasury Department. and each must be sbstantaied BY
such evidence Is hereinafter designaed with resect
Gases OF the class under which II falls.
First Class Of Cases
I BY the first section ofthe law il is enacted:
'.Tilaf any field, staff. other officer mounted mill
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ISLE or who shall hereafter be In said service, and has
gence on his part while In said service BY the loss Of
horse h battle Or BY The loss q horse wounded II battle
wounded shai be abandoned by order OF ha officer aud
lost shall sustain damage by the loss Of any horse by
death abandonment because The danger.
OF the when board United States transport vessel
or because the United States tailed supply transportation
Tor the horse, and The compatibility the order
his commanding officer TO embark and leave him, Ia
consequence ofthe United States falling 10 supply sufficient
forage, because rider dismo,rted and separated
from his horse and ordered do duty foot nj station
detached from bis hore, or when the officer IN the nme
Craze In the woods praires, commons, the
United aasf aied shn TAIL supply sufficient iosase,
ana The loss shall be consequent hereof ihe
loss Of equpage in consequence OF loss 81 lis
horse as aforesaid, shall be allowed and paid The value
hereo NOT 10 exceed Two hundred dollars provided that
any pryme has been shall be made any one
said for the use and risk or for forage aer the DEATH loss
Quoted from the value thereof unless he satisfied shalt
satisfy Tie paynaser al the time he made or shall make the
nounted in which case the deduction shall only extend to
The lime he was OH foot and provided also, any payment
above mentioned on account Of clothing 70 which Re was
not entitled by law such payment shall be deducted from
| the value his horse or accoulrements"
To establish claim under this provision the claimant
must adduce the evidence Of the officer under whose
mand he served when the loss occurred, Ii alive IL
properly the value thereof al he time 81 entering Tie
vice. the time aud manner which the loss happeed and
etnce on the claimants part The evidence should also IN
the Claimant renouned after the loss state when
whether the horse whsreo lie reouned had been
furnished by the United States, or been owned by another
mounted miiaman or volunteer 10 whom payment for the
and risk thereof for s forage, whilst In the pos.
session Of the claimant have been made and II had
been Illus owned should name the person and the com
mand to which he belonged. And in every instance In
which the claim may extend 10 equpage the several lrt
Giles Of which the same consisted ana separate value Of
each 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
nnding general the commanding officer, or quarermaa
tel OF any horse mule OK, wagons carl boa sleigh or har
me- ae ssr Tna re- ss or
cet in where the risk TO which the properly would
any person who has sustained or shall sustain damage by
the death abandonment and loss Of any such horse.
s whs nm e o ssSce ass s
same with sufficient forge and any person who has lost or
shall loae or has had or shall have DESTROYED by nnayoa
OF harness. while sch properi, was In the service aore
said, shall be allowed and paid the yane time
he entered The service provided shall appear thai snc
loss, capture, abandonment, deslrucon, OF death, was
without any fault on the pan Of The
The property and while II was artually employed IN the
service OF the United States"
To estahlisha claim under this provision WILL in add
Glass Of Gases be in eases where the property
lost In The service by contract mpressmeni 10
States who impressed Of contracted service OF The
properly mentioned In such clnnl and also of the officer
the capre deoruction loss, abandonment declaring
~ whatway The property was taken into The service o. ne
whiri would be exposed was agreed be incurred by
the owner and whether NOT as regarded horses mules
IL what MANNER lie loss happened and whether o. moi il
sustained without any FAULT or negligence on his part
Ths filth section Of IN. law euacs
ha In all instances where any minor has been shall
be engaged in the military service OF The United States aud
shall be provided with horse equipments OF
died Of shall die without pay liz Tor said properly and hs
same has been OF shall he lost captured destroyed, Of
or nnardsn ahalI be allowed psy ,hereior on making sat
tsctoy proof az In other cases and The rther proof Thai
he Is entitled thereto by having furnished the same
parent guardian Of ader eheh minor WILL therefore,
In addition 10 such testimony applicable 10 his claim as Ia
onsly described, have q furnish proof that he pro.
yided The minor with the property therein mentioned That
the minor died without paying for such property and lha
he the parent guardian, is entitled 10 payment for il b.
his having furnished the same. t4tt
The sixth section Of the law enacts: II. "a
THAT in all instances where any peIs son, other than a
minor has been shall be engaged in emitary service
aforesaid and has been shall be provided with horse
equipments, with military Announcements by any person,
the owner thereof whe has rised shall take the risk OF
himself and The same has been or shall be lost captured
destroyed abandoned in The manner before mentioned
such owner shall be allowed pay therefor making proof
in other and the further proof thar he il entitled
thereto By having furnished The same and having taken the
Resies the tesuony II, sppor Of his claim herein be-
fore required every such owner thereof will have prove
That he did the sG en s Or
HIMSELF and that he is entitled to pay therefor, by hav-
Ing furnished the same and taken he risk thereof on hint
OF the person who had been provided by him with such
horse, equipments, or military accoutremeits.
Third class Of Gases
The seventh section Of the law eracs:
That IN all cases where horses have been condemned
service in consequence Of the failing TO supply
forage all such horses and their eQnpage shall be allowed
satisfactory evidence whether oral written, that
such condemned horse aud the equpage was turned over
qiiartermaster OF the army whether any receipt
given and produced ornot.n
To establish claim, under this provision The claimant
addnce the evidence OF the witnesses mentioned under
the head Of first class OF cases satisfactorily proving that
the properly therein described was. while In the military
service Of The United States, condemned by board OF
officers OF their being rendered unit Tor service
in consequence of the falling to supply forage
and that such properly was turned over 70
remounted &C. required In said first class Of cases
In no case the production of The evidence previously
described be dispensed with unless the mpraccabily Of
producing be cerry proved and then he nearest and
best other evidence OF which the is susceptible must
he furnished III lieu thereof
Every claim must be accompanied BY deposition ofhe
claimant declaring that he has not received from any
officer agent u the United States any horse horses
equpage, accouremenis, mule, wagon cart, boat sleigh
harness, the may be- in lien OF the properly
lost nor any compensation for tie same and be sup
ported pacteabe by the original valuation list made
by The appraisers OF the property at the time the came
taken into tie United States service and in where
the loss alleged have occurred because the United
States aled supply transportation for the horse, and the
owner was compelled by the order Of his commanding
officer embark and leave him. provided for in the
rs section ofhe law Jhe aidavid Of the claimant must,
in addition the declaration above mentioned, declar
that he did, in obedience the order VI his officer leave
said and equpage and that he never sold other
wise disposed OF The said horse equpage and
ceived any compensation fol said horse equpage om
| any person whatever"
All evidence other than the certificates OF officers who
the time Of giving them were in The military service Of thr
United must be TO before some Judge, Justice
OF the peace other person duly authorized TO administer
oahs and OF which authority proof should accompany the
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