The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-13
War Department, March 30, Is4o.

War Department, March 80, Isao.
Rules relation to claims provided for By act of Con-
gress, approved Sd March, 1919, entitled "An oct TO
prouide for the payment Of horses and other property
lost or destroyed IN the military service Of the United
States"
A LII CLAIMS under the provisions of this act must be
"A presented at the Office OF the Third Auditor of the
Treasury Department, and each must be subsanated by
such evidence hereinafter designated with respect
cases OF the class under which 1t falls.
First Class Of Cases
BY the first section of the law il is enacted:
''That any field staff other officer mounted mill
tay service the United the 18th Of June
1872 who shall hereafter be in said service and has
gence his part while in said service, by the loss of a
horse in battle or 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 his officer
and lost shall sustain damage by the loss of any horse
by death or abandon because Of the unavoidable dam
gers OF the when board United States transport
vessel because the United States failed to supply
por,ation for the horse and the owner was compelled by
the order of his commanding officer, embark and leave
him, in consequence Of the United States falling sup
ply Sufficient forage because the was disfn ounted
and separated his horse and ordered to do duty on
foot station detached from horse, when the officer
in the immediate command ordered or shall order the
horse turned in the woods, praires,
because the United States failed shall fail to
py sufficient forage and the loss was or shall be conse-
quen thereof for the loss OF necessary page
OF the loss OF his horse Aforesaid shall be al
bred dollars provided that any payment has
shall be made to aforesaid for the and risk
horse, said payment shall be deducted from there
of unless he satisfied shall satisfy the payaster at the
time he made shall make the payment or thereafter
show by proof that he rcmounted, which
deduction shall only extend the time he foot and
provided Also if any payment shall have been or shall
hereafter be made to any person above on &C
count 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
mand he served when the loss occurred if alive or if
dead, then of the next Surviving officer, describing
properly, the value thereof the of entering the
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and whether or not il was sustained without any fault
also IN case the claimant was emonned after The loss
when he was renouned, how long he continued So aud
not been furnished bv the United States or been owned Ly
another mounied miltiaman volunteer whom pay
possession of the claimant may have been made and if il
had been thus owned should the person and the
mand to which he belonged And in every instance in
which claim may extend to equipage the several ar
ces OF which the consisted aud value oeach
should be specified
Second Class Of Cascs
The second section of the law enacts:
''That any person who has sustained or shall sustain
damage by the capture destruction by enemy or by
the abandonment or destruction by the order of he com
manding general the ommandi9 oifcer or ouarerna.
ter OF any horse, mule, wagon, cart boat, sleigh,
harness. while property was in the military service of
cept in where the risk which the property would
xposed was agreed to be Incurred by the and
any person who sustained shall sus lin damage by
the death abandonment and loss Of any horse mule
failure the part of United Stes 70 furnish the same
with sufficient forage and any person who has lost shall
cdent any horse, mule wagon, cart, boat Sleigh
harness, while such property in the service Aforesaid
snail be allowed and paid the value thereof the time he
entered the provided shall appear that such loss
capture, abandonment destruction, or death, without
property and while was actually ployed in the service
of the United States"
To establish claim under this provision it will in ad-
don to the mony required under the head of first class
OF cases. be necessary in cases where the property lost
in the service by contract mpressmen produce the
i1r,ita
pressed contracted for the service of the property
toned in such claim, and also OF the officer under
command the same was empoyc at the time OF the cap
ue, destruction loss, or abandonment declaring in what
way the property taken into the of the United
States the value thereof, whether the risk which
would be exposed agreed be incurred by the owner
and whether not regarded horses, mules oxen he
gagged to supply the with sufficient forage, in what
the loss happened, and whether was sus-
lained without any fault or negligence on his part.
The fifth section of the law enacts
Tha in all instances where any minor has been or shall
be engaged in the military service OF the United States and
shall be provided with equipments or mill
ary Announcements by his guardian and has died.
shall die without paying for said property aud the
has been shall be lost captured, destroyed abandoned
in the manner before mentioned, said parent guardian
shall be allowed therefor, making satisfactory proof
in other and the further proof that he entitled
thereto, by having furnished the same"
parent gardian of deceased minor will therefore,
in addition to such testimony applicable his claim
ed the minor with the property the rein mentioned that
the minor died without paying Tor such properly and that
his having furnished the same.
The sixth section of the law enacts:
"That in all instances where any person, other than a
MINOR has been, or shall be, engaged in the military
wee aforesaid, and has BEEN shall be- provided with
horse equipments, with military accoutfemens by
any person. the owner thereof who rskcd shall take
the risk OF such horse, equipments military
ments himself and the has been shall be lost,
captured destroyed, abandoned, in the manner before
mentioned, such shall be allowed pay therefor
making proof in other and the further proof
be 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-
fore required such thereof will have
that he did provide the horse, equipments military
therein mentioned, and took the risk thereof on
himself and that he is entitled pay therefor by havny
furnished the and taken the risk thereof himself;
this proof should be contained position of the
who had been provided by him such horse
equ pments, military accoutrements
Third Class Of Gases.
The seventh section of the law enacts,
Tha in all cases where horses have been condemned bv
board of officers of their for service
consequences OF the Government failing supply forage
al such horses ana their equpage shall be
whenever the facts shall be proven by legal sats
acory evidence, whether oral written such
iemned horse and the equpage turaed quar-
ernaser oil the army whether receipt therefor
given and produced or not"
To establish claim under this provision the clanen
must adduce the evidence OF the
he head OF first class Of cases. satisfactorily proving the
property therein described was, while in the military
OF the United States condemned by board OF officers
account of their being rendered unfit for service in
sequence OF the Government failing supply forage and