The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-10-01
Pay, Rations and Bounty 10 Soldiers.

ticle5 on tnlS SUBJECT, we are informed tDat
there is much misconception in tie country, in
regard to the pay. bounties, de-, Of soldiers in
the army. For the benefit Of those concern.
ed, We have taken some pains to obtain cor
, rect information on this subject, and below we
: give the fac as we understand them. We
believe they will be found correct, unless re-.
cent changes have been made at Washington,
which have not been reported to the military
authorities here, and the publication of which
has not fallen under our observation.
First, in regard to the pay Of soldiers, we
cut the following from the Washington
Chronicle. 1t was prepared by one well verS.
ed in tie law relative to the pay of volunteers,
and may be relied upon AZ correct. Ihirteea
dollars MONTH is tie highest pay Of rri-
rates IN any branch Of tie service. All sto
res Of higher pay in regiments forming out
of the State, told for the purpose Of drawing
recruits from here are untrue:
/. by acts OF the late Congress all boun.
ties Tor enlistment were abolished, as well a.
the two dollar fee for bringing recruits to the
rendezvous for enlistment.
Q. For the first re.enlistment in the regular
army, the soldier is to receive two dollars per
month in addition TO his former pay, and one
dollar for every subsequent enlistment.
3. Soldiers who now enter tho service, eth
er rs regulars or volunteers, "for the wal"
and serve out their enlistment, shall, with
their discharge, receive 500 bounty, or that
amonnt will be paid to the legal representa-
tives Of such as die or are killed in the ser.
vice.
4. After the 9th Of August. 1851, privates
who receive eleven dollars will receive thir-
teen, and those who formerly received twelve
dollars will also receive thirteen -privates and
rporais receive the o"'uo p'y-buL no Other
,rarrn !, ,,aIo !" t'e pay or non commission
ed officers, musicians and arilticers.
s. BY the increase in the privates' pay, the
allowance OF every officer who has a servant
is increased thereby--cither twelve or twenty
four dollars for each servan: he is entitled to.
NOTE There is NJ authority for the offer
OF $50 now made as an inducement TO enlist.
The additional bounty for enlls.meuts at dis
taut points is also abolished. The fee for ad-
minslerng the oath is abolished that duty
is hereafter to be performed by commission,
cd officer.
In regard 10 clothing and rations each sol.
dier is entitled to two full suits Of clothing a
year, or the same may be con muted at three
aud halt dollars per month. the soldier fura.
ishiug his own clothing. The ralions are sta
ted 10 be as follows:
RATIUNs-DAILY.
J.! pounds Of pork or bacon, or II pounds
Of fresh or salt beef; p ounces Of bread or
flour, OF one pound OF pilot bread.
RATloNs TO 100 MEN DAILY.
Eight quarts Of beans, 10 pounds Of rice or
homInr, besides one pOand Of potatoes three
times a week to each man or substitute
therefore; 10 pounds Of coffee; Is pounds Of
sugar; ( quarts Of vinegar; II pounds Of al
amanlir = candles; 4 pounds Of soap, and
quarts Of salt. Extra issues Of mo!asses are
occasionally made.
Rajoui may be commuted at 20 cents per
day when stationed in cities, or where there
i, no opportunity Of messing, or when in regu-
lar camp at the cost Of the ratious.
Tho government has already commenced
paying pensions TO the families Of soldiers who
have fallen in battle, which is a very credta-
bic act. The n. Y. Evening Post compile.
the following Information on this subject, which
it pronounccs authentic. 1t will be interest.
ing to volunteers, and to those depending up
on them for support:
PENSIONS.
! Under the first section Of the act Of July 4,
1926, soldiers Of the volunteer or militia ser.
vice and the widows of soldiers dying in bat.
tie or from injuries or disease incurred while
in service, are entitled TO lie tiH BENEFIT Of tLe
iuyalid pension laws. Volunteers for more
than six months are especially provided for by
an act passed at tie lat, session of Congress.
similar in advantages, except omitlng the
hundred dollars bounty upon honorable dis.
charge. The invalid pension laws give the
wounded soldier an annual stipend proportion
cd to his disability, viz: il totally disabled,
the pay TO which he is entitled while in the
service; if half disabled (as certified by the
examining surgeens), then half pay; and so
on for a less disability.
Widows of officers or soldiers dying in the
service, or by reason Of injury or disease in
CURED therein, are entitled to a pension
am uniting to oue-half the pay received by
their husbands Minor children under sixteen
(whcrc Il ere is no widow are entitled to this
pension TO be equally divided if there is more
than one clid) until of the age mentioned
No bounty land is provided for by law, for
any service hatever subsequent to the pass.
age of the act of March 3, 1855 For service
previous to that date the soldier can only re-
ceye bounty land when he has been engaged
in some recognized war, or else has actually
been in battle, in the service Of the u. 5.
Neither bounty land nor pension will be
granted except upon satisfactory proof Of SER
vice and identity forwarded to the Pension
Office at Washington. Those in want Of
forms, or Of more particular directions how
to proceed in making their applications
will by furnished with circulars contain.
ing information on addressing tho Commis.
soncr Of Patents at "ashinglon.
There is no provision Of law for giving boun
ty land to the soldi, rs in service IN this war,
but there car be no reasonable doub, that at or
before its conclusion, Congress will provide
bounty land for all the soldiers who serve dur
ing the war Detroit Free Press.
MRs PARTINGToS on A New TEAfL.-A
shadow passed our window the door opened
aud looking up we saw the form of Mrs.
Partiug,on before us. i've just dropped in, "
she said. Dropped in! and she weighs one
hundred and fifty il she weighs an ,uuce.--
She held up her snuff box as she sail "yood