Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-29
COUNTIES.

BOlSlIES.
One hundred dollars is paid to every
volunteer whe shall have served two years
or who shall have served during the war,
if sooner ended.
The widow or other heirs of such as die
in the rervicc, or are killed, receive SlOO,
in addition to all arrears of pay and al
lowances.
To settle controversy, the acts and sec
tions of acts of Congress providing the
above are given below. They are taken
from the officially published book con
tanning the laws of the late session OF
Congress:
AN ACT to Increase the pay Of the prvates in the
regular army nnd Of the volunteers in the service
OF the United States, and for other purposes.
SEC. l. he 1t enacfcd by the Senate and
House Of Representatives, ofthc UnHed Si1teS
Of .lmcrjca IN Congress assembled, That the
pay of the privntes in the regular army
and volunteers in the service of the Uni
ted States be thirteen dollars per month
for three years from and after the passage
of this act, and until otherwise fixed by
law. Approved Aug. 9th, 1861.
Extracts from "An act to authorize the
employment of volunteers, &c. Approx
July 22d, 1861.
SEC. ;. ind be ii fwrihsr enacted, That
the ofcsrs, un-commissioned officers,
and privatcs; orga nizcd as above set forth.
shall, in all respects, be placed on the foot
! ing, as to pay and allowances, of similar
corps OF the regular army: Prorided. That
the allowances of non-commissioucd otii-
GERS and privates for clothing, when not
| furnished in kind. shall be three dollars and
! fifty cents per month, and that each COM
| pauy officer, nOn-commiSsiOnedo officer, pri
vatc, musician, and artifcer of cavalry
| shall furnish his own horse and horse
equipments, and shall receive forty cents IL
| day for their use and risk, except that in
! case the horse shall have become disabled,
or shall die, the allowance shall cease uu-
til the disY bility be removed or another
horse be supplied. Every volunteer. nom
commissioned officer, private, musician,
and Nrliticcr who enters the service of the
Unitcu States under this act, shall be paid
at the rate of fifty cents in lieu of subsisC-
encc, and if cavalry volunteer, twenty-five
cents additional in lieu of forage. for ev-
cry twenty miles of travel from his place
OF enrolment to the place of muster, the
distance to be measured by the shortest
usually traEeIeu route anu wien HouoF"-
bly, discharcd, an allowance ut the same
rate from the place of his discharge to his
place of enrolment, and, in addition there
to, if he shall have served for Il period OF
two years, or during the war. if sooner end
ed. the sum of one hundred dollars.
SEC q. ind be 1t further enacted, That
any volunteer who may be received into
the service of the United States under this
act, and who may be wounded or other
wise disabled in the service, shall be en-
titled to the beuefits which have been or
may be conferred on persons disabled in
the regular service; and the widow, if
there be one, and if not, the legal heirs of
such as die, or may be killed in service, in
addition to all arrears of pay and allow
ances, shall receive the sum of one hum
dred dollars.
SEC. I9. ind be it Jurther enacted, That