Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-23
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We copy the following regulations and Of
fetal circulars furnished 20 an army officer by
authorities at Richmond. There are throughout
the South persons who have lost sons, husbands,
or brothers, IN the service, to whose arrearsges,
OF pay they are entitled These regulations
make their course perfectly plain, and Obviate
the necessity OF incuTing any trouble or expense
about the collection
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, c. S. A
SECOND AUDIroHs OFFICE, Richmond JuRe -
Regulations for the payment Of claims for Ar-
rcars Of pay dae to Geseassd soldiers Per Aet
103. Approved February IS, I562-The FIRST
section Of the set is as follows: " The Congress
of the Confederate States Of America do enact
Tha. the pay and allowances due TO any diseased
volunteer, On-cOmmissiOned officer, musician
or private, in the army of the Confederate States,
shall be paid to the widow Of the deceased, if
living; if not, 10 the children, if any and in de-
fault of widow OF children to the father. if liv-
ingi and if not, to the mother Of sUcn diseased
volunteer; and payment viii be made accord
ingly.
Isl. If the child or children be minor. pay
ment viii be made to the guagdian, upon the
production Of the proper certificate, under the
seal of the court
ID Tie claiming heir must produce his or
her affidavit and that of one disnteTested peIsen.
stating the relationship and that there is no other
person entitled to clsim-For instance: If the
claimant be a mother, the affidavit must state
that there Is living neither wife child or father
of the deceased if the father that there is neither
child or wife; and if the child, that there is no
wife. The magistrate admins teIing the oath
should certify to the cTedibilty Of the witness,
aGd the clerk of the court should certify under
the sesl, that he is such magistrate.
81. These regulations 90 not apply to com
al officers avaeuf ar-or7r7t
does not exceed Sl00, and there is no admin
stratiOn.
Claims prepared in compliance with the SOre-
going Instructions and transmitted TO this Cttics
by mail, or ortherwise will receive as prompt at
tsnton as the business Of the office will allow.
w. II. S. TAYLOR, Auditor.
The form given below, it win be seen, IS in
tended for the use Of widow who has lost an
unmarried son in the service, but it requires very
little and easy to be understood alterations TO
suit any case. We leave the name Of The State
in the FORM merely to aid in the filing up Of the
blank description of troops:
CONTROLLERS OFFICE June 81 1862
I concur in and approve the above
LEWIS CRUGER, Comptroller
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Before the
- County. Justice of the
Peace, personally appearsd--. and
made oath on the Holy Evangelist Of Almighty
God, that she is the mother of---, decd,
late (private) Of Capt ---'s company,
(letter) (no) regiment, North Carolina troops,
and that her said son died without leaving
widow, child or father, and she is therefore en-
titled to the arrears Of pay cetera, that may be
due him from the Confederate States and also
appeared at the same time, ---( witness
and made oath as aforesaid that he knows the
son, and the facts sworn to by her are true, and
be is disinteTested therein