The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-10-08
6ts Gantaster e5a5etts.
OmcIaI information as TO BOuntie.

OnchA information ne to Bounttes
In the following circular from the
Provost Marshal General, will be found
official Information as to the bOunties
now offered by the Government The
impression has prevailed to some ex-
tent that theS3O2 bounty does not ap-
ply to recruits for old regiments. The
Adjutant General decides that the
bounty does apply to them. All re-
cruts enlisted since the 18th inst. are
certainly entitled to it, and will receive
it without question:
~ PRovoST MARSHAL GEMS OFWcE, !
WASHINGTON, D, c., Sept. 10, 90. I
His Erce'teRcy, the Gouera0r Of OHIO,
sa Columbus, Ohio:
SIR-You are authorized to raise as
many regiments ofvolunteers-infan
- ry and cavalry--as you think you can
.s,. complete in organization in reasona-
BILE time. The proportion Of cavalry
should not be large.
y The recruitment will be conducted
under the provisions Of General Orders
No. IS, series OF 1862, from tho War
Department
- The organization Of the respective
regiments and companies must conform
to the requirements Of General Orders
sst NO llO current series, from the Adju-
tant General Office
All musters into servicowill be made,
and supplies furnished in accordance
81 with the established orders and rcgu.
iations of tho Department.
To volunteers enlisted under this
authority, bounties, &c, will be paid as
follows, viz:
l. Toa veteran volunteer, as defined
in General Orders No 101, of Juno %,
1868, for recruiting Veteran Volun-
tccrs, ono months pay in advance,
and bounty and premium, amount
ing to SlO2 will be paid, as follows:
l. Before leaving the State, the vctcr-
an volunteer will be paid ono months
pay in advance Sl3; first installmcnt
ofbounty, S25; premium, So; total pay
before leaving general rendezvous, $40
2. At the first regular payday or
two months after muster-n, an addt-
ional instalment of bounty will be
paid, $50 making pay and bounty then
roccyod S7G
3. AT the first regular pay day, after
six months service an additional in
stallment of bounty, $50.
4. At the first regular payday, at the
end of first year . ecrvce an addition
al instaIlment of bounty, $50.
- 5. Atthe first regular pay day, after
18 months service, an additional boun-
ty will be paid, $50 -
G. Atthe first regular pay day, after
two years service, an additional in
stalment Of bounty, 50.
Z. At the first regular pay day after
two and half years service, an addit-
ional instalment Of bounty, $50
s. At the expiration Of tho three
years service, the remainder Of the
bounty will be paid.
III. To all other men accepted and on
listed, as herein required, one months
pay in advance, and in addition,
bounty and premium, amounting to
1902, TO be paid as follows:
/. Before leaving tho State, tho men
accepted under this authority will bo
paid one months pay in advance, Sl3;
first installment Of bounty, S25; premi-
um, So; total pay before leaving tho
State, $40
- 2. AT the first regular pay day, or
two months after muster in, an addi-
tional installmcnt Of bounty will bo
paid, $40
3, At the first regular pay day,
after six months service, he shall bo
paid an additional installment Of
bounty, $40.
4. At the first regular pay day, at
the end Of the first years service, an
additional installmcnt of bounty will
be prd, $50
3, AT the first regular pay day, af-
Ter eighteen mouths service, an addi-
tional instalIment Of bounty will be
paid, $40.
6. At the first regular payday, af-
ter two years service, an additional in
stalment ofbounty will be paid, $40.
7. At the first regular payday, af-
ter two and half years service an
additional in5talment of bounty will
be paid, $40.
8. At the expiration Of three yoars'
service, the remainder of tho bounty
will be paid, s3j.
If the Government shall not require
these troops for the full period of three
years, and they shall be mustered hon
orably out of tho service before the OK.
piration of their term OF enlistment,
they shall receive, upon being muster
od out, the whole amount Of bounty re-
naming unpaid the same as If the full
term had been served. The legal heirs
of substitutes who die in the service,
shall be entitled to receive tho whole
bounty remaining unpaid at the time
Of the soldiers death
/ have the honor to be, sir very ro-
spectfully your obedient servant,
JAMES b. FRY,
Provost Marshal General
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