The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-10
SOLDIERS BoUNTIEs.
information from the Adju-
tant General of Indiana.
DECISION OF THE WAR
-'ITs DEPARTMENT. a@FTS |
+, A Card.--ImpOrtant to Soldiers.

40 ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, 31is 9
or INDIANAPOLIS, August 3, 1856.
The following sections fof,l the, act
recently passed by Congress, for the
sequalizatiOn5of bounties, are publish
ed for information. glH 5a5 ag.7ut .beG
~ ~ SECTION L.. Be it enacted, etc, that
to each and every soldierlwho enlisted
INTO the army of the United States
after the 10th day of April, 1861, for
aoperiod of not less than three years
and having served his term of enlist
ment, has been honorably discharged,
and who has received, or is entitled
to receive, from the United States,
under existing laws, bounty of one
hundred dollars, and no. more,Tand
any such soldier, enlisted for not less
than. three. years, who has been hon !
orably discharged on account Eof
wounds received Lin = the = lnei yof
duty, and the widow, minor children.
or parents, in the order named, of
any such soldier who died in the ser
vice of the United States, or of dis.
ease or wounds contracted while. in
the service, and in the line of duty
shall be paid the additional one hun
dred dollars hereby authorized EgFgy
Section 2. That each and every
soldier who enlisted In the army of
the United States after the 18th day
of April, 1861, during the rebellion,
for period of not less than two
years, who is not included in the fore.
going section, and has been hOnorably
discharged therefrom after Serving
two years, and has received, or is en-.
titled to receive, from the United
States, under existing laws, bounty
of fifty dollars, and no, more and any
soldier enlisted for less than two
years, who has been honorably dis
charged on account Of wounds re-
ceiyed In line of duty, and the widow,
minor children, or parents, 9ain the
order named, of any such soldier who
died in the service of the United
States, and In the line ofeduty, shall
be paid the additional bounty of fifty.
dollars hereby authorized = provided,
that any soldier who has Chartered.
sold, assigned, transferred, loaned,
exchanged, or given away his final
discharge papers, or any other act of
Congress, shall not identified tore
ceiye any additional bountywhateyer;
and when application is made by any
soldier for said bounty, he shall be-
under the pains and penalties of per
jury, to make oath or affirmation Of
his identity, and that he has mot so
bartered, sold, assigned, transferred.
exchanged, loaned or given away
either his discharge papers, or any
interest in any bounty as aforesaid
and no claim for such bounty shall be
entertained by the Paymaster General
or other accounting or ,disbursing Off
Ger, except upon the receipt of the.
claimants discharge papers. accom-
panied by the statement, under oath,
as by this section provided - y
William Hannaman, Esq, General
Military and Sanitary Agent in this
city, is prepared to attend to all appli- /.
cations of those entitled to the bene-
hit OF this act, FREE OF CHARGE Act I
ing under the authority. of. the. State,
MIR. iHannaman possesses every facili-
ty for the prompt collection of. these
claims, and it is recommended to all
soldiers to entrust their business to
his care. = ,<-tt< V q Il
Papers throughout the State please
copy .'1'so1 haa .
BY order of Governor Morton.
w. Ell. III. TERRELL,
T01a Aujutant General of Indiana
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40 nooiaa 5 I'D oIsIoN. 81 u % ~
The official act of Congress, I au-
thorizing the payment of additional
bounty, published in General Orders
No. So from the War Department. re-
moved all ambiguity from the second
clause of the bill, and clearly defines
the object of the section. z Section Is
provides that every soldier who enlist !
ed after April 49,, 1861, who served
faithfully for two years, was honora-
bly, discharged, and who was not en-
titled to receive more than 800 boun-i
ty from the United States, shall be
paid the additional bounty of $50
The form of application to be made
by the heirs of deceased soldiers to
the Second Auditor, to obtain the adj
ditional bounty thus granted, will be
the same as that hitherto used In APP
plications, for arrears of pay and
bounty, except that the number of the
previous settlement should be given.
It should be stated that the OBJ
ject of the application to re-
cover the. additional g bounty.
provided by the 18th and 18th Sec
tions of the act of Congress, chapter
1,178, approved July q, 1866 and the
claimant should make oath of identi-
ty, and to the fact that the discharge
papers have not been disposedFof in
any manner whatever by the soldier
who received them. Itisnot believed
that payment of the additional bounty
can begin for some months to come,
as the funds for the purpose have not
been placed to the order of the Pay
master General; and still further, the
rules and regulations to govern the