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wan DEPARTMENT,
W An UKFAHTHEFTl
ADJUrANr 0REERAL's OFTtcE,
' TLsHINdroS, September 10, 1896.

l. Ali applications shall be hlsJ within the period Of
siE months from the Let day Of october, 1885, and be-
fore any payments are made, shall be elassihed BY
regiments batalons or other separate organizations,
and no application hed after that period shall be set
tied until the former shall have been paid.
2 No application shall be entertained unless accom-
panied BY the original discharge Of the soldier and tho
Gdav required By the 18th section Of the Ae aud the
further Ghdav that he has received nor is he
titled to receive the United States under Any laws
or regulations prior to the act Of July 2sh 1850,
than sioo bouaty for any and military service
dtrtd by him during the late rebellion over and above
tbeSmount therein claimed.
3 All applications for the additional bounty author.
Ied by this act from surviving soldiers shall be In the
form he einAer prescribed and the evidence Of idsn
hty shall be the as 1, required, and sppleA
hous from the heirs Of deceased soldiers shall be in the
form now required by the Treasury Department
4. As soon as the examination Of the claims Of any
regiment, or other anIAon, shall have
been properly acted upon the PaymAser General shall
take the necessary steps for their prompt payment
s. register shall be kept in the Paymaster Gsn-
erals once, aud also In the once Of the Second Audi
tor, Of all clAims presented under the law, In which
the claimants will be classified by regiments, Ae. II
the CLAIMS be allowed, the amount Of bounty paid to
each will be noted, and rejected the Of rejee
uon will be distinctly stated.
9. In the applications for bounty, as required BY the
Sd Of these rules the adAyt shall state each aud every
period Of service rendered by the claimant and also
that he served otherwise than az therein stated
T. Organizations itregularIy in the service Of the
United States called out for special purposes as
State Militia Home Guards 6c aud not included lin
the general bounty laws not included within the
meaning Of the act.
g. Soldiers enlisted for 'Three years or during the
war" who were discharged by reason Of the termina
Hon Of the shall be considered as having served
ou tie period Of their enlistment and are entitled to
bounty under this act
L.Eaa aNH ~ faE han ~ nuA0
this aet must proven have existed at the date Of
Its passage Parents shall receive JofntIy the bounty
to which they may be entitled heirs, unless the
father has abandoned the support Of his family, in
which case 1t shall be paid to the mother Nou.resi
dsnee In the United States shall not be bar to the
claims Of heirs who would otherwise legally Inherit
The provisions Of the act exclude from Its benefits the
following classes:
l. Thoss who after serving the full period Of their
enlistment dishonorably discharged at Its oEpi'
ration.
Those discharged during enlistment BY way Of
favsr or punishment
s. Those discharged on account Of disability con-
trAeed in the service but not oeeasionsd by wounds
received "in TN line Of duty" who shall not have
previously served three years respectively at
the time Of discharge.
Those discharged on account of disability existing
at the time Of their enlistment.
The heirs Of those who have died since their dis
charge Of wounds or disease contracted In the
vice, and In the line Of duty.
The surviving soldiers and heirs OF deceased sol
diers who, under previous laws, have received
entitled to receive bOuHty Of more than sOO from the
United statos.
T. The surviy ng soldiers as well as the heirs Of de.
ceased soldiers when such soldiers have bartered sold
assigned loaned trAnserrsd exchanged, given away
their anal discharge papers, or any interest In the
bounty provided BY this any other Act Of Congress-
The Act OF the 2sth Of July 1866, creates right
of Inha thnuA nv tha Law nd
which these heirs received entitled to receive
the original bounty and debArs certain classes brOthOrs
and sisters Of heirs that entitled to receive the
original bounty, from any claim for the additional
bounty provided by this Act
Respectfully referred to the Attorney General for his
opinion on the point whether the Rules and Regula.
uOns within amended are in conformity with law.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
sKPrExBER "A, 1866.
Ihavs examined these amended Regulations, and am
Of opinion they are iu conformity with law.
HENRY sTANBERY,
Attorney General.
SEPTEMBER 10, lsOo
The foregoing Rules and Regulations published
for the Information and guidance Of all concerned.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant AdIutant General.
APPLICATION OF DncHAKaED soLDIKR FoR ADDITIoEA AL
BOUNTY.
State NJ - County Of -@ @:
% this - day Of -, ls6-, personally appeared
before me, - In and for the county and State
aforesaid, -, -, in the county Of - and
State Of -, personally known to me, who being
duly sworn according to law declares that his age
years; that he is 4 resident Of -, county Of,
State Of, asd that he is the identical - who
was enlisted as - In Company Of the - regi'
- -
discharged from the service Of the United States, as
d., on the day Of -, 1856, by reason
OF -, and that he has again enlisted asa In
Company -, Of the - regiment Of -, to serve for
the period Of - and that he was discharged from the
service Of the United States asa at -, on the
day Of -, 1856, by reason Of -, and thA
there is additional bounty Of I'D due him under the act
Of Congress- approved July IS 1866. And he does fur
ther declare that he has not baTtered sold assigned
Transferred loaned, exchanged or given away his anal
discharge papers, any Interest in the bounty pro-
vded by this any other act Of Congress that he has
not already received or Is entitled to receive any other
greater bounty than $780, and that the statement Of
service above given Is correct and true statement Of
any and all service rendered by him during the rebel
lion, and that he has served otherwise than as
stated, and he desires all communications cOneorGing
this claim to be cont to him at -, county Of -
and State Of
Signature Of Claimant.
ALso personally appeared before - and -
Of the county Of - and State Of --, personally
known to me, who being duly according to law
declare that they have been for - years aequaiaed
with -, the above named applicant, who was
in Company Of the - regiment Of -, and
know him to be the Identical person named in the
foregoing declaration and that they have interest
whatever in this application.
Signatures QJ 0ftnssssS.
sworn to and subscribed before me this - day Of
-, 1856.
0rlcidl signature
CERTIFY that -. befro whom the foregoing
declaration and Afdayh were made, ia, duly
authorized to administer oaths and that the above is
his signature.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and
omcial seal, this - day Of, 1856.
tLsl -, Clerk Of The
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