Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-02-10
Bounty Equalization.

If Mr.. Cobb, our representative at
Washington, has one virtue, it is his sym-
pathy for and appreciation of the sold
ers who fought the countrys battles Ia
the late war. All Of his official as well as
private acts are evidences Of this; but
no one is stronger than the following
bill, which he presented some time ago,
and succeeded in getting passed through
the lower House Of Congress last week ::
he Il enacted Jy tie Senate and House Of Repre-
ssatttiges of The United States of america IN
Congress assembled.
sycrIos /, That the fourth section Of the act OF
March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, entl.
il,d An ACT in relation TO additional bountes and
for other purposes be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and that all claims for bountes under the
provisions Of tho act cited In the third section OF said
act or in this act may be presented at any time.
SIC. 2. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That the third
eec,ou OF the act entitled 'An act to increase the
nav Of the priyates in the regular army and In the
volunteer service of the United ) aies, and for other
purposes approved August sixth, eighteen hundred
and sixty one, be, and the same Is hereby construed
and declared TO mean that every non'commlseoned
officer musician WAGNER, ariiicer, or private Of
volunteers enlisted or mustered In by virtue OF the
proclamation OF the President OF the United States
and the General Orders OF the War Department,
numbered fifteen and twenty hve dated respectively
May fourth and May twenty .Rfh eighteen hundred
aud sixty one issued In accordance herewith prior
to july twenty second, eighteen hundred and sixty
one shall be entitled to, and be paid the allowance
of one hundred dollars provided by said proclama-
ton and general orders In all cases where such non
commissioned officer, musician, wagner, attfcer or
private houorably discharged Of mustered out OF
.cvvIre bv authODty And In NIL
where such non-commssioned officer, musician,
WAGNER artifcer private has died since such dis
charge or muster-out, the same shall be paid to his
widow, Children, or father OF mother, In the order
herein named.
SIC g. And be IL rurther enacted, That the
widow Children or father and mother, In the order
herein named, Of any soldier who enlisted for less
period than one year. and who was killed or died In
Inc service. shall he entitled to receive the same
hounties as has been provided by law, where the
soldier enlisted for two years.
rhs bill if made law will remedy in
j ,stice in two particulars, which result
from all SO called equalization meas
ures heretofore adopted;
|. 1t gives to those patriotic men, who,
under the first calls for troops in 1861,
enlisted without waiting for the induces
ment of bounties, an additional hundred
dollars each, which only makes the en-
tire amount given them the same as paid
TO those who enlisted few months later,
nder the calls wherein bountics were
offered
q Under all acts now in force, the
heirs of soldier who enlisted for less
period than one year, and died or was
killed in the service, cannot receive q
cen. Of; bounty, The injustice Of this
needs no argument to prove, and tho
necessity of such m act as comprises tho
sd section Of Mr.. Cobb's bill must be at.
United by everybody,
Mr.. Cobb has been known to be in fa>
vor of passing some such bin ms this for
long time, and is entitled to great
credit and gratitude, from the classes ben
Gifted especially, for the efficient manner
in which the thing has been accompllsh>
ed No other member in the House has
appeared to take any interest in the mats
ter, and only by the most persistent effort
on Mr., Cobb's part has the bill been
brought to where it now is 1t would
seem almost impossible that the Senate
can refuse to concur in measure so
clearly demanded by justice and right,
and we confidently expect it will soon be
passed by that body and receive Presi.
dent Grants approval