Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-07
who are Entitled to Bounty Land.

The Commissioner of Pensions will
soon issue instructions and new regula-
tions for procuring bounty land war; ants
through that Office. The following in
structions will be of interest to many.
The acts of Congress now in force
granting bounty land entitle each Of the
surviving persons in the following classes
to a certificate or warrant for such guam
tity of land as shall make, in the who'll,
with what he may have heretofore" re.
ceived, 100 acres, provided he shall have
served period uf not lc : than fourteen
day.. to wit:
/. Commissioned and ron com mission ed
officers, musicians, and privates, whether
of the regulars, volunteers, rangers, or
militia, who were regularly mustered H.
to the service of the United States in any
of the wars in which this country has
been engaged since 1890, and prior 10
March 3, 1855, to wit:
II. Commissioned and n0E-cOmmis-lon'
ed officers, seamen, ordinary seamen, ho-
tilla men, marines, clerks, and landamen
in the navy in any of said wars.
Ill Militia, volunteers, and State
troops, of any State or Territory called in
to military service, and regularly mus
tered therein, and whose services have
been paid by the United States.
". Wagonmasters and teamsters who
have been employed under the direction
of competent authority, in time OF war,
in the transportation of military stores
and supplies.
V. Officers and soldiers of the Revolu.
tionarv war, and marines, seamen, and
other persons in the naval service OF the
Unitad States during the war.
vi. Chaplairs who served with the
army in the several wars of this country
VII. Volunteers who served with the
armed forces of the United States in any
of the wars mentioned, subject to military
orders, whether regularly mustered into
the service Of the United States or not.
Each of the surviving persons in the
following classes are entitled to like GER
tifcate for like quantity OF land, with
out regard to the length of service, pro-
vided he was regularly mustered into
service, to wit:
I. Officers and soldiers who have been
actually engaged in any battle in any OF
the wars in which this country has been
engaged prior to the war OF the rebellion'
II. Those volunteers who served at the
invasion Of Plattsburgh, in September.
1914.
III. The volunteers who served at the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the Revolu'
tionary war.
w. The volunteers who served at the
battle OF Nickojack against the Confeder
ate savages of the South.
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attack on Lewiston, in Delaware, by the
British feet, in the war of 1912.
In addition to these classes, these acts
also extend to all Indians who served the
United States in any of their wars prior
to the war OF the rebellion. the provisions
of this and all the bounty land laws here
tofore passed, in the Same manner, and to
the same extent as il said Indians had
been white men.
When the service has been rendered by
a substitute, be is the person entitled to
the benefit of these acts, and not his en-
ployer.
In the event Of the death of any person
who, il living, would be entitled to GER
tificAte or warrant "a aforesaid, leaving n
widow, or, if no widow, minor child or
children, such widow, or, if no widow,
such minor child or children, is entitled
to q certificate or warrant for the same
quantity of land s1ch deceased persons
would be entitled to receive under the
provisions of said acts il now living
A subsequent marriage will not impair
the right OF any such widsw to such war
rant il she be widow Mt the time at her
application.
Persons within the age of twenty ODE
years on the Sd day of March, 1850. are
deemed minors within the Intent ana
me ming of said acts.