The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-09-20
Bounty Lands.


The Commissioner of Pensions will
soon issue instructions and new regula,
tions for procuring bounty and land
warrants through that Office. The
following instructions will be of inter-
est to many z
The acts of Congress now 10 force
granting bounty land, entitle each Of
the surviving persons in the following
classes to certificate or warrant fdt
such quantity of land as shall make,
in the whole, with what he may have
heretofore received, one hundred and
sixty acres, provided he shall have
served a period of not less than four
teen days, to-wit:
l. Commissioned and non. on.commis-
stoned officers, musicians, and privates;
whether Of the regulars, volunteers.
rangers, or militia, who were regularly
mustered into the service of the Uni
ted States in any of the wars in which
the country has been engaged since
1880 and prior to march 8, 1856, to-
wit:
III. Commissioned and non commits.
stoned officers, seamen, ordinary sea-
men, ffotilIamen, marines, clerks and
landsmen in the navy in any of said
vars :,
Ill. Militia, volunteers, and troops
of any State or Territory called into
military service. and regularly mus
tered therein, and whose services have
been paid by the United States.
w. 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 Rev
olutionary war, and marine, seamen,
and other persons in the naval service
of the United States during that war.
vi. Chaplains who served with the
army in the several wars of this couR-
try. =. =. 3,
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 Unt"
ted States or not.
Each of the Surviving persons in
the following classes are entitled to q
certificate for like quantity of land
without regard to the length Of service
(provided be was regularly mustered
into service) to-wit:
1. Officers and soldiers who have
been actually engaged in any battle in
any of the wars in which this country
has. sheen engaged prior to the war of
the rebellion.
the invasion of Plattsburg, in Septenr-
Der, 1914. r. .r
8 The volunteers who served at the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the Rev
olutionary war.
4. The volunteers who served at the
battle of Miekojack against the con-
federate savages Of the South.
5. The volunteers who served at the
attack on Lewiston, in Delaware, by
the British fleet in the war of 1872.
In addition to these classes thesS
acts also extend to all Indians who
served the United States in any Of
their wars prior to the war of the re-
bellion, the provisions of this and all
the bounty land laws heretofore pass
ed, in the same manner and to the
same extent as if the Indians had been
white men.
When the service has been rendered
by a substitute he is person entitled
to the benefits of these acts, and not
his employer.
In the event OF the death OF any
person who, if living, would be entitled
to certificate as aforesaid, leaving q
widow, or, if no widow, minor child
or children, is entitled to a certificate
or warrant for the same quantity OF
land such deceased person would be
entitled to receive under the provis-
ions of said acts if now living.
A subsequent marriage will not i'm
pair the right of any such widow to
such warrant if she be widow Mt the
time of her application. Persons
within the age Of twenty one years on
the third of March, 1855. are deemed
minors within the intent and meaning
of said acts.