Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-09-20
Who Are Entitled TO Bounty Lands.

The Commissioner of Pensions will
soon issue instructions and new regu-
laticns for procuring bounty and land
warrants through that offices. The
| following instructions will be of inter-
est 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 Tor
such quantity of land as shall make, in
the whole, with what he may have
heretofore received, 16Oacres, provided
he shall have served a period of not
less than fourteen days, to wit:
1. Commissioned and non-comnis-
stoned officers, musicians, and privates,
whether of the regulars, volunteers
rangers, or militia, who were regularly
mustered into the service of the United
States in any of the wars in which the
country has been engaged since 1850,
and prior to March 3, 1856, to wit
IL Commissioned and non commits
stoned officers, sean1en, ordinary sea-
men, flotilla-men, marines, clerks, and
landsmen in the navy in any of said
wars.
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.
". Wagonmasters and teamsters
who have been employed under the di-
rection of competent authority, in time
of war, in the transportation of military
stores and supplies.
7. Officers and soldiers OF the Rev.
pulmonary War, and marines, seamen
and other persons in the naval service
of the United States during that
war.
VI. Cheplains who served with the
army in the several wars of this coun-
Try.
! 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 q Ger
tifcate for like quantity of land, with
out regard to the length Of service, pro-
vided he was regularly mustered IN the
service, to-Wit:
/. Officers and soldiers who have
been engaged in any battle in any OF
the wars in which this country has
been engaged prior to the war of the
rebellion.
2. Those volunteers who served at
the invasion of Plattsburg, In Septem-
Der, 1914.
3 The volunteers who served in the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the Revo-
lutionary War.
4. The volunteers who served at the
battle of Nickoiack against the Confed-
crate savages Of the South.
/ 5. The volnntee S who served at the
attack on Lewiston, in Delaware, by the
British feet in the war of 1872,
In addition to these classes these acts
also exten 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 bounty land
laws heretofore passed, 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 the person en-
titled to the benefits of these acts, and
not bis employer.
In the event of the death of any per-
son, who, if living, would be entitled
to certificate as aforesaid, leaving a
widow, minor child or children, is en-
| titled to certificate or warrant for the
same quantity of land such deceased
person would be entitled TO receive I'M
der the provisions of said acts if now
living.
A subsequent marriage will not i'm
pair the right of any widow to such
warrant if she be widow at the time
of her application. Persons within the
age of q years on the third day Of
March, 1855, are deemed minors with
in the intent and meaning of said acts.