The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-30
Who are Entitled to Bounty Lands.

The Commissioner Of Pensions vii
soon issue instructions and new regula
tions for procuring bounty land war
rants through that Office. The follow
ing instructions will lie of interest t.
many:
The acts OF Congress now in fore.
granting bounty lands, sntitls each o
the following classes to = certificate OF
warrant for such quantity Of land, 4.
shall make, in the whole with what h,
may have heretofore received, one hun
dred and sixty acres, provided he shall
have served period of not less than
fourteen days, to. wit:
l. Commissioned and non commits
stoned officers. musicians and privates
whether Of the rangers or militia, who
were regularly mustered into the service
Of the United States in any Of the wars
in which this country has been engaged
since 1870. and prior to March Sd, 1865
wit:
2 Commissioned and non-co mis-
stoned officers. seamen, ordinary sea
men. flotillamen, marines, clerks and
landsmen in the navy in any OF said
wars.
3. Militia. volunteers and state troops
OF any state or territory called into mil
itary service, and regularly mustered
therein, and whose services have been
paid by the United States.
T. Wagon masters and teamstcrs who
have been employed under the direction
of competent authority, in time Of war
in the transportation Of military stores
and supplies.
5. Officers and soldiers of the Rsvolu
tionary war. and marines, searnen and
other persons in the naval service OF
the United States during that war
6. Chaplains who served with the
army in the several wars Of this coun.
try.
:. Volunteers who served with the
armed forces Of the United States in
any Of the wars mentioned, subject to
military orders, neither regularly mus,
tered into the service Of the United
States or not.
Each Of the surviving persons in the
following classes are entitled to like
certificate for u like quantity of land,
without regard to the length Of service
provided he was regularly mustered
into service--to-
|. Officers and soldiers who have been
actually engaged IN any battle in any
Of the wars in which this country ha,
been engage d prior to the wars Of the
rebellion.
> Those volunteers who served at the
invasion OF Plattsburg. in September,
1914.
3. The volunteers who served at the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the rsvo-
lutionary war.
4. The volunteers who served at the
battlc Of Nickojack against the Confed-
crate savages Of the South.
5. The volunteer. who served at the
attack on Lewistown. in Delaware, 10y
the British feet in the war Of 1872.
In addition to these classes, these acts
also extend 10 all Indians who served
the United States in any Of their wars
prior to the war Of the rebellion, the
provision Of this aud all the bounty
lan1 laws heretofore passed in the same
manner and to the same extent as if the
Indians had been white men.
Where the service has been rendered
by substitute, he is the person entitled
to the benefit Of these ac.s, and not his
employer
In the event of the death of any per,
son who, if living, would be entitled to
a certificate or warrant As aforesaid,
leaving a widow, or, if no widow, such
minor chi ID or children are entitled to a
certificate or warrant for the same
quantity of land IA such deceased per.
son would be entitled to receive under
the provisions Of said act if now living.
subsequent marriage will not i'm
pair the right of such widow to such
warrant il she be a widow at the time
OF her application. Persons within the
age OF twenty one years on the third
day Of March 1855, are deemed minors
within the intent and meaning of said
acts.
THE SOUTHWESTERN has
ceased on our Southwestern railroad fol
the stories and Iumora "a to tl,a cauSa
many of which "a usual are extremely
absurd. {. 4. Ransom returned from
Chicago recently. He had a full con
ference with Mr.. Hinckley, Chie