Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-08-24
Who Are Entitled to Bounty
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Lands.
The Commissioner of Pensions will
soon Issue instructions and new regula-
tons for procuring bounty land warrants
through that office. The following in
structions viii 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 certificate or warrant for such guam
tity OF land as shall make, in the whole,
with what be may have heretofore receiv.
ed, 160 acres, provided he shall have serv-
ed period Of not less than fourteen days,
to-wit:
/. Commissioned aud non commission
ed officers, musicians, and priyates,
whether of the regulars, volunteers, ran
gers, or militia, who were regularly mus
tered into the service of the United States
in any ofthe wars in which this country
has been engaged since 1890 and prior to
March 2, 1866, to.wit;
2. Commissioned and commission
ed officers, seamen, ordinary seamen,
hotlllamen, marines, clerks, and landsmen
IN the navy in any of the said wars.
3. Militia, volunteers, and State troops
of any State or Territory called into mill
tary service,and regularly mustered there
in, and whose services have been paid by
the United States
4. Nagonmasters and teamstees who
have been employed under the direction
of competent authority, in time of war, in
the transportation of military stores and
supplies.
3. Officers and soldiers of the Revolu-
tionary war, and marines, seamen, 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 country.
Z. 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 ofthe United States or not.
Each of the surviving persons in the
following classes are entitled to a like
certificate for like quantity OF land
without regard to the length of service
provided he was regularly mustered into
service) to-vit:
l. Officers and soldiers who have beer
actually engaged in any battle in any Of
the wars IN which this country has beer
engaged prior to the war of the rebellion
2 Those volunteers who served at the
Invasion of Plattsburg, in September
1914.
5,The volunteers who served at the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the revolu.
tionary war
4 The volunteers who served at the
battle of Nickojack against the confede,
rate savages of the South
- 8. The volunteers who served at the
attack on Lewiston, in Delaware, by the
British feet in the war of 1912.
In addition 10 these classes these acts
also extend TO all Indians who served the
2 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 if the Indians had been
white men.
Where The service has E<sen rendered By
substitute, he IS the person entitled to
the benefits of these acts, and not l~'s en-
ployer,
In the event of the death of any person
who, if living, would be entitled to a GER
tificate or warrant as aforesaid, leaving a
widow, or, if no widow, such minor
child or children, is entitled to certii-
cate or warrant for the same quantity of
land such deceased persons would be en-
titled to receive under the provisions of
said acts if now living.
A subsequent marriage will not impair
the right Of any such widow to such war
rant if she be widow at the time of her
application. Persons within the age of
81 years on the Sd day of March, 1856, are
deemed minors within the intent and
meaning of said acts.