The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24

Who are Entitled to it.

The Commissioners of Pensions will
soon issue instructions and now reg
ulations for procuring bounty land
warrants through that office. The
following instructions will be of in.
forest to manys:
\ The acts OF Congress now in force
granting bounty land entitle each OF
the surviving persons in tho follow
ing classes to q certificate or warrant
for such quantity OF land as shall
make, In the whole, with what he
may have heretofore received, leo
acres, provided he shall have served
a period OF not less than fourteen
days, to-wit:
l. Commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers, musicians, and pri-
Yates, whether Of the regulars, vol
unteers, rangers, or militia, who
were regularly mustered into the
service of tho United States in any
of. the wars in which this country
has been engaged since 1890, and
prior to March 3, 1855, to-wit,
Ii. Commissioned and non-com-
missioned officers, seamen, ordinary
seaman, fotilla mon, marines, clerks,
and landsmen in the navy in any of
said waters.
LII. Militia, volunteers, and State
troops of any State or Territory
called into military service, and reg
ularly mustered therein, and whose
services have been paid by the Uni
ted States.
Nv. Wagon-masters 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
Revolutionary war, and marines,
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
country. afe .aias
VII. Volunteers who served with
the armed forces of the United States
in any of the wars mentioned, sub
ject to military orders, whether reg
ularly mustered into the service Of
the 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.wit.
l. Officers and soldiers who have
been actually engaged in any battle
in any of the wars in which this coun-
try has been engaged prior to the
war of the rebellion.
III. Those volunteers who served
at the invasion of Plattsburg, in Sep
TENDER, 1914.
LII. The volunteers who served at
the battle OF Kings Mountain, in the
Revolutionary war.
w. The volunteers who served at
the battle of Nickajack against the
Confederate savages oftho South.
V. The volunteers who served ut
the attack on Lewiston, in Delaware,
by the British fleet, IN the war of
1912.
In addition to these classes, these
acts also extended to all Indians, no
have served the United States in an,
of their wars prior to the war ofthe
rebellion, the provisions of this. and
all the bounty land laws heretofore
passed, in the Same manner, and the
Same extent as if said Indians had
been white men.
Where the service has been rem.
dered by a substitute, he is the per.
son entitled to the benefit Of these
acts, and not his employer.
In the event Of the death of any
person, who, if living, would be enti.
lied to certificate or warrant as
aforesaid, leaving a widow, or if nc
widow, minor child or children,
such widow, or, if no widow, such
minor child or children, is entitled to
a certificate or warrant for the same
! quantity OF land such deceased per.
sons would be entitled to receive
under the provisions ofsaid acts il
now living.
A subsequent marriage will not
impair the right of any such widow
to such warrant, if she be o widow
at the time of her application. Per.
sons within the age Of twenty years
on tho Sd day Of March, 1855, are
deemed minors within the intent and
meaning of said law.