The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-30
Who are Entitled 10 Bounty Land


The Commissioner Of Pensions will
soon issue instructions and new regu'
lations for procuring bounty and land
warrants through that Office. The fol-
lowing instructions will be Of interest to
many:
The acts Of Congress now in force
granting bounty lands entitle each OF
the surviving persons in the following
classes to a certificate or warrant for
such quantity of land as shall make, in
the whole, with what he may have here
tofore received, 100 acres, provided he
shall have served period Of not less
than fourteen days, to-wit:
|. Commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers, musicians and privates,
whether Of the regulars, volunteers, ran
gers or militia, who were regularly mus
tered into the service of the 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-commis-
stoned officers, seamen, ordinary sea-
men, f1otillamen, marines, clerks and
landsmen in the navy in any of said
wars
III. Militia, volunteers, and State
troops of any State or Territory called
into military service, and regularly
mustered therein, and whose services
have been paid by the United States.
". Wagonmasters and teamsters
who have been employed under the d.
rection of competent authority, in time
of war, in the transportation Of mill
tary stores and supplies.
V. Officers and soldiers Of the Revo
lutionary War, and marines, seamen,
and other persons in the naval service
Of the United States during that war.
VI. Chaplains who served with the
armed forces of the United States in
any of the wars mentioned, subject to
military orders, whether 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 a 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 country
has been engaged prior to the war Of
the rebellion.
2. Those volunteers who served at
the invasion Of Plattsburg, in Septem-
Der, in 1914.
3. The volunteers who served at the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the Rev.
dictionary War
4. The volunteers who servedat the
battle Of Nickojack against the Confed-
crate savages OF the South.
5. The volunteers who served at the
attack on Lewistowb, in Delaware, by
the British fleet in the War of 1912.
In addition to these classes these acts
also extend 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 the 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 entitled
to the benefits OF these acts, and not his
employer.
In the event Of The death of any per.
son who, if living, would be entitled to
a certificate as aforesaid, leaving a
widow, or il no widow, q minor child or
is entitled to q certificate or
warrant for the same quantity Of land
such deceased persons would be entitled
to receive under the provisions of said
acts If now living. - ..a .- -
A subsequent marriage will not i'm
pair the right of q widow to such war
rant if she be a widow. at the time of
her application. Persons. within the
age of q years on the third day Of
March, 1855, are deemed minors within
the intent and meaning of said acts.