The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-10-27
WIN. BACON STEVENS,
Bishop of the diocese of Pennsylva MIA.
Bounty Lands..Who are Entitled to Them.


The commissioners of pensions will
soon issue instructions and new regula
tions for procuring bounty land war
rants through that Office. The follow
ing instructions will be of interest tc
| many: ...t
The acts of Congress now in force
granting bounty land, entitle each OF
the surviving persons in the following
list to 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 witt
!. Commissioned and non commits
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 this
country has been engaged since 1890 and
prior to March Sd, 1865, to.wit:
II. Commissioned and non. commits.
stoned officers, seamen, ordinary sea.
men, flotillamen, marines, clerks and
landsmen in the navy in any of the said
wars.
III. Militia, volunteers and State
troops of any State or Territory called
into military service, and regularly
mustered therein and whose service
have been paid by the United States.
~. 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 Revo-
lutionary war, and marines, seamen
and other persons in the naval service
of the United States durinI that war. d.
vi. Chaplalns WHIP served with the
army in tue several wars Of this
country. tt.. ...,.,... ......., ....i ...,
VII. Volunteers who served With the
armed forces of the United States in any
of the wars mentioned, subject to mill
tary orders, whether regularly mustered
into the United States service or not.
Each of the surviving persons in the
following classes are entitled to cer-
tificate for like quantity of land with.
out regard to the length of this 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 rebellion. ,,t Il
2, Those volunteers who served at the |
invasion of Plattsburg, iu September,
1914. ,.....,... .,.,. ........ ...,..,.... LTD
The volunteers. who served at the
hattie of Kings mountain, in the Rev.
war; ai!Y gnyn f,4 AlJu, /
I 4. The volunteers who served at the |
battle Of Nickojack against the. confed-
,rate sayages of the South. l,g.ll
o. The volunteers who served at the
attack on Lewiston, Delaware. by the
British fleet in the war of 1872. .sq.l
In addition to these classes these acts
Ilso extend to all Indians who served
n the United States in any of their
pars prior to the war of the rebellion,
he pr0yisions 0fthis and all the bounty
and laws heretofore passed, in the
anne manner. and to the same extent Us
( the Ind JAMS had been white men,a 4
Where the service has beeu rendered
" a substitute, he is the peison entitled
o these acts, and not his employer. H.
In the event of the death Of any per-
on who, il living, would be entitled to
i certificate yOr warrant as aforesaid, l.
eaying o widow, il no widow, such
minor child or children, Is entitled tola
ertifcate or warrant for the same guam
ity of land such deceased person would
Q entitled to receive under the pro,
'isions of said acts If now living; lgnlril
A subsequent marriage will not i'm,
air the right of any such widow to
ueh warrant II she be widow at the
line of her application. Persons with
the ago of twenty one years on the
l day of March, 1865, are deemed
linors within the intent and meaning
I said acts. ....- I.EH.usaI. i