Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-09-27
Who Are Entitled to Bounty Lands.


The Commissioner Of Pensions will
soon issue instructions and new regu-
lations for procuring bounty and land
warrants through that Office. The
following instructions will be Of in
terest to many:
The acts of Congress now in force
granting bounty land 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
heretofore received, 160 acres, pro-
vided be shall have served q period of
not less than fourteen days, to-wit
i. Commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers, musicians, and pri-
Yates, whether Of the regulars, volun-
teers, 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 en-
gagged since 1880, and prior to March
8, 1855, to wit:
II. Commissioned and nOn-eommis-
stoned officers, seamen, ordinary sea-
men, hotillameu, marines, clerks and
landsmen in the navy in any of said
wars.
III. Militia, volunteers, and State
troops of State or Territory called
into military service, and regularly
mustered therein, and whose services
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 soldies Of the ReVo-
lutIORary 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 on this
country.
VII. 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 OF the Uni
ted States or not.
Each Of the surviving persons in
the following classes are entitled to a
/. ke certificate for like quantity of
land, without regard to the length of
(provide they were regularly
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.
2. Those volunteers who served at
the invasion of Plattsburgh, in Sep
tember, in 1914.
8. The volunteers who served at the
battle of Kings Mountain, in the
Revolutionary War.
4. The volunteer who served at the
battle of Nickojaek against the Con-
federate savages Of the South.
5. The volunteers who served at the
attack on Lewiston, in Delaware, by
the British feet, in the war Of 1872.
In addition to these classes, the acts
also extend to all Indians who served /
The United States in. any of their wars |
prior to the war Of the rebellion, the 1
provisions of this and all the bounty
anu laws heretofore passed in the /
anne manner and to the same extent 4
IS III the Indians had been white men.
When the service has been rendered
ly a substitute, he is the person enti-
led to the benefits of these acts. and
lot his employer.
In the event of the death of any
)ersOn who, if living, would be enti-
led to a certificate as aforesaid, leav-
ng a widow, or, if no widow, a minor
hild or children, is entitled TO q GER
ificate or warrant for the same guam
ity Of land such deceased person
Fould be entitled to receive under the
of said acts, if now living.
A subsequent marriage will not inn
air the right Of any such warrant if
he be widow at the time of her ap-
lication. Persons within the age Of
l years ON the third day Of March,
S55, are deemed miners within the
1tent and meaning of said acts.