Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-25
WAR CLAIMS.
Supplies Taken or Furnished for
Uncle Sans Army.

List of Claims Presented to the Com.
missiOners of Claims at washington
by Tennesseeans- Amount of the
Several Little BiIIs-Hisfory of their
Presentation.
We have received list of the claims pre-
sented by TenneSseeans to the Commits
sioners of Claims at Washington, D. c.,
under the following provisions of the act of
Congress Of March 3, 1871:
"SEC. 2. That the President of the United
States shall be, and is hereby, authorized to
nominate, and, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, appoint q board of commits
siOners, to be designated as Commissioners of
Claims, to consist of three commissioners who
shall be commissioned for two years, and whose
duty it shall be to receive, examine and consider
the justice and validity OF such claims as shall
be brought before them, of those citizens who
remained loyal adherents to the cause and the
Government of the United States during the
war, for stores or supplies taken furnished du-
ring the rebellion for the use of the army of the
United States in States proclaimed as in insur-
rectiOn against the United States, including the
use and loss of vessels or boats while employed
in the military service of the United States
And the said commissioners, in considering said
claims shall be satisfied from the testimony Of
witnesses under oath, or from other sufficient
evidence, which shall accompany each claim,
taken under such rules and regulations as the
commissioners may adopt, of the loyalty and adj
herence of the claimant to the cause and the
Government of the United States before and at
the time of the taking or furnishing of the
property for which any claim shall be made,
and of the quantity, quality, and yalue of the
property alleged to have been taken OF furnish
cd, and the time, place, and material circum-
stances of the taking or furnishing of the same
The preface to the pamphlet in which we
find this list, contains the following state
ment:
'EThe figures OH the right-hand side of
each name represent the valuation placed
by the claimant on such property as was
actually taken or furnished for the use of
the army, and, except in a few cases where
such items have been enormously inserted,
the amount claimed does not include any
charges for damage, destruction, and loss
arising out of the casualties or operations
of war, nor for unauthorized or unnecessary
depredations committed by the troops, nor
for rent or other compensation for the Oc-
cnpatiOn Or Use Of buildings, grounds, OK
other real estate.
'In all but few cases the clients here
in named have declared upon oath that,
| from the beginning to the end of the late
| rebellion, their sympathies were constantly
with the cause of the United States; that
| they never, of their own free will and ac-
cord, did anything or offered or sought to
do anything, by word Or deed, to injure
said cause or retard its success; and that
they were at all times ready and willing to
assist the cause of the Union, so far as
their means and the circumstances permit
| ted.
Communications relative to any of the
| claims within described should be addressed
as follows: COMMISSIONERS OF CLAINs,'
Washington, D. c."