The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-03-13
Soldiers. 1ounties,

bounty as annually rejected by the
Second Auditor Of the Treasury d..
pa. tmsnt OF the United States, be.
cause an examin4 ton OF the official
records shows that the soldiers or
their heirs applying have already re /.
celvsd all that can by paid them nm
der existing laws. The examination
OF these claims requires consi ] cradle
labor, and consumes time and attsr.
ton that should be devoted TO tn.
adjustment OF claims that are really
msritorious. Before filing a claim
the party interested should be- salts.
tied that something is due. If ar.
rears OF pay are claimed BY q dis
charged soldier, the time for which
pay is asked should be clearly stated.
Ii bounty is claimed, the act under
which the CLAIM 10 made should be
gwen III the application. This will
facilitate the work OF the Depart.
ment, and save the applicant unne
cessary trouble. The pay proper OF
a soldier is easily determined. There
can be no mlsundei standing on that
point. Every volunteer knows the
amount OF his monthly pay, aud II
he has failed to rscsivs il for any
portion OF his service, hsAshonld b.
able to state the time and amount
But ID the payment OF bounty there
are SO many laws, and 30 many co ~.
pick questions arising thersfrem,
that occasional mistakes In applv,nr
Tor bounty when mono il due are
quite sxcasabls. Wspropose in this
article to review the bounty laws,
and to give sush information a. may
be useful in leading tho soldier or
his heirs TO . proper understanding
OF their rights under exciting laws.
Tho amount OF bounty due dc.
pends upon the date and term of On.
llstmsnt. On the third OF NAV, 81,
the President issued ! Proclamation
calling tor 10000 volunteers, to
serve three yssrs. On the 18th ef
May, 1861, The War Department is.
sued General Order No. 25. By
this order, the volunteers enlistisg
tor three years were promised 800
bounty at the expiration Of their
term OF service or whenever honor
ably dischass.a. Eighty thousand
men entered the service uadsr this
order. The act Of July 22d. 1861,
made the payment Of tie 500 bsun-
ty depend upon 1t least two years
service. This law was held to apply
to those already in service, and the
800 bounty promised by General
Order No. rs was denied to al who
had beon discharged before serving
two years. In March, 1870, the Su.
prsms Court decided. On = test case
brought before it, that the law Of
July %, 1861, so far a. it provided
for the payment OF bounty after tive
years service, did not apply to vol
untssrs who entered tho service for
three years under the operation OF
General Order No. As.
On the 22d of April, 1872, Con.
gress passed an act, covering the de-
cisien OF the Court, granting 800
to all soldiers who enlisted for three
years prior to July %, 1861, anaer
General Order 25, provided they
were mustered prior to August 6,
1861, were honorably discharged,
ana had not already received the
bounty. Under this act, the heirs Of
= soldier are not entitled to the boun
ty. 1t muet be paid TO the soldier
himself II he is dead, hls heirs hays
no claim.
Soldiers discharged to receive pro.
motion are not entitled to this boun-
ty. Such discharge il not consider.
ed withdrawal from the service
within the meaning Of the law
Soldiers who have received 5000
bounty-$100 which was additional
bounty, act July 28th, l866-havl
no CLAIM. Strictly speaking, they
have claim to bounty-April 22nd
1872-but its amount is cansellod BY
the additional bounty paid. To IL
lustrats. Many of the soldiers On
listing between May 4, 1861, and
July 22nd, 1881, were discharged b
fore serving two years. They sub
ssqusntly re-entsrei the service, and
received 500 bounty on their see
ond enlistment. They also received
the additional bounty, act July 28th
1866, making in all 5000 bounty
They now claim bounty undsl
act April 22nd, 1872. If they
are entitled to it, they were not en-
titled to receive the additional boun
J ty already paid, for the act of JUL