The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-22

ty under whatever law they were enrolled
9. Volunteers who enlisted between July
Is, 1884, and April 80, 1885, for one, two
and three years, were, under act Of July
4, 1854, promised 500 for one years ser.
vice, 500 for two years service, and 5000
for three years service. 1.-THE soldier was
discharged because OF wounds received
in the line OF duty" he'thereby became
entitled to the full amount OF bounty; but
II he was discharged because OF services
no longer required" or by "close OF the
war;" he has no claim for the balance OF
this bounty. Nearly all those enlisted
under this act July 4, 1854 were paid all
due them at the time OF discharge. 1.-THE
soldier isdead, this bounty goes only to his
widow, minor children, or his mother, II
she was a widow at the time OF her sons
death.
10. Colored soldiers, under act Of March
8, 1873, are entitled TO the same bounty as
white soldiers.
II. Allsoldiers discharged by reason OF
wounds received in battle, or in line Of
duty, are entitled, by acts Of March 8, 1858,
March 8, 1854, and joint resolution OF
April IL, 1866, to receive the same bounty
they would have received II they had
served their full term Of enlistment.
The word tp0In,d, as used in the forego.
ing, is heldto mean any injury from vio'ence
received in line OF duty. The bounty
does not depend upon the wound, but
upon being discharged BY reason Of tte round.
l2. The loss of soldiers discbarge.cer-
tifcate does not prevent the collection OF
bounty, provided its loss or destruction
is proven. A duplicate discharge is not
accepted as evidence to establish claim
against the Government. II certificate
OF service is desired, application must be
made TO the AdiutantG General, United
States Army, and not to this Office.
10. No bounty Is paid for enlistments or
re.enlistments in the Veteran Reserve
Corps, but men transferred thereto from
other regiments are entitled to the bounty
they would have received in their old regi-
ments, when discharged after two years
service, or at the expiration OF the
full term OF service, or by reason OF
wounds.
10. No bounty will be paid upon dis
honorable discharge, or in any case where
the soldier is borne on the rolls as a de-
serter, unless the charge OF desertion shall
have been FIRST removed by the War De-
partment.
II. Soldiers who enlisted into the regu-
lar army between July !, 1861, and June
%, 1868, were entitled TO 500 original
bounty, under the same conditions as vol
unteers; but II they enlisted between
April IA. 1861, and April 10, 1861, they
would be entitled only to $50. the addl-
tionsl bounty OF July 2S, 1866; If after
April 10, 1861, to 500.
Is. All men enlisting into the regular
army for five years, within ninety days
from June %, 1858 (the date OF General
Order No. 100, A. G, o. were entitled to
bounty Of 500. payable in installments
as cited in Sec. s.
10. All soldiers who enlisted or re.en-
listed into the regular army for three
years, under joint resolution OF January
Is, 1864, and General Order No. 20. are
entitled to S400 bounty. BY act OF June
20, 1854, regulars serving under enlist
ments made prior to July %, 1861, and re-
enlisting between June 20, 1854, and Au:
gust l, 1864. under this act, into their old
regiments for three years, are also emit
tied to $500 bounty, payable in INSTALL
ments.
Blank forms of application will only be
furnished at claimants request. Applica-
lions for blanks should be made separately
for each case. II 1.-THE claimant is an heir,
the relationship to the soldier should be
given. In filling out the blank care should
be taken to give the full name OF the SOL
der the company aud number OF his regi-
ment, and State to which it belonged; the
date and period OF each enlistment; the
date and cause of discharge,-if for dis.
ability, state when, where, and how con-
tracted; what bounty is claimed, and how
mich bounty has been paid in all. In all
cases when the soldier did not die while
in service, the discharge.certilicate should
be sent or accounted for. The full post
office address OF the claimant must be
given in all cases.