The true northerner., 1880-03-26
SOLDIERS BOUNTIES.
The Glasses Entitled To Bounty Under the
Various Acts Of Congress.

The Second Auditor of the Treasury
Department has issued circular speci-
flying the classes of volunteers and
regulars, during the War of the REBEL
ion, who are entitled TO bounty under
the different acts of Congress. Follow
ing is an abstract thereof:
2. All volunteers who enlisted prior TO July
-, 1861, for three years. and who were mus
tered into the service before Aug. q, 1861, are
entitled by act of April ~. 1877, to 500 boun-
" if they have been honorably discharged, and
Those discharged by way of favor, or to ac-
cept promotion, are not ertitled. Bounty I'M
der this act is not payable to heirs, nor to men
who were enrolled for two years only.
g. Those two and three years men who en-
listed between April II, 1861, and Dec. ~,
1868, or between April /, 1864, and July IS,
1864 are entitled TO 500 bounty under act of
July -, 1861, provided they served two years
or more as enlisted men, or were honorably
discharged as such on account of wounds re-
ceived in line of duty before two years SER
wee II a soldier was discharged before serv
ing two years, on account of disease, he would
not, as before shown, be entitled to any bOun-
ty; but it, after such discharge, he died before
July -, 1866, OF disease contracted in the SER
vice, his heirs, in the order named in the law,
are entitled to the additional bounty under act
of July %, 1896.
A. II soldier died in the service his heirs
became entitled to any bounty which the SOL
dior would have been entitled to under the
terms of his contract. IL the father, mother or
more remote heirs of u deceased soldier were
not residents of the United States at the date of
soldiers death, they are only entitled to such
installments Of bounty as had accrued and re-
mained unpaid at the time of his death.
B. The act Of July 2S, 1866, gave an addi-
tional bounty of 500 TO men who enlisted and
serped for three years from April ~, 1861, and
$50 to men who enlisted and seJyed for two
years from April ii, 1861, payable to the SOL
diers on substantially the same terms as in sec
ton ) This bounty is not given to any one if
the soldier was entitled to receive at any time a
greater bounty than 800 under any other act or
acts.
G. Drafted men, enrolled from March 3, 1853,
TO Sept D, 1864, for three years, or men who,
from March 3, 1863, to Sept. 5, 1864, enlisted
for three years as substitutes for drafted men,
are only entitled by act of March 3, 1863, to
500 bounty, if they served two years or more,
or were discharged by reason of wounds re-
ceived in line of duty before two years service
z All volunteer recruits who enlisted be-
tween Oct. "A, 1868, and April ], 1864, for three
years, in an OLD organization already in the
field, or who enlisted between Dec. "a, 1868,
and April /, 1864, for three years into new
organization, were entitled TO $500 bounty pay
able in iustallm nts during the term of service,
as follows: $50 in advance, aud $40 after each
two six, twelve, twenty-four and thirty
months, respectively II the soldier served his
full term, or was discharged prior thereto by
reason of wounds, or under any of the general
orders for the reduction of the army because
of termination Of the war, he was entitled to
the full amount IL discharged by reason of
disease, or by way of favor, or to accept pro-
motion. he was entitled only to the accrued un-
paid installments actually due him at the time
of his discharge.
s. Soldiers who were discharged after nine
months consecutive service in the army were
permitted, after Jan. |, 1868, aud prior to
April !, 1864, to re-enist and become veterans
aud were entitled to S4CO bounty, payable in
installments during the term of service. as fol-
lows: Advance, s25 (or $50 after Sept. 20, 1862
and $50 after each two, six, twelve, eighteen,
twenty-four and thirty months, and the bal
ance at expiration of term of service. Ii they
were discharged to re-enlist into the same
regiment, they must have previously served
two years In order to become veterans and
these were probably paid all bounty due for
first service.
Those whose service entitled them to become
veterans, but who have only received the boun-
ty of 500, under section Z, because they were
not borne as veterans, cannot receive any more
unless they first procure a veteran muster from
the Adjutant General, 7. S. A., War Depart
ment.
Supernumeraries mon commissioned officors)
mustered out prior to April -, 1865, if veterans
or veteran recruits, are entitled to accrued in
stalments of veteran bounty only; if mustered
out after April 2S 1868 they are entitled to the
full bounty under whatever law they were en-
rolled.
g. Volunteers who enlisted between July Is,
1864, and April So 1865, for one, two and three
years, were, under act of July 4, 1864, prom
ised 500 for one years service, 500 for two
years. service, and $500 for three years service.
If the soldier was discharged ~because of
wounds received in the line of duty" he thereby
became entitled to the full amount of bounty;
but if 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 enlisting under this act July T.
1864 were paid all due them at the time of dis
charge. II the soldier is dead this bounty goes
only to his widow, minor children or his mother,
if she was a widow at the time of her sons
death.
10. Colored soldiers, under act OF March 3.
1873, are entitled TO the same bounty as white
soldiers.
II. All soldiers discharged by reason of
wounds received in battle, or in line of duty,
are entitled, by acts of March 3, 1868, March 3,
1865, and joint resolution Of April II, 1866, to
receive the same bounty they would have re-
ceived il they had served their full term of en-
listment
The word wound as used in the foregoing is
held to mean any injury from violence received
in line OF duty The bounty does not depend
upon the wound, but upon being discharged by
reason of the wound.
l2 The loss Of soldiers discharge certifi-
cate 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 Adjutant General, United
States Army, and not 10 this office.
ID 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 re-
ceived in their old regiments, when discharged
after two years service, or by reason of
wounds.
IL. No bounty will be paid upon a dishonor-
able discharge, or in any case where the soldier
is borne on the rolls a. a deserter, unless the
charge of desertion shall have been first re-
moved by the War Department
L. Soldiers who enlisted into the regular
army between July 1. 1861, and June'25, 1868,
were entitled to SlUO original bounty, under the
same conditions as volunteers; but if they en-
listed between April IA, 1861, and April 10 1861,
they would be entitled only TO So, the ADDITION.
al bouhty of July -, 1866; if after April 10,
1861, 500.