Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-03-20
SOLDIERS BOUNTY.

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SOLDIERS BOUNTY.
Instruct ons Of Value to Veterans of the
War of the Rebellion.
The following circular has been issued
by the second auditor of the treasury:
Treasury Department, Second Audit
or's Office, Washington, March 10, 1886.
BY carefully examining the provisions
of the different sections of this circular
any solder CT his heirs can ascertain the
class to which they belong, and, if emit
tied, can collect their dues without the
Intervention of an agent.
On application therefore blank forms
of application will be furnished by this
office to the soldier, or his heirs not
more remote than brothers and sisters.
ALI volunteers who enlisted prior to
July %, 1861, for three years, and who
were mustered into the service before
August 6, 1861, are entitled by act of
April %, 1872, to 500 bounty if they
have been honorably discharged and
have not received the same for such SER
vice. If the soldier died after April %,
1872, before receiving said bounty his
heirs are entitled-viz., widow, children,
father, mother, brothers, and sisters, in
the order named.
Those two and three years men who
enlisted after April II, 1861, and before
December "a, 1863, or after April l, 1864,
and before July 10, 1864, are entitled to
500 bounty under act of July %, 1861,
provided they served two years or more
as enlisted men, or were honorably dis
charged as such on account of wounds
received in line of duty before two years
service. If soldier enlisted under this
act was discharged before serving two
years, on account of disease, or by rea-
son of promotion, he would not be emit
tied to bounty.
IF soldier died in the service, his
heirs became entitled to any bounty
which the soldier would have been emit
tied to under the terms of his contract.
The order Of heirship and payment is
first, to the widow; second, to the child
rem; third, to the father, if he is not
abandoned the support of his family;
fourth to the mother. In the absence of
the above named, the brothers and sis
tiers of the whole and half blood inherit
equally. If the father, mother, or more
remote heirs of deceased soldier were
not residents of the United States at the
date of soldiers death, they are only en-
titled to such installments of bounty as
had accrued and remained unpaid at the
time of his death
By the act of July 4, 1854, these rules
of descent and heirship are varied, the
father brothers and sisters, and the
mother, unless widow at the
date of the soldiers death, being exclu-
ded from the provisions of said act.
The time for filing claims under the
act of July %, 1866, known as the lad
ditional bounty act" expired July 1,
1880.
Drafted men enrolled after March 3,
1868, for three years, or men who, after
March 3, 1868, enlisted for three years
as substitutes for drafted men, are emit
tied by act of March 3, 1863, to 500
bounty, if they served two years or more,
or were discharged by reason of wounds
received in line of duty before two years
service. Drafted men or substitutes, en-
tering the military service for less Pc
Rod than three years, are not entitled to
bounty under any law.
All volunteer recruits who enlisted after
October %, 1868, and before December
"a, 1868, for three years, in an organiza-
ton already in the field, or who enlisted
after December %, 1868, and before
April 2, 1864, for three years, were emit
tied to $500 bounty, payable in install
ments during the term of service, as fol-
lows: $50 in advance, and $40 after two,
six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four, and
thirty six months, respectively. If the
soldier served his full term, or was dis
charged prior thereto by reason Of
wounds, or any of the general orders
for the reduction of the army be-
cause of the termination of the war, he
was entitled to the full amount. If dis
charged by reason of disease, or by way
of favor, or to accept promotion, he was
entitled only to the accrued unpaid in
stallments actually due him at the time
of his discharge. NorE-General Order
No. ~, war department, adjutant gener-
ais Office, April %, 1865, was the first
order issued by the war department dis
charging men by reason of the close of
the war.
Soldiers who were discharged after
nine months consecutive service in the
army prior to April 3, 1864, were permit
ted to re-enlist and become veterans, and
were entitled to $500 bounty, payable in
installments during the term of service,
as follows: Advance, $25, Cor $50 after
September %, 1869 and $50 after each
two, six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four,
and thirty months, and the balance at the
expiration of term of service. If they
were discharged to re-enlist into the same
regiment they must have previously
served two years in order to become vet
Grams, and these were probably paid all
bounty due for first service.
All on-commissioned officers mustered
out after April %, 1865, by reason of
being rendered supernumerary on con-
solidation, are regarded as mustered out
because their services we're no longer
required, and are entitled to full bounty.
Volunteers who enlisted after July II,
1864, and before May l, 1865, for one,
two, and three years were, under act Of
July 4, 1854, promised 800 for one
years service, 5000 for two years ser