The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-07


la ate prisoners OF wal
- in the six regiments
~ Of the social ed United
~ States Noluntc RS
nor to zone hundred
day." or "thrcc months " volunteers. Eu
IN case " death IL the sefrice Of any enlisted
man belonging TO such an organization
his widow, If living, or, if she be dead, his
children, are entitled to 500 bounty, under
Section II, Act of March 3. 1865.
Inc transfer or assignment of all bounty
claims is prohibited by the Joint Rcsolu.
ton of April 10, 1860. All yDlunteers enlist
ing after April II. 1861, and before July -
1861, for three years, and who were dis
charged beforc serving two years, for cause
other than wounds received in the line Oh
duty. are entitled by Act Of April q, 1872
TO 500 bounty, if they have not already re-
.eiycd il; II lie was enrolled as above and
discharged for promotion before serving
two years as an enlisted man, he can OBJ
tain this bounty. II the soldier entitled to
It died without receiving it, his heirs can
recover the bounty. Excluding exception
al organizations, this act applies to all volun-
teers enlisted after April II, 1861, and be-
fore December q, 1864, or between April 2,
.S64. and July IS, 1sGi, for not more than
three years, nor less than six months, were
entitled tos1OO bounty, provided they served
for two years, or during the war q. g.,
were discharged after April ., 1865, on
account Of services being no longer re-
quircD or on account of wounds received
in the line Of duty IF enlistment was for
two years or more); or on account Of
wounds received in battle III enlistment
was for less than two years.. IL the sol
der died in service his heirs are entitled to
all bounty then due him.
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 regiments,
when discharged after two years. service,
or at expiration Of full term, or by reason
Of wounds.
All soldiers discharged by reason Of
wounds received in baltic, or in line Of
duty, are entitled to the full bounty they
would have received II they had served the
full term Of their enlistment.
The only bounty given to drafted men, or
to men who enlisted as substitutes for draft
ed men, IS 500 bounty to those who enrolled
or enlisted for three years, and who served
two years or more, or were discharged by
reason OF wounds received in the line Of
duty before two years. service.
Colored soldiers and their heirs are en-.
titled to the same bounties as white soldiers
and their heirs.
All volunteer recruits who enlisted after
October %, 1863, and before December "a,
1868. for three years, in an organization al.
ready in the field, or who enlisted after
December %, 1863, and before April 2, 1864,
for three years, were entitled to $500
bounty, payable $50 in advance, and S4C
after each two, six, twelve, eighteen.
twenty-four and thirty-six months, respect
lively.
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 te
the full amount, and generally received il
on final payment at muster out If dis.
charged by reason Of disease, or by way o,
favor, or to accept promotion, he was only
entitled to the accrued installments actually
due him at the time OF his discharges.
Soldiers who were discharged after nine
months army service, either in the last
war or prior thereto, as volunteers, drafted
men or substitutes, or as regular army men,
werc permitted to become veterans, pro,
riGod they re-easisted prior TO Apt 2, 1864, al
Colunteers for three years. II they werc dis
charged to re-enlst into the same regi
ment, they must have previously served
two years to become entitled to rc-enlist Is
veterans, and were usually paid at then
re-cnlistment all bounty due them for frs
service. As veterans, SO mustered, they
were entitled TO 800 bounty, payable: Ad
vance, so5 Tor $50 after September 90, 1863
and $50 after each two, six, twelve, eight
cen, twenty-four and thirty months, and the
baiance at the expiration Of term of sery
ice, under the Same provisions and restric
tions as ruled in other bounty acts.
Veteran bounty can not be allowed fol-
cnlistments or re-enlistments made after
April 1, 1864. Volunteers who ENLISTED
after July II, 1864, and before May l, 1865
for one, two or three years, were promised
Q bounty OF 800 for ono years service
600 for two years. service, and 500 70,
three years. service, unless sooner discharged
This bounty was payable in three equal in
stallments: Onc-third on muster-in; one
third at expiration Of half the term OF en-
listment, and the balance ut the expiration
Of fun term. To become entitled 10 ali thu
installmentsof this bounty the soldier must
have served out his full term Of enlistment,
or been mustered out with his company o.
regiment by reason OF expiration Of term Of
service or discharged by reason OF wounds
received in line of duty. II discharged be
fore tho expiration Of his full term of en-
ustment, because Of s'services no longer re
quired" or by ''close of the war; he woule
only be entitled to the installmcnts which
had actually accrued during his service ant
remained unpaid at dato of such discharge
which bounty he generally received witt
his pay at muster out. Where q soldier
who was entitled to this bounty died in thu
service, or afterwards, without having re
coiycd it, it is allowed only to his widow
children Or mother, ii she was widow Al
the date Of soldiers death, Ii there be M
such heirs, his other heirs, il any, can only
claim the installments Of this bounty actual
ly earned by, and unpaid to, the soldier a'
date of his death.
With the exception Of the hcirship men
toned in the paragraph Immediately aboy,
this the order Of heirship and payment 0.
bounty is as follows; First, to tho widow
second, to tho children; third, to tn.
father, Ii he has not abandoned the sup
port Of his family; fourth, to the mother
and lastly, to the brothers and sister.
"a ILC NHO1O HILL UlOOU III GQul
shares. II the father, mother, or more re
mote heirs OF deceased soldier were no
residents Of the United States at date O
the soldiers death, they would only be en-
titled to such installmcnts of bounty as ha1
accrued and remained unpaid at the time
his death.
Heirs more remote than brothers ant
sisters Of soldiers are not entitled to bount,
hna xal
General Order No. II, War Department
A. &. o., April Is, 1865, was the frs, ordc.
issued by the War Department discharg
ing men by reason of close of the war.
All non-commis officers mustered
out after April %, 1865, as supcrnumela
ries on consolidation of their companies
are regarded as mustered out, because
their services were no longer required
hos o,4i cd 10 full