The National tribune., 1904-06-09
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.. g. VETERAN VOLUNTEERS.
General Order No. 2S7. dated Novem-
Der ZS. 1864. provided:
Il. That an army corps. to consist of
not less than 10000 infantry. and en-I
listed for not less than one year. 10 be
designated the First Corps, shall be or
ganized in the District of Columbia. COM I
OF December, 1864, and continuing until |
the 1st day of January next. The privates |
TO consist only of able-bodied men who |
have served honorably not less than two /
years. and therefore not subject 10 draft |
the officers to be commissioned from such |
as have honorably served not less than |
III Recruits will he furnished trans
portation to Washington; will be credited
to the district in which they their
special bounty of $500 from the sub
stitute fund upon being mustered into serv-
ice. Each recruit who preserves his arms
to the end of his term, may retain them
as his own upon being honorably dis
charged from service.
Iii. Details of organization will be
prescribed by the Adjutant General. The
heads of bureaus will detail competent Off
GERS for the prompt examination and or
ganization. arming. equipping. and supply
| ing the corps.
"IV. Major General Hancock is assigned
to the command Of this corps, headquar-
| ters at Washington"
Soldiers who enlisted in Hancock's
Corps. as above. between December 1.
| 1864, and January ]. 1865. for not less
than one year. were entitled to receive in
addition to the bounties otherwise pro-
vided. an extra bounty Of $500 in advance.
The benefits of this order were not extend
ed beyond January i. 1860. Soldiers who
enlisted. as above, subsequent to January
| !, 1869, are not entitled to this extra
bounty.
MARINE CORPS.
Through misconception of law on the
part of the Navy Department. men enlist
ing into the marine corps after June Z,
| 1862, and before July 10. 1863. were prom
| ised n bounty of $100. if they served two
years. The bounty is paid in all such
cases as promised.
ABLE AND ORDINARY sEAMEN.
A joint resolution of February "A, 1864,
provided:
"Sec. 2. And be it further resolved,
That there shall be paid to each enlisted
| able or ordinary seaman. hereafter en-
| listed into the naval service. an advance of
three months pay. as a bounty to be re-
funded to the Treasury from any prize
entitled"
TRANSFERS TO NAVY.
r;drh The act of February a. 1864 pro-
See. Z. And be it further enacted, That
any person now in the military
service of the United States, who shall
| furnish satisfactory proof that he is a
| mariner by vocation, or an able or Ordi-
| nary seaman. may enlist into the Navy
under such rules and regulations as may
be prescribed by the President of the
United States: Provided. That such en-
listments shall not be for less than the
unexpired term of his military service, nor
fnp Ilyc ban AL r.
money which any mariner or seaman, en-
| listing from the army into the navy. may
have received from the United States, or
from the State in which he enlisted in the
army. shall be deducted from the prize
money to which he may become entitled
military service"
The act of April 6. 1866, provides:
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
so much of the seventh section of the act
of Congress approved February "a. 1864
entitled An act to amend an act entitled
An act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces. and for other purposes y
approved March 3, 1863. as provides that
the bounty money which any mariner or
seaman enlisting from the army into the
navy may have received from the United
States. or from the prize money to which
he may become entitled during the time
required to complete his military service
be. and the same is hereby. repealed"
The act of July 1. 1864. provides:
Sec. l. That any person enlisted in the
military service of the United States, who
shall apply TO the Navy Department to be
transferred to the navy or marine corps
| shall. il his application be approved by
| the President of the United States, be
transferred to the navy or marine corps
to serve the residue of his term of enlist
/ ment therein. subject to the laws and reg
ufations of the government of the navy:
Provided. That such transfer shall not
| release the transferred person from any
indebtedness to the Government nor.
| without the consent of the President of
the United States. from any penalty in
Cured for a breach of military law.
''Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That
any seaman or marine. or person who may
have served as such. drafted into the mil
itary service. may. by order of the Pres
ident of the United States, be transferred
| to the naval service to serve therein, sub
ject to the laws and regulations for the
government Of the navy. for the term. or
residue of the term, for which he was
drafted"
A soldier thus enlisted or transferred
into the navy or marine corps from the
army was entitled to the same bounty that
he would have been entitled to receive had
he continued in the army.
NAVY IN GENERAL.
The act of July 1, 1864. provided:
"Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That persons hereafter enlisted into the
naval service or marine corps during the
present war shall be entitled to receive the
same bounty as if enlisted in the army"
The above applied to all naval enlist
ments before July l. 1863.
The full bounty provided by the act of
July 4, 1864. was payable only if they
served the full terms of their enlistments.
or within not more than three months be-
fore their terms of enlistment would have
expired, were peremptOriiy discharged be-
cause Of their service being no longer re-
quired. If discharged because of disabil-
ity, or for other reasons than as stated.
only the accrued installments were pay
able. Men who. under this act, enlisted
into the marine corps for four years. be-
came entitled to the third installment of
the bounty of $500 upon the expiration of
three years. service.
/ Ito be continued.)