The National tribune., 1904-06-09

Note, however. that the enlistments |
must have been for FIVE years. to entitle |
to the bounty, which was payable at hon. |
OrabIe discharge after two years service, |
or after less period for wound or injury
incurred in service and line of duty.
REGULARS ENLISTED FROM JAN. 6 TO APRIL
/. 1864.
e The joint resolution of January Is,
1864, provided:
THAT the bounties heretofore paid,
under regulations and orders from the War
Department, to men enlisting in the reg
ular or volunteer forces of the United
States for three years or during the war,
shall continue to be paid from the 9Th
day of January, 1864. until the 1st day
of March next. anything in the act Goint
resolution approved December %, 1863,
to the contrary notwithstanding"
General Order No. p, dated January
1S, 1864. provided:
"All enlisted men now in the Regular
Army. whose terms Of service expire dur
ing the present year. are hereby permitted
to reenist ut any time before the 1st of
March. 1864. On reenlisting, they will
be entitled to the extra bounty of $500. au
thorzed by General Order No. 20. War
Department. Adjutant- Generars Office,
Washington. ID. C.. January IA, 1864 tpro-
mitigating the joint resolution of January
General Order No. 6e, dated February
20, 1864. provided:
"All soldiers enlisted or reenlisted into
the Regular Army for the period of three
years under the provisions Of the Joint res,
olution Of January Il: 1864, and General
bounty of $402. to be paid as follows:
!. Upon enlistment. they shall be
paid one months pay in advance .$13.0O
First installment of bounty. ....... 900
L TeiHlum ....... -.oo
Total on settlement. t.............$ $4,000
?. At the first regular payday after
two months service, an additional
instalment of bounty will be paid$5O.OO
g. AT the first regular payday after
six months service, an additional
installment of bounty will be paid 5000
t. At the first regular payday after
the end of the first years service,
an additional installment of boun-
ty will be paid ................ 5000
). At the first regular payday after
Is months service, an additional
instalment of bounty will be paid 5000
6. At the.frst regular payday after
two years service, an additional
instalment of bounty will be paid 5O.OO
Z. At the first regular payday after
two and a half years service, an
additional installment of bounty
VIII De paia .......... =. =. -. .o'oo
8. AT the expiration OF three years
service, the remainder Of the
bounty will be paid ........... 73.0U
The joint resolution of March 3. 1864.
continued this bounty in force to April l.
1864. Note that it was allowed for en-
listments or reenlistments for three years.
and was payable at honorable discharge
after two-years' service. or after a less
period for wound or injury incurred III
service and line of duty.
ENLIsTMENTs ON APRIL !. 1864.
Enlistments on April /, 1864. were nm
til comparatively recently. regarded the
same as though made after that date thus
denying to many persons bounues as
above, to which they are now entitled.
REGULARS ENLIsTING FROM APRIL 2 TO
JULY II 1864.
Regulars enlisting from April 2 to July
II. 1864, were entitled to the same bounty,
and on the same terms and conditions as
those enlisting before June %, 1863.
REGULARS REENLIsTING FROM JUNE 20 TO
AUGUST 1. 1864.
The act of June 20. 1864. provided:
"Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
all non-commissioned officers and privates
in the Regular Army, serving under en-
listments made prior to july y. 1861,
shall have the privilege OF reenlistmg, 1or
the term Of three years, in their respec.
tive organizations, until the 1st day OF
August next; and all such non-commis-
stoned officers and privates so reenlisting
shall be entitled to the bounties mentioned
in the joint resolution OF Congress ap-
proved January 10. 1864.
Thus, the $4OO was allowed for three
years enlistments in the Regular Army
from June 20 to Aug. !. 1864, inclusive;
the bounty being payable in instalIments .
dated February 20, 1864, above; and the
full bounty being payable at honorable dis
charge after two years service, or after
less period for wound or injury incurred
in service and line of duty.
ENLIsTMENTs AFTER JULY II. 1864.
The act of July 4, 1864, provides:
"That the President of the United
States. may, at his discretion. at any time
hereafter, call for any number Of men as
volunteers, for the respective terms OF one,
two, and three years, for military service; ;
and every volunteer who is ac-
cepted and mustered into the service for
term of one year, unless sooner discharged,
shall receive and be paid by the United
States a bounty of 500; and if for term
Of two years, unless sooner discharged. q
bounty Of 500; and if for a term of three
years, unless sooner discharged, a bounty
of $500; one-third of which bounty shall
be paid to the soldier at the time of his
being mustered into the service. one-thrd
at the expiration of one-half of his term
of service, and one-third at the expiration
of his term of service and in case of his
death while in service, the residue Of his
bounty unpaid shall be paid to his widow,
if he shall have left widow if not, to his
children. or, if there be none, to his moth
er, if she be a widow"
Circular 68 Of the War Department,
dated August 26, 1864, provides:
1.-THE following decision of the Second
Comptroller of the Treasury is published
for the information and guidance of all
concerned:
"The bounties provided by this
last mentioned act (approved July 4. 1864,
for enrolling and calling out the National
forces), though referred in terms to vol
unteers alone, who shall enlist under calls
which the President is authorized to make,
are yet made applicable to men enlisted
in the regular forces, by the 9Th section.
act July %, 1861, which ehacts that they
shall be entitled to the same bounties, in
every respect, as those allowed to volun-
teers.
"The bounties thus authorized shall be
paid in installments, as follows:
"On being duly accepted at depot. -. 500
"On the expiration of Is months
service $lVU
ION the expiration of the full term. 800
The above act was applied to all enlist
ments after July II. 1864, in the volun-
teer service for one, two, and three years,
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