The National tribune., 1907-08-08


Advance bounty paid at depot after
i being accepted ........ $500. Is
Total. ~
| Bounty 10 be paid at the second
regular payday after enlistment 80
Bounty to be paid at first pay day
| After eight months service. 81
After II months service. ....... SO
After two years service. ....... 80
4 After three years service. 10
i After four years service. ....... SO
Bounty to be paid at expiration OF
\ service ...... rs
h And it is further 'rdcred, That the
bounty of $400 aforesaid shall be al
lowed and paid in the manner herein
before provided to all those men now
in the Regular Army whose term eS-
pire within one year from this date. Ind
who shall re-elist at any time within
two months before the expiration of
their present term of service.
This was subsequently, made TO apply
to men enlisting for three years
/ Paragraphs ii, Ill and ", General
Orders No. 191, June 25, 1863, War De-
partment, read:
/ II. All able bodied men between the
Lagos of IS and 45 years who have here
tofore been enlisted and have served for
1.-The examination required by the Mus
ltering Regulations of The United States,
| may be enlisted under this order as vet
eran volunteers. in accordance with the
provisions hereinafter set forth
| III. Every volunteer enlisted and mu--
tered into service as veteran under
this order shall be entitled to receive
from the United States one months pay
in advance and a bounty and premium
of $402. to be paid as follows:
1. Upon being mustered into SER
vice he shall be paid one
months pay in advance Sl3
First installment of bounty. 25
Premium .... 2
| Total payment on muster... 30
| 2. At the first regular pay day, or
| two months after muster in, an
additional installment of boun-
ty will be paid -...-.-.... so
3. At the first regular pay day after
six months service he shall be
paid an additional installmcnt
of bounty SO
4. At the first regular pay day after
the end of the first years SER
vice an additional installment
of bounty will be paid ....... so
). AT the first regular pay day after
Is months service an addition
al inslallment of bounty will
be paid 81
| 6. At the first regular pay day after
| two years service an addition
al instailmcnt of bounty will
be PAID 50
4. AT the first regular pay day after
two and half years service
an additional installment of
bounty will be paid ........ so
s. At the expiration of three years
service The remainder of the
bounty will be paid .-. as
". If the Government shall not re-
quire these troops for the full period of
three years. and they shall be mustered
| hnnorably out of service before the cX-
pration of their term of enlistment.
| they snail receive, upon being mustered
ont. the whole amount of bounty re-
naming unpaid. the same as if the full
term had been served. The legal heirs
of volunteers who die in the service
shall be entitled to receive the Who'll.
bounty remaining unpaid at the time OF
the soldiers death.
Under General Order 305. of Sept. II.
1868. A. G. o.. General Order I9l WAS
the expiration OF 80 days from Sept II.
1863, volunteers serving in three year
organizations who may rc-cnlist for
three years or the war in the companies
and regiments 10 which they now belong
ana VINO may nave at inc date oil re-
enlistment less than one year to serve
shall be entitled to the aforesaid bountv
ana premium of s4O2, to be paid in the
manner herein provided for other
troops rc-cntcring the service The
first ins;allmert of bounty to veterans
under the orders was increased to $50.
and the final instaliment Of that bounty
was made $40 instead of SIS.
Paragraphs !. III and III, of Circular
No. 9s, Nov. 3. 1863, Provost-Marshai-
Generals Office. read:
]. To all recruits enlisting as above
required there will be paid one months
pay in advance. and in addition boun-
~ and premium amounting to $500, as
follows, viz:
on being mustered into the L. S.
service. under this authority, and
before leaving the recruiting sta
ton or depot to join his company
or regiment, the recruit shall re-
ceive one months advance pay. $13
First installment of bounty. ..... 60
premium ,
Total nav befnra ioipipu n