The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-12

accrue, Is to each homestead claimant,
on that date, if he was already in
the United States service; otherwise
from the time, after that date, when
he enlisted or shall enlist in the Unit
ed States army, navy, or marine corps,
or when, as a member Of any other
organization for offense or defense
authorized by congress, he was or
shall be mustered into or engaged IN
the military or naval service OF the
United States. The benefits of the
act do not extend to any persons not
engaged in the service for offense or
defense as set forth therein. In these
instructions the word "~soldier" will
be used to indicate any person COM
ing within the purview of the cat.
3. The benefits of the act are con-
ferred upon a person who, before GO
ing into the service, had actually
made a homestead entry, had effected
and maintained a valid settlement
upon a tract properly subject to n
try by him, or had filled an allowable
application for the land. This last
includes one who had filed a petition
for designation under the enlarged
homestead act or the s~tock-raising
homestead law, accompanied by an
application to enter, provided his en-
try be allowed pursuant to a designa-
ton made while the war lasts, and
credit will be given for the service of
such soldier had after the date of
the designation. The act does not
protect any entry from cancellation
on account of defaults of the home
steader occurring before he went into
the service.
4. A soldier is entitled to credit
on the residence and cultivation pre-
scribed by the homestead law for the
time of his service during the war;
but one whose discharge is on account
of wounds received or disability in
Cured in the line of duty is entitled
enlistment, without reference to the
to credit for the entire term of his
time of actual service. However, the
homesteader will be required to show
at least one years residence and cul-
tivation in connection with his entry,
regardless of the length of his SER
vice or the fact that he has been dis
charged on n of the grounds indi-
Gated. During each years residence
which he may be required to show he
is entitled to the five months alb
sence privilege like other homestead
ers.
Rights of Widow.
5. If the soldier dies while actually
engaged in the military or naval SER
vice of the United States, his widow,
if unmarried, may at once submit
proof on his entry, if n has been
made; if there is no widow, or she
has remarked, his minor children may,
through their guardian, thus submit
the proof; and if he leaves no widow,
or the widow has remarked, and if all
of his children, if any there be, are
not minors, then proof may be SUBJ
mitted by his heirs in general, or by
his %devisees, as the cas- may be.
In the event the soldier had not
made entry for the land claimed, then
the right to make entry therefor and
submit proof accrues to the parties
indicated at once, as soon as the
land becomes subject to entry. In
such proof it will be necessary only to
give the identity of the entryman,
settler, or applicant with the soldier;
that he died while actually engaged
in the service, and that the person
or persons submitting proof bear to
him one of the relations mentioned.
When the claim is based on settle
ment only, the facts with respect
thereto must be shown; otherwise the
manner and method of submitting fin
al proof will follow the usual prac-
, tice.
l 6. Neither this act o any other
; legislation contains a provision by
{ which a person who initiates a home
l stead claim by filing application or by
: making settlement on public land, af-
l ter entering the army, navy or ma
: rine corps, or other organization in
e the present war, may obtain credit in
connection Herewith on account of
his service.
e 7. No application hereafter filed
: to contest a homestead entry on the
Z ground of abandonment will be al
: lowed by you unless there is an ale
y cation therein that the entryman's al
" legged absence from the land vas moi
due to his employment in the army
y navy or marine corps, or other orga'
e nization described in the act. No allie
:; cation of abandonment will be sus.
tanned against a homestead settler il
connection with a contest initiated
after April 6, 1917, unless it has beer
proved at the hearing, if one be had
that the entryman's alleged absence
from the land was not due to his EN-