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death, stating particularly whether it was caused in battle or by wounds received, of which the hushand subsequently died, or by disease (describing it) contracted in the line of duty; also the time of his death.]

- by one å ——— that her name before her said marriage was —; that there were born to ber and her said husband, during the existence of said marriage the following children, who are now under sixteen years of age, viz: [Here give names, date of birth, and residence of all the children under sixteen years of age.] That she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband; all which will appear by the proof hereto annexed. [Should there be no public record of the marriage, that fact should be stated; should there be neither public nor private record, this should be stated; and so, if there should be no living witnesses of the marriage, or if their places of residence should be unknown.]

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the half-pay pension to which she is entitled by reason of the services and death of her said husband, and hereby constitutes and appoints prosecute the claim and procure a certificate.

widow of

and

her attorney to

(Claimant's Signature.)

Sworn to and subscribed before the day and year first above-written, and on the same day, personally came residents of " who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, and were acquainted with her and her said husband before he entered the service, and know that they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed. That she is the widow of the identical who performed the military service mentioned in said declaration, and has remained a widow since his death. That their knowledge of the identity of her husband with the soldier is derived from personal knowledge [or otherwise].

And they further testify that they reside as above-stated, and are disinterested in this claim. (Witnesses' Signatures.)

Sworn to and subscribed before, and I certify that I am not interested in this claim, or concerned in its prosecution; that I believe the affiants to be credible persons, and the declarant is the person she represents herself to be. (Officer's Signature.)

This declaration must be made before a Court of Record, or before a Judge or Clerk of such Court.

For Forms of Affidavits and other proof which must accompany the foregoing declaration, and also for general instructions relative to such claims, applicants are re

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ferred to "WIDOWS AND ORPHANS-REVOLUTIONARY WAR," and "WIDOWS AND ORPHANS-REGULARS." Such accompanying proof may be made before any officer authorized to administer oaths in general. The official character of such officer must be attested as follows:

I, -, clerk of the court, in and for the county and State abovenamed, do hereby certify that, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing 8- in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.

[L. S.]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this day of

Clerk of the

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For REGULATIONS and FORMS relating to POWERS OF ATTORNEY in pension cases, see Chapter XVI.

ACT OF JULY 14, 1862.

The regulations and forms prescribed by the Commissioner, to be observed in making applications under this act, in behalf of widows and orphans, will be found under title" WIDOWS AND ORPHANS-REGULARS."

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CHAPTER XI.

GRATUITOUS PENSIONS.

SECTION

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THE President was empowered by an act approved January 2, 1812,' entitled "an act authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of rangers, for the protection of the frontier of the United States," whenever satisfactorily advised of an actual or threatened incursion of Indian tribes into any State or Territory, to raise, by enlistment or the acceptance of volunteers, for one year,2 six companies of rangers, for whom the following provision was made:

3

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, raised pursuant to this act, shall be entitled to like compensation in case of disability by wounds, and otherwise incurred in the service, as officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, in the present military establishment, and with them shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, which have

1 U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. ii, 670.

2 This was extended one year, and until the close of the next session of Congress thereafter, by act of July 24, 1813. (U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. iii, 39.)

3 An act passed July 1, 1812 (U. S. Stats. at Large, vol. ii, 776), authorized the raising of an additional company, under the same provisions, conditions and restrictions contained in the act of January, 1812; and an act approved February 25, 1813 (U. S. Stats. at Large, vol. ii, 804), added ten more companies, upon the same terms. These ten companies were intended for service upon the frontiers, against the Indian allies of the British, and were originally authorized for one year; but by act of February 24, 1814 (U. S. Stats. at Large, vol. iii, 98), the term of service was extended one year.

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been established, or may hereafter be by law established; and the provisions of the act entitled "an act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States," so far as they may be applicable, shall be extended to all persons, matters, and things, within the intent and meaning of this act, in the same manner as if they were inserted at large in the same.'

An act approved April 10, 1812, entitled "an act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the late campaign on the Wabash," provides that the officers and men who served under General Harrison, against the Indians on the Wabash, shall receive the same pay, according to the rank assigned them by General Harrison, as is allowed the militia; and that the widows or orphans of such as were slain, or died of wounds received in the service, should receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased husband or father was entitled at the time of his death, for five years. Section two of this act, which contains the latter provision, may be found in full on page 198.

Half-pay is granted to the widows and orphans of rangers and others, in certain cases, by an act of April 16, 1816, entitled "an act making further provision for military services during the late war, and for other purposes.3 (See page 200).

By an act of April 20, 1818, entitled "an act to increase the pay of the militia while in actual service, and

The act of 1802, here referred to, makes provision for the widows and orphans of commissioned officers only. See section fifteen of this act, page

159.

2 U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. ii, 704.

3 U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. iii, 285. An act of March 3, 1817, fixes the amount of half-pay to which widows and orphans of soldiers shall be entitled under this act at forty-eight dollars per annum; and of widows and orphans of officers at half the pay of officers of the infantry.-(U. S. Satutes at Large, vol. iii, 394).

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for other purposes, ," the same provision was made for the widows and children of the militia who had served, or might serve, in the war against the Seminole Indians, and who had died or been killed, or might die or be killed, in such service, as for the widows and orphans of the militia who died or were killed in the service of the United States during the war of 1812. Section two of this act, which contains this provision, is given at large on page 201.

"An act for the more perfect defense of the frontiers,' approved March 2, 1833,2 authorizes the enlistment of a regiment of dragoons, for service upon the border, and provides:

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said regiment of dragoons shall be liable to serve on horse or foot, as the President may direct; shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, be recruited in the same manner, and with the same limitations; that the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, farriers and privates, shall be entitled to the same provisions for wounds and disabilities, the same provisions for widows and children, and the same allowances and benefits, in every respect, as are allowed the other troops constituting the present military peace establishment.

Provision was made by act of March 19, 1836, entitled "an act to provide for the payment of volunteers and militia corps in the service of the United States," for the widows and orphans of the volunteers and militia who had been or might be engaged in the service of the United States, in suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida, and had died, or might die, in the service. The section of the act in which this provision is made will be found on page 202.

1 U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. iii, 459.

2 Ibid, vol. iv, 652.

3 Ibid, vol. v, 7.