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*4j$bort tiistoriesyNotable Regiments % COPYRIOHT BY WlLLJAM F. FOX, Al RA> V, X. V., 1889. SEVENTH CONNECTICUT INFANTRY. IIawley's Brigade ? Terry's Division ? Tenth Corps. (1) Cot.. ALFIiED II. TERRY ; Bvt ifajor-Gi:n. U. 8. A. (2) Col. JOSEPH R. HAWLEY ; Bvt. Major Gen. U. S. V. (3) Col. SEAGER S. ATWELL. CoMTAMES. Field and Staff. Company A ... B... c... D... E... F ... G . H... I ... K... Totals. Kili.kd asu Pied or Woi nds. Officers. Men. 1 I 32 *5 11 ,9 14 15 7 14 *5 '5 157 Total. 32 17 I 2 21 l6 l6 8 15 16 15 168 Pied or Please, Accidents, In Prison, Ac. Officers. Men. 23 31 26 23 16 10 11 18 17 17 192 Total. 3 23 3i 26 23 ,7 10 11 18 17 17 196 Total Enrollment. 17 174 161 '55 168 139 192 166 150 181 154 1.657 168 killed ?= 10.1 per cent. Total of killed and wounded, 59S; died of disease in Confederate prisons (previously included). 63. Batti.f*. K. A M. W James Island, S. C 19 Pocotaligo, S. C 6 Morris Island, S. C 4 Fort Wagner, S. C 28 Olustee, Fla 10 Drewry's Bluff, Va 45 Bermuda Hundred, Va 24 Battle*. Deep Bottom, Va ? ?. Near Richmond, Va., Oct. 1, 1864. New Market Road, Va., Oct. 7, 1864.. Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864. Charles City Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864 Fort Fisher, N.C K.&M.W. ... 15 ??? 3 2 ??? 5 .. ? 2 ? ?? c Present, also, at Fort Pulaski; Chester Station ; Wilmington. t i 1 Notes.?Recruited in various counties of the State.. Colonel Terry had already served as Colonel of the Second, a three months' regiment which fought at First Bull Run. It left the State September 18, 1861, and in the following month sailed from Annapolis for Port Royal, with General Sherman's (T. W.) expedition. It dis played a praiseworthy efficiency and steadiness in its first battle?James Island ? where, when ordered to retire, it halted, dressed its alignment under fire, and retired by battalion front as if on parade; casualties, 9 killed, 69 wounded, and 4 missing. In January, 1863, it went to Fernandina, Fla., but in May, four companies ? A, B, I, and K, returned to Hilton Head, S. C. These four companies were in Strong's Brigade, and were engaged in the first assault on Fort Wagner, July 11, 1863, where they displayed unusual gallantry. Out of 191 officers and men carried to that assault, 103 were killed, wounded or missing. At Drewry's Bluff, the Seventh sustained its greatest loss; 30 killed, 104 wounded, and 69 missing or prisoners. In the affair at Bermuda Hundred, June 2d, 1864, it also lost 78 captured, in addition to 25 killed or wounded. The regiment sailed with General Terry's expedition to Fort Fisher ? then in Abbott's Brigade, Ames's Division,? and took part in the successful storming of that stronghold. After the capture of Fort Fisher, the Tenth Corps, and with it the Seventh Con necticut, remained in North Carolina until after the close of the war. 1 I 5 * * * I ? 6 i * ? t * * * * * ? * * s % % TWELFTH MISSOURI INFANTRY. C. R. AVoods's Brigade ? Osterhaus's Division ? Fifteenth Corps. a) Col. P. J. OSTERIIAUS ; Major General (2) Col. HUGO WANGEUX; Pvt. Brig.-Gex. Losses. ' Officers. En. Men. Total. Killed and mortally wounded 10 102 112 Died of disease, accidents, in prison, etc 2 94 96 Totals 12 196 208 Total enrollment, 931 ; killed, 112; percentage, 12.0. Battles. ' Killed. Pea Ridge, Ark 3 29 Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss 2 4 Arkansas Post, Ark 1 Fort Pemberton, Miss 2 Vicksburg, Miss, (assault, May 19) 1 3 Vicksburg, Miss, (assault, May 22) 26 82 Siege of Vicksburg, Miss 10 42 Canton, Miss 1 5 Barton Station, Miss 1 3 Ix>okout Mountain, Tenn. ) Misssionary Ridge, Tenn. ) 1 Ringgold, Ga 5 22 Resaca, Ga 6 18 Dallas, Ga 3 9 Kenesaw Mountain, Ga 4 6 Battle of Atlanta, Ga., July 22d 2 5 Ezra Chapel, Ga 1 2 Siege of Atlanta, Ga 2 8 Skirmishes; Guerillas; On Picket 3 10 ?Include* the mortally wounde<l. ??Include* the raptured. ? Totals 71 274 Wounded* Missing.f Total. 2 34 6 1 2 4 108 52 6 4 27 28 24 12 10 8 3 10 14 353 * * * * ? Notes.? Organized at St. Ix>uis in August, 1861. After participating in Fremont's expedition in Missouri, the regiment left its camp at Rolla, Mo., in January, 1862, with General Curtis's Army, moving into Arkansas, where it was engaged, March 8, 1862, at the battle of Pea Ridge. It was then in Greusel's Brigade, of Osterhaus's Division. The rest of that year was passed in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, its next battle occurring, December 29, 1862, at Chickasaw Bluffs ; a few days after it sailed for Aikansas Post, where it was present but not engaged. It was then in Ilovey's Brigade, of Steele's Division. During the Vicksburg campaign it was in C. R. Woods's Brigade, Steele's Division, Fifteenth Corps. It took a prominent part in the assault on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863, in which Major Gustavus Light foot was killed. After the fall of Vicksburg, the regiment accompanied its corps to Tennessee, where it participated in the battles of Ix>okout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which Colonel Wangelin lost an arm. On May 1, 1864, it moved with Sherman's Army in the advance on Atlanta. It was then in Wangelin's (3d) Brigade, Osterhaus's (1st) Division, Fifteenth Corps; this division was subsequently commanded by General Charles R. Woods. The Twelfth fought its last battle at Ezra Chapel, Ga., on July 28, 1864 ; its time having expired it was shortly afterwards ordered home for muster-out. Of the officers belonging to the regiment, ten were killed, one lost both eyes, one lost a leg and arm, one lost one arm, and two lost one leg each; one died of disease, and one was drowned. Editorial Note: The abeVe pages are reproduce 1 from Col. Fox's famous book. " Regimental I/>m" Other page', giving short histories of notable regiments, will appear from week to week. It is hoped the appearance of these bhort histories will stimulate comrades to send in material for the preparation of more complete histories of their respective regi ments than hare yet appeared. Ladles of the G A R. Editor National Tribiwe: The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic in the State of New York are looking with much anticipation toward the coming of the An nual Convention of that Order at Roches ter in June. The growth of the Order has been slow but very substantial. The Circles, so far as can be judged at present, will all send good-sized delegations. Rochester is a beautiful city, enthusiastic in its support of the G. A. R. and allied Orders, and is quite easily reached from all parts of the State. That the Ladies of the G. A. R. has not taken its rightful place in the consideration of the veterans is due in a large measure to its conserva tism. There has never been very much of the flare of the trum|>et in its progress? perhaps not enough?but the women who sat at home by the fireside while dear oik's fought and fell at the front were schooled in a different atmosphere from that which surrounded other homes, and the shadow of their sorrow has never been lifted. They know what it means to give their best be loved on the altar of their country. It would certainly seem that while hon oring all who labor for the G. A. R. and are in harmony with them, the veterans should hold very close in their affection "the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of their comrades," and accord them equal honors and equal recognition. The pretty girl who bade the "boy in blue" good-by, the young wife who girded 011 her husband's stvord in tearful pnoe. the little girl who held up her lips for the father's purting kiss, often the last one. and the mother who wept and could not be comforted, are all older now?40 years older, some of them! Is it not reasonable to think that an order composed of women who have such moments iik these in blessed, sanctified memory, could be ideal in its work for the men who left them for the front in who are themselves 40 years older? I*?t the members of the Grant! Army of the Republic think of this?? Florida R. Lawrence, Department Corre spondent Indies of the G. A. li., Wolcott. UNITED STATES PENSION LAWS. A Comprehensive Digest of Pension Legislation From the Founda 3 tion of the Government. .<? ?? V if Copyrighted, 1CC4, by The National Tbibchk, THE climAx Of bounty-land legisla Ij Tioy. The- act'of March 3, 1855, covers ail wars prevails jo the date of the act. The classes of ? persons?provided for are as follows, as embodied in the Revised Stat utes: "Sec. 2425. Each of the surviving per sons specified in the classes enumerated in the following section, who has served for a period of not less than 14 days in any of tlie wars in which the United States have been engaged since the year 175JO and prior to the 3d day of March, 1855, shall be entitled to receive a warrant from the Department of the Interior for ItiO acres of land; and, where any person so entitled has, prior to the 3d day of March, 1855, received a warrant for any number of acres less than 100, he shall be allowed a warrant for such quantity of land only as will make, in the whole, with what he may have received prior to that date. ItiO acres. "See. 2420. The classes of persons em braced as beneficiaries under the preced ing section are as follows, namely: "First. Commissioned and non-commis sioned officers, musicians, and privates, whether of the regulars, volunteers, ran gers. or militia, who were regularly mus tered into the service of the United States. "Second. Commissioned and non-com missioned officers, seamen, ordinary sea men, fiotilla-men, marines, clerks, and landsmen in the navy. "Third. Militia, volunteers, and State troops of any State or Territory, called into military service and regularly mus tered therein, and whose services have been paid by the United States. "Fourth. Wagon-masters and team sters who have been employed under the direction of competent authority, in time of war, in the transportation of military stores and supplies. "Fifth. Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary war, and marines, seamen, and other persons in the naval service of the United States during that war. "Sixth. Chaplains who served with the army. "Seventh. Volunteers who served with the armed forces of the United States in any of the wars mentioned, subject to military orders, whether regularly mus tered into the service of the United States or not. "Sec. 2427. The following clans of per sons are included as beneficiaries under section 2425, without regard to the length of service rendered: "First. Any of the classes of persons mentioned in section 242(5 who have been actually engaged in any battle in any of the wars in which this country has been engaged since 17ft0, and prior to March 3, 1855. "Second. Those volunteers who served at the invasion of Plattsburg, in Septem ber. 1814. "Third. The volunteers who served at the battle ,of Niekojaek against the eon federate savages of the South. "Fifth. The volunteers who served at the attack on Lewistown. in Delaware, by the Itritish fleet, in the War of 1812." Free negroes duly enlisted into the service, and officers and seamen of rev enue cutters cooperating with the navy, and their heirs, are entitled. SERVICE CONFERRING NO TITLE. Troops employed in removing the Cher okee Indians from North Carolina in 1838 are not entitled to bounty-laud unless called into service for the express puy pose of suppressing the hostilities of the Indians, or actively engaged in such duty. Service in tlie northern frontier disturbance, or "Patriot War," in 1838-0; or in the "Toledo War." so-called, a dis turbance between Michigan and Ohio in 1835-*!: or in the Winnebago disturbance in 1827; or in the "Indian Stream War." so-called, a disturbance between New Hampshire and Canada, lasting from No vember. 1835. till February, 1830, does not give title. Contract surgeons, me chanics and laborers employed in the army, quartermaster's employes, priva teersinen. or any persons in the service of the United States who were dishonorably diseharged or deserted, are not entitled. No person is entitled to bounty-land for service rendered subsequent to March 3. 1855. WIDOWS AND CHILDREN UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3. 1855. The title of widows and children as de fined by the act of March 3. 1855, is em bodied in the Revised Statutes, as fol lows: ? "Sec. 2428. In the event of the death of any person who would be entitled to a warrant, as provided in section 2425, leaving a widow, or, if no widow, a minor child, such widow or such minor child shall receiv* a warrant for the same quantity of land that the decedent would be entitled to receive, if living on the 3d day of March, 1855." It will be noted that this provision con fers title on widows and children debarred under the Mexican war acts of 1847 and Hmendments because of inability to show the soldier's death due to his service in that war. WIDOWHOOD. The Mexican war acts were addressed to "the widow." The act of September 28, 1850, relative to the 1812 and Indian wars, contained the proviso: "Provided. She is unmarried at the date of her ap plication." The act of March 3. 1.855, con tained the following, as embodied in sec tion 242!). Revised Statutes: "Sec. 2420. A subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of any widow, under the preceding section, if she be a widow at the time of her application." A widow who remarried, but has been divorced from the second husband, and has not again married, is considered the widow of the first husband. MINORITY. The Mexican war acts did not require that children claiming bounty-land there under be minors at the date of the act. The act of September 28, 1850, relative to the 1812 and Indian wars, was addressed to "minor children." In the act of March 'I, 1855, occurred the following, now em bodied in section 2430, Revised Statutes: "Sec. 2430. Persons within the age of 21 years on the 3d day of March. 1855. diail be considered minors within the in 'cut of seet^ow<*2428." It has been held that no child is en titled undef aily of the bounty-fand laws iinless under 2J on March 3, 1855, bir this view does not seem now to be ad ,ered to. , THE NAVY. Except as to the offieers and enlisted neii of the Marine Corps, serving with :he army Hi fnlh Mexican war, and their leirs. provided for by the act of August ?0, 1848, amending the act of February il, 1847, the/e'is no bounty-land pro isiou for Vjiejiavy other than the act of March 3. J855;j and as fathers, mothers, nid brothers /Hud sisters have no title uider that,' a^.1, the widows and minor ?hihlren a?e ihe only heirs of persons serving in the navy who are entitled to xniuty-laud, except as above. INDIANS IN r. S. MILITARY SERVICE. The act of March 3, 1855, made the following provision, now embodied in sec tion 2434. Revised Statutes: "Sec. 2434. The provisions of all the bounty-land laws shall be extended to In dians, in the same manner and to the same extent as to white persons." EVIDENCE OK SERVICE. The act of May 14, 1850, contained a ; orovision now embodied in section 2431, Revised Statutes, us* follows: "Sec. 2431. Where no record evidence of the service for which a warrant is laimed exists, parol evidence may be ad mitted to prove the service performed, under such regulations as the Commis sioner of Pensions may prescribe." COMPUTATION OF SERVICE. The act of March 22, 1852, contained a provision which, a> amended by the act of May 14, 1S50, is embodied in section 2433, Revised {Statutes, as follows: "See. 2433. When any company, bat talion, or regiment, in an organized form, marched more than 20 miles to the plaee where they were mustered into the service of the United States, or were discharged more than 20 miles from the plaee where such company, battalion, or regi ment was organized, in all such cases, in computing the length of service of the of ficers and soldiers of any such company, battalion, or regiment, there shall be al lowed one day for every 20 miles from the plaee where the eompaiiy, battalion, or regiment was organized to the plaee where the the same was mustered into the service of the United States, and one day for every 20 miles from the place where such company, battalion, or regi ment was discharged, to the place where it was organized, and from whence it marched to enter the serviee, provided that such march was in obedience to the command or direction of the President, or some general officer of the United State., commanding an army or department, or the chief executive officer of the State or Territory by which such company, bat talion, or regiment was called into serv ice." DESERTION OR DISHONORABLE DIS CHARGE. * The bounty-land acts from the begin ning contained provisions substantially embodied in section 2438, Revised Stat utes. as follows: "Sec. 2438. Xo person who has been in the military service of the United States shall, in any case, receive a bounty-land warrant if it appears by the muster-rolls of his regiment or corps that he deserted or was dishonorably discharged from service." EVIDENCE OF TITLE. In the act of May 14, 1856, was in cluded provisions now embodied in sec tions 2432 and 2435, Revised Statutes, as follows: "Sec. 2432. Where a certificate or warrant for bounty-land for any less quantity than 100 acres has been issued to any officer or soldier, or to the widow or minor child of any officer or soldjer, the evidence upon which such certificate or warrant was issued shall be received to establish the service of such officer or soldier in the application of himself, or of his widow or minor child, for a warrant for so much land as may be required to make up the full sum of ICO acres, to which he may be entitled under the preceding section, on proof of the identity of such officer or sol dier, or, in case of his death, of the mar riage and identity of his widow or in case of her death, of the identity of his minor child. But if, upon a review of such evi dence, the Commissioner of Pensions is not satisfied that the former warrant was 1 properly granted, he may require addi tional evidence, as well of the term as of the fact of service." "Sec. 2435. Where a pension has been granted to any officer or soldier, the evi dence upon which such pension was granted shall be received to establish the service of such officer or soldier in his ap plication for bounty-land: and upon proof of his identity as such pensioner, a war rant may be issued to him for the quantity of land to which he is entitled: and in case I of the death of such pensioned officer or ! soldier, his widow shall be entitled to a | warrant for the same quantity of land to which her husband would have been en ? titled, if living, upon proof that she is such a widow, and in case of the death of such officer or soldier, leaving a minor child and no widow, or where the widow I may have deceased before the issuing of * any warrant, such minor child shall be en titled to a warrant for the same quantity of land as the father would have been en titled to receive if living, upon proof of . the decease of father and mother. But if. ; upon a review of such evidence, the Com : missioner of Pensions is not satisfied that | the pension was properly granted, he may require additional evidence, as well of the term as of the fact of service." DECEASED CLAIMANT. A provision of the act of J tine 3. 1?58, is embodied in section 2444, Revised Stat utes. as follows: "Sec. 2444. When proof has been or hereafter is filed in the Pension Office, during the lifetime of a claimant, estab lishing. to the satisfaction of that office, i his right to a warrant for military serv ! ices, and such warrant has not been, or i may not be, issued until after the death of I the claimant, and all such warrants as have been heretofore issued subsequent to the death of the claimant, the title to such warrants shall vest in his widow, if ther?j be one. and if there be no widow, then in I the heirs or legatees of the claimant: and ail military bounty-land warrants issued pursuant to law shall be treated as per sonal chattels, ami may be conveyed by assignment of such widow, heirs, or leg atees. or by the legal representatives of the deceased claimant, for the use of such heirs or legatees only." The right of completion of a claim for bounty-land, incomplete at the claimant's death, is extended to the legal representa tives of the deceased by act of March 3. 18(50. now embodied in section 2445, Re vised Statutes, as follows: "Sec. 2445. The legal representatives of a deceased claimant for a bounty-land warrant, whose claim was filed prior to his death, may file the proofs necessary t?> perfect such claim." TITLE TO MORE THAN ONE LAND WAR RANT. Under the act of March 3. 1855. per sons (including no heirs other than widows and minor children) who previously re ceived warrants for less than 100 acres, are entitled to receive warrants for the difference between 1150 acres and that pre viously received. If the soldier received less than 100 acres, the heirs specified are entitled to the difference. If under the early enactments a person or his heirs received, or were entitled fo receive, bounty-land for service in the 1812 war. he or they would still be en tit'ed under the acts of September 28, 1850, or March 3. 1855. for service in any other war than that of 1812: and if en titled under the Mexican war act of Feb ruary 11. 1847. he or thev would still be entitled under the acts of 1850 or 1855 for service in any war other than that with Mexico. A widow who has been the wife consec utively of two men whose services entitled them to bounty-land, is entitled on ac account of the services of but one. Heirs have no title independent of that which the person who served wou'd have if living. For instance, if a soldier re ceived a warrant for 100 acres for Mexi can war service, his heirs are not entitled to any land-warrant for that service. DISLOYAL CLAIMANT. An act of March 11. 1808, provides: "That section 3480 of the Revised Stat utes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, so far, and no further, modified and repealed as to dispense with proof of loyalty during the late war of the re bellion as a prerequisite in any application for bounty-land where the proof other wise shows that the applicant is entitled thereto." WARRANT LOST OR DESTROYED. By act of June 23, 1800. provision is made for issuance of a duplicate warrant in place of one lost or destroyed. This provision is embodied in section 2441. Re vised Statutes, as follows: "Sec. 2441. Whenever it appears that any certificate or warrant, issued In pur suance of any law granting bounty-land, has been lost or destroyed, whether the same has been sold and assigned by the warrantee or not, the Secretary of the In terior is required to cause a new certifi cate or warrant of like tenor to be issued in lieu thereof; which new certificate or warrant may be assigned, located, and patented in like manner as other certifi cates or warrants for bounty-land are now Authorized by law to be assigned, located, ESTABLISHED 1864. *S?OVER 90,000 CLAIMS SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED. PENSIONS FOR AGE. New Ruling. IWE WILL PAY Cash Commissions to Sub-Agents and Corre spondents for Valid Pension Claims. MILO B. STEVENS & CO., Attys., 899 14th 8t. N. W., Washington, D. C. Founded 19 >4 by Mllo B. St event, 14th Ohio Battery. BraarhM U Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit AN INDORSEMENT. The Natioxai. Thibi xk, April I, 1807: "The firm Is worthy of confidence upon the ground both ol ccmi eten y auU lioneaty." PENSIONS! PENSIONS! Under a recent ruling of the Hon. Commissioner of Tensions thousands and thousands of original pensions will be allowed; thousands and thousands of pen sions will he increased. This may cover jour case or some of your friends. All you have to do is to writ* Mr. Hunter, giving your age and service. If you draw a pension then state certificate number, age, rate, law and disability drawn pension on. He will do the rest. Mr. Hunter is a hustler, having had 117 esses al lowed in one day. Blanks and instructions sent free and no fee until you case it allowed. Mr. Hunter is very prompt. Now write him. JOSEPH H. HUNTER, Pension and Patent Attorney, WASHINGTON, D. C. and patented, and all cases where war rants liave been, or may be. reissued, the oiiginal warrant, in whosoever hands it may be, shall be deemed and held to bo null and void, and the assignment thereof, it any there be, fraudulent; and 110 [latent shall ever issue for any land located therewith, unless such presumption of fraud in the assignment be removed by due proof that the same was executed by the warrantee in good faith and for a valuable consideration.*' J he heirs or legatees of the soldier may obtain such duplicate upon showing the loss or destruction of the original with out having been assigned. a duplicate bo lost or destroved a triplicate may be obtained. WARRANT ERRONEOUSLY ISSUED. If a warrant be issued through fraud or mistake to a person not entitled, the rights of the person legally entitled are not affected; and if such a warrant, issued through fraud or mistake, or an original warrant which was lost, and for which a duplicate has been issued, comes iuto the hands of an innocent purchaser, his lights therein will be protected. LOCATING UNDER WARRANT. The following is a provision of the act of September 28, 1850, as embodied in section 2437. Revised Statutes: "Sec. 2437. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under such regulations as may be pre scribed by the Secretary of the Interior, to c.iuse to be located, free of expense, any warrant which the holder may trans mit to the (Jeneral Land Office for that purpose, in such State or land-district as the holder or warrantee may designate, and upon good farming-land, so far as the same can be ascertained from the maps, plats, and field-notes of the surveyor, or from any other information in the posses sion of the local oflice, and. upon the lo cation being made, the Secretary shall cause a patent to be transmitted to such warrantee or holder." A provision of the act of March 22. 1852, is embodied in section 2415, He vised Statutes, as follows: "Sec. 2415. The warrants which have been or may hereafter be issued in pur suance of law may be located according to the legal subdivisions of the public lands in one body upon any lauds of the Fnited States subject to private entry at the time of such location at the minimum price. When such warrant i* located on lands which are subject to entry at a greater minimum than $1.25 per acre, the locator shall pay to the Fnited States iu cash the difference between the value of such warrant at $1.25 per acre and the tract of land located on. But where such tract is rated at $1.25 per acre, and does not exceed the area specified iu the war rant, it must be taken iu full satisfaction thereof." If a person, after obtaining a warrant, does not himself wish to locate under it, he may assign it to some one else; or, after making a valid location, he may as sign. This is in accordance with provisions of the acts of March 22. 1852. and June 3, 1858. now embodied in section 2414, Re vised Statutes, as follows: "Sec. 2414. All warrants for military bounty-lands which have been or may here after be issued under any law of the United States, and all valid locations of I he same which have been or may here after be made, are declared to be assign able by deed or instrument of writing made and executed according to such form and pursuant to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, so as to vest the as signee with all the rights of the original owner of the warrant or location." ASSIGNMENT BEFORE ISSUE VOID. Provisions of the acts of February 11, 1847, and September 28, 1J850. are em bodied in section 2430, Revised Statutes, as follows: "Sec. 2430. All sales, mortgages, letters of attorney, or other instruments of writ ing. going to afTect the title or claim to any warrant issued, or to be issued, or any land granted, or to be granted, under the preceding provisions of this chapter, made or executed prior to the issue of such warrant, shall be null and void to all .in tents and purposes whatsoever: nor shall such warrant, or the land obtained there by. be iu anywise affected by, or charged with, or subject to. the payment of any debt or claim incurred by any ottlcer or soldier, prior to to the issuing of the pat ent." TREASURY SCRIP IN LIEU OF LAND-WAR RANT. Fndej the Mexican war act of February 11, 1847, persons entitled thereunder to a warrant for lt?0 acres might receive in stead, if they chose. Treasury scrip for $100 redeemable at the pleasure of the Government, and bearing interest at 0 per cent, per annum, payable semi annually; and those entitled to 40 a<res, scrip for $25, bearing the same interest. This provision of the law was repealed by the act of March 3. 1840, which pro vided that no more scrip should be issued after July 1, 184!); that all issued pre vious to that time should then be paid if presented; that if not presented for pay ment, interest should cease from and after that date; and that thereafter money should be paid (by certificate) to claim ants who preferred to receive it in lieu of the warrant. Iu the compilation of the Revised Statutes in 1873 this repeal of the scrip provision of the act of February 11, 1847, appears to have been overlooked, and the whole law was reenacted. But it is unlikely that any person at this time would care to accept a scrip certificate worth only $100 in place of a bounty-land warrant worth considerably more * than $100. Persons who have elects to re ceive the scrip or money certificate in stead of a warrant for bounty-land, have thereby relinquished their title to the bounty-land. (To bt continued.) C. D. PENNEBiKE?. JOSH PAUL JONES. PENNEBAKER & JONES, Attorneys and Counselors, 1331 F STREET. WASHINGTON D. a S)Mrlal attention to a'lju'rtment of accounts of civil war Volunteer Officer*. We think rery ipt offl^r* were properly pai<t. Widows (even if remarried;, or olber heirs, are eaU tied. Write for details. We are especially anxious to oommnnlcVe with oil cere for their heirs" who I\ were not paid for recmitlng services, or for services rendered prior to m ister in; f?' who were denied bonnty by reason of promotion; (I) who were dismissed from the service; (4; who were denied travel pay by reason of resignation for personal reasons or convenienc?; (5) who were not m i<er?d and paid because command was below minimum num. hr? i nd (6) who lost U. H. pay by reason of stale pay ment. ATTENTION, COMRADES! Write CYRUS BUSSEY, ? I^ate Assistant Secretary of Interiors, Attorney at Law, Ulft F St. N. W., VitUiflN, D. C. At onrr for blanks and instructions as to making application for pension or incre-se, under went orde? of Commissioner of Tensions. Attention irlven to all other class of claims, including extra pa.i and atoB for tho*e m ho terred In the M ar nlik Spain and tlae Philippines. RELIABLE SERVICES PROFFERED I Mperlnlty of Pension Bnrenn Prartlee. Survivors of the Union army and navy, please stats age, monthly rate of (tension; If denied petition here tofore, why? The executive order which look ?*ltect April 13,1904, may benefit you. The Information re quested will enable me to instruct you and supply proper application form, aill also to prrar.it Manual of the Penadon I.aw*. Percentage of success un<-zr>eiled. No fee unless successful. (Cutout lor future refeience. J KDUAR T. UAUDK, Attorney nt Law, Waahlnftoa, P. C. JOHN W.MORRIS&C0! ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WASHINGTON, D. C.. Successfully Prosecute PENSION CLAIMS. National Tiibune. Massachusetts Ladles of the G.A R. Editor National Tribune: George S. Hull Circle, 17, Ladies of the G. A. It., At hoi, successfully conducted a food sale, with apron and fancy table. May 13, the proceeds to be used for National En campments. The Circle is increasing: four candidates were initiated at last meeting. James A. (iarfield Circle, 15, tawrence, initiated six candiates and two comrades ai their last meeting. Circle 19, of Newburyport. was or ganized with 15 members Jan. 11. ami now numbers 52 members and 10 comrades. It recently donated $25 to Post 40 for the National Encampment. The local Posts and auxiliaries, with the Ladies of the G. A. R., held a grand camp fire in the Opera House at At hoi, May 10. Among the speakers were lion. Lucina Eield, Department Commander, Senior Vice Commander J. II. Wolff, I). II. Glee son, Chief Mustering Officer; E. P. Preb ble. Assistant Adjutant-General: Hon. E. F. Harndle. of Rockland. Assistant Quar termaster-General and Department officers of the Relief Corps.?A. A. Stevens, De partment Corresponding Secretary, At hoi, Mass. - ? ? An Invitation to Dinner. . James M. Neal. 25th Iowa, Castroville, Cal., writes that he has some fine collards in his garden, and he would like to have Si Klegg. Shorty, Capt. McGilliciddy and the rest, which we hope includes Annabel and Maria, dine with him. lie belonged to the Iowa Brigade, in the First Division, which was called the '"Fire Brigade" on account of the burning of Columbia. S. C., for which they were blnmed. He thinks, however, they saved it. He saw Sherman. Logan, Chas. R. Woods and others work at the pumps to put out the flames. Don't Neglect Rheumotism New Appliance for Drawing Acid Poisons From the System through the Pores of the Feet Sent to Anybody FREE?On Approval?Try It! Don't neglect rheumatism. The acid poisons accumulate day by day until joints become solidified in horribly distorted shapes and relief from the indescribable suffering is beyond the power of man to give. Heed the warning pains of rheumatism and rid your system of the cause while you can by wearing Magic Foot Drafts. Don't take harmful medicine. The Drafts draw out the acid poisons through the great pores of the feet, where the capil lary and nerve systems are most sus ceptible, reaching and curing rhcumatisia in every part of the body. If you have rheumatism send your 'mine to* day to the Magic Foot Draft Co? JH.' 28 Oliver H.Uk., J .ckS'Mi, M cli. You will got by return mail a pair of the celebrated Manic Foot Drafts, wiih h have madvt a record of curing nine out of ten ease* in Jackson, where the discoverer lives* and have already become a household remedy all over the world. No <?t her remedy ever cured fomuny esses considered incurable. TIimI is wby the makers cm send th<*tn on nnproval- You risk nothing, If you a e satisfied with the ben efit received, send one dollar, ll not send nofti I.iK A flue booklet in c<?l rsand many t<*uiiuo uiais somes Ires with the Drafts, Write to-day.