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 797_ · TITLE 48:-——1’Ul shell be entitled tc eee hundred and sixty notes of lexid in case her lmsbandwéas killed in battle; nor shall a `submquent mer-. riage immir me right of any ·wldow to gtich wm·raht,·lf she _ be e yidéw at the time fof lmaking her eppllcution. __(R. S. { 2·-124.) » T · o ° T _. P l ~. . 7§‘!. Wi®‘W8 and children of persogxs entitled.-1-1};; the event _ of the deem}; of amy person who woulclibe entitled to a warrent,~ as provided in section @0 of this title,.lea€·ing a widow, or, if · no widow, a minor child, such widow or such mine: child shell reeeivie n warrant fer ‘tlie same quantity of lend- that the _ deeeiient weuld be entitled tc reéeive, lf liying on the -3d dey ofHa.¥¥gh,13$55. (R.S._`§24§.*8.)_»· _ -. l _ ’  e $58.. e e  o» went met·riageYof·wiéow.—A subsequent marriage_ shall not lmpair {h&_'·1‘{ght· of any widow.- under the preceding section, if she` be a wldow at the time of _ her application. (R. $..}.2429.; ’_ y _ ‘ ‘_  _. . ‘_  ’ 799. Mmem.-——Pérsons within the age of twenty-one years- on. the 3d_ day- of Mar~ch,·1%,’ shall be coxxsidefewl miuoxjs within; the intent of section 791 of this title. (R. S. § 2430.) · _ . ‘ 8 ; Equalimitiim of h0l1Dti§S§·7~E8C!l of·tl1e`su1•viving` persoes $$1-zcmed in the classes enumerated in tee- following section, l who has ~served for e period of not lesé than fourteen (lays, in any of the were lh which the 'United States have been engaged Siube the year 1790, end pzlor to the 3d_Aey of Merch, 1855, shall be entitled to receive a warrant fiom the Department U _of the Interior, for one hundreh arid sixty acfes of lend; and; * where anyjaerscn so entitled `has; brief to-.tl1e 3d dajof March, 1855.` received a warrant for any number of acres=1ess· than — one hendredead sixty, he shall be allowed h ·wai·i·a11t for mich quantity of lend only as` will-make, in the whole, with what he may have rebeived prior to that date, one hundred and sixty acm. _-(R. S. 5-2425.) -`. ‘ ” · ._ 881. Right dependent on length of service.-—-The classes, of " persons eibraced as be:1eHciaries under the preceding sectioxi, are as follows, aemelyf I _ “F  ° First. Commissioned and lnoncommiséioned ofncers, musicians, and privates,` whether of the` regulars, volunteers, `iangers,` or ~ militia, who were regularly muétered lixito the sorvlce° of the Ilited Mates. - N . _ ‘ °‘ _ ’%ml. Qomizaissioned and noncommissioned officers, seamen, . m·dinary_seams.·¤, Qotilla meg. marines, clerks, and lhndsmen in theflevy.   _· 5 ’· " , Third. Militia, volunteers, and Sthte troops of any State or Territory, called into military service, and regularly mustered therein, and whose services_: have lbeen paid by the, United States. ·, . l_ _—  > ' Fourth, Wagon masters `aud teamsters who have been- em; a ployedeedet the direction of competent euthority, in time of l wer, in the tmesportntiwen of milltery usteres and supplies. .· Fifth. Géleem and soldiers of the Revolutionary War,·_.and ' _merl¤es,’ seamen, gud other persons in the naval servlceof the United Statet durlhi that war. _ t ‘ Seventh. Voluuteets who éervegl with the armed forces of the 13 nitegl Smh in any of the wnmlmentioned, subject to jmllitnry erdem, smether xegulelrly muete1‘ed lnto the service? of the United States exact. (R. S. {2426.). ‘ ’ · `· l $@2.: Bight inéeocaylmat of length` of ser*i£cc.—-—-Ifhe following elem of persons em included as benedcieriu under eeétloxr @0 ~of this title, without regard to the length of sefviee rendered: 6- Firm. Any of the ela@es of persons meutloued ln, section 801 of the title who hgvo  actually eegagm in may battle in Aaxiy of   wars in which th`ls_ country has been engaged since 1780,=g¤d prior to March 3, 1%. ‘ . _ n Second,  volunteers who served at the invasion · of Pl¤¤¤b¤1‘§h,· in Septemhw; 1814. . . T ‘  The °¥Gi¤htGB1'l`-W]l0 served at the mttlo of King'; _Mou¤tel.¤, ln the Rovmmomry Wu. ‘.
 * Sixth. Chaplains who mrvedrwith the Army. _

?LlC LANDS ·* 13.84. Fourth. The volunteers who served ut themttle ot Nickojuck. against the coutedernte savages of the South. n _ · Fifth} The volunteers who served at `the uttsck town, in Delaware, by the British heet, in the War of 1812. (R.S.§2427.). —, [ o · 803. Patel proof of ‘eervice.—-¥¥Where no record evidence dif the service for which ·a w_urrunt‘ is claimed exists, pnml evidence`- muy be admitted to prove the service performed, under such regulations as the Commissioner ot Pensions may (B.·S. {2431.) _*_ l _ ‘ » 804, Proof of service on application for id&tiouu1 bonu.-- Whero. certihcate or e 'werrunt for bounty land for any me quantity thunone hundred end sixty acres has been issued to any officer or soldier, or to the widow or minor child of any otlfcer or_so1dier,‘ the evidence upon which euch certihcste or warrant was issued shall be received to eetablish the ecrvice of · such office1·`or· soldier jh` `the application of himself, or of his widow or minor child,_tor u wnrrnut; for so mu& land us muy be`required.~to make  the full sum ot one hundred end eixty acres, tolwhich he muy be entitled. under the preceding section, on proof ot the identity of such  or soldlufer, in case oi. Ilia death, pofjthe marriage und. identity of hiswidow, or, Hr cuss of herdeath, of the identity of his mluoxxchlld. But  upon ` a 1’€°Vi€Vf.?`0f such evidence, the Commissioner. of Pensions is not sutished thut the former warrant wes properly granted, he muy require additional evidence, gs well of the term us of the {uct of service. (R, S, ‘§ 2432.)  _ · " - ’ _. ‘ ` 805. Allowance for travel time et computinglength ofeerv· Q ice.—When any company, huttalioii, or regimut, in uu·orgsu`ized · form; mdrched nxore than twenty miles to the place where. they were mustered into the service ot the United States, or° were ·_ discharged more than twenty mile; from `”the place where such compuny, buttulion, or_ regimeutwus organized. in 'nll meh caseh, lu computing the length of service of the omcers and soldiers of any such company, huttullomor regiment, tmre shall be allowed one dey for every twenty mllu from the place where the company, battalion, or regiment me organized to the place where the heme was ihhstered into the service of the United States, and one ‘ day for every twenty `mlles from the place where such company, battalion, or` regiment was dischurgml, to the place where it was orgnnlxed, and from whence it- marched * to enter the service, provided that such  wes in obedience to the command or direction ot  President, or some general omcer l ot the United States, commending nuqurmy or depart-_ ° ment; or theichlef executive omcer ot the£‘State or Territory by which such company, battalion, or regiment was culled into service, (-R. B. {2433.) "  · ~ { ·  806. Indians included in bounty lvm.-—··Cl‘i1e_prevlslous of all the bountylund laws shall be extended to Indlnns, in the same manner end to the saute extent us to white   (R. 8. -801. Evldence of right to @5on gdnissible to shew right to bounty.-—Where a peusion hue been grunted to uny omcer or soldler,_ the evidence umu which such @1on Ycause granted shall be received to 'wtahlish the seryiec of such omcer or soldler ln his application tor_bouuty`1und: and upon proof of his  identity us such pensioner, {warrant may be   tohlru for the quantity of lend to which he is entitled; am in case of the death ot such pensioned omcer or Soldier, his widow.shul1` be entitled to ra. warrant for the eume quantity of luhd to which her husband would have been entitled, lt living, upon proc! that she is such widow; n¤d‘in eeqof the death of such o¤cer‘ _ or soldier, leaving u minor   and no widow, cr: `where the Y ,wld`ow may have   before “ tha issuing ot. uu; warrant, such"' minor. child shell he entitled to n wurrdntctor the same quantity ee land an the tether would have -mtit1e<l to receive it llvlug; upon proof of the decmse ot tether and mother. But lt, upon s review ot such evidence, the Commissioner of