The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa. Thursday, December 18, 1862 Volume 4, Number 12 **[This edition of the newspaper is horribly faded to the point of totally unreadable. Looks like there was one marriage announced but no names were readable] NEWS Important to Volunteers It has been decided by the authorities at Washington that if a soldier is discharged before he has served two whole years or to the end of the war, if sooner ended, he forfeits his $100 bounty. The back dues for wages and fifty cents for each twenty miles traveled from the place of discharge to the place of enrollment, he is entitled to on the pay certificates from his nearest paymaster. If a soldier is killed or dies of disease before the end of two years or of the war, he has, under the liberal construction of the law, served to the end of the war, so far as he is or can be concerned. Congress intended by the provisions of the law that no one should have the bounty until the end of the war. The $100 bounty by this law will be immediately paid as soon as audited. Under an order and rule of the War Department there can be procured for the wives of a soldier imprisoned in the South the monthly wages of the soldier to the date of allowance, except the last month’s wages, which the government reserves. If no wife, the minor children by their guardian are entitled. If the soldier is unmarried, his widowed mother is entitled. An important decision has been made by the Secretary of War and the Paymaster General in effect that a soldier is entitled to pay from the day he enlists and that he is not to wait until his company is full or the formal muster of the regiment into Government service. _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008