1200 SIXTY-FOURTH oosensss. sm. 11. Ch. 189. 1917. August thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; Company C, First Regiment, Second Bri ade Nebraska Militia, who served from August twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to February seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five; to Captain Edward P. Ch1lds's artillery detachment, Nebraska Militia, who served from August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to November twe fth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and Company A, First Regiment, Second Brigade Nebraska Militia, who served from August twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four· the campaign against the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Kiowas, and Comanches in Ransas, Colorado, and Indian Territory from eighteen hundred and sixty-seven to eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, inclusive; the Modoc War of eighteen hundred and seventy-two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three; the campaign against the Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico, or either of them, m eighteen hundred and seventy-three; the campaign against the K1owas,· Comanches, and Cheyennes in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Indian Territory, and New Mexico in eighteen hundred and seventy- four and eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the campaign against the Northern Che ennes and Sioux in eighteen hundred and seventy- six and eighteen liiundred and seventy-seven; the Nez Perce War of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; the Bannock War of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; the campaign against the Northern Cheyennes in eighteen hundred and seventy-cig t and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine; the campaigns in the Black Hawk Indian war in Utah from eighteen hundred and sixty-five to eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, inclusive; the campaign against the Ute Indians in Colorado and Utah, from September, 81 hteen hundred and seventy- nine, to November, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive ; the campaign against the Apache Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, or either of them, in eighteen hundred and eighty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-six; and the campaign ainst the Sioux Indians in South Dakota, from November, eighteefiiiundred and ninety, to w*"°‘”‘· January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, inclusive; and also to include the surviving widows of said officers and enlisted men who shall have married said survivor prior to the passage of this Act: §r¢;¤g<:£m°d Provided, That such widows have not remarried: Provided further, ° ‘ That this Act shall extend also to the surviving officers and enlisted '1‘r¤¤r’¤ Renew- men of the organization known as Tyler’s Rangers, recruited at Black Hawk, Colorado, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for services ‘ ainst Period ¤f ¤<·r*i<>¤- the Indians: Prom£d_further, That if any certain one of the saiidg campaigns did not cover a period of thirty days, the provisions of this Act shall agply to those who served during the entire period of said ofggvgg <>f1>¤r¤x>r<>¤f campaign: romdedfurther, That where there is no record of enlist- ` ment or muster into the service of the United States in any of the wars mentioned in this Act, the record of pay bv the United States shall 1 be accepted as full and satisfactory proof of such enlistment and F°° "°"‘“°" "°“‘· service: And provided further, That all contracts heretofore made between the beneficiaries under this Act and pension attorneys and _ claim agents are hereby declared null and void.
°' Sec. 2. That the period of service performed by beneficiaries under
this Act shall be determined by reports from the records of the War Department, where there is such a record, and by the reports from the records of the Treasury Department showin payment by the United States where there is no record of regular eniistment or muster ggzw- into the United States military service: Provided, That when there ' is no record of service or piayment for same in the War Department or Treasury Department, the applicant may establish the service by satisfactory evidence from the muster rolls on file in the several State
