and insert in the blank space _that I have made a homestead entry
since March 2, 1889, but have failed or am unable to perfect title to
the land covered thereby because of a valid adverse claim or other
invalidity existing at the date of its inception_.



B.


DECLARATION REQUIRED BY PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION OF AUGUST 19, 1893,
PREPARATORY TO OCCUPYING OR ENTERING UPON THE LANDS OF THE CHEROKEE
OUTLET FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILING A SOLDIER'S DECLARATORY STATEMENT IN
PERSON.

No. ----.

BOOTH IN T. ---- N., R. ----, ----, _1893_.

I, ----, of ---- County and State or Territory of ----, do solemnly
declare that I served for a period of ---- in the Army of the United
States during the War of the Rebellion and was honorably discharged
therefrom, as shown by a statement of such service herewith, and that I
have remained loyal to the Government; that I have not perfected a
homestead entry for 160 acres of land under any law except what is known
as the commuted provision of the homestead law contained in section
2301, Revised Statutes, nor have I filed a declaratory statement under
sections 2304 and 2309 of the Revised Statutes or made or commuted a
homestead entry since March 2, 1889;[*] ---- that I have not entered
since August 30, 1890, under the land laws of the United States or filed