# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 137

Chap. CXXXVII.—An Act making further provision for the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.
Act of March 3, 1815, ch. 78. Two additional brigadier generals may be appointed by the President. 1812, ch. 14.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint two brigadier generals, in addition to those already authorized by law, who shall each be entitled to the same number of aids and brigade majors as are allowed to a brigadier general under the act of Congress passed the eleventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. And the said brigadier generals, aids and brigade majors, shall be entitled to receive the same pay and emoluments as are by law allowed to officers of the same grade.
Additional deputy adjutant generals, &c. may be appointed from the line of the army.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That to any army of the United States, other than that in which the adjutant general, inspector general, quartermaster general and paymaster of the army, shall serve, it shall be lawful for the President to appoint one deputy adjutant general, one deputy inspector general, one deputy quartermaster general, and one deputy paymaster general, who shall be taken from the line of the army, and who shall each, in addition to his pay and other emoluments, be entitled to fifty dollars per month, which shall be in full compensation for his ​extra services. And that there shall be to each of the foregoing deputies such number of assistant deputies (not exceeding three to each department) as the public service may require, who shall in like manner be taken from the line, and who shall each be entitled to thirty dollars per month, in addition to his pay and other emoluments, which shall be in full compensation for his extra services:President may appoint during the recess of the Senate. And provided also, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint any of the officers named in this act during the recess of the Senate, to be submitted to the Senate at their next meeting, for their advice and consent.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all letters and packages to and from the adjutant general and inspector general shall be free from postage.
Brevet rank may be conferred by the President in certain cases. No additional pay, &c., to be allowed, unless commanding separate posts, &c.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized to confer brevet rank on such officers of the army as shall distinguish themselves by gallant actions or meritorious conduct, or who shall have served ten years in any one grade: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to entitle officers so brevetted to any additional pay or emoluments, except when commanding separate posts, districts or detachments, when they shall be entitled to, and receive the same pay and emoluments to which officers of the same grades are now or hereafter may be allowed by law.
Officers may have private waiters.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers who shall not take waiters from the line of the army, shall receive the pay, clothing and subsistence allowed to a private soldier, for as many waiters as they may actually keep, not exceeding the number allowed by existing regulations.
Approved, July 6, 1812.