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two years thereof is assistantcommissary general.

An assistant commissary general, five years.
4. All first appointmmts to the commissariat shall be
made from the subalterns of our army, p-ovi led a sutlicient
number of qualified volunteers, duly recommended by their
commanding officers, can be procured. Volunteers shall be
of not less than two years' service as commissioned officers,
and under 25 yells' of age ; they shall be subjected to an exa-
mination, and if found competent shall be placed on a list
according to their merits, and in their order thereon shall ba
einuloyed by the co:laths...airy Aeacrel its :chief.. under the.
authority of our Secretary of State ter War, as their ser-
vices may be required. The volunteers shall be subjected
to a probationof six months, with the rank of actlng deputy
assistant commissariat general ; at the termination of which
period, if found competent, and still willing to serve in the
commissariat, they shall be requi”ed to resign their military
commissions, and shall be furnished instead with commis-
sions as deputy assistant commissaries general.
5. The establishment of the commissariat shall be fixed,
from lime to time, on the sameprinciple as that of ourarmy ;
and in order to furnish a reasonable preparation for war, it
shall be maintained to such an extent as to provide suitable
employment in peace for officers, not only in the colonies,
but also at the several camps and large military stations at
home, according to the ordinary requirements of the
service.

6. In selecting officers ft-promotion, provision shall be
made for the advancement f those who have shown special
aptitude for their dales, o- have distinguished themselves
by zeal and ability in the performance of them ; hut such
selectim shall be niainly guided by length of efficient ser-
vice, The ptomotfnis in the commissar at shall take place,
as in other-branches of the public service, as vacancies
occur.

7. Ort reduction of the establishment, the junior officers
of the,Tespective ranks shall be the first reduced ; and on
restoraion to full pay, the reduced officers who are senior in
their rank shall be the first restored, except in cases in which
kstrict adherence to such rule would be manifestly detri-
mental to the public service.
8. In order to obviate the necessity for an undue aug-
ie:entation „of the establishment in time of war, and the
3:iequent • iwnyenience arising from a largo reduc-
n on the terMination of hostilities, the commissariat
shall be allowed to avail itself of the temporary assistance
that may be afforded by officers drawn f...orn our regular
army, or from the half-pay of our army, to be selected
under regulations which shallibe flamed for the purposeby
ur Secretary of Stai:e for War and our Commander-in:-
Chief, to act in the capacities of assistant and deputy assis-
tant commissaries geaeral. The officers of our army thus
placed on the commissariat staff shall be considered super-
numerary in their regiments, retaining their proper places
in their respective corps, and participating in regimental
promotion as opportunities offer, but they shall be employed
exclusively in the duties of the commissariat, and shall not
be at liberty to withdraw themselves from those duties, so
long as their services may be required, except in cases of
promotion to the rank of field officer in their regiments.

- 9. The relative rank of the commissariat officers of our
army shall be as follows :
Commissary general as major general,
Deputy commissary general, of five years' standing, as
colonel,
Deputy commissary general, under five years' standing,
as lieutenant colonel,
Assistant commissary general, as major,
Deputy assistant commissary general, as captain,
Acting deputy assistant commissary general, as lieutenant
in the army,
and their quarters and military allowances, including pen-
sions for wounds, and allowances to their widows and fami-
lies, shall be regulated accordingly.
10. The commissariat shall be allowed to draw subordi-
nates, such as clerks, storekeepers, issuers, butchers, bakers
&c., from.the soldiers of our army, to be maintained per-
manently on the commissariat establishment to the neces-
sary extent. These subordinates, when they shall have
been detached for a sufficient time on Trobation, shall be
wholly withdrawn from their regiments; but their names
shall be retained on the rolls as supernumeraries, in order
that they may be sent back to the r regiments or depots, in
case of misconduct or inefficiency. The individals thus em-
ployed shall be occupied exclusively in the public duties of
the department, and shall be appropriately clothed, and
placed under tho charge and direction of the commissariat
officers wherever they may be employed, who shall be an-
swarableular payment of the
men, whose places in their regiments shall
for the discipline and regular
be filled up by
recruits.

11. The rates of pay of the di
ment shall be regulated accordin,

ifferent ranks of t'
g to the followthf
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lie depart-
; scale :

SCALE OF FULL, HALF,