Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-04-14

NHt"o'fSHS tHe LTe80cHt ~ me Untted
States TO accent the service Of num-
Der q Ootunfeer comhsaies not erceed-
ing thirty thousand men.
SEC. 1. BE it enacted on the Seiiafe and
House Of Representatives. of tie United
States # .fmerica, ia Congress assembled,
L nat Ehe President of tie United States
be, and he hereby is, authorised to accept
OF any company or companies, of volunteers,
either OF artillery, cavalry, orinfantrv who
may associate and Offer themselves for the
service. not exceeding thirty thousand men,
who shall be clothed and furnished with nor
ses at their own expense and armed and e.
quipPed ut the expense Of the United States,
after they shall be called into service, ex-
cept such OF them rs may choose to furnish
their own arms, and whose commissioned
ofhcers shall be appointed in the manner
prescribed by law in the several states
and territories to which such comDanies
shall, respectively, belong /: Provided,
That where any company, battalion, re-
Siment, brigade, Or division of militia al
ready organized, shall tender their voun-
tary service 10 the United States, such conn
Panv, battalion, regiment, brigade, or di-
vision shall continue to he commanded by
the officers holding commissions in the
same, at the time of such tender. and any
vac1ncy thereafter Occurring Shall he filed
IN the mode pointed on. by law in the state,
or territory wherein tic said company,
battalion, regiment, brigade, or division
shall have been orr finally raised.
SEQ. 2. lind be IL further enacted, That
any company battalion, regiment, bri-
gade, or division thus offering itself for the
service, shall be liable TO he called upon to
do military duty al any time the President
Of the United States shall judge proper,
| within two years after he shall accept the
same and shall be bound to continue IN SER
vice fov the term of twelve months after
! they shall have arrived AZ the place of rem
! dcZvous, unless sooner discharged, and
when called into actual service, and whilst
remaining therein. shall be under the same
rules and regulations, and be entitled to
| the same pay, rhtioas, forage and emou-
ments Of every Kind, 5cilnty ard clothing
excepted, with the regular troops
otthe United States: ProVidcd. That in
| lieu OF clothing, every non-commissioned
officer and private, in any company, who
may thus Offer themselves, snail be entitled,
, when called INFO actual service, to rcceice.
in money, Il snm equal to the cost OF the
ciothing Of n non-commissiOned OH Ger, or
private (9s the case may be) III the regu-
lar troops ofthe United States.
SEC. 3 md be II fnrthrr enacted, That
the Presidcn, 81 the United States be, anc!
he hereby is, authorized TO organize the
companies 50 rendering their services as
aforesaid into 5attIlionS, squadroRs, reei-
ments, brigadcs, and divisions, as soon as
the number ofvo'untccrs shall render such
organization, in his judgment, expedient;
bur until called into actual service, such
companies shall be bound to do OCULAR mi
litia duty as is required by law in like
manner as before the passage OF this act.
SEC. a. lind he it further enacted, That
in case anv volunteer above mentioned,
while in actual service, shall sustain any
damage, by injury done his hersc, or such
other equipment as shall have been fur
niShed at his own expense, or by loss of the
same, without any fault or negligence ON
his part, reasonable sum, to be ASCERTAIN
ed in such manner as the President of the
United States may direct, shall be allow
cd and paid to such volunteer for each and
every such damage, or loss
SEC. 5. HHdbe i further enacted, That
the sum Of FIVE hundred thousand dollars,
to Ne paid out of any monies in the treasu-
~ not otherwise appropriated, be and the
same hereby is appropriated towards de.
fraying any expense incurred by virtue Of
the provisions of this act.
NATHL. MACON,
Sneaker Of the House o" Rehrescnfafiues
GEO: CLINTON,
Yce-Preside1t gffhc United Safes, ana
PrcWdcat oFthe Senate.
February q, 1907.
APPROVED,
TIL: JEFFERSON.