Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-02-07

CORPS shall be paid IN such manner that the arrears
| shall, Ut no time, exceed two months, unless the
circumstances of the shall render IT unavoida.
| Bile.
Sec II Ind be IL fytLey enacted, That if any Off
Ger, commissioned officer musician or private,
shall be disabled BY wounds or otherwise, while in
the line OF his duty in public service, he shall be pla
ced the list OF nyal DIS OF the United states, at
such rate Of pension and under such regulations az
are or may be directed by law Preceded dtvsays,
That the compensation to be allowed for such wounds
or disabilities, to commissioned officer, shall not
exceed for the highest rate OF disability half the month
ly pay OF such officer, at the ame oths beng disabled
or wounded ; and that no officer shall receive more
! than the half pay Of lieutenant colonel and that
the rate Of compensation to non commissioned Off
GERS, musicians and privates, shall not exceed FIVE
dollars per month And provided aleu- That all infer !
disabilities shall enttle the person so disabled to-
receive an allowance proportlonate to the highest
disability.
Sec Is md be IL f,tler enacted, That if any
issioned officer in the military establishment OF the
u. States, SHALL while in the service Of the United
States, die, by of any wound received in ac-
tual service OF the United States, and leave widow
| or If no widow, a child children under sixteen
years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such
child children, shall be entitled to and receive halt
the monthly pay which the deceased was entitled
at the time OF his death. for and during the term OF
five years But in OF the death or intermarriage
of such widow before the expiration OF the sad term
of Ave years, the half pay for the remainder OF the
time shall go to the child or children of such deceas
ed officer Presided a!rDays, Thatsuch hall pay shan
| cease on the decease of such child or children.
| Sec. 10 dnd be 1T further enacted, That any nom
| commissioned officer, musician private, shall de-
sert the service the United States, he shall, IN adj
dton TO the penalties mentioned in the rules and ar
tices Of war, be liable for and during such
| period as shall, with the time he may have served
previous 20 his descrtion amount to the full term OF
his enlistment and such soldier shah and may be
tried by court martial, and punished, although the
term of his enlistment may have elapsed previous to
his being apprehended or tried
! Sec. IL. And be ffUtker enacted That every per-
son not subject to the rules and articles of who
shall procure entice soldier in the service OF the
United States, to desert or who shall purchase
from any soldier, his arms, uniform clothing, or a.
ny part thereof and every captain or commanding
officer OF any ship vessel, who shall enter on
board such ahip or vessel of his crew, know
ing him to have deserted, otherwise carry away,
any such soldier, shall refuse to deliver him up to
the orders of his commanding officer, shall, upon le
gal conviction, be fined at the discretion of any court
having cognlzance OF the same in any sum not eX-
ceeding three hundred dollars, and be imprisoned a
ny term not exceeding one year.
Sec l8 Ana be it further enacted, That every ofd-
Ger, commissioned officer, musician and private,
shall take and subscribe the following oath or affr-
nation, to wit +" Il. Il. do solemnly swear, or
affirm, Gas the case may be,) that | will bear true
faith and allegiance to the United States of America
| and that will serve them honestly and faithfully a.
gainst their enemies or opposers whomsoever and
that will observe and obey the orders of the Pres-
dent of the United States, and the orders of the Off
GERS appointed over me, according to the rules and
! articles of war"
Sec 10. And be it further enacted, That there shall
be appointed TO each division ajudge advocate who
shall be entltledto the same pay and emouments as
major in the infantry, if taken from the line of the
army shall BE- entitled thirty dollars per month in
addition his pay, and the allowance for forage
as is allowed by law for major ofinfantry
See. 20 and be 1t tu,ther enacted, That where any
commissioned officer shall be obliged to incur any ex-
ira expense in travelling and sitting on general courts
martial, he shall be allowed reasonable compensa-
ton for such extra expense actually incurred not ex-
ceedmg one dollar and twenty five cents per day to
officers who not entitled to forage, and not ex-
ceedng one dollar per day to such shall be entitled
/ 70 forage.
/ Sec. 81. And be II further enacte9, That no nom
| commissioned officer, musician or private, during
the term of his service, shall he arrested on mesne
/ process or taken or charged in execution for any
| debt or debts contracted before enlistment which
were seyerally under twenty dollars at the time of
contracting the same, for any debt whatever con-
tracted after enlistment.
Sec "a And BE- it further enacted, That whenever
any officer soldier shall be discharged from the
service, except by way of punishment for any offence
ne shall be allowed his pay and raons, an equva-
lent in money, for such term of time shall be sufii-
Gent for him to travel from the place of discharge to
the place OF his residence, computing at the rate of
twenty miles TO a day.
Sec 3D. Ind be it further enacted, That the subsst-
ence OF the officers of the army, when not received
in kind, shall be estimated at twenty cents per RAJ
ton.
Sec % And be it frther enacted, That there shall
be appointed to each brigade one chaplain who shall
be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a
major in the infantry.
Sec. 25. And be tfvther enacted, That no general
field or staff officer, who may be appointed by virtue
of this act, shall be entitled receive any pay or
monuments until he shall be called into actual service,
tor any longer time than he shall continue therein
IL. CLAY,
Speaker IF the House Of Representatives..
GEO. CLINTON,
Vice President # the United States,
and President Of the Senate.