The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-06-24
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Laws of the United States.
AN ACT
Making further provision for the Corps



of Engineers.
ID L ir enacted BY the Senate and House Of
- REPRESENTATIVES Of me Uaifed STATES Of
| .fae,icr, in Congress assembled, Tha. there
! be added to the corps of engineers, two cap-
| tains, two hrst licuteDants, two second lcu-
tenants, with the usual. pay and emolumen,s,
according to their grades respectively and
| une paymaster, to be taken from the subal-
terms Of Engineers, with the pay and emolu-
inents OF regimental paymaster /; and that
there be attached to the said corps, either
rom troops now in service, or by new enlist
/ ments, as the President of ;he United States
may direct, four sergcants, four corporals,
one teacher OF music, four musicians, nine
teen. .artifcers and sixty two men, which nom
commissioned officers, musicians, arti6ccrs
and men, together with the artifcers and
men already belonging to the corps Of engi-
neers, shall be formed into company, to be
styled company Of bombardiers, sappers
and miners, and be oiIicered from the corps
OF engineers, according as the commanding
officer OF tha, corps may, with the approba-
ton of the President of the United States,
| direct and the said non on-commissioned Off
GERS, musicians, artiiicers and men, shall be
| allowed the same pay aud emoluments as are
| allowed TO the non-commissioned oiiccr,,
musicians, ar,ifcers and men in tho regiment
oil artilerists.
SEC. 2.--.fnd be it further enacted, That
the military academy shcll consist of the
corps OF engineers, and the following profes-
sors, In addition to the teachers Of the French
language and drawing already provided, viz
one professor OF natural and experimental
philosophy, with the pay and emolumcnts Of
lieutenant. colonel if rot an officer Of the
corps, and if taken from the corps, then SO
much in addition to his pay and cmolumcnta
as shall equal those Of lieutenant colonel
one professor cf mathematics, with the pay
and emoluments of major if not an officer
| of the corps, and IL takcA from the corps,
then so much in addition TO his pay and emol-
umcnts as shall equal those of a mai one
| professor Of the art of engineering in all its
| branches, with the pay and omolumcnts Of q
| MAJOR IL not an officer of the corps, and if
taken from the corps, then SO much in addi-
tion to his pay and enoluments, as shall c.
| quail those of a major each OF the foregoing
| professors to have an assistant professor,
which assistant profcseor sLaIl be taken from
the most prominent characters Of the officers
or cadets, and receive the pay and emolu-
mep,s OF captains, and no other pay or e,no!-
uments while performing these duties Pro-
ridea, That nothing herein contained shall
enlitle the academical staff, as such, TO any
command in the army separate from the
academy.
SEC. Sand be IL further enacted, That
the cadets heretofore appointed in the service
OF the United STATES, whether of artillery,
cavalry, rihemen or infantry, or that may in
future be appointed rs hereinafter provided, :
shall at no time exceed two hundred and iif-
ty 4; that they may be attached, at the discrc-
tioD OF the President of the United States, as
students to the military academy, and be sub
lcct TO the established regulations thereof
that they shall be arranged into companies of
non-commissioned officers and privates, ac-
cording TO the directions Of the comnfandant
OF engineers, and be oficcred from the said
corps, Tor the purposes OF military instruc-
ton that there shall be added to each COM
pany OF cadets four musicians and the said
corps shall be trained and taught all the du-
ties OF private, non-commissioncd officer
and officer be encamped at least three
months of each year, and taught all the dh- |
ties incident to d regular camp that the |
candidates for cadets be not under the age of !
fourteen, nor aboae the age of twenty -one |
years that each cadet, previously to his ap-
pointmen, by the President Of the United /
States, shall be well versed in reading, writ
ing and arithmetic, and that he shall sign arti-
cles, with the consent Of his parent or guar
dian, by which he shall engage to serve i've
years, unless sooner discharged and all
such cadets shall be entitled to and receive
the pay and enolumenls now allowed by law
to cadets in the corps of engineers.
SEC. 4.--.dnd be IL further enacted, That
when any cadet shall receive a regular de-
gree from the academical staff, after going |
through all the classes, he shall be consider
ed as among the candidates for commission
in any corps, according to the duties he may
be judged competent to perform andin case