The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-08
Law OF TIE u. .STATES,
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

neT|cd III congress assembled, That the
President of the United States be and he is
hereby authorised and required to receive
into the service Of the United States, any corps
Of troops which may have been or may be
raised, organized and oihcered under the au-
thority OF any of the states, whose term of ser
vice shalluot be less than twelve months which
corps when received into She service of the u.
States, shall I've subject to the rules and arti-
Giles of war, and employed in the state raising
the same, or in an adjoining state, and not
elsewhere, except with the assent of the Elk
ecutive OF the state so raising the same
Prouided, That said corps shall not contain
in the whole, exclusive of officers, more than
forty thousand men; and that the number to
be received in any state shall not exceed the
number hereby apportioned to such state
that is to say, in New-Hampshire one thou
sand three hundred and eighteen In Mas
sachusetts, four thousand three hundred and
ninety-fve. In Vermont, one thousand three
hundred and eighteen. In Rhode Island,
four hundred and forty. In Connecticut, one
thousand five hundred and forty. In New
York, five thousand nine hundred and thirty
three. In Newlersey, one thousand IL rec
hundred and eighteen. In Pennsylvania, Ave
thousand and fitty-hve. In Delaware, four
hundre and forty. In Maryland, one thou
sand nine hundred and eighty. In Virginia,
five thousand and fifty-fve. In North Caro-
lima, two thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight. In South-Carolina, one thousand nine
hundred and eighty. In Georgia, one thou
sand three hundred and eighteen. In Ken
lucky, two thousand one hundred and ninety
SIX IL OHIO, one thousand three hundred
and eighteen. In Tennessee, one thousand
three hundred and eighteen. In Louisiana,
two hundred and twenty. ind be IL further
troUideoi hat in case the President of the
United States shall hereafter call on the Ex-
ecutives of the several states, to hold in rca-
diness their respective quotas of militia for
service. he shall consider the corps Of state
troops raised IN any state, as part of the quo
Ia of such state.
Sec. 2. Ind &c il further enacted, That
the corps as aforesaid accepted under this
act, shall be armed and equipped at the ex-.
pense OF The United States, and shall be enti-
lied TO the same pay, clothing- rations forage
and emoluments of every kind, and BOUNTY
eXcepted) to the same benefits and allow
aDces as the regular troops OF the United
States.
Sec. 8. ind be il further enocsed, That
the President of the United States be, and he
is hereby authorised to receive into the SER
vice OF the United States. any volunteers
VINO may otter their services, to be organized
III conformity to the laws respecting tie
organization OF the military establishment of
whole number OF such volunteers, who may
oe IN service at any one time, exclusive OF
othcers, shall not exceed forty thousand
men.
sec 4. Ind be IL further enacted, That
the officers of the said volunteers shall he
commissioned by the President of the United
States, and while i'll actual service the said
volunteers shall be entitled 10 the same nav
?ations, forage and emoluments OF every
SiEd, and County eXcepted) to the same be-
hehts and allowances as the regular troops of
tAe United States, and shall be subject to the
rules and articles Of war.
Sec. 5. ind be n further erncted That
the said volunteers may at their option be
armed and equipped by the United States, or
at their own expense; and in case they arm
and equip themselves to the satisfaction of
the President of the United States, they shall
each be entitled to receive six and one-ouar-
ter cents per day. while i'll actual service, for
the use and risk of such arms aud equip
ments ProUided, That the COMPENSATION
thus allowed shall not i'll any case exceed
twenty-fcur dollars ind hToD,ded cLeo.
That 70 rifle shall be received into the SER
vice Of the United States, whose calibre shall
be formed to carry ball of smaller size
than at the rate Of seventy balls to pound
weight.
Sec. q. Ind be il further enacted, That
the said volunteers, if employed in service for
a term not less than twelve months, NAV at
their option be clothed at their own expcnse
or by the United States ; and in case they
furnish their own clothing, they shall be en-
titled to receive in money sum equal TO the
cost Of the clothing allowed to the regular
troops OF the United States.
Sect. ind be IL further enactcd, That
whenever any commissioned officer, rnu-
scian or private, h' y, served in any of the
corps OF state trot !, ~ volunteers, raised by
virtue ofthis act, during two years. or who
having engaged 10 serve two years, shall have
been discharged in consequence of the terni-
nation Of the present var, shall have obtain
ed from the commanding officer of his com
pany, battalion or regiment, certificate
that he had faithfully performed his duty
whilst m service, he shall be allowed, IN ad-
dltou to the enoluments allowed in this act.
one Hundred and sixty acres Of land and
the widow and children, and if there be no
widow and child, then the parents OF such
oH-commssioned officers, musicians and
privates as may have engaged for term Of
service not less than two years, and who may
be killed in actoH or die in the service, shall
Likewise be allowed the said quantity of one
hundred and sixty acres OF land, which shall
be surveyed and granted in the manner provi-
ded by the act, entitled An act to provide
tor tic designating, surveying and granting
the military bounty lands"
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