Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-22

l payment of their respective regiments or CORPS
shall discharge The duties Of disrct pay ma, ter
. within such distrci as shall from time to time b.
. assigned them by The paymaster general undei
the direct on of the secretary of war. Pr0ygded,
That rcgmental and battalion paymas;ers may
be taken either from the subalterns If the army,
or citizens, and appointed by the President ofthe
United States. ProUided also, That regimental
and battalion paymasters shall receive the pay
and emolumso,s of ma ior, and shall each be al.
lowed capable commissioned officer as clerk.
| who, while employed, shall We double
| pay, and the actual expense of transportation,
while travelling under orders in the discharge Of
| his duty.
| Sec 4. BE IL further enacted That il shall be
| the duty fthe regmenal and battalion paymas-
| tiers, to pay all the regular troops to ensure
punctuality and responsibility ; correct re-
ports shall be made to the paymas,er general
once in two months, shelving the disposition Of
| the funds previously transmitted, with accurate
! estimates for the next payment of such regiment,
! garrison, or department may have been as
signed TO each, and whenever any psymaster shall
| fail to transmit such estimate neglect to rem
| der his vouchers to the Paymaster General for
settlement Of his accounts, more than six months
after rece wing funds, he shall be recalled, and
another aPpon, ed in his place.
| Sec. S. Belt further enacted, That the Purcha-
| sing department shall consist of one Con,mssary
| General of Purchases, heretofore authorize ed,
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and one Deputy Conmissary to each division,
with the annual salary of two thous nd dollars, &c
six Assistant Commssaries of Issues, with the
| nua salary of one thousand three hundred dol
lars, and as many Military store keepers as the
service may require, whose salaries shall be re-
gulated by the Secretary of War, according 10
| the duty they may perform Proaded that the
pay and emoluments shall not exceed that ola
captain of Infantry
Sec. 6. Ben further enacted That all officers
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Department, shall previous to their entering on
the duties of their respective offices, give good
and sufficient bonds TO the United States, fully
to account for all monies and pubic property
which they may receive, in such sum az the Sc
CT etary of War shall direct. And ali P.lymasters,
Commssares and Storekeepers, shall be subject
to the rules and articles ofwar, an the same man-
ner as commissioned officers Provided also.
That all officers of the Pay and Commssary's
Departments be submitted to the Senate for
Their confirmation, in the same manner as the
officers of the army.
Sec. z. BE at further enacted That the Presi.
dent Of the United States be, and he is hereby
authorized TO prescribe the quantity and kind of
clothing TO be issued annually to he troops of
the United States Provided, That whenever
| more than the authorized quantity is required,
the alue of the eX articles shall be deducted
from the soldiers pay and in ike manner the
; soldier shall receive pay according 10 the annu-
al estimated value OF such author. zed articles
un form as shall not have heen issued TO him in
each year. PROVIDED also, That the manner OF
issuing and accounting for clothing, shall be es-
tablshed in the general regulations of the War
| Department.
Sec. And be IL further enacted, That in all
l cases where soldier of the regular army sh II
5 have been discharged from the service of the
, United States, and clothing shall be due To sad
soldier, 1t shall be the duty of the psymas gen.
eral To cause the same to be paid for according
/, to tho price paid in the seventh section of this
= act
, Sec. 9 .7nd5en further enacted That the Sc.
, vera officers of The staff shall respectively re-
, celve the pay and emoumentS, and retain all he
privileges secured in the staff of the army by the
act of March third, one thou and eight hundred
and thirteen, and not incompatible with the pro.
visions of this act and that the regulations in
force, before the reduction of the army be recog-
D nzed, AS far as the same shall be found appl ca
BILE to the service; subject however, to sucn al
z | teratiohs as the Secretary OF War may adopt.
l with the appreciation Of he President
Sec. 10. .Indbe ii further enacted, That the
othcers OF the staff, Professionally retained by the
, President, and in this act enumerated and made
permanent, be recognised In SERVE e under this
act, and that the garrison surgeons and mates be
hereafter considered as post surgeons a here
: al er the staff of the army may be taken from
the line or the army, or from citizens
! Sec. IL. Ind be IL further enacted, That the
ordnance department be continued as at present
organized u'iuer the act OF FEBRUARY eighth, one
thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and that ORD,
nance ofiic rs be assigned 10 their duties with the
stall OF the army. in the same manner as from
the corps Of eng neers.
Sec. II .4nd il further enacted, That when
forage IS not drawn in kind by officers of the army
| entitled thereto, eight dollars per month"; for
each horse not exceeding he number suho5ze
! by existing regu atoms, shall be allowed ia leu
thereof: Pr0Uided, that ne ther forge nor money
shall be drawn by officers, bu' for horses &C ui-
e iy kept by hem IN service ProUi.lel also, That
, none, except company officers, shall be allowed
TO TAKE as servants or waters, soldiers of he ar
my, and that all officers be allowed, for each pri-
vate servant actually kept IN service, not exceed
ding the number authorized by existing regulate
ons, the pay rations and clothing of a private
solder, or money in lieu thereof on a certificate
setting forth the name and description ut the
servant orserysnts. III the pay account; Prol4Ied
also, That one addlc onal ration be allowed to all
subaltern officers of the army
III CLAY,
: Speaker Of the House # Rep resentatiJes,
JOHN GAILLARD,
President ofAe Senate, Pre- fenibore,