Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-05-08

one major; to. each company, one cap.
tain, one lieutenant, one ensign, tonr scr
geants, four corporals, one drummer
and one ffer; the said sergeants and
corporals to be appointed by the captains
respectively, and to hold their appoint
men,s by warrant from the captain.
! Sec. A. Be it further enacted, Thai
there shall be an adjutant general, &
quarter master general, and paymastei
general, to be appointed by the com.
mander in chief, and to rank respective.
ly as colonies, and the commander in
chief is also authorized to appoint two
aids-de-camp with the rank of colonies
| Sec. S. Be il further enacted, That
the adjutant general shall keep his office
at the seat of government; and it shall
be his duty to receive all certificates OF
elections held under the authority OF tbs
act, to file the same in his office, to pro-
cure from the secretary ofstate the com
missions of all officers declared duly
elected, and forward the same to the Of
hcer by whom such certificates were
transmitted, all which commissions shall
be properly registered by him. 1t shall
be his further duty to prepare forms OF
regimental and company returns, to have
the same printed, and forwarded to the
colonies and commandants of the several
regiments in this state, for the expense
of which adequate allowance shall be
made: also to lay before the commander
in chief an abstract of the annual returns
made to his office, and forward dupli-
cate thereof to the president of the United
States and generally to do and perform
all other acts and duties which apper-
tain to his Office.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
hereafter no officer, who, by virtue of the
act to which this is an amendment, is
authorized to receive or accept the re-
signation of other officers, shall receive
or accept such resignation, unless the
officer rendering the same shall have
served at least two years, or shall have
removed without the bounds of his COM
mand, or become legally exempt from
doing military duty. And whenever any
vacancy shall SO occur by resignation or
otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Of
ficer who may or might have received
or accepted the resignation of the officer
occasioning such vacancy, to order new
election to fill the same, and returns of
such election shall be made to the Off
Ger, by whom the same may have been
so ordered, who shall examine such re-
turns, ascertain the person duly elected,
and certify the same to the adjutant
general.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That
there shall be in each year three compa-
ny musters, which shall take place on
the first Saturdays of April, June, and
August, in such manner as is prescribed
by the law to- which this is an amend
ment. There shall also be one battalion
muster and one regimental muster-the
former to be held in the month of April,
and the latter in the month of October.
The brigadier general shall issue his or
der directing the time of holding the re-
speGtive regimental and battalion mus
tiers, throughout his brigade previous to
the first of March annually. And it shall
be the duty of the colonel of the several
regiments Immediately upon receiving
said order, to cause notice to be given
by regimental order to the respective
commanding officers of battalions and
companies, of the time of holding the
several regimental and battalion musters
as aforesaid; and the captains shall
cause written notice Of the times of hold
ing the several musters for the year to
be given to the non commissioned Off
GERS and privates oftheirrespective COM
panies, by the first of April, also the time
of regimental court Of inquiry, and the
same shall be deemed sufficient notice
for the said year.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
there shall be annually, on the same day
of the week next succeeding the regi-
mental muster, regimental court of in
guiry and assessment of fines, which
shall also be court of appeals, to be
composed ofthe colonel, lieutenant colo
mel, major, and captains. 1t shall be the
duty of said court to assess fines on all
delinquent officers for any neglect of du-
ty: also to assess all fines incurred by
non-commissioned officers and'privates
at battalion and regimental musters; and
it shall be the duty of the respective cap
tains to notify all such delinquents to ap-
pear before said court of inquiry and as
sessment of fines to shew cause why they
should nor he fined for such delinouen-
cy, and certified return of all such de-
linquents, at battalion musters shall be
made within thirty days thereafter to the
adjutant, and shall by him be laid before