Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-24

=; Dir. Barbour and Mr.. Mercer addressed
the house, each al great length The f,si IN
favor Of the biI. The latter against it,
The question was then taken Oh orderips
! the bill to be engrossed and read third tins
/ to. morrow, in the following shape. as amend.
ed.
, Be il enacted by the Senate and House q
Representatives of the United States of A.
merica in Congress assembled, That from
! and after the first day Of May next, the hi.
litary Peace Establishment of the Cni,5
States shall consist Of six thousand non.
commits. Toned officers, musicians and pr;
Yates, with a due proportion of field and
company officers, according to the presep
organization OF companies, and in such pro.
portions of artillery and infantry as the Pre-
sident of the United States shall direct and
that the corps OF engineers, as at present. es.
tablished, be retained in service.
Sec. e. And be it further enacted, That
the corps of ordnance shall be retained in
service, and shall hereafter consist OF one
colonel, one Lieutenant colonel, one major
six captains, six FIRST lieutenants, six second
Iieutenants. and six third lieutenants.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the president of the United States cause 70
be arranged the officers, non. commissioned
officers, musicians, and pIivates Of the sew.
eral corps OF troops now in service, in such
manner as to form and complete the corps
to be retained in service under this act. at.
taching the corps of light artillery to lbe
corps of artillery, and the corps OF raenen
to the infantry, and cause the supernumera.
ry officers. non. commissioned officers, and
privates to be discharged from the service
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, Tha,
there shat! be one brigadier general, with
one aid-de-camp, one Inspector general land
one assistant adjulant general, there shall al.
SO be one adjulant general, one quartermas.
ter general, with as many assistant deputy
quartermasters as the service may require
to be taken from the subaltern. of the line.
who shall perform all the duties that may be
required of them in the quarteImasters de-.
partmeut, and in the department of the com.
missary general OF substance, and who
shall receiye,as compensation for their ser
vices, fifteen dollars per month in addition
to their monthly pay; and one judge advo.
cate, each with the rank, pay and emoIu-
msnts, ola colonel OF cavalry, as heretofore
prescribed by law; there shall also be pay.
master general, with "a salary as heretofore
fixed by law, commissary general ofpurcha.
ses, with salary of two thousand dollars
per annum, and one assistant commissay
general OF purchases, whose compensation
shall not exceed two and a half per centum
on the public moneys discussed by him, nor
the SUN of fifteen hundred dollars per an
nun; and two military store keepers, 10 he
compensated as heretofore; one commissary
general Of subsistence. one surgeon general,
with salary Of two thousand dollars per
annum, and one apolhecary general, witha
salary Of fifteen hundred dollars per annuu.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be to each regiment OF infantry,
and to each battalion of artillery, one adju-
tant, one quartermaster, aad one paymaser,
one surgeon, and one assistant surgeon.
Sec. 6. And be il further enacted, That
the Typographical engineers, and their as.
sistants, shall be discha rged from the SER
vice of the United States.
Sec. Z. And be it further enacted, That
the judge advocate shall keep an office in
the city Of Washington, and in addition 10
the duties which may be assigned to him BY
the president of the United States, he shall
keep record OF all trials by general courts
martial, and report the decisions.
Sec, 8, And be it further enacted, That
all officers Of the army, whose continuance
in service is not provided for by this act,
shall be discharged from the service OF The
United States, and that to each commission
ed officer, who shall be discharged by virtue
Of this act, there shall be paid, in addition
to the pay and emolumerts TO which be willy
be entitled at the time CT his discharge three
months pay.