Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-01-30
From the Trenton True American.



meut 10 the Senate-at least that the Corps
Of Typographical Engineers may be re-
al little expence, is con-
tributing its full share to the present and
future safety aud honor OF the country.
sc Economy ga very useful broom;
Yet should not ceaseless hunt about the room
To catch each struggling pin to make plumb,
Too oft Econ3my's iron vice,
That saueezes cen the little CUTS of mice,
That peep with fearful eyes, and ask ei;i;sis
Be it enacted, &c. That from and after
the first day OF May next. the Military
Peace Establishment of the United States
shall consist Of six thousand non-commis.
stoned officers, musicians, and privatcs.
with due proportion Of field and company
officers, according 10 the present organi-
cation Of companies, and in such proper
lioos Of artillery and infantry as the Pres
ident Of the United States shall direct );
and that the corps Of engineers, as atpres-
eat established, be retained in service.
Sec. 2. Andbe 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 Lieuten-
ants, six Second LieuteDants, aud six
Third Lieutenants.
Sec. 8, ind be ii. further enacted, That
the President of the United States cause
to be arranged the officers, musicians,
and privates Of the several corps oil troops
now in service, in such manner as to form
and complete the corps TO be retained in
service under this ACT, attaching the corps
Of light artiIieis to The corps OF artillery,
and the corps Of riflemen to the infantry,
and cause the siipcra;iHiesary officers,
non commissioned officers, and privales,
to be discharged from the service.
Sec. a. dadbe 1t further enacted, That
there shall be one brigadier general, with
one aid-de.camp, one inspector general,
and one assistant acknowledgement, there
shall! also be one acknowledgement, one
ouarter-master general, with as many as
sistant deputy quarter-masters as the SER
vice may require to be taken from the
subal,erns Of The line, who shall perform
all the duties which may be required OF
and in the department of the commissary
general of subsistence, and who shall re-
ceive, as compensation for their SER
vices, fifteen dollars per month ia addi-
ton to their monthly pay and one judge
advocate, each with the rank, pay and e.
moiuments, of colonel of cavalry, as
heretofore prescribed by law, there shall
also be paymaster. general, with salary
as heretofore fixed by law, commissary
general Of purchases, with salary oftwo
Thousand dollars per annum, and one as
sistapt commissary general Of purchases,
whose compensation shall not exceed q
per centnm on The public moneys disburs-
ed by him, mol the sum Of fifteen hundred
dollars per anunm; and two military
store-keepers, 10 be compensated as here
tofora; one commissary general OF sub
sistence, one surgeon general, with a SAL
airy Of Two Thousand dollars per aunnm,
and one apoibecary general, with a sala-
ry Of fifteen hundred dollars per aunum.
Sec. S. Andbe it further enacted, That
there shall be to each regiment Of inian
try, and TO each battalion OF artillery, one
adiutant, one guartermaster, and one pay
master, one surgeon, and one assistant
surgeon.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That
the typographical engineers, and their
assistants shall be discharged from the
service Of The United States.
Sec. Z. And be at further enacted, That
the judge advocate shall keep an Office in
the City Of Washington, aud, in addition
to 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 de-
cisious.
Sec. S. 4ndbe i! 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 oil
the United States, and that TO each com
missioned officer who shall be discharged
by virtue oftllis act, there shall be paid,
in addition to The pay and emoiuments to
which be will be entitled at the time OF
his discharge, three months pay.
Extract of letter TO the Editor Of The
Emancipation. from correspondent an
Norfolk, (Vir.) dated Aug. 81, 1920.
There is now law in this State,
which took place OH the first day Of Jan-
uary last, which prohibits schools being
kept for teaching colored people, under
he penalty Of three dollars for every Of.
fence, If free; or 20 lashes on the bare
pack or If slaves, 20 Iashes. II subjects
white persons to the same penalty, aud