Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-01-12

lions, each TO consist If ter companies.
aad be it further enacted, That the
regiment of light artillery shall consist
of one colonel, one Lieutenant colonel
one maio ten captains, ten lieutenants,
ten second lieutenants, divided into two
batalions, each to consist ut i've COM
panies.
ind be 1t further enacted. That the
regiment of riaemen shall consist OF
one colonel, one lieutenant c0lonel, one
major, ten captains. ten lieutenants, t."
second Iieutrnants, divided into two
battalisns, each to consist OF five com
panies.
and be it further enacted, That the
corps of Infantry shall consist ct eight
colonies, eight lieutenant c"lone's, eight
majors, eighty first lirnteDants, eig"ty
second Iicutenants, divided into right
regiments, each to consist of ten COM
panies.
And be it further enacted. That there
shall be retained in service three orlga-
der generals, each of whom shall be
allowed an aid-de-camp. to be taken
from the subalterns of the line.
aud be it further enacted, That there
shall be department of order and in.
spection, to consist of one adJutsnt ana
inspector general, WHO shall have the
pay, rank, and emoIuments of colo
mel of cavalry, as heretofore, establish
ed, and of three assistant adjutants and
inspectors general.
Ind be 1t further enacted. That the
Quar.ermaster's Department shall con-
sist Of quarter master general, with
the rank, pay and cmolumeEts OF bril-
gadier general, two deputy quartermas-
ters general, and sixteen assistant de-
putty quartermaster. general. The
Daymasler's department shall consist
of one paymaster general, and nineteen
paymasters. The purchasing depart
ment shall consist of conmissary &C.
neral Of purchases, with salary OF
two thousand dollars per annum; and
one assistant commissary general of
purchases, whose compensation shall
nut exceed two and ,alf per centum
on the public monies disbursed by him,
nor the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
per annum, and two military store keep
ers. The Subsistence Department
shall consist of commissary general
with as many assistants as the service
may require, to be taken from the SUI
balterns of the line. The Medical De-
partment shall consist of one surgeon
general, one apothcary general, TWEEN
~ five s>rg' ons.and fifty four assistant
surgeons, the latter to have the pay aud
emoiuments heretofore allowed to sur
geons' mates.
ind be it further enacted. That the
corps of engineers shall be retained in
service, and shall consist of one colonel,
uAe as. istant engineer, one lieutenant
colonel, two majors, six captains, Six
lieulrnants and six second lieutenants =;
that one half of the officers of the corps
of ordnance, and one half of the topo.
graphical engineers and their assis-
tants. shall be retained in service.
.and be it further enacted, That there
shall be appointed a judge advocate &C.
neral, who shall have the pay, rank,
and emoluments of colonel Of infan-
! try, who shall keep an Office in the CT
ty Of Washington: and, in addition to
the duties which may be assigned to
him by the President of the U. States,
he shall keep a record of all trials by
general courts martial, and report the
decisions, an abridgemcnt of which
shall be published from time to time,
as the President shall direct.
find be it further enacted, That all of
ficers of the army whose continuance
in service is not provided for by this
act. shall be discharged from the SER
vice of the U. States and that to each
commissioned officer who shall be dis
charged by virtue of this act, there
shall be paid, in addition to the pay &
emoluments to which he shall be emit
tied at the time of his discharge, three
months pay.
On motion of Mr.. Cuthbert, the
committee then rose.
The Speaker laid before the House a
letter from the Secretary of War,
transmitting statement showing the
expenditures of moneys appropriated for
the contingent expenses of the Militia
ny Establishment for the year 1890.
Tie letter was ordered to be printed: