Richmond palladium., 1842-10-08
TPcBLIc-No Sc 7
FtBIIC--N0 DO
AN ACT respecting the Organization Of tho army, and
other purposes.
Approved, August ., lcp.

AN ACT reec,ins the Organization Of the army, and for
purposes.
e t enacted b Uie Senate and Iotse # Representatives
of Tie United States Of inacfca m tonfess Gs'e'a6Ied
That hereafter, and the reduction be efec
ted herein provided, each company 0! Dungeons shall
consist of the commissioned officers now provided b. law
aad four pnals, buales
and blacksmith, aud fifty privates; aud the regiment
oi dragons now IN sefVrc snail be converted after the
fourth day of March into regiment Of remen and
each company of artillery shall consist of the commissioner
officers provided By law, and OF four sergeants four
corp0ras, artices. musicians and forIytwo p
and each company Of infantry shall consist of
number officers provided, and
sergeant4 corpoals, musicians and forty
privates and that shall be onstcd for the
ragoons artillery, or infantry un:i
companies shall bo reduced ty the expiration Of The
of service, by discharge other below the
nunbc herein fixed for the said companies respecti1 ely
Poridef That nothing III this section shall he construed
to prevent the Fe-eniistment Of officers
whose of may expire before the army shall
be reduced to the number heretofore established.
Sec , And be it further eHactai That tae officers OF
superincu the ar2oca Springfield anl
arper Ferry shall be- and the hereby aboiscd
aud the duties thereof shall be eriorme by slch officers
the ordnance corps shall be designated by the President
from and after the FIRST day OF October the
master arnorer tie national aneorles, shall receive
yearly and the inspectors and clerks eght hunare!
dollars per anl the paymasters an military
keepers shall security for the faithful discharge n their
in such the Secretary of War shall prescribe
A"d hs two '"tay stofe5eepf1s by The Of
shall receive twelve hundred and Gy dollars per
military storokeeper arscnas shall, after
beyond eight hundred dollars per ahnu bssdes quarters
actually provided and occupied anI the number
authorized be thus employed is hereby nlte! to
and all other offices OF military stofekcpers are hereby
abolished and discontinued aud after said hrst day OF
October, and the officers hereby dismissed shall he allowed
three months in addition 10 the AMI en- lumen
which they may be entitled day; aui Of
named officers, and officers the arn1ores Of
grade whatever, shall hereafter receive emoiumea Of any
kind, any compensation comnutation beyond their
stipulated except quarters actually provided
for and occupied ny such officers
\ hr {Yrryk That 81, CHI-r
Commssary General of Purchases. sometimes called Com
mssa OF Purchases shall be. and the Is hereby aho
i-hed and the duties thereof shall hereafter be perfo
~ officers Of the . iarermasters department., wi'h
such The officers ana clerks attached TO me purcha-
sia. department shall be authorized ~ the Secrets o.
Na AMI under such regulations IS s'a DC prescribed
the said Seerctar under the sanction OF 'e President OF
tho Untcd States
Sec. i ind be IL f,stier enacted. That within one
specto general. three paymaster surgeons, and
asssanr surgeons of the army shall ha abolished ami ha,
number Of paymaers. Surgeons. and astaut surgeons
shall be discharged by the President; aud shall be al
lowed three months pay. in ald,tion the pav and
Sec 5 .4nd be it further er,ncsea Tim: rompeten,
person may be employed by the Ordnance hurea, under
the direction of,he Secretary Of War r such lime
be necessary, supenten1 manufacture Of iron
the several foundries where such may be
made under with the United States whose pay
and enonents shall exceed those Of major Of ord
during the ne he shall be employed. be paid out
the appropriations foT1ration; ani
rendered in such superincntence sace the
day of March, eighteen huaired AMI fa-t, under
authoTity the War Department compensa-
ton shall be allowed rs herein provided
Sec 6 Ind be IL farther enacted TIN; ths ratians
thorized bs allowed TO of'gsdicr while comRan !ern-
chef AMI to each officer while commanding a separate
post, Of March third. hundred and
seyen and he comman3nS officers ofeach Separa;s post
bv of March sixteen, eShern hundred AID two
shall hereafter be allowed following officers
Others
To the MAJOR General conmaulins the army, and c
every officer commanding chiea separate amy. actual
" III the field;
To generals commanding the eastern and western
geographical divisions
To the coonels and other commanding military
geoEra phi-al departments;
To the comma isnt of each permanent or hyei post
gars0ned with troops including superintendent OF the
military academy West Point who is regarded as the
ccmnanisnt of that post.
Approved, August d. 1872.