The Arkansas banner., 1846-10-21
rpublic-.--No. 22.l

[Public--No. 22.
 AN ACT supplemental te an act entitled "An act
 nroyidinr for tite prosecution of the existing war
 hetyveen inc United States and the republic ol
 Mexico" and for other purposes.
 Snc Be n enacted bE lie Senate aad House of Rsprsssataticss of Lhe Uaied Sidtes gf .amefca s e,n,,ss, assem6ted That the President of the Iniied states be, and he hereby is, authorised to ,nnont hy and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one major general, and two brgadier gen. erals in addition to the present military establish mgnt. Preceded. That when the war with Mexico shal he terminated by detnitive treaty of peace, ,loIv concluded and ratified, the number of major renerals in the army shall be reduced to one, and inc number of brgadier generals shall be reduced tc two: and the President is authorized and directed io select from the whole numbef which may then be in office, without regard to the date of their commissions, the number to be retained, and cause the remainder to De disenarged Iron the service Of the United States.
 Sec. q .and bs t fitytheT enacted, That the Pres. ;dept of he United States be, and he hereby is au thorized to cal! into the service, under the act ap proved May thirteen, eighteen hundred and forty six such of the general officers of the militia as the scrviee in his opinion, may require, and 10 nr- ganze into bugades and divisions the forces author ized by said act, according to his discretion.
 Sec. !. find De t farihsr eaacted, That the field and staff of separate battalion oi volunteers. un der the sand act shall be one lieutenant colonel or maior one adjutant, with the rank of lieutenant one sergeant major. one quartermas;er sergeant, and chief buger or principal musician according to corps.
 Sec, {. .fad be Il further caaetea, That the Pres ident of the United States may limit the prvates in any yolun,eer company, according to his discretion at from sixty -four to one hundred; and that with every volunteer company an additional second lieu. tenant may be allowed and accepted.
 Sec. }. fad be II faffhsr saacted, That when volunteers or militia called into the seryice of the United States in such numbers that the officers of the quartermaster, commissary, and medical de- partments authorized by law, be not sufficient to provide for supplying. quarteTing, transporting and furnishing them with the requisite medical attend ance it shall be lawful for the President 10 appoint with the advice and consent of the Senate as many additional officers of said department as the service may require, not exceeding one quartermaster and one commissary for each brigade, with the rank of major, and one assistant qaarterInaster, with the rank of Captain, one assistant conilnissary, with the rank of Captain, surgeon, and one assistant sugeon for each regiment; lne said quartern as.ers and commissaries, assistant quartermasteTs and as sstant comRissaries, to give bonds, with good and sufficient saretes, for the faithful performance of their duties; and they and the said surgeons and as. ssiant surgeons to perform such duties as the Pres ident shall direct: Prorded That the said officers
 
 are now allowed to officers of the same descriptions and grades in those departments, respectively that they be subject to the rules and articles of war and continue in service only long as their services shall be required, in connexion with the militia and volunteers.
 Sec. 6. and De t fa,iher eadcted, That the Pres, ident oi the United States be, and he hereby s a- therizeA to appoint as many additional assistant ad- iutank kenefals not exceeding iour as the service may require; who shall be appointed, by and with ;he advice and consent of the SeDAie, ill tbe same msnner have the same brevet rank, pay, and emol- uments and be charged with the same duties, as those now authorized by law: Pr0cided that these additional appointments shall continue only so long as the exigencies of the service may render neces saIy,
 Sec '. fad De d further elmcted, That promotion in the quartermasier's department, 10 the rank of maor shall hereafter be made from the captains ol the army; and that appointments in the line and in the general stad winch confer equal rank in the army, shall not be held by the same officer at inc same timf; and when any officer of the staff who may have been taken from the line shall, in virtue of seniority, have obtained be entitled to promo ton to grade in his regiment equal 10 the com mission he may hold in the staff, the said officer shall vacate such staff commission, or lie may, at hsoption, yacate his commission in the line
 Sec. s, .9ad be ii further enGcfed, That the aids de-camp of the major general commanding the ar- my III tune Ot, WAT may De taken from Inc line, without regard to, rank; and the aids-de-camp al- lowed to other major generals and brigadier gener. as may be taken from tbe grade of captain of sub altern; and that the commanding or highest general in rank may, while in the field, appoint a military secretary from the subal.erns of the army, who shall have the pay and emoluments> of a major oi cavalry for the time being
 Sec. g. find he t further enacted, That the al. lowance for clothing to each non commissioned of. hcer, musician, and private of volunteers shah be three dollars and fifty cents per month, during the time he shall be in tine service of the United States Sec. 10. find be t further saacied, That the non. commissioned. musicians, and priyates of volunteers and militia when called into the service of the Uni. tec States, shall be entitled to receive fifty cents in lieu oi subsistence, and twenty five cents in lieu o iotage Tor such as mounted, for every twenty mics, oy the most direct route, from the period of leaving iheir homes, to the place of general rem dezyous and from the place of discharge back to their homes 9 <
 Sec II. .9ai Dc II further cnacied, That the CO., ionei or senior officer of the ordnance department IS authorized to enlist for the service of that de- Partment as many master arInorers master carriage makers, master blacksmiihs, arti6cers, armorers, carriage inakefs, b!acksmiths and laborers as the pubic service, in his judgment. under the direc- uons oi the Secretary for the Department of War, may require.
 Approved, June is, 1916.