Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-10-02
CHAP. 2l.-AN ACT
For the organization Of company Of sapperS,
miners. and pontonlers.

For the organization OF company Of sappersi
miners, and pontonlers.
ISEc. /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House IF Representatives Of The United States
Of america in Congress assembled, That there
be added to the corps Of engineers one com"
pany of sappers, miners, and pontohiers. to
be called engineer soldiers; which company
shall be composed of ten sergeants, or master
| WorsmeD, ten corporals or overseers, two mu.
sicians, thirty prvates of the first class.
or artihcers, and .hiry-nine privates of the Sc
cond class, or laborcrs in fall one hundred
| men.
SEC. 2. find he it further enacted, That the
pay and ratons of the sergeants, or master
workmen of said company, shall be the same
as those now allowed by law to the master
workmen employed by the ordnance depart
ment, excepting that the engineer sefgeants
shall receive one ration only per day, instead
Of one ration and half; of the corporals, or
overseers, the same as those now allowed by
law to the armorers, carriage-makers, and
biacksmiths employed by the ordnance de-
partment, excepting that the engineer corpo-
rails shall receive one ration only per day, i'm
stead of one ration and half; Of the privates
of the first class, or artihcers, the same az
those now allowed by law 10 the artlfcers EN-.
ployed by the ordnance department; of the
privates Of the second class, or laborers, the
same as those now allowed by law to the la
borers employed by the ordnance department.;
and Of the musicians, the same as those al
| lowed by law TO the musicians Of the line Of
! the army; the said non-commissIoned officers,
privates; and musicians being respectively en-
| titled 10 the same clothing and other allowan-
ces as are granted by law to non-commission-
ed officers, prvates, and musicians Of the az
tlIery in the army Of the United States.
SEC. 3. And Je ii further enncted, That the said
engineer company shall be subject TO the rules
and articles Of war; shall be recruited in the
same manner, and with the same Limitation,
and shall be entitled to the same provisions,
allow ances, and benefits, in every respect, az
are allowed to the other troops constituting
the present military peace establishment.
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That the
said engineer company shall be attached 10
and compose a part of the corps of engineers,
and be differed by officers Of that corps, as at
present organized /; they shall be instructed in
and perform all the duties Of sappers, min.rs,
and ponloners, and shall aid in giving pfscti.
| cal instructions in these branches at the Mill
tary Academy; they shall, moreover, under
the orders of the chief engineer. be liable to
serve by detachments, in overseeing and aid.
ing laborers upon Publications or other works
under the engineer department, and in super
vising finished Notifications as fort-keepers,
preventing injury and applying repairs.
SEC. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That the
chief engineer. with the appreciation Of the
Secretary of War, be authorized TO regulate
and determine the number, quality, form, d.
mansions, &c. of the necessary vehicles, pom
tons, tools, implements, arms, and other sup
plies for the use and service of said company
as body Of sappers, miners, and pononiers.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That, for
the fiscal year ending June thrtieih, one thou
sand eight hundred and forty-six, the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars be. and the same
is hereby appropriated, 10 be paid out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the pay, subsistence, and clothing
Of said company, and for carrying out the other
purposes Of this act.
Approved, May Is, 1876.