Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-06-23
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AN ACT making provision for an ADDITIONAL
number Of general officers, and for other pur-

AN ACT making provision for an ADDITIONAL
number Of general officers, and for other pur-
poses. sl b4a W a3 -
[SEc. III Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the Pres
ident of the United States be, and he is hereby,
raised by virtue the act Of the eleventh of Feb
ruary, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, into
brigades and divisions, either by allotting por-!
tons of the same to the brgades and divisions Of
the regular army or volunteer forces in the SER
vice Of the United States, and if the efficiency of
the service shall require it, to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, such
number of additional brigadier generals, not ex-s
ceeding three, and major srnrrais, not rx ceeding
two, as the organization of the said forces may
require: Provided, That each brigade shall
consist of not less than three regiments, and
each division of not less than two brigades: And
provided further, That the said general officers
Shall be Immediately discharged from the service
of the United States at the close of the war with
Mexico. aH' H+f SR4 s4 $685.
1 SEC. Q. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be added to the Adjutant Generals
department one assistant adlutant general, with
the rank paw. and emoiuments OF lieutenant
colonel of cavalry, and two assistant adjutants
general. with the brevet rank, pay, and emolu-
ments Of captain of cavalry, to be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate in the same manner, and be
charged with the same duties, as those authoriz-
ed by existing laws.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
President be, and he is hereby, authorized to ac-
cept the services of such Of the volunteers now
in Mexico as, in his opinion, the state Of the
public service may require, and who may, at the
termination of the present term, voluntarily en-
gage to serve during the war with Mexico; and
to organize the same into companies, battalions,
and regiments, agreeably to existing laws, and
to commission the officers for the same.
Sec q. And be it further enatced, That in
addition to the pay and allowances provided for
the volunteers now in the service of the United
States, under existing laws, each volunteer who
shall re-enter the service under the provisions
Of this act, in Mexico, Immediately after the
close of his present term of service, shall be en-
titled to bounty of twelve dollars, to be paid
as soon as the company shall have been muster
ed and received BE [by] the mastering and in.
specting officer.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to
accept the services Of individual volunteers to
fill vacancies which may occur by death, dis
charge, or other cause, in the volunteer regi-
ments or corps now in the service of the United
States, or which may be received during the ex-
listing war with Mexico.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That
all the officers to be appointed III the ten regi-
ments to be raised and organized under the sact
to raise for limited time an additional military
force, and for other purposes" shall take rank,
in case of equal grade, in such manner as the
President of the United States may direct, with
out regard to priority of appointment.
Sec. I. And be it further enacted, That to
each company of said ten regiments there may
be appointed the same number of subaltern OFF,
s.-e -s' rre F-c,iaed bJr=eass-tius for the
companies of volunteers whose term shall ex-
pire as provided in the fifth section of the act of
eleventh Of February, eighteen hundred and
forty-seven.
SEC 8. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions of the act approved May thirteen
tn, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled can
of the army of the Uuited States," be, and the
same are hereby, made applicable to the regiment
of mounted ritemen authorized by the act Of the
ninth of May, eighteen hundred and forty
six. ---ss-r-~-
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That to
each regiment of dragons, artillery, and mount
ed rifemen, in the regular army, there shall be
added one principal teamster, with the rank and
compensation Of quartermaster sergeant; and to
each company Of the same, two teamsters, with
the compensation of artifcers.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That
the provlso to the second section of the act ap-
proved March second, eighteen hundred and
twenty-seven, entitled Gan act giving further
compensation to the captains and subalterns OF
the army of the United States, in certain cases."
shall be so interpreted as not to include lieuten-
ants who hold the appointments of adjutant and
regimental quartermaster.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That
so much of any army regulation as gives to any
sutler lier upon any part of the pay OF the SOL
diers, Alright to appear at the pay table to re-
ceiye the soldiers pay from the paymaster, shall
be. and the same is hereby abrogated; and all
regulations extending therights and privileges of
suffers beyond the rules and articles of war shall
be, and hereby are, abrogated.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That
the President Of the United States be, and he
hereby is authorized by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, to add to the pay de-
partEent of the army two deputy paymaster
generals, with the pay and allowances each Of a
deputy 9uartermaster genaral; and ten paymas-
ters with The pay and allowances each OF pay
master OF the array; and the officers is app ointed
snail give such bonds as the President shall,
from time to time, direct: Provided, That the
deputy paymaster generals shall, in addition to
paying troops, superintend the payment of ar
mics in the field. t
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That
the officers of the pay department shall have
rank corresponding with the rank to which
their pay and allowances are assimlated: Pro-
vided, That paymasters shall not in virtue Of
such rank be entitled to command in the line, or
other staff departments Of thea army: Provided,
also, That the right to command in the pay de-
partment between officers having the same rank,
shall be in favor Of the Oldest in the service in
the department, without regard to the date Of
commission under which they may be acting at
the time .9sa E
Sec. IA. And be it further enacted, That
all paymasters hereafter to be appointed by the
President fer the volunteer service of the United
States shall be nominated to the Senate for con-
frmation to such Office.
Sec. IS. And be it further enacted, That
the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and
priyates, Of the regiment of dragons authorized
to be raised by an act entitled Gan act to raise
for a limited time an additional military force,
and for other purposes,'' shall receive the same
bounty as is allowed to the non-commissioned
officers, musicians, and privates Of the other
regiments authorized to be raised by said
act.
SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That
the President Of the United States be, and is
hereby, authorized to add to the Ordinance De-
partment, whenever he shall deem it expedient
to increase the same, two captains and six first
leutenants, who shall be entitled to receive the
same, pay and allowances as officers Of those
grades, respectively, now belonging to that de-
partment, to be disbanded at the close of the
war. j