Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-03-20

iuisIie olIICeTS, Sna,l constitute company; lou
companies and not more than six. shall cons,i
lue battalion eight companies, and no
more than twelve, shall constitute a regimen,
two regiments shall make brigade, and two
brgades division provided that forty>fve
prlvatos may be organized into company il
time of peace, and companies thus organized
shall be entitled 10 all the privileges that 9th,
er companies are under this act.
| ii. Either two or three companies, moi
convenient to battalion or regiment to which
| they can be attached, may, with the consent oil
the commando r.in-chiei, be formed into an ex-
ira battalion, with the privilege Of electing a
lieutenant colonel, to continue in office till the
battalion consists Of four companies, when o
new election may be held
Is. The battalion, regmenal, brigade and
division officers, shall be elected by the volun>
leers Of their respective corps, and the returns
for these and company officers shall be made,
and the commissions issued, in the manner now
provided by law for like officers.
; &c. Music, and musical instruments for
each company, and reg imental band Of must
clans, and the rules and regulations Of the
shall be purchased under the direction Of the
commander chief and shall be paid for on
his order, out OF the military fund.
l6. The captain of each volunteer compa>
ny shall report TO the commander in chief the
exact number Of officers and priva.es belong
ing to his company, on the first day Of October
in each year, giving the name and rank OF each
man.
! l8. The commander-in chief shall deter
mine the amount of the military fund on hand
to be expended from time 10 time in purchasing
materials, as authorized by this law, for the
use Of the companies; fixing the amount for
companies consisting of the requisite number
Of officers and sixty>four privates, and increas>
ing The amount for each company having a
greater number Of priva,es in proportion 10
that number, till it reaches one hundred and
four prvales.
: 10. In distributing the arms OF the stale,
the companies first reported, shall be first sup
piled; and so with the music musical instru>
ments, rules and regulations Of the army, and
books Of discipline; Provided, however, that in
case the military fund may not be sufficient TO
supply each officer with copy Of the rules and
regulations of the army, and of the discipline,
then the commander in chief may order the
distribution, first among the higher officers !;
supplying the lower officers as the fund accu.
mulaes.
go. Each company court Of assessment
shall have jurisdiction over all delinquences of
It's own non~commissioned officers and privates,
whether at a division, brigade. regimental, bats
talon or company muster, to be regulated by
their own bye-laws, approved by the comnan-
der-in-cher.
; 81. Each regimental or extra battalion
court Of assessment, shall have jurisdiction
over all denquencies Of field, regimen,al or
battalion staff officers and commissioned Off
GERS Of companies, and Of appeals from the de.
cision Of company courts o! assessment, TO be
regulated by the rules established by the field
officers and captains belonging to any regi
ment or extra battalion, to be approved by the
commander mischief.
90. Each volunteer company shall hold
not less than four regular muslets annually, the
times and places OF meeting 10 be fixed by
the byeaws; each battalion and regimen, shall
muster once annually, and such extra batal-
ion shall hold one muster to correspond with
the regimen. muster, over and above the bat
talon musers; these musters may be at the
times now fixed by law, unIess changed by a
majority Of the field officers and captains.
; 90. No volunteer company shall be requr-
ed 20 attend any battalion or regimen,al mus
ter. when the place Of rendezvous for the req.
ment or battalion shall be more than 10 miles
distant from the usual place Of rendezvous for
the company, unless SO ordered by vote o!
two.,hlrds Of the company; but in such cases,
each company shall be required to hold a com
pany muster in lieu of such battalion or Iegi-
mental muster not attended, at which the pro-
per field officer shall attend and superlntend
such parade
"a. A regimental drill shall be held on the
three days proceeding the regimental muster.
and battalion drill on the day preceding the
battalion muster.
25. Brigade inspectors shall be allowed 3
dollars per day for attending regmenal drills
and mus,ers, and adju,an,s shall be allowed 9
dollars per day for attending battalion drills
and musiers, aud chief musicians shall be al
lowed dollars per day, and assistant musi
clans one dollar per day for each regimenta
and battalion drill and muster.
5 &c. The commando r-in- chief may employ
one chief musician and five assistant musicians.
who shall be instructors Of the chief division,
brigade, reemertai, battalion and company
bands Of musicians, under the direction Of the
ccmmander-n chief, who shall assign to each
of said musicians his appropriate duties, and
the section of county in which he is 10 operate /;
when any band is sufficiently instructed to dis
pense with the services Of an Instructor, the
commando r,in,c chief may order such instruct
or to take charge Of other bands belonging 10
newly organized companies /; and as the bands
of instructed musicians increase, SO as to supply
the demands of the volunteer companies, the
commander-in chief may dispense with the ser
vices of the instructors.
; 81. The chief musician provided for in the
foregoing section, shall be entitled TO receive
not more than two dollars and fifty cents per
day for his services, and his assistants to not
more than Two dollars per day for their servi-
ces, TO be agreed upon with the commsnder,in
chief the amount TO be paid on, Of the military
fund.- upon the order OF the commsnder.in
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