The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-02
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WAsHisaTos, June ~, 1880.
GENERAL ORDERs--No 20.
The following law relating to the military
establishment IL published officially to the army,
AN ACT to increase Ms rank and file Of the army.
and 10 Encourage eniistmsnts.
Be IL enacted BY As Senate and Houss Vf Rsps.
ssntativss ef the United States Of -4msico in Con-
grsss assembled, That hereafter each company Of
artillery designated and serving light artillery
shall during such service consist Of the commits
stoned officers now provided by law, ard of four
sergeants, four corporals, two artifcers two mu-
sicans and sixty four prvatcs.
SEC. 2. Ind be IL fur her enacted, That the Presi-
dent of the United States be- and he Is hereby, au-
thorzed, by voluntary enlistment, to increase the
number Of privates in each or any Of the companies
of the cxistng regiments of the army, at present
serving, which may hereafter serve, at the sew
cral military posts the western frontier and at
remote and distant stations, to any number not
ceeding seventy four, and to such portions of
the army as may, by law, be serving foot, to be
| properly equipped and mounted whenever, in his
opinion, the exigency of the public service may
quire the same: Provided, That the said enlist
ments shall be for the term Of five years unless
sooner discharged.
| SEC. g. And be It further enacted, That whenever
enlistments made at, in the vicinity of the
| said military posts, and remote and distant sta
tons, bounty equal in amount to the cost of tran
sporting and subssting soldier from the princi-
pal recruiting depot in the harbor of New York,
to the place of such enlistment, be, and the is
hereby allowed to each recruit enlisted, to be
paid in unequal insalments at the end of each
years service, that the several amounts shall
annually increase. and the largest be paid at the
| expiration of each enlistment.
| Approved, June IT. 1850.
| 1.-THE subjoncd order in relation to the fore
| going act has been received from the War De-
| partnent:
WAR DEPAarMENT, June %, 1850.
Agreeably to the provisions Of the act to increase
| the rank and file Of the army, and to encourage
enlistments, approved June 18th, the companies OF
light artillery will be increased sixty four pri-
Yates each.
The several companies Of the army serving at
the military posts in Texas, New Mexico, Califor-
MIA and Oregon, well those stationed at Forts
Smelling and Gaines, on the Upper Mississippi, at
| Forts Kearny and Laramie, on the route 10 Ore
gon, and at posts to be established the Des
Moines, Canadian and Upper Arkansas rivers will
each be increased to seventy four privates
Portions of the infantry companies, not exceeding
half the numerical strength of each, at the sew
eral stations in Texas New Mexico, and the new
| posts the Canadian and Arkansas where there
may be no regularly mounted force, will be proper
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the direction of the commanding officer of the de-
partment in which they may be serving.
The bounty authorized by the Sd section,
equivalent for the transportation and subsistence of
a recruit from the principal recruiting depot, will
apply to enlistments made at or in the vicinity Of
the posts at which the companies to be increased
| to seventy four privates, and will be allowed and
| paid at the following rates, to wit:
| For enlistments made at near any of the posts
stations in the 9Th department, bounty Of. 8 %
| For enstments made at near any OF the posts
or stations in the 9th department, bounty of y 81
| For enlstments made at or near any of the posts
stations in the 10th department, bounty of III
| For enlistments made at near any of the posts
stations in the 18th department, bounty of i42
For enlistments made at or near Fort Smelling
bounty of...................... %
For enlistments made at or near Fort Gaines
bounty OIL. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. y n
| For enlistments made at near the post on the
Des Moines, bounty Of. ..................S %
| For enlistments made at Fort Kcarny a
bounty of....,..... ..................... 81
| For enlistments made at near Fort Laramie,
bounty Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS
| For cnlistments made at near the posts on the
| Upper Arkansas, a bounty Of ...,.,.,.....S 81
| For enlistments made at or the post on the
Canadian River, bounty of...............S 2S
| The above bounty to be paid in unequal install
ments at the end Of each years service in the fol
| lowing proportion
one-tenth at the end Of the first years service;
One eighth at the end Of the second years ser
| vice;
one-sixth at the end of the third years service;
| One fourth at the end Of the fourth years
vice;
And the remainder at the expiration of the en-
| listnent
In a.. a..
To be explicitly informed that the Government re-
serves TO itsef the right to transfer him from his
company to any other company.
In cases Of reenlistment, the colder will receive
either the bounty provided by this act by that of
July 5, 1888, at his option.
GEO. w. CRAWFORD
UI.-So much Of General Order,," Nos ~ and
SO, of ls45, as reduces any company organization
below forty-two privatcs, is revoked.
V.-With the view TO keep up the establishment
in Texas, New Mexico, California, and Oregon
and the other stations dcsi grated above, the com
msndng officers OF the several posts are charged
with the duties Of recruiting for their regiments
and companies. The General Regulations will be
strictly iollowed.-(sec paragraphs No. sol, SO
Recruiting accounts, abstracts Of contingent
penses and quarterly returns OF stationery, books,
&c, purchased with recruiting funds, will bereaf
army for inspection and esamina ton previous to
their being passed TO the Second Auditor Of the
Treasury for settloTnent.-(See paragraph Nos.
100, 797, 7ss, and $40, Regulations Of 1870
The accruing portions Of the bounty will be paid
by the Paymaster, the amount OF each being care
fully noted ON the Muster Rolls, thus Retained
Bounty du>-lst portion, 8; % portion, 8; 81
portion, s., &c. BY Order:
l.. THOMAS, Assisfanf Adjuaani Genaai
NoTg.-All official communication intended foe
the Adjutsnt Generals office should bc addressed
10 the Adjutsnt General Of the army and not 10
the Assistants
TIDAL PsssosrsA.-During the voyage of the
bark Harvest. Captain Lackey. of New Bedford, re
Gently returned from whaling. voyage, the fact
was verified that the tides in and about the Poly
nesian islands do not follow the Newtonisn law of
variation. At the request Of Captain l.. afhdsvits
were obtained from two intclligentindividuals who
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