Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-04-30
by the Major General. To each brigade !


camp, one brigaee quarter master, one
brigade engineer, one brigade judge ad-
vocate, one brigade surgeon, and one
brigade chaplain: which brigade staff
shall be appointed by the Brigadier
General. TO each regiment or battal-
ion of artillery, rifle, Infantry or light
infantry, there may be one chaplain,
and there shall be one adjutant, one
quarter master, one paymaster, n sur
geon, n surgeons mate, one sergeant
major, one quarter master sergeant, one
drum-major and one fife-major, to be
appointed by the commandant of such
regiment or battalion, and it shall be
the duty of the drum-major and ffe-ma-
jor, to examine and report to the COM
mandants of regiments or b~attalions,
upon all instrument of music which
shall be purchased for the use of the
regiment or battalion, and no such in
strum2nts Of music shall be paid for out
of the funds of the regiment or battal-
ion, until approved by them. To each
regiment or squadron of cavalry, there
shall be one adjutant, one quarter mas
ter, n paymaster, one sergeant, one
surgeons mate, one quarter master SER
geant, one sergeant major, and two re-
gimental or squadron bugle men, which
shall be appointed by the commandant
of such regiment or squadron.
BANK OF sTAFF OFFICERS.
Sec. AZ. The staff officers herein u
merated shall rank as follows, viz: The
quarter master general and adjutant
general, as brigadier general; the pay
master general, engineer in chief, judge
advocate general, and aid de camp to
the commander in chief as colonies; the
division inspectors, division engineers,
division judge advocate, and division
quarter masters, as lieutenant colonies;
the aids de camp to the major generals,
as majors; the brigade Inspectors, bri-
gade engineers, brigade judge advocate,
us majors; the brigade quarter masters
and aids de camp to brigadier generals,
chaplains, and surgeons, as captains;
company cnsigns, adjutants, quarter
masters, paymasters, surgeons mates Of
regiments, battalions and squadrons, as
lieutcnants; and all other regimental
battalions, or squadron staff, as non
commissioned officers.
SEC. 43. All staff officers Of the rank
of lieutenant and upwards, shall be
commissioned as other officers, and Eek
cept chaplains) shall attend muster of
the divisions, brigades, regiments, squa-
drons or battalions, and shall obey all
other orders legally given by the prop
er officers commanding the corpse to
which they belong; and any commits
stoned officer Except appointed oficers)
shall be removed from Office only by
courts-martial.
LEGAL VOTERS.
Sec. Al. Major Generals, Brigadier
Generals, colonies, lieutenant colonies,
majors, captains, and subalterns shall be
elected by the persons subject to per-
form military duty at the time Of said
election, and belonging to the company,
squadron, regiment, brigade or division
in which such officer, when elected, is
to serve. The residence of which said
electors shall constitute each the respcc-
tive division, brigade, regimental and
company districts.
PUBLIC ARMS TO BE KEPT BIT AsSIs-
TANT QUARTER MASTERS
Sec. IS. All the public arms, ammu-
milton, accoutrcments, camp equippage
| duu military StOICS pClOhSlhS " ID1 III
vision of MALTA of this State, shall be
under the care and superintendent of
the Assistant Quarter Master General
of such division, who shall have power
to employ suitable persons to clean and
repair any arms or articles which may
require it, and certify any reasonable
and Just account which may be render
ed for cleaning and repairing, and for
transporting such arms and military
stores to any place where they may be
ordered by the commander in chief OF
divisions, which account thus certified
shall be allowed By the auditor of state
and paid as other accounts against til,
state are paid; and such assistant quar-
Ser master general shall receipt for al
articles delivered 20 his charge, and nc.
count for the same at any time wher
! called on SO to do by the c~ommandan.
of division, or quarter master general o
the state.
PENALTY OF OBTAINING PUBLIC ARMS
SEC. IS. Ii any person or person:
shall be found guilty of selling or dis.
posing OF any arms, accoutrcments, o
any camp equippage belonging to tbs
fctate oi OAio; every perac oIenuthS
or being.Guiity of such act, shall for
felt and pay over for every musket
sword, sabre or pistol, or cannon, doub
lie the contract price for such articles
as estimated at or by the ordnance de.
partment at Washington City, with cost
OF suit, or if any person or persons shall
be found guilty of finding or sccreting
, OBTAINING, or refusing to give up or de
liver any of the arms, or camp equip
page aforesaid, shall pay double the con
tract price, with costs Of suit, and i
said [sum is not paid by such person
or persons, after Judgment rendered
, agains him, her, or them, within tel
:. days, or bail put in for stay execution
I shall issue, and such persons may b
confined in the couny Jail by order O
r the ~commandanto of brigade for any tim
not exceeding thirty days, at the expens
l Of proper brigade, or at the expense @
the State, if then paid, to be paid on
of the military fund, and any Justice q
the peace in the township where tn
o person or persons reside, shall have ju
risdiction to try all cases under tire