Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

gineer, one brigade Judge advocate, one
brigade surgeon, and one brigade chaplain
which brigade staff shall be appointed by
the Brigadier General. To each regiment
or battalion of artillery, rifle, infantry Oh
light infantry, there may be one chaplain
and there shall be one adjutant, one quar-.
ter-master, one paymaster, one surgeon
one 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 bat
talon, and it shall be the duty of the drum
major and fife major, to examine and report
to the commandants of regiments or bat
talions, upon all instruments of music
which shall be purchased for the use of the
regiment or battalion, and no such instru-
ments of music shall be paid for out of the
funds of the regiment or battalion, until
approved by them. To each regiment or
squadron of cavalry, there shall be one adj
jutant, one quarter-master, one paymaster,
one sergeant, one surgeons mate, one
quarter-master sergeant, one sergeant ma
jor, and two regimental or squadron bugle-
men, which shall be appointed by the COM
mandant Of each regiment or squadron.
RANK OF STAFF OFFICERS.
Sec. az. The staff officers herein emu
merated shall rank as follows, viz: The
quarter-master general and adjutant gene
raj, as brigadier general: the paymaster
general, engineer in-chief, judge advocate
general, and aid-de-camp to the commander
in-cl:efas colonels; the division Inspector,
division engineers, division judge advocate,
and division quarter-masters, as LIEUTENANT
colonels; the aids-de-camp to the major gen
erals, as majors, the brigade inspectors,
brigade engineers, brigade Judge advocate.
as majors; the brigade quarter-masters and
to brigadier generals, chap
lains and surgeons, as captains; company
ensigns, adjutants, quarter-masters, pay
masters, surgeons mates of regiments,
battalions and squadrons, as lieutenants
and all othAf regimental battalions, or
squadron staff, as non-commissioned Off
GERS.
Sec. 43. All staff officers of the rank of
lieutenant and upwards, shall be commits
stoned as other officers, and Except chap
lains) shall attend muster of the divisions,
brigades, regiments, squadrons or battal-
ions, and shall obey all other orders legally
given by the proper officers commanding
the corps to which they belong; and any
officer Except appointed
officers shall be removed from office only
by courts martial.
LEGAL VOTERS.
Sec. A. Major Generals, Brigadier
Generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels,
majors, captains and subalterrs, shall be
elected by the persons subject to perform
military duty at the time of said election,
md 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 con-
;titute each the respective division, bfi-
5ade, regimental and company districts.
PUBLIC ARMS TO DE KEPT by ASSISTANT
QUARTER-MAsTERs.
Sec. As. All the public arms, ammuni
ions, accoutremcnts, camp equipage and
military stores belonging to any division
If the militia of this State, shall be under
he care and superintendent of the As
istant Quarter Master General of such di- |
'ision, who shall have power to employ
suitable persons to clean and repair any
rms or articles which may require it, and
certify any reasonable and just account that
nay be rendered for cleaning and repairing,
md for transporting such arms and military
torres to any place where they may be or
lered by the commander-in- chief of divis- |
ons; which account thus certified shall be
flowed by the auditor of State, and paid |
s other accounts against the state are paid;
nd such assistant quarter master general
hall receipt for all articles delivered to his
harge, and account for the same at any
ime when called on so to do by the com
nandant of division, or quarter-master
eneral of the state.
PENALTY OF OBTAINING PUBLIC ARMS.
Sec. 46. If any person or persons shall
e found guilty of selling or disposing of
ny arms, accoutrements, or any camp
xuippage belonging to the state of Ohio,
very person so offending, or being guilty
fsuch act, shall forfeit and pay over for
very musket, sword, sabre or pistol, or
annon, double the cotract price for such
rticle, as estimated at or by the ordinance
apartment at Washington City, with costs
suit, or If any person or persons shall be
'und guilty of hiding or secreting, detain-
lg, or refusing to give upor deliver any of {
ne arms, or camp equippage aforesaid,
nall pay double the contract price, with s
osts Of suit, and if said [sum is not paid
y such person or persons, after judgment !
,ndered against him, her, or them, with
ten days, or bail put in for pay of execu-
on, an execution shall issue, and such (
erson may be confined in the county Jail c
y order of the commandant of brigade for S
~ time not exceeding thirty days, at the $
lpense of the proper brigade or at the ex- 5
ense OF the state, if then paid, to be paid {
1T of the military fund, and any justice of 9
le peace in the township where the per- !
IN or persons reside, shall have jurisdic- !
Oh to try all cases under three hundred t
ollars, but all suits brought for three hun a
red dollars, or more, shall be tried in any 7
her court having competent jurisdiction a
r the collection of such fines, and when +
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