The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-10

LAWS or THE UNITED. STATES


AN ACT to acquire certain lands needed for the WASH
ington Aqueduct, in the District OF Coumpia'
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AN ACT to provide for the organization Of regiment OF
mounted volunteers Cor the defence OF the frontier Oh
Texas and to authorize the President to call into the
service of the United States two additional regiments oil
volunteers.
BE enacted BY The Saaae and House Of Representatives Of The
Uud Sufes Of 1Bartca Congress assembled That the Pres
ient OF the United States be authorized to receive into
the service of the United States regiment OF Texas
mounted volunteers, be raised and organized by the
State of Texas for the defence and protection OF the IRON
tier thereof continue in service from the time that
the whole regiment shall he mustered into service,
for the term of eighteen months unless sooner dis
charged by the President Said regiment shall be
composed of one colonel, leutenant-coon one
major one adjutant with the rank of first lieutenant,
one quartermaster and commssary with similar rank,
surgeon and two assistant surgeons, one sergeant
major QuaItemaster and comnissary sergeant ana
ten committeeman Of which shall he composed OF
one captain first lieutenant, one second leuten-
ant sergeants four corpoals two bugles one lar
Ier aud seventy four prvates Each of said officers below
the rank of major commissioned oflcers, musicians,
frrier and prvates shall furnish and keep himself sup
piled with good serviceabe horse and horse equipments
for the and risk of which, i'll addition to the pay and
allowances herein provided he shall receive forty cents
day while in service with his horse and II any non
commissioned officer musician arrer, or private shall,
from caelessness neglect njurc render his horse
unfit for service and shall fail to supply serviceabe
horse within the period of ten days from the loss such
soldier shall from such time until he shall furnish him
self with horse be entitled only TO the pay of private
Of infantry.
SIC 2. lind be further enacted That the officers, non
commissioned officers musicians arrer and privates OF
said regiment shall when mustered into the service OF
the United States be subject to the rules and articles
of war. They shall be armed at the expense of the
United States, the President shall direct. They
shall be allowed the same pay rtons, and allow
ances in kind including clothing and be subject to the
r,Ias md
ments of cavalry in the service but no field officer
shall receive forage for greater number OF horses than
he may from time to time actually have in service. No
paw or allowances shall be due until said regiment shall
be received into the service, but each officer and
shall then be entitled to days pay and allowance for
every twenty miles he may have been required to travel
from his residence to the place OF muster.
SIC 3. 1nd be further enacted, That all the ofcers OF
said regiment of mounted shall be appointed
lected in the manner prescribed by the laws of Texas
SEC. g. And be further enacted, That, for the purpose
of qucling disturbances in the Territory Of Utah. for
the protection of supply and emigrant TRAINS and the
suppression of Indian hosttes the frontiers the
President of the United States be- and he hereby
thorzed to call for and accept the services Of any number
of volunteers not to exceed in all two regiments OF seven
hundred and forty pvaes each the same, or any por
ton thereof to be organized into mounted regiments in
ntry the President may deem proper to serve for the
term of eighteen months from the time Of their being
ceved into service unless sooner discharged by the Pe
dent Said volunteers if called for and received as
mounted men, shall be constituted in the manner
as is provided in the first section of this bill for the
Texas regiment of mounted volunteers, and shall
receive the pay and allowances shall be sub
ect to the same rules and regulations as are proyi-
ded in this bill for said corps and if called for and
if received infantry they shall be placed on the same
footing every respect with the infantry regiments
in the service shall receive the pay and allowances
and be governed by the rules and regulations and
the said regiments, whether organized Us mounted men
infantry shall be subject to the rules and articles OF
SEC. A. And be further ea1aed, That the volunteers
provided for by this act shall not be accepted in bodies
of less than regiment whose officers be appointed
in the manner prescribed by law in the several States
Territories which said regiments shall respectively be-
long, except the quartermasters and commissaries who
shall be detailed from their respective departments Of the
regular army of the United States.
SIC g. And be further enacted, That the pay of said
volunteers shall not be due until received into the
but each officer and man shall then be entitled to one
days pay for every twenty miles he may have been
quired travel from his residence to the place of
ter
Approved April 1858.