Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-15
BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNIFIED STATES.
Pub. q


AN ACT to provide for the organization Of rsgi-
ment Of mounted volunteers for the defence Of
the frontier Of Texas and 10 authorize the Pr esi
dent to call into the service Of The United Suites
3 two additional regiments Of volunteers. 3 4 -
Be il enacted By the Senate and House Of Rcpressn-
tatipes Of fe Gaisd States Of america ia co7qrsss as
semblsd That the President Of the United States be
authorized to receive into the service Of the United
States one regiment Of Texas mounted Volunt GERS,
to be raised aud organized by the State Of Texas
for the defence and protection Of the frontier here
Of to continue in service, from the time that the
whole regiment shall be mustered into service, for
the term Of eighteen months, unless sooner dis
charged by the President Said regiment shall be
composed Of one colonel one lieutenant colonel,
one major, one adjutani with the rank Of first lieu
tenant, one quartermaBteF and eommissary with
similar rank one surgeon and two assistant sugeons
one sergeant major. one quartermaster and commits
sary sergeant aud ten companies-eAch Of which
shall be composed Of captain, first iieuten-
ant, one second lieutenant four sergeSnts, four
oorpoTals, two buglers, one farrier, and seventy
four privates. Each Of said officers below the
rank Of mejJr-non commissioned officers, must
clans, farrier, and pIigates-shalI furnish and
keep himself supplied with q good seryiceable
horse and horse equipments, for the use and
risk Of which, in addition to the pay and allowances
herein provided, be shall receive forty cents day
while in service with his horse; and if any non.
shall, from csreessness or neglect injme or 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 himself with horse, be entitled only
to the pay of private Of infantry.
SEC ? ARd be IL further enacted That the officers
non-oommissioned officers, musicians, farrier, and
privates Of said regiment, SHALL when mustered into
the service of the United States be subject to the
rules and articles Of They shall be armed at
the expense Of the United States, as the President
shall direct They shall be allowed the same pay,
rations, and allowances in kind including clothing,
and be subject 10 the same rules and regulations
provided for the regiments of cavalry now 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 pay or
allowances shall be due until said regiment shall be
received into the service, but each officer and man
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
SEC. 3. ARdbs Il further enacted, That all the off,
GERS Of said regiment of mounted men shall be ap.
pointed or selected in the manner prescribed by the
laws of Texas.
SEo. 4. And be IL further enacted That for The pur-
pose queng disturbances in the TerritOryof Utah.
for the protection of supply and emigrsnt trains,
and the suppression of Indian hOstlities on the
frontiers the President Of the United States be- and
he is hereby authorized to call for and accept the
services OF any number OF volunteers not to exceed
in all two regiments, of seven hundred and forty
privates each; the same, any portion thereof to
be organized into mounted regiments infantry,
the President may deem proper to for the Term
Of eighteen months from the time of their being
ceved into service unless sooner discharged by the
President Said volunteers, if called for and re-
ceived as mounted men, shall be constituted in the
same manner as is provided in the first section Of
this bill for the Texas regiment Of mounted volun-
tiers, and shall receive the same pay and allowances
shall be subject to the rules and regulations as
are provided in this bill for said corps and if cal
led for, and if received infantry, they shall be
placed on the footing in every respect with the
infantry regiments now in the service. shall receive
the same pay and allowances, and be governed by
the same rules and regulations; and the said regi
ments, whether organized as mounted men or in
fsntry shall be subject to the rules and articles of
war.
SEC. 5. Apd be e further enacted, That the vOun-
teers provided for by this act shall not be accepted
in bodies Of less than one regiment, whose officers
shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law
in the several States or Territories to which said
regiments shall respectively belong, except the
quartermasters and commssaries who shall be de-
tailed from their respective departments Of the re-
gular army of the United States.
SEC. 6. Ind be IT, further enacted, That the pay of
said volunteers shall not bedus until received into
the service, but each officer and man shall then be
entitled to one days pay for every twenty miles he
may have been required to travel from his residence
to the place Of muster
Approved ApTil7, 1858.