The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-01-03

and hold the office until the close OF the
next session of the Legislature atrer such
appointment; and that the said Brigadler
General shall have power to appoint the
following Staff Officers; that is to say:
One Brigade Major, one Brigade Inspector
one Brigade Commissary, one Brigade
Ouartermaster, one Brigade Surgeon, eaeh
with the rank of Major; and two Alas,
de-Camp, with the rank OF Captain s:,lo
Staff Officers to be commissioned by the
Governor.
SEC 9. That each Regiment shall be
o1ieered by one Colonel, one Lieutenant
Colonel and one Major, to be elected by
the officers and privates of the said Regi-
ment. within ten days after the Companies
composing said Regiment shall have been
accepted, the election of said officers to be
ordered by the Governor, and the COM
mission therefor to be signed and issued
by him; and the Colonel of the said Regi-
ment shall have power to appoint the fol
lowing Staff Officers that is to say: One
Adjutant, one Quartermaster, one Com
missary and one Surgeon, each with the
rank of Captain; one Assistant Surgeon
and one Chaplain, each with the rank OF
First Lieutenant; one Sergeant-Major, one
Quartermaster-Sergeant, one Drum Major
and ten Musicians, said commissioned
officers to be commissioned by the Gov
ernor: Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall apply to any vacancy oc-
curing in the General Office of any Bri-
gade, or in the Field Offices Of any Regi-
ment,. whilst such Brigade. or Regiment is
in actual service, which said vacancy so
occurring in actual service, whether by
casualty or otherwise, shall be filled by
promotion in regular grade, and not by
election.
Sec. 10. That the troops or forces
authorized to be raised under the provis-
ions of this Act, shall constitute one Di-
vision, and said Division shall consist Of
not less than two nor more than four
Brigades Of Infantry, and each Infantry
Brigade shall consist Of not less than two
nor more than four Regiments, and the
Artillery and Rifle Companies shall be at
tached to such Infantry Regiments or
Brigades, as the officer in command Of the
troops called into active service may from
time to time designate.
SEC. IL. That when eight Companies Of
Infantry and the Rifle Companies thereto
attached, in any Infantry Brigade, shall,
have been accepted, the Governor shall
organize the same into a Regiment, and
shall authorize the said Companies to meet
at their respective rendezvous on a given
day, and there ballot for Colonel, Lieuten-
ant Colonel and Major, and the result of
the ballotting each Company shall he trans
mitted by the Captain thereof to the Coy
ernor, who shall declare the election and
commission the officers. That when two
Regiments are organized, the Governor
shall appoint, as hereinbefore provided, a
Bricadier- General to command said Bri-
oade and when additional Regiments, as
hereinbefore provided, shall have been or
ganized, the Governor shall form them in
to Brigades, and appoint Brigadier-Gener-
ais to command the additional Brigadcs,
and shall also appoint, as hereinbefore
provided, Major-General to command the
Diviisson and when additional troops are
called into active service, they sli::l-he dis
tributed into the Brigades already formed,
in such manner as the good of the service
may require, and as may be deemed ex-
ex3edient by the Major-Gcneral command
ing the Division:
Provided, That, such additional troops
shall not be other than those contemplated
to be raised under the second, third and
fourth sections Of this Act:
Ind procided further, That whenever
four companies of Cavalry shall be accept
ed, the Governor shall order an election for
Major to command the Battalion, and
when eight Companies shall have been ac-
cepted, the Governor shall order an cleo
ton for an additional Major, and FOR a Col
onel to command said Regiments, and
when two Regiments shall have been or.
ganized, the Governor shall appoint, as
hereinbcfore provided, Il Brigadier-Gener-
al to command the Brigade Of Cavalry.
SEC. u. That the officers of Division,
Brigades, Regiments, Battalions, Compan-
les of equal grade and date Of commits
sion, shall determine their rank by lot.
SEC. 13. That the Companies herein arl-
thorized to be organized, shall be fully
armed and equipped when mustered into
service.
SEC. IA That the law now of force
prohibiting the reduction of Beat Com
panies below the number Of fifty men be,
and the same is hereby, suspended: Pro
pided, such reduction is occasioned by the
reception of volunteers into the service Of
the State, and that this Act shall continue
in force two years from the passage there
of.
SEC. 15. That the Army Regulations,
approved works on Courts Martial, and
books of instruction for the different arms
of service now in use in the United States
Army, shall be used by the troops raised
under this Act, and the same system Of
drill and discipline shall be enforced; ard