Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-16

1Sellcles OF service, AT no lne TO exceed 1t
shall be composed Of young men of liberal educa-
ton students of medicine, between the ages of eigh
teen aud twenty-thfee, who have been reading med
cine for two years, and have attended ut least one
course OF lectures in medical college. They shall
enlist for one year. and be subject to the rules and
articles of war. On the fifteenth day of the last
month OF their service the approach of their
discharge shall be reported to the surgeon general
in order, il desired, that they may be relieved by
another detail of applicants.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted That in general
or permanent hospitals female nurses may be suDsll
tuted for soldiers, when in the opinion OF the sur
gcon general or medical officer in charge 1t is eNpe
dent TO do sos the number of female nurses 10 pc
indicated by the surgeon general or surgeon III
charge of the hospital. The nurses so employed to
receive forty cents day and one ration in KIND, or
by communication, in lieu of all enoiulnehts except
transportation in kind.
See. Z. And be it further enacted, That one chap
lain shall be allowed to each regiment OF Inc army
to be selected and appointed as the president may
direct: Provided, That none but regularly ordained
ministers of some Christian denomination shali De
eligible TO selection or appointment.
Sec s. And be ii further enacted, That no cadet,
who has been shall hereafter be reported as dell
Gent either in conduct studies, and recommend
ed to be discharged from the academy, shall be re-
turned or reappointed or appointed to any place in
the army before his class shall have left the academy
and received their commissions unless upon the rec
Ommendation of the academic board OF the aeade-
my: Provided. That all cadets now i'll the service, or
hereafter entering the Military Academy at West
Point shall be called on to take and subscribe the
following oath: Il, A. Is, do solemnly swear that
viii support the constitution of the Untad States.
and bear true allegiance TO the national govern
ment that l will maintain and defend the
eighty of the United States paramount TO any and
all allegiance, sovereignty, or tealty may owe TO
any state. county, or country whatsoeveri and that
will at all times obey the legal orders of my SUI
perior officers and the rules and articles governing
the armies ofthe United Statesn And any cadet or
candidate for admission who shall refuse to take this
oath shall be dismissed from the service.
Sec. And be it further enacted, That the three
months extra pay allowed by the twenty-ninth sec
ton of the act OF the fifth of july eighteen hundred
pitrhf list
conditions, the bounty granted by the third section
! of the act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen
hundred and fifty, for enstments at remote and dis
| tant stations and the premium now paid for bring
ing accepted recruits to the rendezvous be and they
are hereby abolished.
| Sec TO- And be it further enacted, That hereafter
| two dollars per month shall be retained out of the
| monthly pay of each enlisted man in the regular
army until the expiration of his term of service in
stead of one dollar per month, as authorized by eX
isting laws
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases of enlistment and re-enlistment i'll the military
service of the United States the prescribed oath of
allegiance may be administered by any commission
ed officer of the army.
Sec. r. And be it further enacted That the two
regiments OF dragons, the regiment of mounted ri
femen and the two regiments of cavalry, shall
hereafter be known and recognized the first,
ond, third fourth, and fifth regiments of cavalry,
respectively the officers thereof to retain their pres
ent relative rank and TO be promoted as of one arm
OF service, according to existing law and established
usage and regulation.
Sec 49, And be it further enacted Thatthe army
ration shall be increased follows, viz Twenty-Five
ounces of bread flour, pound of hard
bread instead of the present issue; fresh beef shall
be issued as often as the commanding officer of any
detachment regiment shall require it, when prac
ticabe in place fsat meat; beans and rice or hom-
my shall be issued III the same ration in the proper
tions now provided by the regulation, and
pound of potatoes per man shall be issued at least
three times a week, if practcable and when these
articles cannot be issued in these proportions an
equivalent in value shall be issued in some other
proper food, and a ration of tea may be substituted
for ration OF coffee upon the reQuisitiOn of the
proper officer Provided That after the present in
suuection shall cease, the ration shall be as proYid
ed by law and regulations on the first day OF July,
eighteen hundred and siNty-o
Sec Il. And be it further enacted, That there may
be allowed in hospitals, TO be provided under such
rules as the surgeon general of the army, with the
approval of the secretary of war, may prescribe,
such quantities of fresh or preserved fruits milk
butter, and of eggs, as may be necessary for the
proper diet OF the sick.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That any COM
misioned officer of the army, of the marine
corps, who shall have served such for forty
secutve years. may, upon Ills application to the
president of the United States, be placed upon the
list of retired officers, with the pay and emoluments
allowed by this act.
Sec. l6. And be it further enacted, That if any
commissioned officer of the army, or OF the marine
corps, shall have become. or shall hereafter become,
incapable of pertoIm ming the duties OF his Office, he
shall be placed upon the retired list and withdrawn
from active service and command and from the line
of promotion, with the following pay and emou-
mcnts, namely; the pay proper of the highest rank
l hel% oy nm t NE ime o. ls retirement whether BY
day and without any other pay emoluInents, or al
loWances and the next officer III rank shall be pro-
NOTED to the place of the retired officer according
TO the established rnles of the service. And the
same rule of promotion shall be applied successfully
TO the vacancies consequent upon the retirement of
officer: Provided, That should the breyet lieu
tenant general be retired under this act, it shall be
without reduction in his current pay, subsistence,
allowances: And provided turther That there shall
not be on the retired list at any time than
seven per cenlum of the whole number Of officers
ut ths4n FnNr fNod nv lnN
Sec II. And be it further enacted, That, in order
to carry out the provisions OF this act the secretary
of war; or secretary of the navy, as the ase may
be, under the direction and approval OF the presi
dent of the United States shall from time TO time,
as occasion may require, assemble board of not
more than nine, less than five commissioned Of
ticers, two tiiths OF whom shall be of the medical
staff the board, except those taken from the medi-
cal staff, TO be composed, as far may be, of his
seniors in rank, to determine the facts to the
ture and occasion of the disability of such officers
as appear disabled to perform such military service,
such board being hereby invested with the powers
OF court OF inquiry ana court martial, and their
decision shall be subject to like revision as that of
such courts by the president of the United States.
The board whenever it finds officer ncapacated
for active service, will report whether, i'll its judy
nent, the said incapacity result from long and
faithful service. from wounds injury received in
the line OF duty from sickness exposure therein,
or from amy other incident of service. If so, and
the president approve such Judgment the disabled
officer shall teicupon be placed upon the list of re-
tired officers according TO the provisions of this act
IL otherwise, and il the president concur in opinion
with the board the officer shall be retired above.
either with his pay proper alone, with his service
rations alone at the discretion of the president
he shall be wholly retired from the service with one
years pay and allowances; and in this last his
maine shall be thenceiorward omitted from the army
register, OF naval register, as the may be- Pro-
rided attcays, That the members of the board shall
in every be sworn to an honest and impartial
discharge of their duties and that officer of the
army shall be retired either partially wholly from
the service without having had fair and full hear
ing before the board, if upon due summons he shall
demand it.
Sec. 1S And be ii further enacted. That the officers
partially retired shall be entitled to wear the uni
form OF their respective grades, shall continue to be
borne upon the army register, navy register,
the may be- and shall be subject the rules and
articles OF war, and to trial by general court
tial Tor any breach OF the said articles.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much
of the sixth section Of the act of August twenty
three, eighteen hundred and torty-two, as allows |
additional or double ratons to the commandant of
each permanent fixed post garfisoned with |
troops, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec 20. And be it further enacted, That officers
OF the army, when absent from their appropriate |
duties Tor period exceeding six months either with
or without leave, shall not receive the allowances
authorized by the existing laws for servants forage
transportation of baggage, fuel and quarters either
in kind orin combination.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted That any Off
Ger Of the navy who has been forty years in the SER
vice OF the United States, may upon his own appi-
cation to the president OF the United States he
placed upon the list of retired officers of the navy
and shall receive the pay and emoluments allowed
by this act
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That if any
officer of the navy shall have become shall here
after become incapable of performing the duties of
his Office he shall be placed upon the retired list and
withdrawn from active service and command and
from the line of promotion, with the following pay
and emoluments namely -
Captains in the navy, thirteen hundred dollars;
Commanders in the navy, eleven hundred dollars;
lieutenants in the navy, one thousand dollars;