Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-08-13
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at he Ftyst Session O. the Thrty-secenth
Congress-


AN ACT providing for the better organization
of the military establishment.
Re IL eaacted By Tie Senate aad House Of RPre-
sentatiges Of Tie Unitcd States IF Americd, an
Congress otsemJied That the President be aud
he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with
the advice md consent Of the Senate, an officer
in the War Department, to be called the Assis
tant Secretary of War, whose salary shall be
three thousaud dollars per apuum, payable in the
same manner as that Of the Secretary of War,
who shall perform all such duties in the office Of
the Secretary of War, belonging to that Depart
meut . shall he prescribed by the Secretary Of
War, as may be required by law.
Sec. 2 And BE- il Jurihtr eadcttd, That tue
President he and he is hereby authorized to ap-
point, By and with the advice and consent OF the
Senate, in addition to the number authorized by
existing laws aud in accordance with existing
regulations, five assistant inspector generals,
with the rank and pay OF majors Of cavalry, ten
surgeons, aud twenty assistant surgeons, to have
the pay, rank, aud allowances, and perform tue
duties Of similar officers in the present military
establishment, Tint hereafter tae AdjutAnt
Generals department shall consist of the follow
ing officers, namely One adiutant general, with
the rank pay and cm0uments Of n brigadier
general one assistant adiutant general, with the
/ riluk pay, and emOluments of u colonel OF cav
! airy; two asst tant adiu'nnt generals with the
I rauk, pay, ans emoluments each Of u lieutenant
/ colonel If cavalry four u' lelant adjulant gen
erais, wi.h the rank, pay omoumenls each
OF Il major OF cayalr, twelve assistant
adiutnnt generals, witt ue rank, pay, aud
emoluments each of a c.l Ut cavalry; aud
that there shall he added d tne Subsistence de-
pattment four cummissaries oil subsistence, each
with the rank, pay, and cmouments Of u major
of cavalry; aud eight commissaries of subslst-
euce, with the rank, pay, aud emoluments each
of captain of cavalry, and 10 be taken from the
line of the army, either of the volunteers or
regular army
Sec 8 And BE- il FURTHER enacted That there
shall he added to each of the corps of engineers
and Typographical engineers three first and three
second leutenantg, to be promoted thereto IN
accordance with the existing laws and regula
tions. And there shall be added to the Quarter
masters department one colonel, two lieutenant
colones, four majors, and twenty captains, Will
the rank, pay, and allowances of officers .
cavalry; and whenever any army captain Of th'
Quartermasters department shall have serve'
t fourteen years continuous service he shall b.
promoted to the rank of major and that ther'
shall be added to the Quartermaster's depart
! mcnt as many master wagoners, with the rank
pay, and allowances Of serscants OF cavalry
aud many wagoners, with the pay ant
allowances of corporals Of cavalry, as the mill
tnry service, in the Judgment Of the Prcsiden
may render necessary. And there shall be addet
to the ordnance department of the United State
army, as now organized, one Chief OF Ordnance
with the rank, pay and emolumcnts of the
+ Uunrtermasier General of the army; one colonel
one lieutenant colonel, and SAX second lieuten-
: ants tile field officers to be appointed by selec
lion from the officers Of the army, nnd tht
second leutenants from the graduates of the
United States Military Academy, by transfers
from the engineers, or the Typographical en- g.
necrs, or the artillery
Sec. L. Ind be Il fiirther Cndcied, That ther'
Il.1 4t.s. nun fhWn
companies Of engineer soldiers, to be command
: ell hy appropriate officers OF said corps 10 hav
II the same pay and r0uons, clothing, and othe
a allowances, and he entitled to the same benefits
= in every respect, US the company created by til
e act for the organization of company Of sapper
aud miners and pOntoniers, approved May SIX
teen, eighteen hundred aud forty six. The sal
three companies shall he subject TO the rules an
NJ articles of war; shall lie recruited III the sam
70 manner and with the same limitations shall b
' instructed III and perform ;he same duties, an
be liable to serve in the same way, and shall hav
their vehicles pontons, tools, implements, arms
and other supplies, regulated in the same MAJ
ner as the existing engineer company and eac
of the four companies Ot engineer soldiers sha
hereafter be composed Of ten sergeants, ten col
porals, two musicians, sxly-four priyates Of I'll
H. first class, or artiiceis, and sixty-iour private
I. of the second class IN all one hundred aud lift
o. men each
Sec. s. Ind Be il Caridcr enacted, That thei
s.. be added to the medical staff of the army
> corps of medical cadets, whose auty it shall |
&c to act as dressers iu the general hospitals and
on ambulance attendants i'll the field, under Il
re ns direction and control of the medical office
alone They shall have the same rank aud pt
Ma as the military cadets at West Point. The
number shall be regulated by the exigencies
service ut no time TO exceed fifty. II shall
composed Of young men Of hberal edueatic