Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-17

month of their service the near approach of their
discharge shall be reported to the surgeon general
m order If desired, that they may be relieved by
another detail of applicants
Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That in general
or permanent hospitals female nurses may be subsii
tuted for soldiers, when i'm the opinion of the sur
geon general medical officer in charge II is cNpe-
diemt to do so; the number of female nurses TO be
indicated by the surgeon general surgeon in
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 emoluments except
transportation in kind
Sec Z. And be il further enacted, That one chap
lain shall be allowed to each regiment of the army
to be selected and appointed as the president may
direct: Provided, That none but regularly ordained
ministers OF some Christian denomination shall be
eligible TO selection or appointment.
see. s. And be il further enacted, mat no cauet
who has been shall hereafter be reported as deli
| cient, either in conduct or studies and recommend
ed to be discharged from the academy, shall be re-
turned or Teappomed, or appointed TO any place i'll
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 acade-
| my; Provided That all cadets now in the service or
| hereafter entering the Military Academy at West
Point. shall be called ON TO take and subscribe the
following oath 81, a. Il, do solemnly swear that
will support the constitution of the Untad States
| and bear true allegiance to the national govern
| ment; that will maintain and defend the soyer-
| eighty of the United States paramount to any and
| all allegiance, sovereignty, icalty may owe to
any state county, or country whatsoever; and that
will at all times obey the legal orders of my SUI
periOr officers and the rules and articles governing
the armies of the United States.n And any cadet or
candidate for admission who shall refuse to take this
| oath shall be dismissed from the service.
See And be it further enacted, That the three
months extra pay allowed by the twenty ninth
ton of the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred
and thirty eight. for establishments under certain
conditions the bounty granted by the third section
| OF the act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen
hundred and fifty, for enlisments 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 i'll
stead of one dollar per month, authorized by eX
| listing laws.
| Sec II. And be it further enacted, That in all
of enlistment and Te-enlistment in the military
service Of the United States the prescribed oath OF
allegiance may be administered by any commission
! ed officer the army.
Sec. u. And be it further enacted, That the two
regiments OF Dragons, the regiment of mounted ri
| hemen. and the two regiments of cavalry, shall
hereafter be known and recognized as 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
oseryice, according TO existing law and established
! usage and regulation.
| Sec 10. And be it further enacted, Thatithe army
ration shall be increased us follows, viz Twenty-Five
| ounces of bread or flour, or one pound of hard
bread, instead of the present issue fresh beef shall
be issued as often as the commanding officer of any
detachment or regiment shall require it, when prac
cabe, in place ofsalt meat; beans and rice or hOm-
my shall be issued in the same ration in the proper
| tons now provided by the regulation, and one
pound of potatoes per man shall be issued at least
| three times week. if practicable; and when these
| articles cannot be issued in these proportions,
| equivalent in value shall be issued i'll some other
proper food. and ration of tea may be substituted
for ration OF coffee upon the requisltion of the
proper officer: Provided, That after the present in
surIecton shall cease, the ration shall be proyid.
ed by law and regulations ON the first day OF July,
eighteen hundred and siXty-one.
Sec. H. And belt 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. prescribe,
such quantities of fresh preserved fruits, milk or
butter, and of eggs. as may be necessary for the
/ proper diet Of the sick.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That any COM
misioned officer of the army, or of the marine
corps. who shall have served as such for forty con-
secutiye years, may upon his own 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. IT, And be it further enacted That if any
commissioned officer of the army, or OF the marine
corps shall have become. shall hereafter 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 emOlu-
ments, namely; the pay proper OF the highest rank
held by i'm at the time of his retirement whether by
staff or regmenta commission, and four rations per
day, and without any other pay, emolumens, or al
lowances and the next officer in rank shall be pro-
NOTED TO the place of the retired officer, according
! to the established rnles Of the service. And the
rule of promotion shall be applied successfully
TO the vacancies consequent upon the retirement of
an officer: Provided, That should the breyet lieu
tenant general be retired under this act it shall be
without reduction i'll his current pay subsistence or
allowances: And provided further, That there shall
not be the retired list at any time more than
per centum of the whole number of officers
of the army, as fixed by law.
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, tile 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, nor less than five commissioned of
fcers, two fifths 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
tuTe and occasion of the disability of such officers
appear disabled TO perform such military service.
! such board being hereby invested with the powers
! of q court of inquiry and court martial, and their
decision shall be subject TO like revision that of
such courts by the president of the United States.
| The board whenever it finds an ofheer ncapacated
for active service, will report whether in its judg
ment, the said incapacity result from long and
faithful service from wounds or injury received in
tile line of duty, from sickness exposure therein,
or from any other incident of service If SO, and
the president approve such judgment, the disabled
officer shall theeupon be placed upon the list of
tired officers according 10 the provisions of this act
If otherwise, and if the president concur i'll opinion
with the board, the officer shall be retired as above
either with Ills pay proper alone or with his service
ratons alone at the discretion OF the president, OF
he shall be wholly retired from the service, with
years pay and allowances; and in this last case his
| name Shall be thenceiOrward omitted from the army
register naval register, as the case may be; Pro
uided GicayS That the members of the board shall
in every case be sworn to an honest and impartial
discharge oftheir 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. IS And be it 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, or navy register, as
the case may be- and SHAH be subject to the rules and
articles OF and TO trial by general court
tial Tor any breach of the said articles.
i Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much
or gixs nt af Anon
three eighteen hundred and forty-twO, allows
additional or double Tations to the commandan OF
each permanent or fixed post garrisoned 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
without leave, shall not receive the allowances
authorized by the existing laws for servants forage
transportation of baggage fuel and quarters eithe
in kind or in communication.
Sec. q. And be it further enacted That any Off
of the navy who has been forty years in the ser
vice of the United States may, upon his own appli
cation to the president OF the United States, b.
placed upon the list of retired officers of the navy
and shall receive the pay and emouments allowet
by this act.
Sec. %. And be ii further enacted, That if an,
officer of the navy shall have become, shall here
after become incapable Of performing the duties o
his Office he shall be placed upon the retired list AM
withdrawn from active service and command an,
from the line of promotion, with the following pa
and emoluments, namely =
Captains in the navy, thirteen hundred dollars;
Commanders in the navy, eleven hundred dollars
Lieutenants in the navy, one thousand dollars;
Surgeons ranking with captains, thirteen hundre,
dollais
Surgeons ranking with commanders, eleven hun
dred dollars;
Surgeons ranking with eutenants, one thousan,
dollars;
UaVmasers ranking with cnnfoins tb;r4aa, L,,,