Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-24
Dailp Yatlonal Qrmutrat
Volunteers.

An Act to authorize the employment of Volun-
teers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting
public property.
tom houses, navy yards, and other property OF
the United States, have been seized, and other
violations of law have been committed ana are
| threatened by organized bodies OF men In several
OF the States, and conspiracy has been entered
into to overthrow the Governmet OF the United
States therefore
BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled That the President be, and
he is herebg authorized to accept the services OF
volunteers, either as cavalry, luantry, or artlle-
ry in suchinumbers, not exceeding hye hundred
thousand as he may deem necessary Tor the pur-
pose of repelling invasion, suppressng lnsuTrec-
tian enforcing the laws, and preserving and pro-
tecting the public properly: Paovlded, Ihat the
services of the volunteers shall be for such time
as the President may direct, not exceeding three
wears nor less than six months, and they shall
| be disbanded at the end of the war; and all pro-
visions of law applicable to three years volun-
teers shall appyIto two years volunteers, and to
all volunteers who have been or may be accepted
into the service of the United States for a period
not less than six months, in the same manner as
if such volunteers were specially named. Before
receiving into service any number OF volunteers
| exceeding those now called for aud accepted, the
President shall from time to time, issue his pro-
| clamatOn, stating the number desired, either as
|
which they are to be furnished having reference
| in any such requsition, to the number then in
| service from the several States, and to the eXl-
gences of the service at the time, and cqualizlng,
as far as practicable, the number furnished by the
several States according to federal population.
| Section 2. And be it further enacted, That the
said volunteers shall be subject to the rules and
regulations governing the amy OF the United
Stetes, and that they shall be formed by the Pres
| idcut into regiments Otintantry, with the eNcep-
ton of such numbers for cavalry and artillery as
! he may direct, not to exceed the proportion OF
| one company to each of those arms to every rcgl-
ment of infantry, and to be organized as in the
| regular service. Each regiment OF infantry shall
have one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, one
| Major, one Adjutant "a Lieuteuant, one Quarter
master "a LieutcnanU one Surgeon and one As
sistant Surgeon Gee Sergeant Major, one Regl
mental QuartermaSter Sergeant, one RegmcntaI
| Commissary Sergeant, one hospital steward, two
principal musicians. and twenty-four musicians
| to a band and shall composed Of ten companies,
| each company to consist of one Captain, one
First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one
First Sergeant, four Sergeant, eight corporaS,
| fowsmusiclans, one WAGNER, and from slXty-four
to eighty-two privates
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
these forces when accepted as herein authorized,
shall be organized into divisions of three more
brgades each and each division shall have
Maior-Generai, three Aids-de Camp and one AS
sistant Aduant-Gcnera, with the rank of Major,
Each brigade shall be composed oftour or more
regiments and shall have one Brigadier-G General,
two Aids-de-C Camp, one Assistant Adjuant Gene
raj with the rank of Captain, one Surgeon, one
Assistant Quartermaster and one Commissary Of
Subsistence.
Section 4. And be it further enacted That the
President shall be authorized appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, Tor
the command of the forces provided for in this
Act, number Of Major Generals, not exceeding
six, and number, or Brigadier Generals not eX-
eighteen, and the other division aud brigade oil
GERS required for the orgaizaaon Of thase forces,
| except the Aid de Camp, who shall be selected
by their respective Generals from the officers of
the army or voluenteer corps: Provided, That the
President may select the Major Generals and
| Brgadier Generals provided for in this Act, from
| the line staff of the regular army and the Off
GERS selected shall be permitted to retain their
rank therein The Governors of the Stats furnish
ing volunteers under this Act shall commission
the field, stalfand company Ulcers requisite for
said volunteers ; but in where the State au-
thortcs refuse or omit to furnish volunteers at
at the call or on the proclamation Of the President
and volunteers from such States offer their serv-
ces under such call or proclamation, the Presi-
dent shall have power to accedt such services, and
to commission the proper field, staIand company
officers
Section 5, And be it further enacted, That the
officers, non commissioned officers, and priyatcs
organized as above set FORTH shall in all respects
be placed on a footing, as to pay and allowances
OF similar corps OF the regular army IfONlueu
that the allowances OF non commissioned officers
and privates for clothing when not furnished in
kind, shall be three dollars and fifty cents per
month, and that each company officer non COM
missioned officer, private, musician, and artiicer
OF cavalry shall furnish his own horse and horse
equipments and shall receive forty cents per day
for their use and risk, except that in case the
horse shall become disabled or shall die, and al
lowance shall cease until the disability removed
or another horse supplied Every volunteer non
commissioned officer, private, musician, and ar
tcer, who enters the service of the United States
under this Act, shall be paid at the rate of fifty
cents in lieu of subsistence, and if a cavalry vol
unteer, twenty-five cents additional, in lieu for
forage, for every twenty miles OF travel from his
place of enrolment to the place of muster-the
distance to be measured by the shortest usually
lraveled route and when honorably discharged
an allowance at the same rate from the place Of
his discharg to his place enrolment, aud, in adj
diton thereto, if he shall have served period of
two years, or during the war, If sooner ended
the sum of one hundred dollars: Provided, that
such of the companies of cavalry herein provided
for as may require it, may be furnished with
horses and horse equipments in the same manner
AS in the United States army.
Section 6. And be it further enacted, That any
volunteer who may be received into thl service of
the United States under this Act, and who may
be wounded or otherwise disabled in the service
shall be entitled to the benefits which have been
or may be conferred persons disabled IN the
regular service and the widow, If there be one,
and if not the legal heirs of such as die may be
killed in service, in addition to all arrears of pay
and allowance, shall receive the sum Of one hun
dred dollars.
Section 7. And be it further enacted, That the
bands of the regiments of infantry and of the
regiments Of cavalry shall be paid as follows
one-uurth of each shall receive the pay and al
lowances of Sergeants Of engineer soldiers one
| fourth those of Corporals Of engineer soldiers
and the remaing half those of prvates of engn-
eer soldiers of the first class and the leaders Of
the band shall receive the same pay and emolu-
ments as Second Lieutenauts of Infantry.
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
the wagoners and saddlers shall receive the pay
and allowances of Corporals OF Cavalry. The
reglmental Commlssary Sergeant Shall receive
the pay and allowances Of regimental Sergeant
Major, and the regmental Quartermaster Sergeant
shall receive the pay and allowances of Ser
geant of Cavalry.
Section 9. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be allowed to each regiment one
Chaplain, who shall be appointed by the regi-
mental commander on the vote of the field officers
and company commanders on duty with the
regiment at the appointment shall be made. The
Chaplain so appointed must be regular ordained
minister of the Christian denomination, and shall
receive the pay and allowances Of Captain Of
Cavalry, and shall be required to report to the
Colonel commanding the regiment to which he is
attached, at the end Of each quarter, the moral
and religious cond ton of the regiment, and such
| suggestions as may conduce to the social happl-
| ness and moral improvement of the troops.
| Section 10. And be it further enacted, That
| the General commanding separate department.,
or a detached army, is hereby authorized to APP