The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-20

academy and received their commissions,
unless upon the recommendation of the ac-
ademic board of the academy: PROVIDED,
That all cadets now in the service, or here
after entering the Military Academy at
West Point, shall be called on to take and
subscribe the following oath:
81, A. B., do sOlemnly swear that | will
supportthe Constitution of the United States,
and bear true allegiance to the National
| Government; that | will maintain and de-
| fend the sovereignty of the United States par
amount to any and all allegiance, sovereign
| ty, or fealty l may owe to any State, coun-
| ty or country whatsoever; and that | will
| at all times obey the legal orders of my su-
perior officers aud the rules and articles
| governing the armies of the United States"
And any cadet or candidate for admission
who shall refuse to take this oath shall be
dismissed from the service.
Sec. 9. And be il further enacted, That
the three months extra pay allowed by the
twenty-ninth section of the act of the fifth
of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight
fer re-enlistments under certain conditions,
the bounty granted by the third section Of
the act Of the seventeenth of June, eight
cen hundred and fifty, for enlistments at re-
Gaote and distant stations, and the premium
now pail for bringing accepted recruits to
the rendezvous, be and they are hereby
abolished.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That,
hereafter two dollars per month shall be re-
tanned out of the monthly pay of each en-
listed man in the regular army until the
expiration of his term of service, instead of
one dollar per month as authorized by ex-
isting laws.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That
in all eases of enlistment and re-enlistment
in the military service of the United States
the prescribed oath of allegiance may be
administered by any commissioned officer
OF the army.
Sec. II. And be IL further enacted, That
the two regiments of dragoons, the regi-
mens of mounted riflemen, and the two re-
giments of cavalry, shall hereafter be known
and recognised as the first, second, third
fourth and fifth regiments of cavalry, re-
spectively the officers thereof to retain
their present relative rank, and to be pro-
NOTED as OF one arm of service, according
to existing law and established usage and
regulation.
Sec. I3. And be ~ further enacted, That
the army ration shall be increased as fol-
lows, viz; Twenty-Five ounces of bread or
-four, or one pound of hard bread, Instead
sued as of ten as the commanding officer of
any detachment or regiment shall require it
when practicable, in place of salt meat
bea2s and rice or hOminy shall be issued in
the same ration in the proportions now pro-
vided 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 an equivalent in value shall be
issued in some other proper food, and ra-
ton of tea may be substituted for a ration
of coffee upon the regulation of the proper
Officer: Psovided. That after the present
as provided by law and regulations on the
first day of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one.
Sec. IA. And be 1t 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,
or butter, and of eggs, as may be necessary
for the proper diet Of the sick.
Sec. Is. And be 1t further enacted, That
any commissioned officer of the army, or of
the marine corps, who shall have served as
such for forty consecutive years, may, upon
his own application to the President of the
tired officers, with the pay and emoluments
allowed by this act.
Sec. I6. Apld be 1t further enacted, That
if any commissioned officer of the army, or
of the marine corps, shall have become, or
shall have hereafter become incapable of
performing the duties of his Office, he shall
be placed upon the retired list and with
drawn from active service and command and
from the line of promotion with the follow
ing pay and emoluments, namely: the pay
proper of the highest rank held by him at
the time of his retirement, whether by staff
or regimental commission, and four rations
per day, and without any other pay, emolu-
ments, or allowances and the next officer
in rank shall be promoted to the place of
the retired officer, according to the estab-
lished rules of the service. And the same
rule of promotion shall be applied success
sively to the vacancies consequent upon the
retirement of an officer: Provided, That
should the breyet lieutenant general be re-
tired under this act, it shall be without re-
duction in his current pay, subsistence or
allowances And F1roOide1 further, That
there shall not be on the retired list at any
one time more than seven per centum of
the whole number of officers of the army,
as fixed by law.
Sec. II. And be 1t further enacted, That in
order to carry out the provisions of this act,
the Secretary of War; or Secretary of the
Navy, as the case may be, under the direc-
ton and approval of the President OF the
United States, shall, from time to time, as
occasion may require, assemble a board of
not more than nine, nor less than five COM
I missioned officers, two-6fths of whom shall
/ be of the medical staff; the board, except
those taken from the medical staff, to be
composed, as far as may be, of his seniors
in rank, to determine the facts as to the ma
tnre and occasion of the disability of such
g! officers as appear disabled to perform such
military service, such board being hereby
invested with the powers of court of in
quiry and 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 an
officer incapacitated for active service, will
report whether, in its judgment, the said in
capacity result from long and faithful ser
vice, from wounds or injury received in the
line of duty. from sickness or exposure