Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-19

ton students of medicine between the ages of eigh
teen aud twenty-three, who have been reading med
icine for two years, and have attended at 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 near approach OF their
discharge shall he reported to the surgeon general
another detail of applicants
Sec. 6. And be il further enacted That in general
or permanent hospitals female nurses may be substi.
tuted for soldiers, when, in the opinion of the sur
geon general medical officer in CHARGE it is expe
dient TO do sos the number OF female nurses TO be
! indicated by the surgeon general or surgeon in
charge of the hospital. The nurses so employed TO
receive forty cents day and 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
Sec. s. And be il further enacted, That no cadet,
who has been or shall hereafter be reported def
cient, 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 acade-
my; Provided That all cadets now in the service, or
hereafter entering the Military Academy at West
Point shall be called to take and subscribe the
following oath: Il, A. b, do soemnly swear that
will support the constitution of the Unitad States.
and bear true allegiance to the national govern.
ment; that will maintain and defend the sover-
| eighty of the United States paramount to any and
! all allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty may owe TO
any state, county, or country whatsoever; and that
will at all times obey the legal orders of my SUI
peror officers and the rules and articles governing
the armies the United States" And any cadet
candidate for admission who shall refuse to take this
oath shall be dismissed from the service.
Sec. 8 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
and thirty eight, for re-enstments under certain
conditions the bounty granted by the third section
! of the act of the seventeenth of June, eighteen
| hundred and fifty for enlistments 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 10. And be il 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"; as authorized by eN-
isting laws
Sec II. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases OF enlistment and reenltment in the military
service of the United States the prescribed oath OF
allegiance may be administered by any commission
| ed officer of 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, sec
ond, third, fourth, and fifth regiments of cavalry,
respectively; the officers thereof to retain their pres
eut relative rank and to be promoted of one arm
of service, according TO existing law and established
usage and regulation.
1 Sec 49, And be it further enacted Thatithe army
ration shall be increased as follows viz twenty-five
ounces of bread or flour, or one pound of hard
Bread instead of the present issue mesh beef shall
De issued as Oliell as
detachment or regiment shall require it, when prac
ticable in place olsalt meat beans and rice hom-
my shall be issued in the same ration in the proper
tions 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 i'll these proportions, an
equivalent in value shall be issued III other
proper food: and ration of tea may be substituted
for ration OF coffee upon the requlsu0n OF the
proper oficer Provided, That after the present in
surection shall cease the ration shall be as proyd'
ed by law and regulations on the first day Of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty cone.
See Il. And be it further esactcd, That there may
be allowed i'll hospitals, to be provided under such
rules as the surgeon general OF the amy with the
approval of the secretary of war, may prescribe,
such quantities of fresh preserved fruits milk or
butter, and of eggs may be necessary for the
proper diet of the sick.
See 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 application to the
president OF the United States, be placed upon the
list of retired officers, with the pay and emoiuments
allowed by this act
Sec 16. 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 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 refinement. whether by
staff or regmental commission and four rations pei
l. day and without amy other pay, emoluments, OF al
lowances and the next officer in rank shall be pro-
NOTED to the place of the retired ofccr according
to the established lnles of the service. And the
same rule of promotion shall be applied successfully
to the vacancies consequent upon the retirement of
an officer: Provided That should the brevet lieu
tenant general be retired under this act, it shall be
without reduction in his current pay, subsistence.
allowances: And provided 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 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 may
be, under the direction and approval of the presi-
dent of the United States, shall from time time,
as occasion may require, assemble board of not
more than nine nor less than five commissioned Of
ticers. two fifths OF whom shall be OF the medical
staff the board, except those taken from the med-
cal stah, to be composed as far as may be, of his
seniors in rank 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 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 officer incapactated
for active SERVICE will report whether, in its judg-
ment, the SAID mcapaclty result from long and
faithful service. from wounds or 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 thereupon be placed upon the list of re-
tired officers. according TO the provisions of this act
If otherwise, and if the president concur in opinion
with the board, the officer shall be retired above,
either with his pay proper alone or with his service
ratons alone at the discretion of the president,
he shall be wholly retired from the service. with
years pay and allowances; and i'll this last his
register naval register, as the may be- Pro-
eided allcayS, That the members Of the board shall
i'll every case be sworn to an honest and impartial
discharge of their duties, and that officer of the
army shall be retired either partially or 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 the uni
form OF their respective grades, shall continue be
borne upon the army register, navy register, as
the may be- and shall be subject to the rules and
articles OF war and TO trial by general court mar
tal Tor any breach of the said articles.
Sec. 10. And be- further enacted That much
of the sixth section of the act of August twenty
three, eighteen hundred and forty-twO, as allows
additional or double rations to the commandment of
each permanent or fixed post garrsoned 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 OF in Communication.
Sec. 81. 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 apnli-
cation TO the president of the United States, be
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 emouments, namely
Captains in the navy, thirteen hundred dollars;
/, Commanders in the navy, eleven hundred dollars
Leutenants in the navy, one thousand dollars;