Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-08-16

| services, and to commission the prope
field, staff, and company officers.
SEC. .. Tha. tho officers, non-com
missioucd officers, and prigatcs, organic s'
r us above set forth, shall, in all respects, b
= placed on the footing, as 10 pay aud al
, lowauces, Of similar corps Of the regula
army: Ho0iIci, That the allowances 0
non-commissiOncd officers anl prvates fo
clothing, when not furnished iu kind, sLal
be three dollars and Fifty cents per month
and tha. each company officer, noa-cOm
| mlssoned oilcer, private, musician, anC
, artl;icer Of cavalry, shall furnish bis owl
horse and horse equipments, Gnd shall rc
ceiye forty cents per d1y fr their use anG
risk, except that, in case the horse sha!
become disabled, or shall! die, the ALLOW
ance shall cease until the disability be To-
moved, or nuother horse be supplied
Every volunteer uon. commissioned officer
private, musician, and artilicer who enters
the service of the United States under this
act, shall be paid at tho rate Of fifty ccuts
in lieu Of subsistence, aud if cavalry
volunteer, twenty five cents additional, il
lieu Of forage, for every twenty miles Of
travel from bis place of enrolment to the
place Of muster, the di5tauca 10 te mcasu-
red hy the shortc5, usually Travelled route ;
and when h0uorably discharged an allow
ancc at the same rate, from the Place Of
his discharge to his place of enrolment,
aud, in addition thereto, if Lo shall have
served f5r period OF two years, or during
the war, if sooner ended, the sum Of one
hundred dollars: ProCilcd, That such Of
the companies Of cavalry herein provided
for as may require it, may be furnished
with horse and horse equipments in the
sumo manner as in the United States
army.
SEC. 6. That any volunteer who may
be received into the service of the United
States under this act, and who may be
wounded or otherwise disabled in the ser
vice, shall be entitled 70 the bent fits which
havo been or may be conferred on persons
disabled in the regular service; and the
widow, If there be one, aud il not the ic-
gal heirs of such as die or may be killed
IN service, in addition to all arrears Of pay
aud allowances, shall receive the sum of
Que hundred dollars.
SEC. I. That the bands of the rcsi-
mon,s of infantry and cavalry shall be
paid as follows: one-fOur,h of each will
receive the pay aud allowances Of sergeauts
Of engineer soldiers; Fourth those of
corporals Of engineer soldiers and the re-
naming half those of priyates Of engineer
soldiers Of the first class; and tho leaders
of tho band shall receive the same pay and
cmolumeuts as second lieutenants of in-
fantry.
SEC g. That the wagoncrs and sad
dlors shall receive the pay aud allowances
Of corporals Of cavalry. The regimen,al
commissary sergeant SHALL receive tho pay
and allowances Of a regimental sergeant
m~j"-, .ni sho rosimcutai quartermaster
sergeant shall receive the pay and allowap-
cos of 4 sergeant Of cavalry.
SrC. .. That there shall be allowed 10 !
each regiment one chaplain, who shall be |,
appointed by the regimental commander
ON the vote Of the field officers aud compa- /
ny commanders on duty with the regiment
at the time the appointment shall be made
The chaplain so appointed must bo reg
ular ordained minister Of Christian de-
nomination, 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 be is
attached, a. tho end of each quarter, the
moral and religious condition If the regi-
ment, and such suggestions Us may conduce
to the social happiness and moral improve
ment of the troops.
SEC. 10. That the general commanding
q separate department, or detached ar
my, is hereby authorized to appoint q mil
liary board or commission, Of not less
than threo nor more than five officers,
whose duty it shall be to examine the ca
paci'y. qualifications, propriety of conduct,
aud efficiency of any commissioned officer .
IF volunteers, within his department or ar
my, who may be reported to the board or
and upon such report, if ad-
'crso to such officer, and if approved by =,
he President Of the United States, the
commission of such officer shall be vaca-
ed: Progided aitoays, That no officer ,
hall be eligible to Sit on such board or u,
commission whose rank or promotion :;
would in any way be effected by its pro ,
eedings, and two members at least, if y
Practicable, shall be of equal rank of tue :
ficcr being examined. And when va =
ancies occur in any of the companies of :
olunteers, an election shall be called by =
be colonel Of the regiment to ill such va
ancies, and the men of each company q
hall vote in their respective companies [,
Or all officers as high as captain, and va "
ancies above captain shall be filed by the e e
otes Of the commissioned officers Of the :
egiment, and all officers SO elected shall y
e commissioned by the respective COVER
ors of the States or by the President Of II
le United States. 2
SEC. IL. That all letters written by !
,liicrs in the service of the United States q,
ny be transmitted through the mails al
ithout prepayment Of postage, under D,
lch regulations as the Post Office De- e.
,rtment may prescribe, the postage ,;
Iereon to be paid by the recipients. ce
SEC. II. That the Secretary of War be, to
ID he is hereby, authorized and directed al
introduce among the volunteer forces in b,
e service of the United States, the sys-
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