Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-18
WAR MATTERS.
PAY, RATIoNs, CLOTHING AND BoUNTIEs GIVEN
ny LAW TO VOLUNTEERS.

ny Law TO VOLUNTEERS.
Asinquiries are incessantly made about the
actual provisions of law, as modified by the
present Congress, prescribing the pay, ETC., of
our volunteer army, we have prepared the
following statement from official sources.
The actual bounty given is 500 to all volun-
teers alike
Monthly pay to privates in the army and
volunteer service, $l3. Clothing to same,
two full suits, or commuted at So 90 per
month.
Daily RdtioHS Three and fourth pounds
OF pork or bacon, or one and fourth pound
OF fresh or salt beef; twenty-five ounces of
bread or Hour, or one pound Of pilot bread.
Rdtions 10 One Hundred Men DHly.-Eight
quarts Of beans, ten pounds of rice or hom-
my, beside one pound of potatoes three times
week to each man, or q substitute therefor;
ten pounds of coffee; fifteen pounds Of sugor;
four quarts Of vinegar; one and half pounds
OF adamantine candles four pounds of soap
and two quarts of salt. Extra issues of mo.
lasses are occasionally made.
Ratons may be commuted at forty cents
per day when stationed in cities or where
there is no opportunity of messing, or when
in regular camp at the cost of the rations.
BOuntieS.-One hundred dollars is paid to
every volunteer who shall have served two
years, or who shall have served during the
war, if sooner ended.
The widow or other heirs Of such as die in
the service, or are killed, receive $lO0 in
addition TO all arrears of pay and allowances
To settle controversy, the acts and sections
OF acts of Congress providing the above are
given below. They are taken from the
officially published book containing the laws
of the late session of Congress:
"An act TO increase the pay oJthe priUdtes in
the regular army and of the Oolunteers in
the service of the United States, and for
Other purposes.
"Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America, In Congress assembled,
that the pay of the privates in the regular
army and volunteers in the service Of the
United States be $l3 per month for three
years from and after the passage of this act,
and until otherwise fixed by law" Ap.
proved August 6, 1861.
Extracts from "An act to authorize the
employment of volunteers" &c, approved
July 22 1861:
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the officers, non-cOmmissioned officers and
privates, organized as above set forth, shall,
in all respects, be placed on the footing, as
to pay and allowances, Of similar corps of
the regular army; Provided, That the allow
ances of non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates for clothing, when not furnished in
kind, shall be three dollars and fifty cents
per month, and that each company officer,
non.commissioned officer, private, musician
and arti6cer of cavalry, shall furnish his own
horse equipments, and shall receive forty
cents day for their use and risk, except in
case that the horse shall have become dis
abled, or shall die, the allowance shall cease
until the disability be removed or another
horse be supplied. Every volunteer nom
commissioned officer, private, musician and
arfiHnnr xUhn eofpra the cprviaa of tho
United States under this act, shall be paid
fifty cents in lieu of subsistence, and if a
cavalry volunteer, twenty-five cents addi-
| tional in lieu of 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 travelled
| route and, when honorably discharged, an
allowance at the same rate from the place of
his discharge to Misplace of enrolment, and,
in addition thereto, if he shall have served
for a period of two years, or during the war,
if sooner ended, the sum of one hundred
dollars.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
any volunteer who may be received into the
service of the United States under this act,
and who may be wounded or otherwise dis
| abled in the service, shall be entitled to the
benefits which have been or may be con-
| ferred on persons disabled in the regular
service; and the widow, if there be one, and
if not, the legal heirs of such as die or may
be killed in service, in addition to all arrears
Of pay and allowances, shall receive the
sum Of 800.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That
| the Secretary of War be and he is hereby
authoriz ed and directed to introduce among
| the volunteer forces in the services of the
| United States the system of allotment tick
| cts now used in the Navy, or some equiva-
| lent system, by which the family of the Yo-
lunteer may draw such portion Of his pay as
| he may request.
Approved, July %, 1861.
Extract from "Au act providing for the
ment," approved August 3, 1861.
Sec. l3. And be it further enacted, That
the army;rationshall be increased as follows,
viz: twenty-five ounces of bread or -four,
or one pound of hard bread instead OF the
sent issue; fresh beefshall be issued as often
as the commanding officer of such detach
ment or regiment shall require it, when
practicable, in place of salt meat; beans and
rice or hominy shall be issued in the same
ration in the proportions now provided by
the regulations, and one pound of potatoes
per man shall be issued at least three times
a week, if practicable; and when these artI-
cles can not he issued in these proportions,
and equivalent in value shall be issued in
some other proper food; and ration of tea
may be substituted for ration of coffee
upon the requisition of the proper Office
Provided, That after the present insurrection
shall cease, the ration shall be as provided
by law and regulations on the first day o.
! July eiuhteen hundred and siXty-one