St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-08-29


briGadier general, two aids. dc-camp, one assis-
tant adjutant general with the rank Of captain.
one surgeon, one assistant quartcrmaster. and
one cOmmssary of subsistence
SEC. 4. -1Hd be further fnacieR That the
PRESIDENT shall be authorized to appoint. by
and with the advice and consent Of the Sen
ate, for the command of the forces provided
Tor III tins act Il number of major generals,
not exceeding six, and a number Of brirulier
generals not exceeding eighteen and the 9th
cf division and brigade officers required for the
organization of these forces. except the aids.
dc-ctmp, who shall be selected by their res
pectlve generals from the officers of the army
or volunteer corps: PrOrided, That the Plesi-
dent may select the major generals and hrira.
dicr generals provided for ia this act, from the
line or staff of the regular army, and the offi
GERS SO selected shall be permitted to retain
their rank therein. The Governors of the
states furnishing volunteers under this act
shall commission the field staff and companv
officers requisite for the said volunteers but
III cases where the State authorities refuse or
omit to furnish volunteers at the call or ON
The proclamation of the President, and volun-
tceis lrom such States offer their services un-
uer such Gail or proclamation the President
snail have power To accept such services. and
10 commission the proper field, staff and com.
pany officers.
SEC. 8. And be ii further enacted, That the
olhcers, non-commissiuncd officers aud priv
a'eS, organized as above set forth, shall, in all
respects, be placed on the footing, as 10 nav
ana allowances, of similar corps Of the the
regular army: Proridtd That the allowances
OF commissioned officers and priyates for
clothing, when not furnished in kind, shall be
thrtc collars anu nifty cents per month, and
| That each company officer non commissioned
officer, private, musician, and artiiiccr of cav
airy, shall furnish his own horse and horse
! equipments, and shall receive forty cents Der
day Tor their use and risk. except that in case
The horse shall become disabled or shall die,
the allowance shall cease until the disability be
removed, or another horse be supplied Eve
ry volunteer non commissioned officer, priv
ate, musician, and artificcr, who enters the
service OF the United States under this act.
silail be pad at the rate of fifty cents in lieu
OF Subsistence, and if cavalry volunteer,
twcnty-iv cents additional in lieu of forage,
for every twenty miles OF travel from his
place OF enrolment 10 the place of muster
the distance to he measured by the shortest
uSualiy travelled route and when hunorably
uIh,hiirScu an allowance at the same rate,
irom the place of his discharge to his place of
enrolment, and, in addition thereto, If he
shall have served for a period of two wears. or
during the war, IT sooner ended, the sum of
one hundred dollars Froridtd. That such of
The companies OF cavalry herein provided for
as may require 1t may br furnished with hor-
scs and horse equipments i'll the same manner
as in the United States army.
SIC. Il. Ind be Il tUyttcr enacted, That any
volunteer who may be received into the ser
vice 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 bc conferred on per
sons disabled i'll the regular service and the
widow, II there bc one, and if not the LEGAL
heiIs OF such as die, or may lie killed in ser
vice, in addition to all arre,.rs OF pay and III
lowances, shall receive the sum Of one hun
dred dollars.
SEC. 7. ind be IL further enacted. That the
bands OF the regiments OF infantry and of the
regiments of cavalry shall be paid Us follows
onc-fourth of each shall receive the pay and
allowances OF scigcants of engineer soldiers
one fourth those of corpOrals OF engineer sol
dicrs; and the remaining half those Of priyates
of engineer soldiers OF the first class and the
leaders of the band shall receive the same mty
and cmoluIncntS us second licutcnants of in
fIntry.
SIC. s. AHd be It FURTHER enacted, That the
wagonerS and saddlers shall receive the nav
and allowances Of corporals Of cavalry. The
rcgimental commissary sergeant shall receive
the pay and allowances of rcgimcntal sergeant
major, and the regimental quartcrmaster ser
geant shall receive the pay and allowances OF
a sergeant OF cavalry.
SIC. .. IEd be Il further eRGcied, That there
shall be allowed to each regiment one chap
lain, who shall he appointed by the regimen.
tai commander on the vote OF the field officers
and company commanders on duty with the
regiment ut the time the appointment shall
be made. The chaplain so appointed must be
"A regular ordained minister Of Il Christian de-
hal al
lowanccs OF a captain of cavalry, and shall bc
required TO report to the colonel commanding
the regiment To which he is attached, at the
end OF each quarter, the moral and religious
condition OF the regiment, and such suggcs-
tions as may eonducc to the social happiness
and moral improvement of the troops
SEC. 10. Ind be .JuTthd taacled, That the
general commanding separate department or
4 detached army is hereby authorized to APP
point military board Or commission of not
less than three nor more than five officers
whose duty it shall be to examine the c..paci-
ty, qualifications, propriety OF conduct and ef-
lciency OF any commissioned officer of volun-
tcers within his department or army, who may
be reported 10 the board or commission and
upon such report, ii adverse tD such officer,
and if approved by the Prc;ilcnt OF the Uni
ted States, the commission of such officer shall
be vacated Proctded af,cays, That no officer
sIitli be eligible 10 SIT on such board or COM
mission whose rank or promotion would in
any way bc affected by its proceedings, and
two members at least, if practicable, shall be
OF equal rank of the officer being examined.
And when vacancies occur in any of the conf
Ianies Of volunteers, an election shall be cal
led by the colonel of the regiment To fill such
vacancies, and the men OF each company shall
vote in their respective companies for all Off
Gers as high as captain, and vacancies above
captain shall be filled by the votes Of the COM
missioned officers of the regiment, and all Off
GERS 80 elected shall tc commissioned by the
respective governors of the States, or by the
President of the United states.
SEC. IL. Ind be i FURTHER aadeteI, That all let
ters written by soldiers in the service of the
United states may b. transmitted through the
mails without prepayment OF postage, under
such regulations as the Post Office Department
may prescribe, the postage thereon to be paid
by the recipients.
SIC. IL. Ind be further enarted, That the
Secretary of War he and he is hereby author
lied and directed to introduce among the vol
untcer forces in the service of the United
States the system Of allotment tickets now
used in the navy, or some equivalent sys-
tenn, by which the family of the volunteer
may draw such portions of his pay Us he may
request.
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