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

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W hcreas, Certain ot the 'orts, nrscnals
custom houses, navy yards and other pro
pcI'y OF the United States, have been seized
and other violations Of law have been coln
nittci, and arc threatened, by organized
bodies Of men in several of the States. auC
cnnsniracv has been entered in,n Il
overthrow the government Of tho limited
States thcrcsore-
T., Il cAuc,r,l by the .Ssa1te ant H,us,
Of E,Drcseat,,ir.s Of the Laitcl Suites oj
.lmcr;cp IN Cunyr,ss assembled, Tha. the
presiien, be, and he is hereby, authorized
+, accent the services Of volunteers, either
as cavalry infantry. or artillery. in sucb
numbers. not excecdipo five hundred thou
sand. as be nav deem necessary. for tho
nnrpnsc of rebellin, invasion. sunpressinp
instruction. culorcinc tho laws. auI pre.
serving and protecting the public property:
P,or;,Ed That the services Of ths volnn.
tcers shall be for such Zine a. the Presi-
dent NAV direct. not exccedin, three
vears nor less than six months. md thew
Shall be di,banded a. the end Of the WAR
auL all provisions Of law anplicsblo 70
three wears volunteers shall apply to two
wears volunteers, and to all volunteers
who may have been or may be accepted
into the service Of the United States for q
period not less than six months, in the
same manner as if such vviu"svvrs ~oro
especially named Before receiving into
service any numoer OF volunteers exceed
IoS those now called tor and accepted, tho
ifcsident sha!i, from time 10 time, issue
h's proclamation stating the number desi-
red either as cavalry, infantry, or artillery,
and the States from which they are to be
furnished, having reference, III any such
requisition, to the number then IN service
fiom the several States and TO the exisen-
cics OF the service ut the time, and equali-
zlns, as Tar as practicable, the number fur
n'shed by the several States according to
federal population.
SEC. >. That the said volunteers shall
be subject to the rules and regulations
governing the army OF the Uultcd States,
aud that they shall be formed by the
iresident INTO regiments OF Infantry, with
the exception OF such numbers for cavalry
and artillery as he may direct, not to ex-
coed the proportion OF ono company OF
each OF those arms to every regiment OF
Infantry, and to be organized as in the
regular service. Each regiment OF infant
ry shall have one colonel, one lieutenant
col0nci, one MAJOR, one adJutanf, "a leu
tenant.) one quartermaster, "a lieutenant,) /
one surgeon and one assistant surgeon, one
sergeant major, one reglmenial quarter. |
master sergeant, one reglmental commissa
ry sergeant, one hospital steward, two
musicians, and twen'y-four mu-
slclans for a band and shall be composed
OF ten companies, each company to consist
Of one captain, one first lieutenant, one
second lieutenant, one iirst sergeant, four
sergean,s, eight corporals, two musicians,
enc wagoner,and from slxty''our to eighty
two prrates.
SEC. .. That these forces, when accep-
ted as herein authorized, shall be orsani'
-ed into divisions OF three or more bri-
sades each; and each DIVISION shall have
MAJOR general, three aIdes'de-camp, and
me assistant adJG'ant general with the
'ank OF MAJOR. Each brigade shall be
OF four or more regiments, and
hail have one brigadier general, TWO aides
le-camp, one assistant ad)utaht general
WIN the rank OF captain, one surgeon, one