Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-08
Da(lp 3tanOnal AlGmgcrat
Volunteers.

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ct The States, aud n,pr"o. has he. Il
into To overthrow the Goveru.net ut the UCited
! States therefore.
! BE it enacted bv the Senate aud House { Rep
resen,alives of the United States of America, IA
| Congress assembled That the President be, aud
| be Is herehg authorized to nc ept the services of
Volunteers either as cavalry, lufintrv, or artile
! ~, IN such noer-, not exceeding hive hundred
/ thousa d, as he may deem rcrsSary tor the pur-
/ pose ct repelliuC invasion, slppresSing iu>urrec
! imn enforcing the laws, aud pres, rving and pro-
| teclug the public proper 5: Provided, That the
services Of the volunteers ~htl be Tor such tine
! as the 2 eSident may direct, net eyce.dmg thre,.
! years nor less than six months, and they shall
/ be dishaudgi at the end uf tn war; and AZ pro-
! risioas Of luw applicable tn three wears vOun-
tccrs shall apply to two years volunteers, aud tu
/ all volunteers who have been or may be accepted
! into the service o. the United States for lcr,od
I not less than SIX months, IN the same manner ~
| il such volunteers "ere specially uGn}eu. Before
/ rcCelving into service any number It vOluuiC- r.
! exceeding those now called for and accepted, the
President shall from une to time, issue las pro-
cama'tou, stating the number desired, either us
cavalry. infantry or artillery, and the States from
which they are to be tutnIshed, having tet renee
! in any such rcquisltion Ia The number then m
service from the several States, and TO the ext
geucies uf the service at the time and equalzlng,
tar as piIcl cabl>, the lumber furnished by the
several Stites according 10 federal population.
Section 2 And be it further enacted That The
said volunteers shall be subject to the rules and
/ regulations governing tue aLt0y ~ The Unrt.d
Stetcs, and that they shall be formed ny the Pres
/ ldeut into regiments Of infantry, with the rxccp-
/ ton Of such Numbers for clvalry and artillery az
/ he may direct, not 10 exceed the proportion IF
one company To each Of H. sc arms to every regi-
mcut OF lntlutrY and to be organized ~ IN the
| regular service. Each regiment OF infantry shah
| have one oionpl one Lieutenant c. lionel, one
! MAJOR, one Adjutant "a Lente"hutl, ore Quarter
| ~ str "a l. Cutpuuut one Surgeon aud one AS
| Sistant Surgeon, ucc SerGout Major, one Req
| mental Quu'erDHSter Sergeant, one kegjUcntHI
| COmmis~ary Sergeant, Une hospital steward, two
! principal musicians, and tventy-hpr MUSICIANS
| to a baud and shah cjnpo@ed uf ten companies,
! each .mpanv 81 consist ui one Captain, one
/ First Licutenaat one S,cpud Lieutenant, one
! FIRST Sergeant, four Sergeant eight corporas,
/ tuwsmuslcuus, uDe wagCueI, and from sixty tour
/ t righty-t@o prlvates
! section 3. And be il further enacted, Thnt
these forces, when accented - herein authorized.
shall be organized into Gjvlsuns of three ur more
br,g,deS each aud each division shal huvc
MJiur.GeDeril, three Atds-de Camp and one As
ejSlnni Adiuaui General, with the rank Of Major.
Each brigade shall be composed oflour uc ul1tc
regiments and shall have one BriCaditi General
two Ad-.de-C Camp, one hssisttnt bdjuuut Gene
rul with the rluk of Captain, one surg on, one
| Assistant QGartormu5ter aud one Comms7fy Of
! Subsistence.
! Section T. hud be It further enacted, That the
/ President Shall be- authorized Gupout by and
/ with the udVce and consent Of the Senate, for
! the command of the forces prov dcd fr ~ this
I Act a number of Major Generals not exc. cdng
/ SIX; and a nunher, or Bri9ldIrr Generals not cX
! eighteen, aid the other division and brigade oil
/ GERS required for the orIat2la,jon of ha,e rces,
except the Aid de Camp, aho shall be selected
! by their respective Generals from the ofccrs OF
the army or vuluenieer corps; Provided, That The
| President may ; ltct the NJ r Generals and
Brcadlor Generals provided for in this Act from
the line staff oi the regular army, and the uitl
GERS selected shall be permitted to retain their
rank therein The Governors of the Stats furnish
ing volunteers under this Act Shtll commission
the field. staGaud cumpauy tlcers rtSG,lie for
said volunteers bat in case where the State au
| tho;Itcs refuse or omit to furnish volunteers at
at the call or uu the proclamation Of the President
and volunteers from such States offer their .ery-
ces, under such ell or proclamation the Prrsi-
dent shall have power To acccd such services, and
To commission the proper field, stafand company
officers.
Section 5 And &c Niurther enacted That the
officers, non commissioned officers, and privatps
4anized rs above set torth, shall in all reSpeci
be placeQ On u footing, as 10 pay and allowances,
OF sml,r corps of The regular army Provlded
that the allowances ofnon commissioned officers
and privates for clothing, when not furnish in
kind, shall be three dollars and lf Y cents per
month, AID thnt each company officer, non COM
ml~sinned officer, private MUSICIAN, and aTi'ticer
OF cavalry shall furnish hls own horse and horse
for their use and risk, except that in case the
horse shall become GIsab ed or shall die, and az
lowauce shall cease Gntll the disability removed
or another horse supplied Every volunteer non
/ commission ulhCrr, private, musician, and ar
tiicer Whu enters TIE ut the Cuited States
| under this Act, shall 0e paid at the rate o.! fifty
cents in lien of subsistence, and if Il cavalry vol
| untecr, twenty-five cehtS additional, in hen for
forage, for eyegy tu'en'y miles of travel from his
place Of enrolment 70 the place of muster the
,4ist bs hts .agl lie
lraveled route and when honoraby discharged
an allowance ut the same rate from the place Of
his diSchurg to his place enrolment, aud, in ad-
dillon thereto if he shall have served period of
two years, OI during the war f Suoucr ended,
the sum of one hundred dollars Provided, that
such Of the companies Of cavalry herein provided
for as may require It, nay be furnished with
horses and horse coup I"nenta IN the Same manner
in The United States army.
Section e. And be it further enacted, That any
-0luneer who may be received into TIL service of
the United States under this Act, and vino may
BE- wounded or otherwise disabled in the service.
shall be entitled to the benefits which have been
or may be conferred on persons disabled IN the
regular service and the widow, II there be one,
and if not the legal heirs of such rs die or may be
killei in service in addition TO all arrears ofpay
and allowance, shall receive the sum .: one hun
dred dollars.
Section T. and be it further enacted, That the
bands Of toe reg ments of infantry and Of the
regiments Of cavalry shall BE- paid as follows
one-iuurtL of each shall receive the pay and al
lowances Of Sergeant3 Of engineer soldiers one
fourth those Of Curporals If engineer soldiers
and the remaing half those Of prlydtes Of engin-
eGT soldiers 81 the FIRST class aud the leaders Of
the band shall receive the same pay and enOlu-
neuts as Second Lisutenants of Infantry
Section s. And Oe IL further enacted, That
the wagonerS and saddlers shall receive the pay
aud allowances Of Curpnrals of Cavalry. The
regimentaI Commissary Sergeant shall receive
the pay and ALLOWANCES Of regimtntal Sergeant
Major and the regmeulal Qudrtermaster Sergeant
Sh'll receive the Pay and allowances OF Ser
geant Of Cavalry.
Section 9. And be il further enacted. Thet |
there shall be allowed to each regiment one |
Chaplain, who shall be appointed by the regi- |
mental commander on the vote Of the field uficers /
and company mmauders duty with the /
regiment at the aPpointmert shall be made. The |
Chaplain 50 ap,lGu.td must be regular urda med /
minister Of The Chr tan denomination, and shall |
receive the pay aud allowances ot a Captain ot .
Cavalry, aud shall be required 10 report ~ the
Colonel commanding the reg .nent 10 which be is
attached, at the end Of each quarter, the moral
and religious cOnd tiun of the regiment and such
suggestions as may condnce u The social happi-
ness and r~Oral improvement of the troops.
Section TO- And be it further enacted, That
the General comm ndng separate department,
or a detached army, is hereby authorlz u APP
pointa NJ iary Board or Commission If not less
than three nor more than FIVE officers, whose duty
il shall be to examine the capacity, qua cdtiuus,
or, pr.ety Of conduct. and etficlenov Of ant COM
Inissioaed officer Of volunteers within his depart
ment or army, who may be r. ported the ard ar (
Cumlssion aud upon such report. il adverse the |
officer. and if approved by the President of The !