St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-09-05

t shall cease the ration shall be rs provided by
law and regulations on the first day OF July,
| eighteen hundred and sixty-one
SIC. Ii. Ind be Il further enacted, That there
may be allowed in hospitals, TO bc provided
: under such rules as the surgeon general of the
I army, with the approval of the Secretary of
War, may prescribe, such quantities of fresh
, or preserved fruits milk or butter, and Of eggs
us may be necessary for the proper diet of the
: sick.
SEC. Is. dnd be IL fiirtlcr enacted, That any
commissioned officer of the army, or of the
marine corps, who shall have served as such
Tor forty consecutive years may, upon his own
application to the President of the United
states, be placed upon the list of retired Off
GERS with the pay and emolumcnts allowed by
this act.
!; SEC. l6 Aad be IL fptlicr enacted, That il any
commissioned officer of the army or of the
marine corps, shall have become or shall here
alter become, incapable of performing the du-
ties OF lis office, he shall lie placed upon the
retired list and withdrawn from active service
and command and from the line of promotion
with the following pay and cmouments, name
~: the pay proper ot the highest rank held
by him at the time of his retirement whether
| by staff or rcgimentai commission, and four
rations per day, and without any other pay,
emoiumentS, OF allowances and the next ofli-
| Ger in rank shall be promoted to the place of
rules of the service. And the same rule of
promotion shall be applied suceossiycly to the
| vacancies consequent upon the retirement of
an officer : Ir0ridof That should the brevct |
| lieutenant general be retired under this act IL |
shall be without reduction in his current paw |
| subsistence, or allowances Ind prorided fur |
ther, That there shall not be on the retired list
at any one time more than seven per centum |
| OF the whole number of officers Of the army, |
| as fixed by law.
| SEC IL. Ind be IL further esnctea, That in |
order to carry out the provisions of this act, |
the Secretary of War, or Secretary of the Ma |
| wy as the case may be, under the direction |
| and approval of the President of the United |
States, shall from time To time, as occasion |
may require, assemble board of not more |
than nine, nor less than five commissioned |
officers, two-fifths of whom shall be of the /
medical staff the board, except those taken
from the medical staff, to be composed as
lar rs may be, CT his seniors i'm rank to deter
mine the facts as TO the nature and occasion of
the disability of such officers as appear disabled
to perform such military service such board
being hereby invested with the powers of a
court of inquiry and court-martial, and their
decision shall be subject to like revision as
that of such courts by the President of the
United States. The board, whenever it finds
an officer incapacitated for active service will
report whether, in its Judgment, the said inca
iacity result from long and faithful service,
from wounds or injury received in the line of |
duty, from sicknessor exposure therein, or from
any other incident of service. If SO, and the |
President approve such judgment, the disabled
officer shall thereupon be placed upon the list |
of retired officers, according to the provisions
OF this act. If otherwise, and if the Presi- /
dent concur in opinion with the board, the |
officer shall be retired as above, either with |
his pay, proper alone, or with his service r,- |
Il .Isn q
or nc shall he wholly retired from the service
with one years pay and allowances and i'm
this last case his name shall bc thenceforward
omitted from the Army Register, or Navy
Register as the case may be: irorided aiua1s,
That the members Of the board shall in every
case be sworn to an honest and impartial dis
charge Of their duties, and that nc officer of |
the army shall be retired either partially or
wholly from the service without having had "A |
TAR and full hearing before the board, If, upon
due summons, he shall demand it,
SIC. Is. ind b Il further enacted, That the |
officers partially retired shall be entitled to |
wear the uniforms Of their respective grades, /
shall continue to be borne upon the Army
Register, or Navy Register as the case may
be, and shall he subject 10 the rules and arti-
eles OF war, and to trial hy general eourt-mar-
tial for any breach of the said articles.
SEC. 10. -ARa Be IL further enacted That SO
much OF the sixth section of the act Of Au-
gust twenty three, eighteen hundred and for
ty-two, as allows additional or double rations |
| to the commanaant of each permanent or fixed /
post gauisoncd with troops, be and the same /
is hereby repealed.
SEc 20. AHd be il further enacted That Off |
| GERS of the army, when absent from their ap- |
propriate duties for period exceeding six |
months, either with or without leave. shall |
not receive the allowances authorized by the |
existing laws for servants forage transporta- |
ton Of baggage, fuel, and quarters, either in |
kind or in commutaton.
Src. II, Ind Be Il further enacted, That any |
officer Of the navy who has been forty years |
in the service of the United States may, upon
his oSn application to- the President OF the /
United States, he placed upon the list Of re-
tired officers Of the navy, and shall receive the /
pay and caoluments allowed by this act.
SEc. -. iad be IL further enacted, That if |
any officer Of the navy shall have become or |
shall hereafter become, incapable of perform
ing the duties of his Office he shall bc placed |
upon the retired list and withdrawn from ac- |
tive service and command and from the line |
emoluments, namely:
Captains in the navy, thirteen hundred dol |
lars
Commanders in the navy, eleven hundred
dollars;
Lieutenants in the navy, ono thousand dol
lars;
Surgeons ranking with captains, thirteen |
hundred dollars
Surgeons ranking with commanders eleven |
hundred dollars
Surgeons ranking with licutenants, one
thousand dollars
Paymasters ranking with captains, thirteen
hundred dollars
Paynaasters ranking with commanders, elev- |
en- hundred dollars;
Paymasters ranking with ieutenants, one |
thousand dollars
Chief engineers, one thousand dollars
First assistant engineers, seven hundred dol |
lars
Second assistant engineers, FIVE hundred
dollars:
Third assistant engineers, four hundred dol
lars
Masters, four hundred dollars;
Passed niishpmen, three hundred and fifty |
dollars ; and with -four rations per day to each
OF the aboye-nanled officers Of the navy, to
be comnuted at thirty cents, each ration, and
without any other pay or allowances. Cap |
tans, commanders, aud lieutenants now on
| the retired list of the navy shall receive the |
same compensation and no greater than is al
/ lowed To retired officers of the same rank by
| the provisions of this act. The next officer in
| rank shall be promoted to the place of the re- |
tired officer, according 10 the established rules
| of the service. Aud the same rule OF promo
tion shall be applied successfully to the yacan-
cies consequent upon the retirement Of an Off |.
/ Ger.
| SEc o. And Be IL further enacted, That when
ever any officer of the navy, on being ordered
to perform the duties appropriate to his com
mission, shall report himself unable to comply
with such order, or whenever, in the judgment
OF the President of the United States, an Off
Ger of the navy shall be in any way incapaci-
tated from performing the duties of his Office, |
the President, at his discretion shall direct the
Secretary Of the Navy to refer the case of such
officer to a board of not more than nine, and
not less than five commissioned officers two
| fiflhs of whom shall be members of the Mcd-
| iesl Bureau of the Navy the Board, except
| taken from the Medical Bureau, 10 be colnpos-
ed, il possible (ls far rs may be,l Of his SCH
iofs In rank The determination OF the board
| in each cstse shall, with record OF its pro-
ccedings, lie transmitted 10 the Secretary of the
| Navy, to bo laid before the President for his
approval Oh disapprosal, aud orders in the case.