Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-14

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added TO the medical staff of the army corps OF
medical cadets whose duty 1t shall be 10 Wy az uies
sers in the general hospitals ana cs and control
PENDANTS in the field, underline decuO anu ~ con t
of the medical officers alone ihey sial n N WY .nt
same rank and pay as the hilltaif enJei " ~
Point Their number shall be Iegulaleu ny me eA-
igencies of service at no time to exceed my IL
shall be composed of young men OF liberal edqea'
ton students of medicine between the ages OF eisn
tecn' and twenty-thIee, who have been reading med
icine for Two wears and have attended at least one
course of lectures in n medical college, They shall
enlist for one year, and be subject TO the rules and
articles of war on the fifteenth day OF the last
month of their service the near approach oil Their
discharge shall lie reported TO the surgeon general,
! in order, if desired that they may be relieved by
another detail of applicants
| sec g. And be il further enacted, That in general
or permanent hospitals female nurses may be subsi
tuted for soldiers, when in the opinion of the
geon general medical officer in charge, it is eNpe
dient 10 do so; the number of female nurses to be
indicated by the surgeon general or surgeon in
charge of the hospital. The nurses so employed TO
receive forty cents day and one ration in kind,
by communication, in lieu of all emoumehts except
| transportation in kind.
See. T. And be ii further enacted, That. one chap
| lain shall be allowed to each regiment OF the army,
to be selected and appointed as the president may
direct Provided, That none but regularly ordained
ministers of some Christian denomination shall be
| eligible to selection or appointment.
See. s. And be it further enacted, That no cadet,
who has been or shall hereafter be reported as def
cient, either in conduct or studies and recommend
ed to be discharged from the academy, shall be re-
turned or reapponted, or appointed to any place in
the army before his class shall have left the academy
and received their commissions unless upon the rec
concentration of the academic board of the acade-
my Provided. That all cadets now in the service,
hereafter entering the Military Academy at West
Point. shall be called ON TO take and subscribe the
following oath: 81, A. b, do solemnly swear that
will support the constitution of the Uniad States.
| and bear true allegiance TO the national govern
| ment; that will maintain and defend the soyer-
/ eighty of the United States paramount TO any and
| all allegiance sovereignty. OF teaty may owe to
any state, county, country whatsOeyer and that
will at all times obey the legal orders of my SUI
perior officers and the rules and articles governing
the armies of the United States.n And any cadet or
candidate for admission who shall refuse 10 take this
| oath shall be dismissed from the service
/ Sec, And be it further enacted, That the three
months extra pay allowed by the twenty ninth sec
ton of the act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred
and thirty eight, for establishments under certain
conditions, the bounty granted by the third section
of the act of the seventeenth of june eighteen
hundred and fifty, for enstments at remote and dis
tant stations, and the premium now paid for bring
ing accepted recruits to the rendezvous be and they
| are hereby abolished.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted That hereafter
| two dollars per month shall be retained out of the
| monthly pay of each enlisted man in the regular
army until the expiration OF his term of service, in
stead of one dollar per month, as authorized by eX-
| listing laws
Sec II. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases of enlistment and re-enstment i'll the military
service of the United States the prescribed oath OF
allegiance may be administered by any commission
ed officer Of the army.
Sec u And be it further enacted, That the two
regiments of dragons, the regiment ofmounted ri.
| femen, and the two regiments of cavalry, shall
hereafter be known and recognized as the first sec
OhNf -
respectively; the officers thereof to retain their pres
emf relative rank, and to be promoted as Of one arm
of SERVICE according 10 existing law and established
usage and regulation.
Sec. IL. Aud be 1t lurther enacted, IhatNhe army
ration shall be increased as follows, VIZ; twenty-five
ounces OF bread or flour, one pound of hard
bread instead of the present issue; fresh beef shall
be issued often as the commanding officer of any
detachment regiment shall require it, when prac-
ticable in place OF salt meat; beans and rice or ho
inv shall be ssued in The same ration in the proper
tions now provided by the regulation and one
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sec. 10 ana Dc II luIthef enacted lhaI any COM
lhlslohou olctI Vi 'le aIiiy or ~ ~ ny naiIne
corps VINO SHAH nave served as such lof forty CON
secutive years may, upon ms own application TO the
president OF the United States, be placed upon The
list OF retired officers, with the pay and emouments
allowed by TINS act
See 16 And he IL f,t,er enocted That if auv
commissioned officer of the army or Of lie marine
corus shall have become or shall hereafter become
incapable of performing the duties of his Office he
| from active service and command and from the line
: Of nrom1tion with Inc FOLLOWING nav and emoln-
| meits namely. the nav nroper Of fhe highest rank
held bv i'm At lie zine Of Ills retirement Whether by
sta1' nr regimeufol commission and ont rafions mar
day and SithOut any other paw em0luInents or nj
loWanceg and the next officer in rank shall Be Dro
rnnd to the place Of the retired 0llcer according
TO the established rues OF me service. AID tbs
same rule OF promotion snail be applied successfully
to the vacancies consequent upon the retirement OF
an 0iheer: iToyIded, fiat should the beyct ilGu-
tenant general be retired undel th9 80, 4 saI De
without ledtcil2ii 80 ii t.t p' OF
Az G ~ M tilI i;t ~ @ & ; No. eie siii
lot Nc on 'ie ie.i Gu ~ az i{ one .iile more thah
of the army ms liked bv law
Sec IT, And be il further enacted. That in order
TO carry out the provisions of this act the secretary
Of war or secretary of the navy as the ase n1nv
be- under the direction and approval of tbe pTes;
dent-of the United States shall from time 10 time
as occasion may require assemble a hoard of NOT
more than nine, nor less than five commissioned Of
iicers, two ifths OF whom shall be of the medical
staff the board except those taken from the medi-
cal staff, to be composed as far may be, OF his
seniors in rank determine the facts as to the ma
ture and occasion OF tile 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 like revision as that of
such courts by the president of the United States
The board, whenever it finds an officer incapacitated
Tor active service, Will report whether in its judy
ment, the said incapacity result from long and
faithful service from wounds OF injury received in
the line OF duty from sickness or exposure therein
or from any other incident OF service. If So and
the president approve such judgment, the disabled
olcer shal thefeupon be placed upon the list of
tired officers, according to the provisions of this act
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