The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-09

ioCCiNC iOIt OSutS pcr udy lOr t0elr use ana
risk, except that, in case the horse shall be-
come disabled, or shall die, the allowance
shall cease until the disability be removed,
or another horse be supplied. Every vol.
unteer non-commissioned officer, private,
musician, and arti6cer, who enters the
service of the United States under this
act, shall be paid at the rate of fifty
cents, in lieu of subsistence, and il
cavalry volunteer, twenty-five cents
additional, in lieu of forage, for every TWEEN.
ty miles of travel from his place of enrol.
ment to the place of muster-the distance
to be measured by the shortest usually
trave led route and when honorably dis.
charged an allowance of the same rate, from
his place of discharge to his place OF enroll.
ment, and in addition thereto, if he shall
have served for period of two years, or
during the war, if sooner ended, the sum of
one hundred dollars Provided, That such
OF the companies of cavalry herein provid-
ed for as may require it, may be furnished
with horses and horse equipments in the
same manner as in the United States army
SEC. 6 And be it further enacted, That
any volunteer who may be received into the
service of the United States under this act,
and who may be wounded or otherwise dis
abled in the service, shall be entitled to the
benefits which have been or may be con-
ferred on persons disabled in the regular
service; and the widow, if there be one, and
if not the legal heirs of such as die or may
be killed in service, in addition to all arrears
of pay and allowances, shall receive the sum
of one hundred dollars.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That
the bands of the regiments of infantry and
of tie regiments of cavalry shall be paid as
follows: One. fourth of each will receive
the pay and allowances of sergeants of engi-
neer soldiers ; one fourth those of corporals
of engineer soldiers; and the remaining half
those of privates of engineer soldiers of the
first class and the leaders of the band shall
receive the same pay and emouments as
second leutenants of infantry.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That
the wagoners and sadlers shall receive the
pay and allowances of corporals of cavalry.
The regimental commissary sergeant shall
receive the pay and allowances of a regimen
tai sergeant major, and the regimental
quartermaster sergeant shall receive the pay
and allowances of sergeant of cavalry.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be allowed to each regiment one
chaplain, who shall be appointed by the
regimental commander on the field officers
and company commanders on duty with the
regiment at the time the appointment shall
be made. The chaplain so appointed must
be regular ordained minister of a Chris
tian denomination, and shall receive the paw
and allowances of captain of cavalry, and
shall be 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 regi-
ment, and such suggestions as may conduce
to the social happiness and moral improve
ment of the troops.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That
the general commanding a separate depart
ment, or a detached army, is hereby author
lied to appoint a military board or commits.
sion OF not less than three nor more than
FIVE officers, whose duty it shall be to ex-
anime the capacity, qualifications, propriety
OF conduct, and efficiency of any commits
stoned officer of volunteers, within his de-
partment or army, who may be reported to
the board or commission, and upon such
report, if adverse to such officer, and if
approved by the President of the United
States, the commission of such officer shall
be vacated: Ptoo,ded aiways, That no Of
ticer shall be eligible to sit on such board or
commission whose rank or promotion would
in any way be effected by its proceedings,
and two members at least, if practical, shall
be of equal rank of the officer being exam
ined. And when vacancies occur in any of
the companies of volunteers, an election shall
be called by the colonel of the regiment to
fill such vacancies, the men of each company
shall vote iu their respective companies for
all officers as high as captain, and vacancies
above captain shall be filled by the votes of
the commissioned officers of the regiment,
and all officers so elected shall be commis>
stoned by the respective governors of the
States or by the President of the United
States.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That
all letters written by soldiers in the service
of the United States may be transmitted
through the mails without prepayment of
postage, under such regulations as the Post
Office Department may prescribe, the post.
age thereon to be paid by the recipients.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of War be, and is hereby ua.
thorized and directed to introduce among the
volunteer forces in the service of the United
States, the system Of allotment tickets, now
used in the navy, or some equivalent system,
by which the family of the volunteer may
draw such portions of his pay as he may re-
quest.