New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-16
THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS.
SYNOPSIS OF THE MILITARY BILL.


Congress has passed an act for the establishment and
organization OF the army OF the Confederate States.
TheIsubstance Of it's various sections Ia az follows:
SEC Enso,s that from and after the passage Of the act the
Of one corp. o. engineers corps artillery sir
nen ofha1try regiment Of cavalry and OF the stat de-
psrtrsnt ALREADY sst.bishsd by law.
Inc corr Of engineer, shall consist OF colonel four
& ys p sn Sns o . oHan ten
two musician, and hirtyre prvse Of me hreas'
srtihe and thirty une pvsie Of second class OF .borer-
making in AZ one hundred.
Said company ha be ohcered By ono captain and ., many
tsien from the lie Of the army ~ the President
PS. Il me oS sI.. . on Of one
ant colonel majors and forty companies Of .er.s and
, on. second Hsatsnsnt four
by he Colonel rom s tr hsutnsat. aid on.
major be tsIsed from enised Of tn. eorps
colonel one major and companies ESch com
yAnJ shall consist Of csp one r,i w second
four four copoa two musicians and
ninety pvss and each there shs be one 40 oian'
= III. cavalry r.ginens shall consist Of colonel
major and ten companies etch OF "nch
four .ersesrts our corprss one ar.r bl-et
smith musicians, and ,iIy pvstes also OF one sdu'sD'
Their, shan be four brgsdia generals entitled to one aid
WI Office. Of the army shall be sppOoted by the President
by and with the and o. the Coue~s Sbd the
and e shall be enlisted for no' e' than 'Iee nor more
10 An oieer, ere required stand e-edsble military
nd "a Promotions in the army shs be made according
s The pay Of tn. general eS per yea his
ad.csnp n addition 20 bis paJ - sUtenan' the sun Of
- Monthly pay Of the SOer: Of the corp, Of sns,:e.
Colonel sz % s siPs .S. t H. p,y Ss ss1s o
Is The monthly pay Of the colonel Of the artillery co,pi
5Io. majors, 1850 and srvSs
on ordnance duty, Sls2 cap aims 10; ieueuais s0
lieutenant the sum per month Officers serving In the
sh. ey IsC%is Gd a.: dss shall receive the
l6 The monthly Of officers IN the nisnty rsnent Colo
$50 peuenst, so; second su.ensa and sejO.
tsut IN addition 10 his pay lieutenant BIO per month
IT. mns %SSse RsS n ssS' s 3 S s
tesuts second heutensnls So and the sejUsnt BIO
s The pay Of The officers general sta e1c.pt those
the medical department. VIII DC the sane q oiss Of TIE cav,
is s3O with foel Ard quaeIs monthly pay surgeons Of ten
ssss,s. surroo or ten yesr. service $50. ...ts.
surgeon years service s3o and fOr sss'nt Of css than
10 there han allowed IN addition the pay her.inb.foe
pG'aSa 70 ,e 90 avI sre Sss, ,r-iess 10 ~ ~
Ger. Of tie army Of United stsss resigned ay
ts sddop,I pay sa be allowed from the date Of their en-,
into the former service There s. also be en- dtio9d
separate army actually in the field the sum Of one hundred
20 The pay Aforesaid ,A b. In full Of all allowance eIcspt
forage fuel quarters and travelling expenses while travelling
der orders, &c. &c.
~ Mon Ly pay Of enil,ed sergesnts master work
prvass Of sTss class or afcsr private. second a.s
sboTort and musicDs S3 sergeant major Of cavalry SZ
sergs4hts $40 sergest fl7i corpoTs farmers and
bhckuJs Sl3 musicians Sl3 privses Sl2 hTst ssrgets,
sos &l1; corpornis and Arthcefs 49, UuEns
aR, And Pystes Sl NoncOmmssonso otcers trtihcsr-,
uscsns and pyses serving IL light batteries sha tho
~ those Of cavalry.
70 Ihe President Ia authorized enlist al worimer
Necessary 70 the ordnance service not exceeding hundred
ana 81 SALARIES ranging from SJ TO ~ per month
~ Zach enlisted shal receive ration per day and
clothing
Is refers 70 oonmuttion o. rstions
b. The Secretary Of War directed prescribe The duties Of
every department Of fervics
requires qussTmasert and mssrios give bond.
q prohibits any officer from being interested purchases
mac for the army.
~ The rules and articles Of Of the United States with
slight exceptions adopted by lLs CCn, Of the Couie aorss
States
D The President ia directed cell into service only 90 many
o. ire troOps horeS provided for a be deem Necessary
81 repeats all conflicting laws.
The law ia quite long, and hence the reason Of the
anal, ss which win doubtless be satisfactory 10
readers generally than the perns Of the entire law.
Below il q tabular statement Of the number and