Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-10

[PUBL1c-No. $751;
AN ACT providing for the better organization of
the military establishment.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatves of the United States Of America, in con-
gress assembled. That the president be and he is
hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the adj
vice aid consent OF the senate an officer in the war
department. to be called the Assistant secretary OF
War, whose salary shall be three thousand dollars
per anIum pay able in the same manner as that of
the Secretary OF War, who shall perform all such
duties in the office OF the Secretary OF war, belong
ing to that department, as shall be prescribed by the
Secretary OF War, or as may be required by law.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted That the presl-
dent he and lie is hereby authorized to appoint, by
and with the advice and consent OF the senate, i'll
addition to the number authorized by existing laws
and in accordance with existing regulations, liye
assistant inspector generals with the rank ana pay
OF majors OF cavalry ten surgeons, ana twenty as
sistant surgeons, TO have the pay rank ana arrow
ances, and perform the duties OF similar o1liceIs III
the present military establishment That hereafter,
the adjutant generals department snail consist OF
the following officers, namely; one adjutant gener-
al, with the rank, pay, and emolumenls OF a brlga-
dier general; one assistant adJutant general, WIN
the rank pay, and emoluments OF colonel OF cav
airy; tW assistant adiutant generals with the rank,
nav and emoluments each OF a lieutenant colonel
OF cavalry TOUR assistant adJutaht seHefaIs, WIN
the Iunk pay, and emOluments each oil mayor OF
cavalry; and twelve assistant auJutaht generals,
with the rank pay, and emoluments each OF cap
tain of cavalry and that there shall be added TO the
subsistence department four cOmmissarieS O subsst-
ence each with the rank, pay, ana elnoulehls Oh
major of cavalry and eight commlssaIles oil SUD
of a CAPTAIN of cavalry, and tOsbe taken from the
line of the army, either OF tile volunteers or regular
army. -, =,
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That there shall
he added to each OF the corps OF engineers and top
ographical engineers three first and three second
ieutenauts to be promoted thereto i'll accordance
with the existing laws and regulations. Ana there
shall be added to the quarermasters department
one colonel. two lieutenant colonies, TOUR majors
and twenty captains, with the rank, pay, ana allow
ances of officers of cavalry and whenever any ar
my captain of the quartermasters department SllI
have served fourteen years continuous service lie
shall be promoted to the rank OF major; and That
there shall be added to the quartermasters depart
ment as many master wagoneTs with the lank, pay,
and allowances OF sergeants oil cavalry ana as
MANY wagoners, with the pay and allowances OF cor
morals OF cavalry, the military service, III the
Judgment OF the president, may render necessary.
And there shall he added to the ordnance depart
ment of the United states army, as now oISahlzed,
| one chief of ordnance, with the rank, pay, ana
| emoluments of the quartermaster general OF the
| ar,,,y; one colonel one lieutenant colonel, ana SIX
second lieutenants the Held officers 10 be appointed
by selection from the officers Of the army, ana the
second ieuenants from the graduates OF the United
States Military Academy by transfers rom the en-
gineers, the Typographical engineers, or the az
| tilery
be added to the corps of engineers three companies
of engineer soldiers TO be commanded by appfopu-
ate officers of said corps, 20 have the same pay and
rations clothing, and other allowances and be en-
titled to the same benefits in every respect as the
company created by the act for the organization OF
a company of sappers and miners ana pontoniers
six. The said three companies stall be subject TO
tile rules and articles OF war; shall be recruited in
the same manner and with the same limitation
shall be instructed in and perform the same duties,
and be liable to serve in the same way, and shall
have their vehicles, pontons, tools, implement s,
arms and other supplies reguatedin the same man
ner as the existing engineer companyi and each OF
the fa Of sngaeeF s9ldles sha here
or artihcers and sixty-tour plyates of the second
class, in all one hundred and fifty men each.
| Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That there be
al II nf tGa -
medical cadets whose duty it shall be to act as drcs-
sers in the general hospitals and ambulance at
PENDANTS i'll the field, under the direction and control
of the medical officers alone They shall have tllu
same rank and pay the military cadets at w
Point. Their number shall be regulated by the el-
lsencles Oh service, at no time to exceed fifty. 1t
snail be composed of young men OF liberal educa.
ton students OF medicine, between the ages of eigl-
teen and twenty-three, who have been reading med
clhe tor two years, and have attended at least one
course of lectures i'll medical college They shall
enlist Tor one year. aud be subject the rules and
articles OF war. On the fifteenth day of the lasU
month OF their service the approach of their
discharge shall be reported to the surgeon general,
i'll order if desired, that they may be relieved Inv
another detail of applicants.
Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That in general
or permanent hospitals female may be substi.
tuted Tor soldiers When, i'll the opinion OF the sur
geOn general medical officer iii charge, ii is eXpe-
dent TO 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, or
by communication, in lieu OF all emoluments except
| transportation i'll kind
Sec Z. And be it further enacted, That one chap
lain shall be allowed TO each regiment 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.
sec. s. And be il further enacted, That no cadet,
who has been shall hereafter he reported deli
cient, either i'll conduct or studies and recommends
ed to be discharged from the academy, shall be re-
turned or reapponted, or appointed TO any place
the army before his class shall have left tie academy
and received their commissions, unless upon the
| ommendation OF the academic board OF the acade-
my Provided. That all cadets now in the service, or
| hereafter entering the Military Academy at W est
Point shall be called on o take and subscribe the
| following oath: Il, A. i, do sOlemny swear that
will support the constitution OF the Untad States
and bear true allegiance to the national govern
ment; that will maintain and defend the soyeI-
eighty Of the United States paramount to any and
all allegiance, sovereignty, or iealty may owe 10
any state, county or country whatsoever; ana that
will at all times obey the legal orders OF my su-
perlor officers and the rules and articles governing
the armies of the United otatesn And any cadet ur
candidate for admission who shall eluse to take this
oath shall be dismissed from the service.
Sec. 8 And be it further enacted, That the three
months extra pay allowed by the twenty-ninth see
ton fthe act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred
and thirty weight. for Icenlistmens under certain
conditions, the bounty granted by the third section
OF the act of the seventeenth of june eighteen
hundred and fifty, for enlistmens at remote and dis
tant stations, and the premium now paid Tor 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.
isting laws.
Sec. H. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases of enlistment and re-enstmenti in 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 of mounted ri
femen, and the two regiments of cavalry, shall
hereafter be known and recognized the first sec
ond, third, fourth, and fifth regiments of cavalry
respectively; the officers thereof to retain their pres
ent relative rank and to be promoted of one arm
OF service, according to existing law and established
usage and regulation
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the army
ration shall be increased follows, viz Twenty-Five
ounces Of bread or flour, or one pound OF hard
bread instead of the present issue fresh beef shall
be Issued as often as the commanding officer of any
detachment or regiment shall require it, when prac
ucable, in place ofsalt meat; beans and rice or hom
my shall be issued in the same ration in the proper
tons now provided by the regulation, and one
pound OF potatoes per man shall be issued at least
thTee Times week, II practioablei ana when these
articles cannot be issued in these proportions, an
equivalent in value shall be issued in some other
proper food, and ration of tea may be substituted
for ration OF coffee upon the requisihon of the
proper officer Provided, That after the present in
surreetion shall cease, the ration shall be pr0yd
ed by law and regulations on the first day OF july
eighteen hundred and siNty-one.
Sec H. And be it further enacted, That there may
be allowed in hospitals, to be provided under such
rules as the surgeon general of the army, with the
approval of the secretary of war, may prescribe,
such quantities of fresh or preserved fruits, milk or
butter, and of eggs, as may be necessary for the
proper diet of the sick.
Sec Is. And be it further enacted That any com.
misoned officer of the army, or of the marine |
corps, who shall have served such for forty con-
seeutive years. may, upon his own application 20 the
president of the United States, be placed upon the
list of retired officers, with the pay and emouments
allowed by this act.
Sec. l6. And be it further enacted, That IL any
commissioned officer OF the army, or OF the marine
corps, shall have become. shall hereafter become
incapable of performing the duties of his Office he
shall be placed upon the retired list and Withdrawn