Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-17
nalln 0atlOnal 1rmutrat
NOlunteers.

teers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting
| public property.
Whereas, certain of the forts, arsenals, Gus
tom houses, navy yards, and other property OF
! the United States have been seized, and other
violations of law have been committed and are
| threatened by organized bodies of men in several
ot the States, and a conspiracy has been entered
into to overthrow the Governmet of the United
States; therefore.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentativcs of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled That the President be, and
he is herebg authorized to accept the services of
volunteers either cavalry, iutantry, or artile-
| rv in such numbers, not exceeding hive hundred
| thousand, as he may deem necessary for the pur-
| pose of repelling invasion, suppresslng unsuiIec-
tan, enforcing the laws and preserving and pro-
tecting the public properly: Paovided, That the
services of the volunteers shall be for such time
as the President may direct, not exceeding three
years nor less than six months and they shall
| be dsbanded at the end of the war; and all pro-
visions of law applicable to three years votun-
teers shall apply to two years volunteers, and to
| all volunteers who have been or may be accepted
into the service of the United States for period
not less than six months, i'll the same manner as
| if such volunteers were specially named. Before
receiving into service any number OF volunteers
exceeding those now called for and accepted, the
| President shall from time to time, issue his pro-
| clamation, stating the number desired either as
cavalry infantry, artillery, and the States from
which they are to be furnished, having reference
| in any such requsition, to the number then in
service from the several States, and to the eXi-
gencies of the service at the time, and equalizng
as far as practicable, the number furnished by the
several States according to federal population.
| Section 2. And be it further enacted, That the
| said volunteers shall be subject to the rules and
| regulations governing the Amy of the United
Stetes, and that they shall be formed by the Pres
| ident into regiments ofintantry, with the eXcep-
! ton of such numbers for cavalry and artillery as
he may direct, not to exceed the proportion Of
one company to each of those arms to every Tcgi-
mcnt of infantry, and to be organized as in the
regular service Each regiment of infantry shall
have one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel one
Major, one Adjutant "a Lieutenant), one Quarter
master "a Lieutenant) one Surgeon and one AS
sistant Surgeon, oee Sergeant Major, one Regi-
mental Quartermaster Sergeant, one RegimeGtal
CommssGry Sergeant, one hospital steward, two
| principal musicians, and twCntY-iOuF musicians
| to Il band and shall composed Of ten companies,
each company to consist Of one Captain, one
| First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one
First Sergeant, four Sergeant, eight corporas,
fOwsmusicans, one WAGNER, and from siXty-iour
| to eighty-two prlvates.
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
these forces when accepted as herein authorized,
shall be organized into divisions of three or more
brIgades each and each division shall have a
Major General, three Aids-de Camp and one AS
sistant Adiuant- General, with the rank of Major.
! Each brigade snail De composed OF Iouf OF more
regiments, and shall have one Brigadier-General
two Aids-de- Camp, one Assistant Adjuant Gene.
ral with the rank of Captain, one Surgeon, one
Assistant Quartermaster and one Commissary OF
| Subsistence.
Section A.. And be it further enacted, That the
President shall be authorized appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, fol
the command of the forces provided for in this
| Act, IL number of Major Generals, not exceeding
six, and number, or Brigadier Generals not eX
eighteen, and the other division and brigade Off
GERS required for the orgaizaaiou of those forces
except the Aid de Camp, who shall be selected
by their respective Generals from the officers o
the army or voluentecr corps: Provided, That tn
President may select the Major Generals an
1}rigadler Generals provided for in this Act, tror
the line or staff of the regular army, and the oil
GERS selected shall be permitted to retain thei
rank therein The Governors of the Stats furnish
ing volunteers under this Act shall commission
the field, stafand company officers requisite fol
! said volunteers but in case where the State au
thorities refuse or omit to furnish volunteers al
at the call or on the proclamation of the President
and volunteers from such States offer their serv.
ces, under such call or proclamation, the Pres
dent shall have power to accedt such services and
to commission the proper field, stafand company
officers.
Section 3. And be it further enacted, That the
officers, non commissioned officers and prvates,
organized above set forth, shall, in all respects
be placed on footing, as to pay and allowances,
of similar corps of the regular army Provided,
| that the allowances of non commissioned officers
and privates for clothing when not furnished in
! kind, shall be three dollars and fifty cents per
month"; and that each company officer, non com
mssiOned officer, private, musician, and arilcer
| of cavalry shall furnish his own horse and horse
equipments, and shall receive forty cents per day
for their use and risk, except that in case the
horse shall become disabled, or shall die, and at
lowance shall cease until the disability removed
,t,o.l
commissioned officer, private musician, and ar
tilicer, who enters the service Of the United State
under this Act, shall be paid at the rate of fifty
cents in lieu of subsistence, and if cavalry vol
unteer twenty-five cents additional in lieu toI
fol 'ge, for every twenty miles of travel from his
place of enrolment to the place Of muster-the
distance to be measured by the shortest usually
lraveed route and when honorably discharged,
an allowance at the same rate from the place OF
his discharg to his place enrolment and, in ad-
dtlon thereto, if he shall have served 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 provided
for as may require it, may be furnished with
| horses and horse equipments in the same manner
as in the United States army.
| Section s. And be it further enacted, That any
volunteer who may be received into thl service OF
| the United States under this Act and who may
be wounded or otherwise disabled in the service,
| shall be entitled to the benefits which have been
| or may be conferred ON persons disabled III 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 allowance, shall receive the sum Of one hun
dred dollars.
| Section 7. And be it further enacted, That the
| bands Of the regiments of infantry and of the
regiments of cavalry shall be paid as follows
one-fourth of each shall receive the pay and al
| lowances of Sergeants Of engineer soldiers; one
fourth those of Corporals of engineer soldiers
and the remang half those Of privates Of engin-
eer soldiers of the first class and the leaders OF
the band shall receive the same pay and emolu-
ments as Second Lieutenants of Infantry.
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
the wagoners and saddlers shall receive the pay
and allowances Of Corporals Of Cavalry. The
regimental Commssary Sergeant shall receive
the pay and allowances of regimental Sergeant
Major, and the regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
shall receive the pay and allowances of Ser
geant of Cavalry
Section o. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be allowed to each regiment one
Chaplain, who shall be appointed by the regi-
mental commander on the vote of the field officers
and company commanders on duty with the
regiment at the appointment Shall be made. The
Chaplain so appointed must be regular ordained
minister of the Christian denomination, aud shall
receive the pay 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 coud ton of the regiment and such
suggestions as may conduce to the social happi-
ness and moral improvement of the troops.
Section TO- And be it further enacted, That
the General commanding separate department,
or detached army, is hereby authorized to APP
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