Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-05
D4llp tlatlOnal Democrat
Volunteers,

Il An Act to authorize the employment of Volun
teers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting
public property.
Whereas, Ger ain Of the forts. arsenals. Gus
tom houses, navy yards, and other property o
the United States have been seztd and othel
violations of law have been committed and are
threatened BY organized bodies of men in severa
| OF the States and conspiracy has been entered
| into to overthrow the Guyernmst of the Uuitec
| States; therefore.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House cf Rep
| resentatves Of the United States of America in
! Congress assembled, That the Pres dent be, and
he is herebg authorIzed to ac ept the services Of
volunteers, either rs cavalry, Iu.antry, o. art,e-
| ry, in such numbers not exceeding tive hundred
| Thousand, as he may deem necessary for the pur-
pose of repelling invasion, suppressng insurrec-
tan, enforcing the laws, and preserving aud pro-
tecng the public proper Y: Ploylded, That the
! services of the volunteers shall be for such time
as the 7, esjdent may direct, not exceeding three
| years nor less than six months aud they shall
| be disbdnded at the end Of the war; and all PRO-
visions of law applicable to three years volun-
teers shall apply 10 two years volunteers, and to
! all volunteers who have been or rlay be accepted
INTO the service of the United States for a rerlOd
not less than SIX months, IN the same manner as
if such volunteers were specially named. Before
receiving into service any number If volunteers
exceeding those now called tor and accepted, iha
! President shalt from time to time, ssue ms pro-
| C amatiOn, stating the number desired, either as
cavalry. Intaniry,or artillery, aud the States from
which they are 10 be luanlshed, having lei, rence
J in any such reQuistion to TIE uutnner then in
| service from the several States and to the ext.
! gencies Of the service at the time, and equnzing
as tar practicable, the humber urni shed by the
several States according to federal population.
Section @ And be it further enacted, That the
said volunteers shall be subject tu the rules and
| regulations governing the AMY OF the United
Stees, and That they shall be formed by the Pres
dent into regiments of infantry, with the excep-
ton Of such numbers Tor cavalry and artillery as
he may direct not to exceed the proportion Of
one company to each of thuse arms to every reg-
meut Of Mtdntry, aud to be organized as in the
regular service. Each eement Of iufa try shall
have one olonel, one Lieutenant Colonel one
Major, one Adjutant IA Leute'ant, one Quarter
master "a Lleuteuunt) one Surgeon and one AS
sstInt Surgeon Gee Sergeant Major, one Regi-
mental Quartermaster Sergeant, one Regmeutal
COmmissdry Sergeant, one hOsplta. steward, two
principal musicians and tweuty-t1ur rlcScianS
to 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 corporalS,
fowsmuscians, owe waRouer, and from sixty.tour
b. eighty-twO privates.
Section 5. And be it further enacted, That
these forces, when accepted as herein authorized,
shall be organized into divisions Of three or more
brIgideS each aud each division shall have a
MaiorGeneral, three AidS-de Camp and one As
sistant Adjuant General, with the rank of Major.
Each brigade shall be composed of four or more
regiments, and shalt have one Brlgadel. General
two Aids de-Camp, one Assistant Adjuaut Gene
raj, with the rank of Captain, one Surgeon, one
Assistant Quartermaster and one Commissary Of
Subsistence
Section 4. And be it further enacted. That the
President shall be authorized appoint by and
with the advice and consent Of the Senate, for
the command of the forces provided for in thus
Act, number of Major Generals, not ezcccdmg
six, and Il number, or Brigadcr Generals not ex
eighteen and the other division and brigade Off
GERS required for the orgHjzaaion of those forces
except the Aid dc Camp, who shall be selected
by their respective Generals from the officers OF
the army or voIuenteer corps; Provided. That the
President may ect the Major Generals and
Brlgldier Generals provided for in this Act from
the line staff Of the regular army, and the on.
GERS 50 selected shall be permitted to retain their
rank therein The Governors Of the Stats furnish
ing volunteers under this Act shall commission
the Geld, stailand company fieers requisite for
said volunteers bnt in case where the State
thorites refuse or omit TO furnish volunteers at
at the call or on the proclamation Of the President
and volunteers from such States offer their serv.
ces, under such ell or proclamation, the Presi-
dent shall have power to acced such servi ices and
to commission the proper fcd stafand company
officers.
Section 5. And be it further enacted, That the
officers, non commissioned officers, and priyates,
organized as above set forth, SHALL in all respects
be placed en- fOo.ing, as 10 pay and allowances,
OF SIMILAR corps Of the regular army Provided,
that the sllowauces Of non commissioned officers
and prlvates for clothing, when not furnishtd in
kind, shall be three dollars and fifty cents per
month, and that each company officer, COM
mi,sioned officer, private, musician, and artfcer
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
or another horse supplied Every volunteer non
commissioned officer, private, musician, and ar
tlfcer who enters the service Of the United States
under this Act, shall be paid at the rate Of fifty
cents in lieu Of Subsistence aud If cavalry vol
untcCr twenty-five cents additional, in lieu for
ioragc, for every twenty miles of travel from his
place Of enrolment to the place Of muster the
distance to be measured By the shortest usualv
travelled route and when houOrably discharged
allowance at the same rate from the place of
his dlscharg TO his place enrolment and, in ad-
di lon thereto, if he shall have served peri cd Of
two years, OF 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 6. And be it further enacted, That any
volunteer who may be received into TIL service of
the United States under tins 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 IN the
regular service; and the widow, if there be one
and if not the legal heirs of such die may be
KILLED in service, in addition TO all arrears Of pay
and allowance, shall receive the sum of one buu
dred dollars.
Section 7. And be il further enacted, That the
bands Of the regiments of Infantry and Of the
regiments Of cavalry shall be paid follows
one-fuurth Of each shall receive the pay and al
lowances of Sergeants Of engineer soldiers; one