Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-27
Dallp slatlonal Qemutrat
Volunteers.

| the United States have been selzed, ana otner
violations of law have been committed ana are
threatened bv organized bodies of men in several
OF the States, and conspiracy has been entered
| into to overthrow the Governmet OF the United
States therefore.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America, in
| Compress assembled That the President be, and
he is herebg authorized to accept the services of
volunteers, either as cavalry, Infantry or artile-
nv, in suchpnumbers, not exceeding hive hundred
! thousand as he may deem necessary tor the pur-
pose of repelling invasion, suppressing lnsuirec-
| tan, enforcing the laws, and preserving aOd pro-
| tectinp the public property: PaOvided, That the
services of the volunteers shall be for such time
as the President may direct not exceeding three
wears nor less than six months, and they shall
| be disbanded at the end of the war; and all pro-
visions Of law applicable to three years volun-
| teers shall applytto 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, in the same manner as
! if such volunteers were specially named. Before
| receiving into service any number OF volunteers
exceeding those called for and accepted, the
President shall from time to time, issue his pro-
| clamaton stating the number desired, either as
cavalry infantry or artillery and the States from
which they are to he furnished, having reference
| in any such requsition, to the number then in
service from the several States, and to the ext
gences of the service at the time, and equalizing
as far as practicable, the number furnished by the
several States according to federal population.
| Section g. And be it further enacted, That the
said volunteers shall be subject to the rules and
| regulations governing the Amy of the United
Setes and that they shall be formed by the Pres
ident into regiments of infantry, 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 regi-
ment 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 Lieuenant one Quarter
master "a Leutenant) one Surgeon and one AS
sistant Surgeon, oee Sergeant Major, one Reg-
mental Quartermaster Sergeant, one Regmental
| Commissary Sergeant, one hospital steward, two
principal musicians and twenty-tOur musicians
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,
fowsmusicans one wagner, and from sixty
to eighty-two privates.
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
these forces, when accepted as herein authorized
shall be organized into divisions of three more
brgades each; and each division shall have IA
Major General, three AidS-de Camp and one AS
sstant Adjuant.General, with the rank ofMajor
Each brigade shall be composed of four or more
regiments and shall have one Brigadier- General
two Aids-de- Camp, one Assistant Adjuant Gene
raj, with the rank of Captain one Surgeon, one
Assistant QuaTteFDldStei ana one NOulHlSSdly Vi
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, for
the command of the forces provided for in this
Act, number of Major Generals not exceeding
six, and q number or Brigadier Generals not ex-
| eighteen. and the other division and brigade of-
required for the orgaizaaiOn of those forces,
except the Aid de Camp, who shall be selected
by their respective Generals from the officers OF
tho army or yOluenteer corps: Provided, That the
| President may select the Major Generals and
! Brgadler Generals provided for in this Act from
the line or staff of the regular army, and the off
GERS so selected shall De permitted to retain their
rank therein The Governors of the Stats furnish
ing volunteers under this Act shall commission
the field stafand company eflicers requisite for
said volunteers but in case where the State au
thortleS 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 call proclamation, the Presi-
dent shall have power to accedt such services and
to commission the proper field, stafand company
officers.
Section 5. And be it further enacted, That the
officers, non commissioned officers, and privates
organized above set FORTH shall, in all respects
be placed on a 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
miSsioned officer, private, musician, and artificer
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, shall die and al
| lowance shall cease until the disability removed
or another horse supplied Every volunteer non
commissioned officer, private, musician, and ar
tfcer, 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 if a cavalry vol
unteer, twenty-five cents additional, in lieu for
forage, 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
lraveled route and when honoraby discharged,
an allowance at the same rate from the place of
his dscharg to his place enrolment, and in adj
diIon thereto, if he shall have served a 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 i'll the same manner
as in the United States army.
Section g. And be it further enacted, That any
volunteer who may be received into th1 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 as die or may be
killed in service in addition to all arrears of pay
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
owances of Sergeants of engineer soldiers one
fourth those Of CorTOrals of engineer soldiers
and the remaing half those of privates of engn-
eer soldiers of the first class and the leaders of
the band shall receive the same pay and emolu-
ments as Second Leutenauts Of Infantry
Section s. And be it further enacted, That
the wagoners and saddIers shall receive the paw
and allowances of Corporals of Cavalry. The
regmental Cpmmissary Sergeant shall receive
the pay and allowances of regmental Sergeant
Major, and the reg mental Quartermaster Sergeant
shall receive the pay aud allowances of Ser
geant of Cavalry.
Section 0. 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 appointed must be regular ordained
minister of the Christian denomination, and shall
receive the pay and allowances of "a 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 cond ton OF the regiment, aud such
suggestions as may conduce to the social happ-
ness and moral Improvement of the troops.
Section 10. And be it further enacted That
the General commanding a separate department
or detached army, is hereby authorized to ap-
point Mil tary Board or Commission of not less
than three nor more than five officers, whose duty
it shall be to examine the capacity, qualifications
prOpriety of conduct, and efficiency of anv COM
missioned officer of volunteers within his depart
ment or army, who may be reported the Board or