Daily national Democrat., 1861-10-19
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Volunteers.

teels to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting
public property.
Whereas certain Of the forts, arscnals, 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 conspiracy has been entered
into to overthrow the GOVernmet OF the United
StateSs therefore.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Pres dent be- and
he is herebg authorized to accept the services of
volunteers either cavalry, lutantry, or artlle-
nv, in such numbers not exceeding five hundred
thousand as he may deem necessary for the pur-
pose of repelling invasion, suppressng insuTrcc-
tian 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 disbanded at the end of the war; and all pro-
visions of law applicable to three years volun-
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, in 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 or artillery and the States from
which they are to be furnished, having reference
in any such requsiton, to the number then in
service from the several States and to the eX-
gencies of the service at the time, and equalizng
rs 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
dent into regiments ofinantry, with the cxccp-
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-
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 Ga Lieutcnant) one Surgeon and one As
sistant Surgeon, Gee Sergeant Major, one Regi-
mental QuartcrmaSter Sergeant one Rcgimeuta
| Commiss6ry Sergeant one hospital steward, two
principal musicians, and twenty-fOur musicians
| to a 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,
| tOwsmuSlcians one WAGNER, and from siXty-tour
to eightytwo prlvateS.
Section S. And be it further enacted That
| these forces, when accepted as herein authorized,
shall be organized into divisions Of three or
brlgades each and each division shall have
| MaorGcneral, three Ads-de Camp and one AS
sstant Adjuant-General, with the rank Of Major.
Each brigade shall be composed flour more
two Aids-de Camp, one Assistant Adjuant Gene
raj, with the rank of Captain, one Surgeon, one
Assistant Quarternaster and one Commissary Of
| Subsistence.
Section 4. And be it further enacted, That the
| President shall be authorized appoint, bv and
with the advice and consent of the Senate for
the command of the forces provided for in this
| Act Il number of Major Generals, not exceeding
six, and number, or Brigader Generals not cX-
eighteen, and the other division and brigade otli-
GERS required for the orgaiZaaion of those forces
except the Aid de Camp, who shall be selected
by their respective Generals from the officers of
the army or voluenteer corps: Provided, That the
President may select the Major Generals and
BrigadIer Generals provided for in this Act, from
the line or staff of the regular army and the Off
GERS selected shall be permitted To retain their
rank therein The Governors of the Stats furnish
| ing volunteers under this Act shall commission
the field, staffand company otiiccrs requisite for
! said volunteers but in case where the State au-
thorities refuse omit to furnish volunteers at
at the call or the proclamation of the President
and volunteers from such States offer their serv-
ces, under such call or proclamation, the Presi-
| dent shall have power to accedt such services and
| to commission the proper field, statand company
! officers.
Section 5. And be it further enacted, That the
officers, non commissioned officers, and privates.
organized as 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,
|
| and prlvates for clothing, when not furnished in
| kind, shall be three dollars and fifty cents per
| month, and that each company officer, non COM
mlssioned officer, private, musician, and artiticer
OF cavalry, shall furnish his own horse and horse
equipments and shall receive forty cents per dav
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
ficer, 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 cavalry vol
| unteCr, 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 honorabIy discharged,
an allowance at the same rate from the place Of
his dscharg to his place enrolment, and, in ad-
diton 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 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 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 in the
regular service; and the widow, if there be one,
and if not the legal heirs Of such 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 I. 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-lOurth of each shall receive the pay and al
lOwances of Sergeants of engineer soldiers one
fourth those of CorporalS of engineer soldiers
and the remaing 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
regmental Commissary Sergeant shall receive
| the pay and allowances of a regimenta Sergeant
Major, and the regimenal Quartermaser Sergeant
shall receive the pay and allowances of a Ser
geant of Cavalry.
Section 8. 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 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, and such
suggestions as may conduce to the social happi-
ness and u.oral improvement of the troops.
| Section 10. And be it further enacted, That
the General commanding IA separate department,
| IT n detached army is hprphV authorized tn an