Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-02
OFFICIAL.
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the FIRST Session Of the Thirty
SsUeHM Congress-
LAWS OF THE UNITEl

1 1SSe" dt ing f"St session Or the IhFty-
| SsUenM Congress.
| TPUBEc-No. IS
AN ACT providingfor the better organization of the
| military establishment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
scntatives the United States oTAmerica in Congress
assembled That the President be and he is hereby
authorized TO appoint, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate. officer in the War Depart
ment, be called the Assistant Secretary of War.
annum' payable IN the same manner as th2t OF the
Secretary of War; who shall perform all such duties
in the office of the Secretary of War. belonging
that department, as shall be prescribed 10y the Sec
retary Of War, As may be required by law.
! Sec , And be it further enacted That the Presi-
dent be and he is hereby authorized 10 appoint. by
and with the advice and consent OF the Senate. in
addition TO the number authorized by existing laws
and in accordance with existing regulations rye as
sistInt inspector generals, with the rank and pay
majors of cavalry, surgeons and twenty assist
ant surgeons to have the pay rank and allowances.
and perform the duties of similar officers in the pres
ent military establishment. That hereafter the
iutu Generals department shall consist Of the fol-
lowing officers, namely One adjutant general with
the rank. pay, and emOlUmeuts OF brigadier gen
cral; one assistant adjutant general. with the
rank pay. and emoluments of colonel of cavalry;
Nv" assistant "dutant generals with the rank. pay.
and emoluments each Of lieutenant colonel of cav
airy four assistant adjutant generals with the rank
pay and e!nolumcnts each of major Of cavalry; and
twelve assistant adJUant generals, with the rank.
pay. and emoluments each Of captain of cavalry:
and that there shal. be added Subsistence de
partment four commissares OF subsistence each with
the rank pay and eInOluments Of major of clyNl-
ry: aud eight comus-lries OF subsistence with the
rank pay, and enoluments each OF captain of csval
and TO be taken from the line of the army either OF
| the volunteers or regular army.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted That there shall
he added to each of the corps Of engineers and topo
graphical engineers. three first and three second
lieutenants, to be promoted thereto in accordance
with the existing laws and regulations. And there
shall lie aided to the Quartermaster's department
one colonel two lieutenant coloncls four majors and
twenty captains with the rank pay and allowances
Of officers of cavalry; aud whenever any army cap
tain of the Quartermaster's department shall have
served fourteen years continuous service he shall
be promoted the rank Of major; and that there
shall be added To the Qaartermaster's department
many master wagOncrs, with the rank. pay and al
lowauccs of sergeants of cavalry, and many wag-
oners with the pay and allowances of cnrporals of
cavalry, the military service in the judgment of
| the President, may render necessary. And there
snail be added to the ordnance department of the
| United States army. organized. Chief OF
| ordnance. with the rank, pay. aud emoluncnts ot
the puarterHiStvr General ut the army; one colo
mel, lieutenant colonel and six second lIeutcu-
ants: the field officers to be appointed by selection
from the officers OF the army, and the second Leu
tenants from the graduates of the United States
Military academy by transfers from the engineers
or the typographical engineers. or the artillery.
Sec. ! And be it further enacted That there
shall be added to the corps OF engineers three
Panies of engineer soldiers, be commanded by aI-
proprilte officers of said corps the same paw
aud rtt0ns, clothing, and other allowances. and he
entitled to the same benefits in every respect as the
company created by the act for the organization of
a company of sapperS and miners and pUnt1niers.
approved MaysNteen, eighteen hundred sud forty
the rules and articles OF war; shall be recruited i'll
the same manner and with the same limitation
shall be instructed in and perform the dU-
ties, and be liable to serve in the same way and
shall have their vehicles pont"Hs- tools lmple-
"ien'-' "Ins' anu "'i.el s"PPLeS' reE'Nl'c" ia 'I'S
same III amer As the existing engineer company and
each OF tte four compau!es OF engineer soldiers ssial
- -. S :Il9tt ~ IN. !.n .--s',1'., .s 'g r.
L''iS' tMo 'l?ISIa7 ana I[iN'tt7 "' 'He
S''s' IA ''.i ot It' anu my men e't'il-
- . anu Dc II 'f'H,t eiIG-tH 4HH' 'HtIe Ue
u'irH I" ti!' nlrlc"t stan "i thG army a corps "i
I'D a
- " =; - = i @ " u u ~ -: @ "a @ : 80 * Sii :
N'uts IN INC sid under the direction ud control "i
tue nein"i "ihc"rS alone IheN sl" nave The same
% IT.. - - r. - - - ' - a. " ~ ".t'''
isir h9i7OeF si.!i ne FvGuiteu pS inc eAlEehcit-
~ zetNiee' az Il" '1ti'e 70 eNSE1G my ~ s!i,'l
-, "4 N,,'"s ~ VI i1'et't
s'utSs'7 % iite'lISlhe' between Ie 'GeS "t eSh-
! teen an" t"ruty-three' wH" nave oeeh reading
'Ii4e 'J' ''Y Years '''.H 'NSE ecu 'I tG'7'
one course OF lectures III " ncd.5'H c'.irSr- IheN
HhI thit~.i"r one year anu be sui9ect l." the rules
notl OF their service the approach! of tl.eir
discharge shall b. reported To the surgeon general
in order if desired. TINT they he relieved by another
/ detail OF applicants
I Sec and be further enacted That in general
permanent hospitals female nurses NAV Ire sub
stituted for soldiers when ia the opinion Of the
gnn general or medical officer IN charge. II Is cNPe
Lent . do 81: the number "i female nurses be
indicated 10y the surgeon general surgcd8 in
charge of the hospital The nurses 50 employed to
receive forty cents day and oae ration IN kind or
Z transportation in kind
Sec =; And be i urtheT enacted. That on" chap
'''tl s'4'ttL o tll"Nei 10 e'l pI tI4H
10 be selected aud appointed As the President may d
rect: Provided That none but regularly ordained
ministers OF some Christian denomination shall be
eligible to se!ec;lonor appointment
+ Sec. $ And o.. it further enacted That no c.d.,
who has beer. or shall hereafter he reported as de.
ireur either IN conduct or Studies and recommend
ed to be discharged the academy shall bc re-
turned reappontcd, or appointed to any place ia
the army before his class shal have left the academy
and received their commissions, unless upon the
Cnmmeuda5i"n Of the academic board the acag!c-
my: Provided that all cadets now III the service. or
hereafter entering the Military Academy at West
Point. shall he called on to take and subscribe the