New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-08
A PLAIN STATEMENT


TIES GIVEN BY LAW TO VOLUNTEERS.
Ar inouiries are necessarily made about the actual
provisions of law modified by the present Congress,
prescribing the pay, ETC., OF our volunteer army, we
have prepared the following statement from official
sources The actual bounty given 500 10 all volun-
Moahiy pay to private. the army and volunteer service
Clothing 70 same, full SUITS cOmmuted 4. 90 50 pei
RArloSs-DAILY.
Al pounds Of pork bacon pound OF fresh sa beef
"a onnce. OF bread o. -four pound Of pilot bread
RATIoSs TO 100 MEN DAILY.
quart. 10 o. S cI o. or
for 10 pounds Of coffee Is pounds Of sugar quarts Of vinegar
p pIsndsi s1s 1 aus. Of moi.ss. are occsOnsy msdo
Ration, may cemmned at 20 cents per day when stationed
In oles where there no opportunity Of messing or when
Ia regular camp ct the cost OF the rson.
Bonnts-SiOos Is paid to every volunteer who shall have
served ysa who shall have served during the war;
Tbs widow or other heirs Of die in the service
killed. receive sloo in addition 10 oil arrears OF pay and allow
providing the above are given below They taken from tho
Officially published book containing the laws Of tho late session
Az ACT increase the pay prvtes In the regular army
and Of in tho service ofh' United States and
oI'i B rsSastad BY a. S.aG. asi Res If Rp,n,q
so u. Und STATE. o. 1.r.a G0ng,s .ns sosrsa
n h the .sgs. Ply S gnss
Fl s. yss 9I md 1s: ; '' until
EIrnlcrs from An set 70 authorize the employment: Of Vol
Isa BE- ARSiSzsse asea :T tn.
officers prvatcs organized above set FORTH
shs On all respects be placed the footing ss to pay and
Of similar corps OF the regular army P,orded InA
the sewances of officers and ptiyates for
clothing when furnished In kind shall be three dollars and
hy cents per month aud that each company officer noncom
furnish h own bis horse equipments and shall receive
forty cens day their aud risk except that IN case
hore ha become disabled or shall die the allowance
shall until the disability be removed or another horse DC
supplied Every volunteer noncommsoned Officer private,
ucsn and artfcer who cutters the service OF the United
States under this act shall be paid the rate OF hy cents IN
lieu Of substance aud II cavalry volunteer twenty-five cents
from his place Of the place Of MUSTER the distance
10 be measured by the shortest usually Travelled route ana,
when honorsby dharsed allowance at the same rate nom
dcha bis place OF enrolment and IN addi
on thereto II he served for period OF two years or
during the war ended the OF one hundTe dollars
SEE O. And be further enacted, That any volunteer VINO
may be received service OF the United states under this
act and who be wounded or otherwise disabled IN the ser
vice shall be entitled benefits which have been be
conferred persons disabled in the regular sevce and the
widow one and II not the legal heirs Of such a. die
Killed In service In addition TO all arrears of pay aud
alowRnces shall receive the sum OF tlO0 -
SEC H. Aadbe further enacted That the Secretary OF War
be ard authorized and directed TO introduce
the vol teer the service Of the United States the
tenn Of allotment tickets used In the Navy OF some equys
lent system by which tho Rny Of the volunteer draw
such portion Of mis- pay es he may request
Approved, Iny p, 1851 - -,
Extract from An act providing for better organization Of
the Military EstsbifhnIent," approved Aug 3 lS6li .
Sac ia And he lurthsr esdd That the army ration shall
be Increased as follows twenty-five OF bread
-four OF one pound OF had bread instead o the present issue
fresh beef shall be issued a. oen the commanding officer Of
feschgtpt oT sn,pt tssl Ifq'is ~ shsh Bmeseapf'