Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-03
The Array Suffers Bill.


The following 10 a copy Of the bill to provide
for the appointment Of suffers in the volunteer
service and to define their duties, introduced into
the Senate yesterday by Mr.. Wilson, Of Mass,
with the view OF correcting the present abuses
connected with army sutlerships:
Sec 1. The inspectors general Of the army shall
constitute board Of ofacefs, whose duty ID shall
be to prepare, Immediately upon the passage Of
this act List schedule Of such articles 40 NAV
be sold by suffers to the ca GERS aud soldiers Of
the volunteer service; said list schedule shall
be subject, from time to time, 70 such revision
and change as In the judgment OF said board the
good Of the service may require, provided always
that no intoxicating liquors shall at any time be
contained therein, or the sale Of such liquors be-
In any, way, authorized by said board. A copy
OF said list or schedule, and Of any subseQ uent
change therein, together with a copy OF this act
shall be, without delay, furnished by said board
to the commanding officer of each brigade, and
Of each regiment not attached TO any brigade in
the volunteer service, and also to the ins pectors
general Of the army.
Sec. ,. That Immediately upon the receipt from
said board Of said list or schedule and copy Of
this act by the commanding officer Of any such
brigade, the acting brigadier general, surgeon
quartermaster and commissary Of said brigade
shall constitute board Of officers, whose duty 1t
shall be to ax to each article In said list or &c he'd
ule price for said brigade, which shall by them
be forthwith reported to the commanding officer
Of the division, IL any, to which said brigade 10
attached, for his approval, with or without mod
III. p
port the same to the inspector general, and the
same, II not disapproved by him, shall be the
price not exceeding which said articles NAV be
sold to the officers and soldiers In said brigade
Whenever any brigade shall not be attached 20 a
division, said prices shall then be reported dI.
rectly to the inspector general, and IL approved
by him, shall be the price fixed for such brigade
as aforesaid; and whenever any regiment shall
be unattached to any brigade, the acting eolopeI.
lieutenant colonel major and two senior On ptsins
thereof, shall constitute the board of officers by
whom the price Of said articles shall be fxed for
said eglment In the same manner as is herein
provided for an unattached brigade The prices
30 fixed may be changed by sad boards respect
lively, from time to time, not ofener than once in
thirty days but all changes therein shall be re.
ported In Ii Ike manner, and for the same purpose
as when originally fixed.
Sec 3. That II shall be the duty of the com.
! handing officer Of each Brigade, Immediately
upon OF copy Of said list or schedule and
copy Of this act, herein provided to cause one
suffer for each regiment In his brigade to be a.
lected by the commissioned officers Of such regi-
ment, which selection shall be by him reported
10 the AdJutant General of the army; and IL the
same be not disapproved by the Secretary of War
the person so selected shall be commissioned an
sole suffer OF the said regiment. And the COM
nanding officer Of each unattached regiment
snail, IN ike manner cause selection of sutler
10 De made Tor said regiment, who shall IL not
dlsapproved by the Secretary OF War as aforesaid
be commissioned as sole sutler Of said regiment
| the dsapproval of the Se&etary Of War or from
any other cause, shall be filed In the same wav
as an original appointment.
sec. 4. That the suffers chosen and commits
stoned in the manner provided In the preceding
section shall each be autk oriZed to sell tn the
ohcers and soldiers Of the regiment for which he
has been chosen the articles designated In the list
or schedule provided In this act, and none others
ana al prices not exceeding those affixed to said
articles as herein provided. He shall keen said
!lst or schedule, together with a copy OF this act
falrly written or printed, posted up in some con.
spicuous part Of the place where he makes said
sales, and where the same can he easily read by
any person TO whom he makes said sales
Sec. 5. That ii shall be the duty OF the insnec-
Tor general to cause the place Of sale and articles
Kept Tor that purpose by said suffers to be inspect
60 from time to time, once In fifteen DAYS at least
DIV some competent officers specially detailed for
that DUTY, and such changes in said place or in
the quality and character Of the articles men.
onea IN me SAID list or schedule 30 kept, shall
De required by said officer, shall be Conformed 10
Dy eacn sutler, and such officer shall report each
inspection TO the inspector general
sec. 3 That there shall be no sutler Amounted
Tor, or permitted to sell to or trade with the ocer.
or soldiers OF any regiment In the volunteer ser
vice, except such as shall be selected and com.
Inis'loned In conformity with the provisions of
Sec. z. That any sutler who shall violate anu
OF the provisions Of this act, shall upon convic
tlon tnereof, be dismissed from the seryice ana
pc lneIlglole TO reappointment, and shall forfeft
all goods and chattels and effects belonping IN
him and found within the lines of the army Al
the time Of such violation one half 70 the use NJ
United States and the other half TO the use of the
person or persons who shall furnish such evidence
as shall lead to conviction for any such viola
ton. 0'o
The bill was referred to the committee on mil.
ltary afalrs, and ordered to be printed.