Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-10-09

[PupLIc No. 81.
AN ACT To reorganize and increase the Eff
cheney of the Medical Department of the
Army.
Bet enacted BIZ The Senate and House Of Repre-
,entatipes of Me United States Of america in Con-
oress assembled That there shall be added to
the present medical corps of the army
ten surgeons and ten assistant surgeons, to
be promoted and appointed under exist
ing laws twenty medical cadets, and as
many hospital stewards rs the surgeon general
may consider necessary for the public service,
and that their pay and that of all hospital
stewards in the volunteer as we'll as the regular
service shall be thirty dollars per month, to be
all medical cadets in the service shall, in ad-
dition to their pay, receive one ration per day
either in kind or communication.
SEC. 9. And be IL further enacted, That the
surgeon general to he appointed under this act
shall have the rank, pay and emoluments OF
q brigadier general There shall be one assist
ant surgeon general and one medical inspec-
tor general of hospitals, each with the rank
pay and emoluments Of a colonel of cavalry,
and the medical inspector general shall have,
under the direction of the surgeon general,
the supervision of all that relates to the sani-
tary condition of the army, whether in trans
ports, quarters, or camps, and of the hygiene,
police, discipline, and efficiency of field and
general hospitals, under such regulations as
may hereafter be established.
Sec. 3. And be Il further enacted, That there
shall be eight medical inspectors, with the
rank, pay, and emoluments each of lieuten-
ant colonel of cavalry, and who shall be
charged with the duty of inspecting the sani-
tary condition of transports, quarters and
camps, of field and general hospitals, and who
shall report to the medical inspector general,
under such regulations as may be hereafter es-
tablished, all circumstances relating to the
sanitary condition and wants of troops and OF
hospitals, and to the skill, efficiency, and good
conduct of the officers and attendants connect
ed with the medical department.
Sec A. And be IL further enacted, That the sur.
geon general, the assistant surgeon general
medical inspector general, and medical inspec
tors, shall Immediately after the passage o
this act be appointed by the President, by an,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, b
selection from the medical corps of the army
or from the surgeons in the volunteer service
without regard to their rank when SO selected
but with sole regard to qualifications.
SEC. 8. And be IT, further enacted, That med
cal purveyos shall be charged, under the
rection of the surgeon general, with the sele,
ton and purchase of all medical supplies, in
Guiding new standard preparations, and of a
books, Instruments, hospital stores, furnitul
and other articles required for the sick an
wounded Of the army. In all cases sof enc
gency they may provide such additional a
CommodatiOns for the sick and wounded of ii
army, and may transport such medical SUI
plies as circumstances may render necessar,
under such regulations as may hereafter
established, and shall make prompt and immt
date issues upon all special acquisitions mad
upon them under such circumstances by med
ical officers and the special acquisitions shall
consist simply Of list of the articles required
the quantities required, dated and signed b.
the medical officers requiring them.
SEC. 6. -And be further enacted, That when
ever the inspector general, or any one of tn,
medical inspectors, shall report an officer o
the medical corps as disqualified, by age o
otherwise, for promotion to o higher grade, O
untitled for the performance of his profession
al duties, he shall be reported by the surgeon
general for examination to q medical board
as provided by the seventeenth section of tn
act approved August third, eighteen hundrc
and sixty-one.
SEC. Z. And be t. further enacted, That the prc
visions of this act shall continue and be 1
force during the existence of the present n
bellion and no longer: Provided however, Thai
when this act shall expire, all officers VIII
shall have been promoted from the medic;
staff of the army under this act shall retail
their respective rank i'm the army, with sue
promotion as they would have been entitle
to.
Approved, April is, 1862.