Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-02-08

That there shall he added TO the corps o! engineers
three eo,npaEir. Of engineer soldiCgs In be COM
In.ntei ~ appropriate officers 81 sali corps OF
have the st1ue pay and ratOns. clothing. and 9TH
e. allowaur~s sRt be eniilep 10 the same benefits.
in ever, r..t.ect. a. the oompaE. created by the
act for tie organization Of COMPANY of sappers
and n.ness and pontoniers, approved May sixteen.
-hie,a hundred ami forfy-six- lie said three
companies shall Ice suhec; 30 the rules and articles
Of ~. -lBl BE- recruited in the sane banner n
With the ssa.e limitations; shall be asirncted IN
AID perform the duties, and be Liable TO ser,
in the same wav. and shall have their vehic.
y. p,nion- toss, implements. arms ard othc.
supplies regulated in the sane n,ainer a. the
,lI-tiag engineer company a"l each of the
III e,anpai,- os engineer soldiers shai, here
after h.. conpp~.-l ii TN ~errcani.. ten cor
p,rz!s. twp musicians. sixty-i"ur private II
tn fri clls-. ~ aEthc,--s. anu >ixfv-four ~
,ai,-- IL il., s.-coad olaSs. ia al 0l... hundred
and tif,y l4~li ,1ch.
81. >. lad IL ~ fsrfLcy .za~fei. That
ii.rs l.. added O" tlr i4ss-i'e = II 81 the ar
IIv caTiss - :s.-..-al e-sl:--- ~hy'-.. dr'y il
shzll J.. Q. &C. = dr.~s.r> la til general h,.-
liial- ana - a,'ianc, alirisiaIi- ia tia. iicii.
under Tia. direction and control q" th. In,,iical
o:.ir.rs alone Thy shsll have thc same
rank and paw A. -. mil aTv cadets a, W,-si
Point. Their numl--r sha.l be Requested by
thr .x;c,.Bo- 81 the >.r. Ice. At n i."..' To- "a
coed hnv. II ,hall h, composed Of yoang
.,n of liberal e.ncaipn. students OF m,,,icin..
bciwepg The @Ss "f eighteen and IN cniy-
,hr.,. y To- have lc,a reading medicine two
N,als. and have attended At least one course
.. lecture In a medical college. They shall
,nli>, for one wear. aud bc subject 10 the rules
and articles "i war. On ihr fifteenth dav OF
the Ia, month of heir SET, Ice, the near ;l-
proacu Of their discharge shall Gc reported 10
the .ur..on-grn,ral, in order if desired. thu,
ihcv may be relieved by another detail ci APP
Vcant-.
So c. Ind D. i tsfhrr c"oc',d, Tint in
general or permanent hospitals female nurses
may be substituted for soldiers. when, in the
opinion of the srrgpor-gtncral or medical otii-
Ger in charge, it is deemed eXpedient to do
so: the number of female nurses to be indca-
ted bv the srrgeon-general or surgeon i'll
charge of the hospital. The nurses so EN-
ploycd to receive forty cents per day and one
ration in kind, or by communication, in lien of
all cmouments except transportation in kind.
SEC. 7. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
one chaplain shall be allowed to each regi-
mcnt, to be selected and appointed as the
President may direct: Proriicd, That none
but regularly ordained ministers of some
Christian denomination shall be eligible to
selection Or appointment.
SEC. s. Ind be IL further enacted, That no
cadet who has been or may be reported as de-
1icirnt, either in conduct or studies, and recon-
mended to be discharged from the academy,
shall be returned or reapponted, or appointed
to any place in the army before his class shall
have left the academy and received their COM
missions, unless upon the recommendation of
the academic board of the academy: Pr0rid-
ed, That all cadets now in the service, or
hereafter entering the Military Academy at
West Point shall be called on to take and
subscribe the following oath: 81, A. b., do
soemnly swear that l will support the Con-
stitution of the United States and bear true
allegiance to the National Government that
l will maintain and defend the sovereignty OF
the United States paramount to any and all
allegiance, sovereignty, or fealty may owe
to any. State, county, or country whatsoever;
ard that will at all times obey tho legal Or
ders of my superior officers and the rules and
articles governing the armies Of the United
States" And any candidate who shall refuse
to take this oath shall be dismissed from the
service.
SEC. 8. Ind be 1t further enacted, That
the three months extra pay allowed by the
twenty ninth section Of the act of the fifth of
July, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, for
re-enlistments under certain conditions, the
bounty granted by the third section of the act
of the seventeenth of June, eighteen hundred
fn. n.,Iic e NJ ri iStu nf
stations, and the premium now paid for bring
ing accepted recruits to the rendezvous, be
and they are hereby abolished.
SEC. 10. and be 1t further enacted, That
hereafter two dollars per month shall be re-
tanned out of the monthly pay of each enlist
ed man i'll the regular army until the expira-
ton of his term of service, instead of one dol
lar per month, as authorized by existing laws.
SEC. IL. And be ii further enacted That in al
cases Of enlistment and re-enlistmcnt in the mill
tary service of the United States the prescribed
oath of allegiance may be administered by any
commissioned officer Of the army.
SEC. IL. ind be Il further enacted, That the two
regiments Of Dragons, the regiment of mounted
rificmen, and the two regiments of cavalry, shall
hereafter he known and recognized as the first,
second, third. fourth. and fifth regiments of caval-
ry, respectively the officers thereof to retain their
present relative rank and TO be promoted as Of
service according 10 existing Law and established
usage and regulation.
SEC. Is. And be ii further enacted. That the
army ration shall be increased follows, viz.
Twenty two ounces Of bread or -four. or one pound
Of hard bread. instead Of the present issue fresh
beef shall Ice issued often the comma ndng
officer Of any detachment or regiment shall require
it, when praclit able. in place Of salt meat; beans
and rice horniny ahail Ice issued IN the ra-
ton in the proportions now provided by regulation,
and one pound Of potatoes per man shall he issued
at least three times week, il practicable: and
when these articles cannot be issued in these pro-