Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-10-07

now in ts ss.yiss. or Who may horvansr be "a shs
erEies sf the unted States shah have been korne o.
the army register naval register, aS the eals nay
oe ipFtyE0 yelrB, shal Be q the aEa OfHiHty-
Eo yeara, lt shan bO In the discretion Of the PRED
uent % refine him fFum active service and direct his
name 10 Dc eltere the retired list ofoHeeu ofths
sEade 20 which be hoiongod AZ the tlmO of such ~
FSms1ts and the President i hereby anfhoTiEoi 70
assh any eeeF retired under tbs seetion q ne -
Aag1st third, eighteen hundrud ana siEty-enA, %
shSll rseeiTe he ai ssy al "a r,.
Nelle g AH.isned and Employed.
- ~ AID bsit further enacted. That an con
made ioE OF orders giEen Tor the urehass q
goods or supplies By any department o. to Govern
ment sGaI be promPtly reported 70 Congress byLhs
the time be In session. ana n not IN SoS-oa iii r.
pOrt1 all Be made At the q he noEt
Sec. L. Aud - Il further enacted. Th.. IA en-
tract or order, or any Interest thsrpin shall b ta
erred BY the party or parties 70 whom such contract
aud that any such transfer sall eanso ne SubplC1f
OF the contract order transferred % far - tho
yi gnlted state are eoneernsd: PrlEidsd That all
rights Of action are hereby reserved 10 the United
states = any breach Of such eontFaet by ths cor
traeting party or pArtifa-
Sc. Is. And b tt further enacted That svsry per-
soa who shall furnish supplies eF any kind 70 ths
army or navy shan bo required 70 marx abd distIn-
t[stons 20 farnlahlng said supPles In such manner
. toe sesTytary ofWar and and the seerotary q TIE
Navy may ToPreivoly 4lfee1 and no supplies of aay
guishod.
SSc- Id. Aud Be it further enactad, That whoa0vsr
ny s9ntrarfsr for subdst@nee clothing, arms.
munitiOa, munitious nf war, and tOr svery dns,FiD
tl0n Of supplies foT the army navy Of sha Unitsd
IaS anAiI eS iound gully by eogEtnartial q
~ nne, Imprisonment or such other punIshnsnt e
The eourt-nArtiai shAn aiudges and anyp Fs.n vie
Serlption Tor the army or GVy he ahii Be doorled
and taken - part Of the Land or naval arerl -
id supplies, and Be subjeet . tSS TIs1 aS TIi
io1s fSE the goyornment Of the land and naval rrs
sec. ~ And bo it farther enacted That the PraIi-
dent Of the United StAtes and hereby 9 n1foriS
and requested TO dsn sud discharge lF0g ne mis-
volunteer force, in the tn tsd stStss srrTies ~
0f1eer for any cause Whic, II hlE Judgment sithGr
rgnseTs such oloer unsuitable f0T or Who's diSufs
slon would promote the public service.
rec IS And Be it further enacted That tha PrpHl.
dent oithe United state shall have power, WheneT-
er In bis Oplnion it shall Be SEpsdient 70 puresss
eemoteEy grounds and them 10 be securely en-
closed, 70 be used national cemetory Er the soj
diens who ahall die In tie service OF the country
c. 10. And be it further enacted Tint - nnrieh
Of the act approved the hth of uust eighteen hun
dred and aixtyo9e, entitled ~An act supplementary
70 an set entitled AN act 70 Increase the treas mil
itary establishment OF the United 81 tea npprpV,d
the tWonty-uInth Of July, eighteen hundeTsd and
sixtY ona" - authoTizes the appOints eut Of ndi-
tiOual aidssde-eAmp, be and the same g hereby re-
pealed- Bat this repeal shall not bs % eoustrl %
iS = 70 ssSs sh9.s 9, peEi9os alrs5dy app in - In
eighteen hundred and sixty one, fFom holdinE theF
oHce5 In the same manner u II bad not been re-
Sec. %. And be It further enacted, That the diE
terent regmentA and independent eOmpanies hereto.
lure mustered into the service the Unit Satea a.
Vounfetr engineers, pioneer or slppef aud minTT.
under theorders Ofthe President Secretary Of war
or by authority Of the COMMANDING general Of nnv
military depaTtm- mt OF the United States or which
having been mustered into the service ns iufaufrV
shall have been TeorganiEsd and employed a. snEi-
nteTs, Ptonterl, or apPeEa and miners, shall be ad
the SAme are hereby recognis ard accepted vol
unteer engineers, on the same oting In all respects
In regard 70 their orEanlIatOu pay, and euolumenia
e the corps tf engineers 0f the Telnr army o. Tie
United States, and they sha be iid for their srrVio
ees already per1rned a. 4 pro, tded by law fr
the payment OF ofheers noueOmmissi0nod on sers,
ard pTiyateS OF the OnSiussr eorPs of the reEulSr
army.
sse p. And be It further enacted That S., aI,.,
Oi The age OF tWenty-ons yers aud upwards Who hal
enlisted or hall enlist In the armies OG the United
5tates ethr the reIulRrOr the volunteer forea aud
has been slali be hereafter honorlbiy ti,ehar.d
may be admitted 70 become . citizen q the UnirSf
states upon his petition without any pToyioua dseia
ration Of his Intention TO become = citizen of tha
United States; and that he shall not be required %
prove more than one years residence within the
United States previous q his application TO boooma
sneh citizen aud that the court admitting such aIIs
moral eh1rAeier A. is noe provided BY Law, be sats-
ned, by eompeteut proof Of such person having bosu
hnnorably discharged from the service Of the unIted
States aforesaid. :.
Sec. - And be It further enacted That there shaiI
be added to the Aajutapt Generals deparfmsut bT
regular promotion OF ia present oeers one colonel
tWolieuteuIns eolonels. and nine ulaloFs and that
the grade Of captain In sid depaFtmeht shan there
amer be abOshed, and all vacancies &c FrnE IN the
grade OF major shall BE- hIIed by selection frorn
aui'ing the rant-T',s nf the army
approved, July II, 1872. ap