Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-01-25
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;x.d by tie L nitcd States f4s tie City
of Baltimore. and Ia enable the Mist
&c furnish small Gold Coins. aud 10
,soyide for che Manufacture or Fur
chase Of Field Signals.
BE Il s,acttd ~ III .Sss1'' aEf HsHst
Of Representatives. 81 tic tnstsd .>sIfss q
imevsca IN Congress assembled, That.
for the maintenance Of said police there
i hereby appropriated, out Of any mon
ey in the Treasury not otherwise az
r.ropriaied. the cum Of C;ie Edmdrc'i
iiavasand dollars
SEC. .. Ard b. Il .fariier enacted.
That If said sum no; more than TWEEN
tv Thousand dollars s!.=!! te expended
in snv one mo..ih for said purpose. and
,h., the same shall cease " hen the pa
lice are dismissed from service by the
United States. Ard PrVrsdst, That
the disbursements Of the amount herr
tv allowed shall be made only with the
sanction and by the authority oi tie
Commanding General of that Military
Department.
SEC. 3. And be IL .f.r.ier enacted.
That there bc and hereby Is arrroPrl-
o,ed. out of any money in the Treasury
no, otherwise appropriated, the follow
ing sums, viz:
To enable the mint to furnish such
small gold coins as may be required for
the public service. forty thousand dol
,:rs. or so much thereof as may be nee
cseary.
For the manufacture or purchase of
apparatus and equipments for field sig
nails, five thousand dollars.
Approved, July p, 1861.
CHAP. XXIV.-An Act to increase
the present Military Establishment of
the United States.
Be ii enacted BY the Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That
there shall be added to the regular
army, as now authorized by law, nine
regiments of infantry, one regiment OF
cavalry, and one regiment of artillery !;
each regiment Of infantry to consist Of
not less than two nor more than three
battallions, as the exigcncies of the pub
Tic service may, in the opinion of the
President Of the United States, de-
mand; each battalion to consist Of
eight companies; each company to con-
sist of one captain, one first and one
second lieutenant, one first sergeant,
four sergeants, cigAtcorporals, two ma
-sieians, and as many privatcs, not cx-
ceeding cight-two, as the President OF
of the United States may, according to
the requirements of military service, di-
rect. The regiment Of cavalry hereby
authorized shall consist OF not more
than three battallions of not more than
two souadrons each and each squadron
shall consist of two companies, each
comrany to he composed Of one cap
tain, one first and one second ieuten'
ant, one sergeant, one quartermastcr'
sergeant, four sergeants, eight corpor
ais. two musicians, two tarrers, ono
saddler, one WAGNER, and as many prl
Yates, not exceeding saventy-two, as the
President of the United States may
according to the requirements of tho
military service, direct. The regimen
of artillery hereby authorized shall con
sist of not more than twelve batteries
and each battery shall consist Of on
captain, one first and one second lieu
tenant, one first sergeant, one quarter
master.sergeant, fonr sergeants, eigh
corporals, two musicians, two artificers
one WAGNER, and as many privates, no
exceeding one hundred and twenty-five
as the President Of the United Stltc
may, according to the requirements o
the military service, direct. And ther'
may be added to the aforesaid battery
organization, ut the discretion of tn,
President, having due regard to tl'
public necessities and means, one frs
and one second lieutenant, two ser
geants, and four corporals.
SEC. 2. And be ii further enacted
That the field and staff commissions,
aud non-commissi"ued officers Of tn
regiments hercinbcfoic authorize.
shall be rs follows: To each regimen
of infantry, one colonel, one Lieutenant
colonel, one regimcntal aJjntant, on
vegimentai quartcr'naster and commits
sary. one drum-major. or leader Of tn
band, aud two principal musicians
and to each battalion Of infantry. OIL,
major, one battalion adjuian,. one bat
tallicn quartcrmaster and commissary
oCe sergeaut-major. one qua-tcrlnaster
sersea n, ole eommissary- sci eeant and
one ho.pital-steward; tine regiments
and bastallic. adjutan:s. aud quarter
masters aud commissarics. To be take
frum the liertenanis of the regiment