The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-05-03

AN ACT to reorgauize and increase the
efficiency of the medical department OF
the army. F-.~~~
Be n enacted by the Senate and House cJ
Representatives. Of The United States Of Axser-
sea i'1 Congress 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 existing laws; twenty medical cadets
and as many hospitso 55si11e- 'necsssArv sn-
the public service, and that their pay and
that of all hospital stewards in the volun-
teer as well as the regular service shall be
thirty dollars per month, to be computed
from the passage of this act. And all medi-
cal cadets in the service shall, in addition
to their pay, receive one ration per day
either in kind or Communication. '' Ss
Sec. Q. ASEd be 10 further enacted, That
the surgeon general to be appointed under
this act shall have the rank, pay, and emo
luments of a brigadier general. There shall be
one assistant surgeon general and one nedi-
cal inspector general of hospitals, each with
the rank, pay, and emoluments of 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 sanitary condition of the
e
camps, and of the hygiene, police, discipline,
and efficiency of field and general hospitals,
under such regulations as may hereafter be
established. -A-@aL So h --i
Sec. 3. And be 1t further enaneted, That
there shall be eight medical inspectors, with
the rank, pay, and emoluments each of
lieutenant colonel of cavalry, and who
shall be charged with the duty of inspect
ing the sanitary condition of transports,
quarters, and camps, of field and general
hospitals, and who shall report to the med
ical inspector general, under such regula-
tions as may be hereafter established, all
circumstances relating to the sanitary con-
dition and wants of troops of hospitals, and
to the skill, efficiency, and good conduct of
the officers and attendants connected with
the medical department.
Sec. 4: And be ii further enacted, That
the surgeon general, the assistant surgeon
general medical inspector general, and med
ical inspectors, RshaH Immediately after the
passage of this act be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, by selection from the
medical corps of the army, or from the sur
geons in the volunteer service, without re-
gard to their rank when so selected, but
with sole regard to qualifications. e..
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That
medical purveyors shall be charged, under
the direction of the surgeon general, with
the selection and purchase of all medical
supplies, including new standard prepara-s
tions, and of all books, instruments, hos !
pital stores, furniture, and other articles
required for the sick aud wounded of the
army. In all cases of emergency they
may provide such additional accommoda-
tions for the sick and wounded of the army,
and may transport such medical supplies as
circumstances may render necessary, under
such regulations as may hereafter be estab-
lished, and shall make prompt and imme-
diate issues upon all special reqUisitious
made upon them under such circumstances
by medical officers; and the special requi-
sitions shall consist simply of list of the
articles required, the qualities required,
dated, and signed by the medical officers
requiring them.
SEC. 6. Asld be il further enacted, That
whenever the inspector general. or any one
of the medical inspectors, shall report an
officer of the medical corps as disqualified,
by aga or otherwise, for promotion to 8
higher grade. or untitled for the perform
ance of his professional duties, he shall be
reported by the surgeon general for exam
nation to a medical board, as provided BY
the seventeenth section of the act approved
August Sd, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
SEC. Z. And Be ii further enacted, That
the provisions of this act shall continue
and be in force during the existence of
the present rebellion an1 no longer: Pro.
ViIed hosce0sr, That, when this act shall ex-