Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-09-16


engaged as such. Uhaplains employed at thi
military posts called i" chaplain posts' shall be
required to reside at the posts, and all chaplan
IN the United States service shall be subject Il
such rules in relation to leave of absence from
duty as are prescribed for commissioned officers
Of the United States army stationed at sucl
posts
Sec. 10. And be il further enaeted, That sc
much Of the fifth section Of the act approved
July twenty-seoOnd, eighteen hundred and sixty.
one, as allows forty cents per day for the use
and risk of the herses of company officers oi
cavalry and the tenth section Of the aforesaid act
approved August three, eighteen hundred anG
slxty-one, be and the same are hereby repealed
Sec. IL. And belt. FURTHER edacted, That when
ever an officer shall he put under arrest, excepl
at remote military posts or stations, it shall he
the duty of the officer by whose orders he il
arrested to see that n copy Of the charges on
which he has been arrested aud is TO be tried
shall be served upon him within eight days there
after und that he shall be brought to trial within
ten days thereafter, unless the necessities of the
service prevent such trial and then he shall be
brought to trial within thirty days after the eX-
piratiOn Of the said ten days, the arrest shall
cease Propided That IL the copy of the charges
he not served upon the arrested officer, as here
in provided, the arrest shall cease but officers
released from arrest under the provisions of this
section may he tried whenever the exigencies ot
the service will permit, within twelve months
after such release from arrest: And provided
Jarhcr, That the provisions of this section shall
apply to all persons now under arrest aud await
ing trial.
S,t. :. And be ii further enacted, That
whenever the name of any officer of tue army
or marine corps, now In the service, or who may
| hereafter he in the service of the United States,
shall have been borne on the army register or
naval register, ss the case may be, forty-iye
years, or he shall be of the age of sixty-two
years, it shall be in the discretion of the Presi-
dent to retire him from active service and direct
his name to be entered on the retired list Of Off
GERS of the grade to which he belonged at the
time of such retirement; aud the President is
hereby authorized to assign any officer retired
under this section or the act Of August third,
eighteen hundred and sixty.One, to any appro-
PIRATE du;y; and such officer thus assigned shall
receive the full pay and emOluments Of his grade
while so assigned and employed
Sec. l3 And b. il further enected That all
contracts made for, or orders given for the pur-
chase of goods, or supplies by any department
Of the Government shall be promptly reported
to Congress by the proper head of such depart
ment if Congress shall at the time be in session,
and if not in session said reports shall be made
at the commencement Of the next ensuing ses
sion. .I
Sec. ID. Aad be il further enacted, That no
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be transferred by the party or parties to whom
such contract or order may be given to any
other party or parties, and that any such trans
fer shall cause the aunulment of the contract Or
order transferred, far as the United States
are concerned: Provided, That all rights of
action are hereby reserved to the United States
for any breach OF such contract by the contract
ing party or parties.
Sec 15. And be il further enacted, That
every person who shall furnish supplies of any
kind to the army or navy shall be required to
mark and distinguish the same, with the name
or names Of the contractors so furnishing said
supplies, in such manner as the Secretary Of War
and the Secretary of the Navy may respectively
direct and no supplies of any kind shall be
received unless so marked and distinguished
Sec. IL. And be il further enacted, That when
ever any contractor for subsistence, clothing,
arms, Ammunition munitions Of war, and for
every description of supplies for the army or
navy of the United States, shall be found guilty
by court.marta of fraud or wiful neglect of
duty he shall be punished by fine, Imprisonment,
or such other punishments as the court-martial
shall adjudge; and any person who shall contract
to furnish supplies of any kind or description for
the army or navy he shall be deemed and taken
as part of the land or naval forces of the United
States for which he shall contract to furnish said
supplies, and be subject to the rules and regula-
tiOns for the government OF tue land and naval
forces of the United States
Sec. II. And be IL further enacted, That the
President Of the United States he and hereby is
authorized and requested to dismiss aud dis
charge from the military service either in the
army, navy, marine corps, or volunteer force,
in the United States service, any officer for any
cause which, in his judgement either renders
such officer unsuitable for, or whose dismission
would promote the public service.
Sec ls. And be Il Jurther enacted, That the
President of the United States shall have pow
er, whenever in his opinion it shall be expedient,
to purchase cemetery grounds, and cause them
to be securely enclosed, to be used as n national
cemetery for the soldiers who shall die in the
service Of the country.
Sec. 10. And be il further enacted, That so
much of the act approved the fifth of August,
eighteen hundred and sixty-ohe, entitled An
act supplementary to an act entitled an act TO
increase the present military establishment of
the United States,' approved the twenty ninth of
July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one," as au-
thorizes the appointment of additional aides de-
camp, be and the same is hereby repealed.
But this repeal shall not be construed so as to
deprive those persons already appointed in strict
conformity with said act of the fifth of August,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, from holding
their offices in the same manner as If it had moi
been repealed
Sec. 20. And be ID further enacted, That the
different regiments and independent companies
heretofore mustered into the service of the Uni
ted States as volunteer engineers, pioneers, OF
sappers and miners, under the orders Of the
President or Secretary of War, or by authority
of the commanding general Of any military de-
pariment Of the United States, or which having
been mustered into the service as infantry shal
have been reorganized and employed as engi-
neers, pioneers or sappers and miners, shall bt
and the same are hereby recognized and accept
ed as volunteer engineers, on the same footing
in all respects in regard to their organization
pay, and emoluments as the corps of engineer
Of the regular army of the United States, ant
they shall be paid for their services already per
formed as is now provided by law for the pay
ment Of officers, nom commissioned officers, an
, privates OF the engineer corps of the regula
army.
, Sec. 81. And be II further enacted, That an
alien Of the age of twenty-one years and up
wards who has enlisted or snail enlist in the ar
, mics Of the United States. either the regular o
the volunteer forces, and has been or shall b
/ hereafter honorably discharged may be admitte
I to become citizen of the United States upo
his petition without any previous declaration {
his Intention to become citizen OF the Unite
0 States; and that he shall not be required
prove more than one years residence within th
5 United States previous to his application to b'
/ come such citizen and that the court admittin
such alien shall in addition to such proof Of res
3 deuce and good moral character as is now pro
= videa by law, be satisfied, by competent proc
i Of such person having been houorably discharge
from the service Of the United States MS aforesaid
+ Sec. %, And be il FURTHER enacted, Ih'
Q there shall be added to the AdjuAnt General
IS department, by regular promotion OF its Rresen
officers one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, an
= nine majors, and that the grade of captain
10 said department shall thereafter be abohshe'
Is and all vacancies occurring in the grade Of maj