Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1863-05-15

An Acr TO promote the efficiency of tn, eorps of engn..
aud OF tue ordnance department. and Tor other enrSe
NIB 'F0
Re n enacted by ne Senate and House of R,pr..,,.,
- The Unhfd Sidhsgf Amfrica In C0Hgress as'snsi
That the corps OF typographical engineers, as dIsiiss
branch Of tile army rs hereby abolished and fon 10y
AFTER the passage OF this act Is merged into the Germs y,
engineers, which shall have the following Organization
viz ono chief sineer, with the rank paw mn s,nn
menls VI brigider general four colonies. len lian,
ileutenAuts ami ten second leutenants. "a'
Sec ? Aud be Il further tnacied That the Reneys om
Ger provided by the r section Of this shall be- seee
from the corps OF engueers therein established; AMI
that officers Of all lower .des shalt take rank aeeordn
10 their respective dates Of commission In tho exI,iin
corps Of oi gnees corps of iopog Aphlea engineers
sec 2. dRd he II farther enacted That NJ officer Of ih
corps Of engneers below the rank of field officer ttsl
hereafter 10 promoted 10 higher grade before haynr
passed satisfactory examination before board Of thru
engneers senior to hi in rank aud should the OIL, mi
at sid examination, shall be Suspended on promolen
jfom tori one year when o shall DO ,eexaIaned and
upon second nature shall be dropped by tho Preenl
from the army. "'
sec. 1. AHi II further enacted That there ,balb
added to tho ordnance drps Lieutenant eoans
two MAYORS eight captains. eight first liautenants, hs
additional officers herein auhnrizel u DO appointed Inv
promotion, 10 far ms tbs pres, Mt Ulcers Of s MI
corps will NIT and the residue be appointed In tram,
irr- nom other Regiments corps OF the Hruy Yr5l
That no ui ur vi the ufdnanee ,iepnrlment Ioina ,
" huld officer shall 10 promoted or commissioned 10
higher rhdr, shall auy officer uf the amy no commits
sione an ord1ance uirer, until he shall have passed
satisfactory examination eiore board OF not than
three ordnance Officers senior to him In rank; and should
such officer tail on such exrmiuAton he shall le susrrn
utd promotion uf appointment
may lie re-t Namned before like board aud II upon such
second examination an ordnance officer fall he shall be
dismissed from the servce aud II an oeor Of tbe srv
he shall not be commissioned.
SOC. o. And be il tUier enicird, That section two of
tie not approved March three eighteen hundred aud ly
nine, entitled AN AIT In provide Tor at Of hofs
And other ntoperty lost destroyed N tbs military ssf
vice ui the United satos shall 10 construed to ineln
the steamboats, aud other vessels, and rauad epgIne
aud cars In the property to bu allowed and paid for when
destroyed or lost under the circumstances provided In
| sid act.
Sec Ind De il further enocied, That all payments of
advance bounty made to enlisted who have been dis
charged 10 serving out the term required by law for s
payment IN full shall bs allowed In the settlement Of tina
accounts II paymaars at tho Treasury, hereafter 10
all such cases, he amount advanced shall be charged
against the eulsed men, unlssa the discharge be upon
Surgeons certificate for wounds received or sickness In.
CURED sinre their last enlistment
Sec. 7, A he II further enacted, That upon any requ
son hereafter being made by the President u the United
sttss hr militia, any person who shall have volunteered
or been drafted for te survlce Of the United States
lh4 ernl Of nine months, OF shorter period may enlist
into regiment from the state to serve for the term
OF ono year aud any person so onllstng shall 10 entitled
to and receive bunny Of hy dollars TO DO paid In time
and manner provided by the Of July twenty second
sshieen hundred aud xyono, tor tho payment Of the
bounty provided ir ly that act.
sec 8. Antbe II further enacted That the officers Of
the medical department. shall unite with the line oneora
the srmy under such rules and regulations AS sba i,
prescribed by tho secretsy War In supervising the
cooking within tho same an Important sanitary mea
sure aud that sad medical department shall pruulgata
70 It's Officers such regulations and instructions as may
tend To insure the proper pra araon OF the ration Of III
| soldier.
Ser o. And be IL further e1rcied. That cooks shall b.
detailed, IN turn fr0m the priyaes each company OIL
oops IN the service Of The United States ut this rate
one cook for each company numbering less than thirty
men and Two cnoks = eash company numbering over
thilty msn, who shall serve m days each.
Sec To- Aud BE- further enacted That the President
Of the United states be and he is hereby authorized
cause u be- episied, for each cook. two .cooks Of
African descent who shall receive for their full compen
saiiou ton dollars per month, and ration per day
thre' dollar OF said monthly pay may he In clotniug
Seq H. Aud Dc Il farther eHauitd, That the army "a
ton shall hereafter include pepper the proportion L
iour ounces 10 every hundred mtinns.
See II. And be FURTHER cRpciei That tho increase
rnnk of orers and In the nruhef Of officers provided 1
ID this act shall cnnue only during the exrsnee OF th
present rebellion; and thuroa the storal officers pro
NOTED under tbs act shall have the respective rank thor
would have habit this act d vet passed. aud the mum
ler shall be reduced 10y the President to tho nrmber auth
urize by law proc to tho passage OF This act
| Approved March g. 1865.