Smyrna times., 1863-05-28
1PuaLfc No. 57.1

An ACT to promnlo the efficiency Of ihe corps Of
gineers and the ordnance department, and for
other purposes
BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
asntR'iUes Of The United Suites Of America iH Con-
gress assembled Tnat the corps of
gineers, a district branch of the army, is he,eby
abolished, and from and after the passage Of iit act
Ia merged into the corps of gueers. which shall
have the following OTganIz alton, viz chief engl
Rser, With the rank, pay, aud emOlunents OF bril-
Eadler general; four colo els; ten lieutenant coloncls
twenty IDaOrs thirty captains; thirty first lieuten-
&ht>, and ten second leutenants.
Section 2. And be st further enacted, That the
general officer provided BY the first section of this
act shall bs selected from the corps Of engineers
therein Established; and thlt officers of all lower
grades shall tae rank according to their respective
dates of commission in ihs existing corps of engi-
nsers or corps of typographical engineers
Section }. And b. 81 further enacted. That no
efhcer OF the corps Of engineers below the rank of
field officer shall be promoted to higher grade be-
fore having passed satisfactory examination before
board of three engineers senior to him in rank;
and should the Ohce' fail at ead examina tion, shall
be suspended from promotion from lforl one year,
when he shall be re-examined, and upon n second
failure shall be dropped by the President from the
army.
Ssctisn 4. And be It further enacted, That there
shall be added to the ordinance department lieu
tenant colonel two IlOrs eight captains eight first
eutonants thasadditional officers herein authorised
TO be appointed by promotion, far the present
officers of the ordnance corps will permit, aud the
residue To BE- appointed by transfers from other reg
menis or corps OF the army: PTOpded That no Of
hcer ofthe ordinance department below the rank OF
field off Icer shall be promoted commissioned Ia
higher grade, shall any off icer of the army be
commissioned as ordinance off cer. until he shall
have passed satisfactory examination before U
board of less than three ordinance off cers senior
30 him in rank; and should such of cer fail on such
examination, h shal De- sIspsnlrd from prom otion
or appointment for year, when he may be re-cx
amined Ofore like hoard, and ii npon sueh second
eximna ion ordinance officer fail, he shall he dis
missed from the service, and If off tcer OF the
army he shall not be Commissioned.
Section 5. ARd be it further enGcted, That section
two of the set approved March three, eighteen huH.
dred and forty -nine entitled "An act provide for
the payment Of horses and otner property lost or
destroyed n the military service Of the United St te,
shall be construed to include the steamboats, and
other vessels, and "railr0ad engines and cars" in
the property To be allowed and paid for destr
cd or lost indor the circumstances provided TOR IN
said act.
Section g. And be IL further enacted That I'll PAL
ments Of advance hpnnty IN .de TO enlisted mrn who
have been discharge' bf re serving out the Term
required by law .uY itS 2yent in tull shall be al
lowed in the settlement OF the accounts Of paym4s-
ters al the TaeasIry, bal hereatef all suah =,
the amount advanced sha b. charged az ,inst til
eettlfclte for wounds received sicdness incurred
their last enlistment.
Sec. I. And be IL (IIli,g eaIcts3, That upon any
SeqIIsiiln hereafter bciHg made by the Prcsid, mt
the United States for milIt, any person who shall
have volunteered or been drafted for the OF
the United for the term OF nine months shorter
perird, may enlist into rcgimeat from the sane
State to for the term O year, and any per-
son on enlsting Ill be entitled to and receive d
bounty of fifty dollars, b. paid in time and man
ner provided by the act Of July twenty secOnd sigh
teen hundred and sixty one, Es the payment Of She
bounty provided FOR by this act.
Sec. 8. And be 81 further enacted. That the off
GERS Of the medical drpaTtment shall unite with the
line OH ceFs OF the army under such rules aud reKu-
lations as shall no prescribed by ths eresaTy OF
War In supervising the cooking within the same, as
an Important sanitary measure, and that said mcd
cal department shall promulgl To s off Ieers snct
regulations and nstructons as may tend TO insure
the proper pTepaTltion Of the ration Of the soldier
So. .. 4ndbe " further enacted. That cooks shai
b. d-tt"i. "a turn, ffnn the privates Of each com
pany Of troops in the service Of the United States
the rate Of one cook for each compsny numbering
less than thirty men. and two socks for each ssm
Pany Numbering over thirty men. who shall serv
ten days each.
Sec. 10. And be it further enaeted, Thai the Pre-
sdent Of the United be and he is heYeby authorize
To to be entitled for each cook two undeT
of African decent, who shall receive foT their tu
compensation ten dollars per month. and one ratio
per day-three dollars OF said monthly pay may b
in clothing.
Sec. IL. And be IL fertilizer eaaeted, That the asn
ration shall hereafter include pepper, in the proys
tion TO four ounces 10 evsry hundred Tations.
See. 10. And be it further enGsied, That the il
crease Of rank Of off icsrs, and in the numbes Of o
6eers provided for in this act, shall eontnus onl
during the existence Of the present reSslIion: %
thereafter the several officers promoted under th
act shall have ths respective rank they would ha,
ka1 - h.Lr msm4 mu2 tkun .k.wm -.
be reduced by the President 10 tks number auths
lied by Law pri.r to the passage Of this act.
Approved, March 3, 1863. rt..s .-.