The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-28
NO 299

OF not less than three ordnance ofe,.s.
senior 20 him in rank and should sneh
9uioer iail on such examination, he shall
De suspended from promotion or appoint
ineht Tor one year, when ne may be re-
examined before like board, and IL up-
on such second examination an ordnance
oiiicer fail, he shall be dismissed from
,he service, and If an efflcer of the army
ne snail not be commissioned.
Sec. .. Ind Be il further eaactel That
section two Of the act approved March
three, eighteen hundred and fortv-nina
eh'lleu An Act to provide for the paw
men! OF horses and other property lost or
destroyed in the military service Of the
United States" shall be construed 70 in
crude The steamboats, and other vessels.
ana railroad engines and cars In the
property to be allowed and paid for when
destroyed or lost under the circumstan.
ces provided for in said act
Sec. 6. Ind Be Il further enacted. That
all payments Of advance bounty made 10
enlisted men who have been DISCHARGED
before serving out the term required by
Jaw Tor It's payment in full shall be al
lowed IN the settlement Of the accounts
oi Paymasters at the Treasury, but here
ai'er, IN all such cases, the amount 40
advanced shall be charged against the
ehhsted men, unless the discharge be up-
on surgeons certificate for wounds re
eeiyed or sickness incurred since their
last enlistment.
Sec. Z. Ind Be- il further enactel, That
upon any requisition hereafter being
mad by the President of the United
states Tor militia, any person who shall
nave volunteered or been drafted for the
service OF the United States for the term
OF nine months, or shorter period, may
enlist into a regiment from the same
STATE to serve for the term of one year,
ana any person so enlisting shall be en-
uiied to and receive bounty of fifty
uoliers, 10 be paid in timo and manner
provided by the act of July twenty SEQ
ono, eighteen hundred aud sixty-one,
Tor the payment of the bounty provided
Tor by that act.
Sec, 8. And 10 Il further eaatced, That
'he officers of the medical department
ment shall unite with the line ofleera Of
the army under such rules and rqgula-
lions as shall be prescribed by the Sc
cretary OF War in supervising the cook
ing within the same, as an important
sanity measure, and that said medical
department. shall promulgAto 10 its OIL
GERS such regulations and instructions as
may tend to insure the proper prepare
'ion oil tho raiions of the soldier.
Sec. 8. Ind 30 IL further enacted That
cooks shall be detailed, In turn.
from the priyates of each company of
troops In the service of the United States,
At the rate OF one cook for each company
numbering less than thirty men, and two
cooks Tor each company numbering oveg
thirty men, WHY shall serve ten days
each.
Sec. 10. Aad b. IL fstler eaaotoi. That
the President Of the United States be
and he is hereby authorized TO cause 10
be enlisted, for each cook, two under
cocks Of African descent who shall re-
ceive for their full compensation ton dol
lars per month and one ration per day
three dollars Of said monthly pay may
be in clothing.
Sec. IL. And be Il further enacted. That
the army ration shall hereafter include
pepper, in the proportion 20 four ounces
TO every hundred raiions.
Sec. II. Aad Je 10 further enacted That
the increase Of rank of officers, aud In
the number Of officers provided for in this
act, shall continue only during She exist
ence Of the present rebellion; and there
after the several officers promoted under
this act shall have the respective rank
:toy would have had II this act had not
passed, and the number shall be reduced
by the President 10 the number author
lied by law prior to the passage Of this
act
Approved, March 8, 1868.