Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-09-15

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cavalry, artillery, and infantry, six
teen dollars principal musicians of
artillery and infantry, twenty-five dol.
lars leaders of brigade and regimen
tai bands, seventy-fivc dollars musi-
clans, sixteen dollars hospital stew.
ards of the first class, thirty-three
dollars hospital stewards of the sec.
ond class, twenty-five dollars hospi
tai stewards of the third class, twenty.
three dollars. Ira. -.
Sec. 2. Aad be IL further enacted,
That the army ration shall hereafter
be the same as provided by law and
regulations on the first day of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty.one Pro.
rSded, That the ration of pepper pre-
scribed in the eleventh section of the
Act to promote the efficiency of the
corps of engineers and of the Ord.
nance department, and for other pur.
poses," approved March three, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty.three, shall
continue to be furnished as heretofore.
But nothing contained in this act shall
be construed to alter the Communication
value of rations as regulated by ex-
listing laws.
Sec. 8. Aad be Il further enacted,
That all non-commissioned officers
and privates in the regular army,
serving under enlistmcnts made prior
to July twenty second, eighteen hun
dred and sixty.one, shall have the
privilege of re-enlisting for the term
of three years in their respective or
ganizations until the first day of Au-
gust next and all such non commits
stoned officers and privates so re-en-
listing shall be entitled to the boun-
ties mentioned in the joint resolution
of Congress approved January thir-
teen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four
Sec. 4. And be IL further enacted,
That there be added to the battalion
Of engineers one sergeant major, who
shall be paid thirty-six dollars per
month, and one quartermaster SER
geant, who shall also be commissary
sergeant, who shall be paid twenty
two dollars per month.
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted,
That there shall be attached to, and
made part OF, the War Department,
during the continuance of the present
rebellion, bureau to he known as the
Bureau of Military Justice, to which
shall be returned for revision the rec
ords and proceedings Of all the courts
martial, courts Of inquiry, and militia
ry commissions of the armies Of the
United States, and in which record
shall be kept Of all proceedings had
thereupon.
Sec. 6. And Be IL further enacted,
That the President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, as the head of said bureau,
a Judge Advocate General, with the
rank, pay, and allowances of a Driga-
dier general, and an Assistant Judge
Advocate General, with the rank, pay,
and allowances of colonel of caval-
ry. Aud the said Judge Advocate
General and his assistant shall re-
ceive, revise, and have recorded the
proceedings of the courts martial,
courts of inquiry, and military COM
missions Of the armies of the United
States, aud perform such other duties
as have heretofore been performed by
the Judge Advocate General of the ar
mics of the United States.
Sec. I. And Be 1t further enacted.
That the Secretary of War shall have
power to appoint for said bureau one
fourth class, one third class, one Sec
ond class, and two first class clerks.
Sec. s. And be IL further enacted,
That in all cases where the Govern
ment shall furnish transportation and
subsistence to discharged officers and
soldiers from the place of their dis
charge to the place of their enrolment,
or original muster into the service,
they shall not be entitled to travel,
pay, or Communication of subsistence.
Sec. 9. And be IL further enacted,
That SO much of the fifth section Of
the act entitled "An act to authorize
the employment of volunteers to aid
in enforcing the laws and protecting
the public property" approved July
twenty-second, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, as provides
that each company officer, non-commis-
stoned officer, private. musician, and
artificer of cavalry, shall furnish his
own horse and horse equipments, and
shall receive forty cents per day for
their use and risk, is hereby repealed.
except only so far as the same may
hereafter be made to apply and relate
to mounted troops called into the SER
vice Of the United States for term
not exceeding six months.
Sec. 10. And be II further enacted,
That from and after the passage OF
this act the pay of clerks of paymas-
ters in the army of the United States
shall be twelve hundred dollars per
annum, without rations.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted,
That the thirty-first section of an act
entitled "An act for enrolling and cal
ling out the national forces, and fol
other purposes" approved March third
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three, be, and the same is hereby, sc
amended as that an officer may have
when allowed by order Of his proper
commander, leave Of absence for 9th
er cause than sickness or wounds
without deduction from his pay or al
lowances Proptded, That the aggre
gate of such absence shall not exceed
thirty days in any one year.
Sec. l2. And be it further enacted
That all laws and parts of laws incon
sistent with the provisions Of this acl
are hereby repealed.
Approved. June 20. 1864.
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