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dollars; first sergeants of cavalry, artil-
lery, and infantry, twenty.four dollars
sergeants Of cavalry, artillery, and infantry,
twenty dollars; sergeants Of ordnance,
sappers and miners, and pontoniets, thirty
four dollars; corporals Of ordnance, sap
pers and miners, and pontoniers, twenty
dollars; privates Of engineers andordnance
Of the first cldss; eighteen dollars, and Of
the second class, sixteen dollars; eorpotals
Of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, eighteen
dollars; chief bugIers of cavalry; twenty.
three dollars; buglers, sixteen dollars; far
riers and blacksmiths of cavalry, and arti-
fcers of artillery, eighteen dollars; pri-
Yates of cavalry, artillery, and infantry,
sixteen dollars; principal musicians Of ar
tillery and infantry, twenty-five dollars;
leaders of brigade and regimcntal bands,
seventy.fve dollars; musicians, sixteen dol
lars; hospital stewards of the first class,
thirty three dollars; hospital stewards Of
the second class, twenty-five dollars; hos
pital stewards of the third class, twenty
three dollars.
Sec. 2. And 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: Provided, That the ration Of
pepper prescribed 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 purposes" "
approved March three, eighteen hundred
and sixty three, shall continue to be fur.
nished as heretofore. But nothing con-
tained in this act shall be construed to al
ter tho Communication value Of rations as
regulated by existing laws.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
all non.commissioned officers and privates
in the regular army. serving under enlist
ments made prior to July twenty-second,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall have
the privilege of re-enlisting for the term Of
three years in their respective organizations
until the first day Of August next; and all
such ncn-commissioned officers and privates
so re-enlisting shall be entitled to the boun-
ties mentioned in the joint resolution Of
Congress approved January thirteen, eigh.
teen hundred and sixty. four.
Sec. 4. And belt further enacted, That
there be added to the battalion Of engi-
neers one sergeant major, who shall bepaid
thirty-six dollars per month, and ono quar-
termaster sergeant, who shall also be COIN
missary sergeant, who shall be paid twenty
two dollars per month.
Sec. 5. And be IL further enacted. That
there shall be attached to, and made part
Of, the War Department, during the con-
tinuance of the present rebellion, bureau
to be known as the Bureau Of Military
Justice, to which shall be returned for revi.
sion the records and proceedings Of all the
courts.martial, courts Of inquiry, and mill
tary commissions Of the armies Of the
United States, and in which q record shall
be kept Of all proceedings had thereupon.
Sec. 8. Aad be IL .fartter enacted, Tha,
thc President shall appoint, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, as
the head of said bureau, Judge Advocate
General, with the rank, pay, and allowances
Of brlgadier general, and an Assistant
Judge Advocate General, with the rank,
pay, and allowances Of q colonel Of cavalry.
And the said Judge Advocate General and
his assistant shall receive, revise, aud have
recorded the proceedings Of the courts mar
tial, courts Of inquiry. and military COM
missions Of the armies Of the United States,
and perform such other duties as have here.
tofore been performed by the Judge Advo-
cate General Of the armies Of the United
States.
Sec. Z. And be IL further enacted, That
the Secretary Of War shall have power to
appoint for said bureau, one fourth class,
one third class, one second class, and two
first class clerks.
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That
in all cases where the Government shall
furnish transpoi tation and subsistence to
discharged officers and soldiers from tho
place Of their discharge 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. o. ARd Be it further enacted, That
so much of the fifth section Of the act en-
titled "An act to authorize the employ
ment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the
laws and protecting the public property"
approved July twenty second, one thou.
sand eight hundred and sixty.one, as pro-
vides that each company officer, non-eom'
missioned officer, private, musician, and ar
tificer Of cavalry, shall furnish his own
horse and horse equipments, and shall re-
ceive forty cents per day Tor their use and
risk, is hereby repealed, except only so far
Us the same may hel eater be made to ap-
ply and relate to mounted troops called into
the service of the United States for q term
not exceeding six months.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That
from and after the passage Of this act the
pay Of clerks Of paymasters In the army OF
The United States shall be twelve hundred
dollars per annum without ratiOns.
Sec. IL. And be IL further enacted, That
tho thirty.first section Of ON act entitled
"An act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes,
approved March third, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same
is hereby, so amended as that an officer
may have, when allowed by order Of his
proper commander, leave Of absence for
9th ,r cause than sickness or wounds, with
out deduction from his pay or allowances
Provided, That the aggregate Of such abb
sence shall not exceed thirty days in any
one year.
Sec. l2. And be IL further enacted, That
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