Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-06-18

and it shall bs his duty also to See that
the ambulancrs are not used for any
other purpose than that for which they are
designed and ordered 1t shall bs the duty
of the medical director, or chief medical Of
ficer, of the army corps, previous to a march.
and previous to and in time of action, or
whenever it may be necessary to use the am
bulancance, to issue the proper orders to
the captain for the distribution and man.
agement of the same, for collecting the sick
and wounded, and conveying them to their
destination. And it shall be the duty of the
captain faithfully and diligently 10 execute
such orders. And the officers Of the ambu-
lance corps, including the medical director,
shall make such reports, from time to time, as
may be required by the Secretary of War, the
Surgeon General, the medical director of the
army, of the commanding officer of the army
corps in which they may be serving; and all
reports to higher authority than the command
ing officer of the army corps shall be trans
mittrd through the medical director Of the
army to which such army corps belongs.
Sec. 6. And be 1t further enacted, That
the first lieutenant ass; gned to the ambulance
corps for division shall have complete con.
medical director of the army crops, of all the
ambulances, medicine, and other wagons,
horses, mules, and men in that portion of the
ambulance corps. lie ahal be the acting as.
sistant quartermastcr for that portion of the
ambulance corps. and will receipt for and be
responsible for all property belonging to it.
and be held responsible for any deficiency in
anything app,rt lining thereto. lie shall
have a travelling cavalry forge. blacksmith,
and sad Her, who shall be under his orders
to enable him to keep his train in order. He
shall have authority to draw supplies from the
depot qnartprmaSter. upon requisiiions ap-
proved by the captain of his corps. the mcdi-
cal director. and the commander of the army
corps to which he is attached. 1t shall be
his duty to exercise a constant supervision
over his train in every particular, and keep
it at all times ready for service.
Sec. I. ind he IL further enacted, That
the second licutrnant shall have command of
the portion of the ambulance corps for brig
ade, and shall be under the Immediate orders
of the first lieutenant. and he shall exercise
careful supervision over the srrgrans and
prvatrs assigned to the portion of the anbu-
lance corps for his brigade; and it sh"ll be-
the duty Of the sergean's to conduct the drills
and insp ,ciions of the ambuanccs under his
orders of their respective reg iments.
Sec. s. AMI be H .fu,tAcr enacted, That
the amhulanccs in the armies of the United
St,es shall BE- used only for the transporta-
ton of the sick and wounded and. in urgent
cases only. for medical supplies, and all per-
SONS shall be prohibited from using them or
requiring them to be used, for any other p r.
pose. Il shall be the duty of the officers of
the ambancr corps to report to the command
rr of the army corps any violation of the pro-
visions ofthis section, or any attempt to vio-
late the same. And any officer who shall
us. an ambulance, or require it to he used, for
any other purpose than rs provided in this
section, shall. for the first offence, be publicly
reprimandcd by the commander Of thu army
corps in which he may b. serving. and for the
second offence shall he dismissed from the
service.
Sec. o. Ind he 1t .f;.rthcr enacted, That
no person except the proper medical ficers.
or the officers, non commissioned oificers, and
privates Of the ambulance corps, or such per-
sons as may be- especially assigned by compc-
tent military authority, to duty with the am
bnlance corps for the occasion, shall be per-
mitted to take or accompany sick or woun-
ded men to thu rear, either on the march or
upon the field of battle
Sec. 10. And be II further cnatcd. That
the officers, non commissioned officers, and
privates Of the ambulance corps shall b. de-
signatcd by such uniform or in such manner
as the Secretary Of War shall deem proper
Prorided, That officers and men may be re-
lieved from service in said corps, and others
detniled to the same. subject to the examina.
tion provided in the second section Of this
act, in the discretion Of the commanders of
the armies in which they may he serving.
Sec. IL. And be 1t further enacted, That
it shall he the duty of the commander of the
army corps to transmit to the Adjutant Gener-
al the names and rank of all officers and en-.
listed men detailed for service in the ambu-
lance corps of such army corps. stating the
organizations from which they may have been
so detailed; and if such officers and men BE-.
long to volunteer organizations, the Adju-
tant General shall thprcupon notify the Gov.
ernors Of the several States in which such
organizations were raised of their detail for
such service; and it shal! b. the duty Of the
commander Of the army corps 10 report to
tho Adjutant General from time to time the
conduct and behavior of the officers and en-
listed men Of the ambulance corps, and the
Adutant General shall forward copies of
such reports. 81 far as they relate to officers
and enlisted men Of volunteer organizations,
to the Governors of the States in which such
organic z'tions werr raised.
Sec. l2. And he it further enacted, That
nothing in this act shall be construed to di.
minish or impair the rightfnl authority of the
commanders Of armies, army, corps. or sepa-
rate detachments, over the medical and other
officers, and the non-commissioned officers
or1 r;vntes of their rasnartivu commords