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PAY OF CERTAIN ARMY OFFICERS.



PAY OF CERTAIN ARMY OFFICERS
wAn DEPARTnEET,l
ADJurAST GEHIRALs oyrIcH,
WAsHnoToS, April IL 1854
General Orders, No. lb6.
The following act OF Congress 10 published for
the Information OF all concerned:
Public, No. a.
An act to amend section nine OF the act approved
July IT, 1861, entitled ian act 70 demo the pay
and emoluments Of certain onieerI Of the Army
and for other purposes"
Be q enacted BY he Senate and Hotst Of Rspressnio-
ipss fns United Staiss Of America in Consrs" So
sen.blsd, That the rank Of Chaplsin, without com
mand, in the regular and volunteer service OF the
United states, IL hereby recognised. ohaplains
shall be borne the field and stan rolls next after
the Surgeons, and shall such uniform ~ 10 or
| may be prescribed by the Army Regulations, and
shall be subject to the same rules and regulations
as other ofaeers Of the Army. They shall be on
titled to draw forage for two horses, and when
assigned to hospitals, posts, and forts, they shall
be entitled to quarters and fuel within the hos-
pItAs, poats, FORTS while they arc so assigned,
without the privilege Of communication, subject 70
the same conditions and limitations As are now By
law provided in the case Of Surgeons. When Ab
sent from duty with leave, or on account Of sick
ness or other disability, or when held BY the
as prisoners, they shall be subject to no Other
dlminution or loss Of pay and allowances thar
other ofieerS In the military service are undel
like circumstances. And chapiainI who have beer
absent from duty BY reason Of wounds or sickness
| or when held AZ prisoners In the hands Of TIT
enemy, shall be entitled to receive full pay, with
out rAtions, during such absence. In all other 70
speots the pay Of ChAplajns shall be the same u
now provided BY law.
SEQ .. And be u further enacted, That the act Ap
prov ed July IA 1884, entitled An act 10 grant pen
. sions, IL hereby so amended a. to include Chap
! lAinA In the regular and volunteer forces OF tn
. Army; Provided, That the pension 70 which
ChHplAiu shall be entitled for total disability
shAll be twenty dollars per month and all the pro
: visions Of the act to which this section IL n
; amendment shall apply TO and embrace HI
= widows, children, mothers, and sisters Of Chap
Iains OF the land forces who have died since tn
9TH day OF March, 1851, or shall die OF wounds o
/ disease contracted in the service OF the Unitet
. States, and while such Chaplains are, or shall be
y In the line OF their duty.
&c., .. And b u further enacted, That IL shall b
the duty Of Chaplains In the military service 0
: the UDitcd States to make monthly reports TO tn
= Adjutant General Of the Army, through the usuA
military channels, OF the moral condition and ger
eral history OF the regiments, hospitals or post
to which they may be attached and 1t shall be III
:, duty Of all commanders OF regiments, hospitals
and posts, to render such facilities A. will aid
" the discharge of the duties assigned 70 them b
the Government.
Sec, L. And BE- u further enacted, That all ChAI
lAius In the military service OF the United state
shall hold appropriate religious services ~ th
burial Of soldiers who may die in the command
which they are assigned to duty, and II shall
their duty to hold public religious services At lea'
onoe each Sabbath, when prAstieAble.
Approve April ., 1854.
. ~ T. d. TOWNSEND,
y ap9S Assistant Adjutant General.