Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-15
WHOLE NO. 2O51.

HeeF OI Gne company, IOr tue Oeuent VI tno company, upon the expiration of his service, his removal, or discharged and the form of such bond may be prescribed by the adjutant general.
 SEC. 6. The commanders of divisions, brig ades or regiments, shall make return to the paymaster general of the field and staff officers of their respective commands, who have per- formed duty iu uniform, in conformity with the provisions of this act, before they shall be paid by the paymaster general the several sums provided by this act towards the expense of uniforms, and the commanding officer of each regiment shall make like return of the members of the regmental band belonging to his regiment, who shall have performed duty at the regimcntal or brigade parades, in con. formity with the provisions of this act, and the I act to which this is in addition.
 SEC. '. The commanding officer of each company shall make return to the commander | of the regiment, each month, of the members of his company who have been present and done duty at two evening drills during the month, from October to April in each year; and the commandant of the regiment shall make condensed report of the same every three months during said period, to the com. mandant of the brigade, or, if there be no general commanding the brigade. to the oom- mander of the division, who shall make report thereof annually to the commander. in -chief,on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year.
 SEQ. 8. It shall be the duty of the quarter master general to provide suitable armory for each company of active militia, upon certificate from the adjutant general that such company has organized according to law, and has made requisitiou for an armory through the commanding officer of said company, as drill room and place to preserve it's ! and nnuinnonnta and also tO vide for the expense oe cleaning and keeping in good repair the said arms and equipments, in such manner as he may prescribe; also for the storage of any field piece or pieces in the hands of any artillery Company or battery, provided that the stor- age of any field piece shall not exceed fifteen dollars annually; and the quartermaster gen. eral may authorize the commanding officer of any company or battery to m Ike contracts for such armory, cleaning, repairs or storage, | subject to his approval or rejection, if the auartermaster general deem it expedient; every regimental band that shall conform to the pro- visi ons of this act, and the act to which this | is in addition. shall be allowed from the State Treasury, the sum of seventy five dollars per annum, as rent for a suitable room for prac. tice and the purchase of music. And the comptroller of the State shall idraw an order on the treasury for such sums as may be re- quired for the purpose, in this section spccin- | ed, on a certificate from the quarsermaster- | general that such companies and bands are in possession of such suitable armories and | rooms as afor esaid, and thatn injury has been done to the property of the State therein de- posited; such order may be made payable 10 the commanding officer of such company or band, if approved by the quartermaster-gen- eral. or it may be made payable to the quar- termaster- general
 SEo9. The annual inspection of armories, gun-houses, and rooms occupied by regimen tai bands, shall be made by the quartermas- ter general, or by some person appointed oy him. and under his direction, in the months or September or October, instead of the brigade inspectors as required by Ithe thirty fourth l section of the act to which thisis in addition.
 SEC. 10. Tho quartermaster-genera shall appoint as one of his assistants, military store keeper, with the rank of captain. to take charge, under his direction, of tue arms, equi- page, military stores, and other property in his department, and to perform such prspea duties in said department, as may be prescri- bed by the quartermaster general; and the compensation for such services shall be hxed by the atartermaster- general, subject to the approval of the commander in chief. And whenever the quartermaster general shall have authorized the commanding officer of any company or battery to make contract TOT an armory as prescribed in the eighth section of this act, and any arms or property m tne hands of such company or battery shall be found at the annual inspection to have been lost, injured or destroyed, either wilfully or by negligence or carelessness of the officers or members of such company, the quartermaster general may certify the amount of such loss or injury in his certificate to the comptroller, prescribed ..by said eighth section, and the amount of such loss or injury may be deduct ed from the amount due to the company for srmory rent, unless said loss or injury shall be paid by the commanding officer of such company.
 SEQ. II. The adjutant general may have an assistant, to be appointed by him with appro- val of the eommander-in-ohief, with the rank of captain. There shall be for the division, division commissary.. with the rank of ma jor, and an assistant adjutant general with the rank of lieutenant oolonsl for each bri- gade brigade commisssry and an assistant adjutant general, each with the rank of cap | tai for each regiment and separete battalion commissary sergeant; all to be appointed in the same manner as other staff officers. There shall be paid to the assistant adjutaut general of division, for his services in the discharge of the duties of his office, a sum not exceed ing $500 per aHRum, to be fixed by the major general commanding the division, subject to the approval Ol Cuc COulmAuuSr lu OhiOi' Inv staff officers of the commanders of divisions, brigades, and regiments shall be commission ed in the same manner as regimsntal officers of the same rank.
 SEc 12 The commanding officer of each company shall, within ten days after each of thesApril and May parades in each year, make out and certify under oath, aud return to the adjutant general, acomplete list of the persons who shall have done duty at said parades in conformity with this act, and who are entitled to be paid for military services under the same, stating the amount due to each, and the towns to which they respectively belong; ana the adjutant general shall cause certihed copy of the names of such persons and the amount due to each, to be transmitted to the paymaster general, on or before tho 16ih day June in each year. And the sums due for both said parades shall be paid by the pay master general, on or after the twentieth day of said June and the same may be paid by him to the persons rendering such service, or to the commanding officers of the respective companies upon the written order of the mem bers of their companies performing duty as aforesaid. The commander In chief, or in his absence from the State, the major general commanding the division, may call out any portion of the active militia for any special service within this State; and if the same shall not be called out for longer period than two days thev shall receive the same comnan-