Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-03-23
THE CAVALRY BILL.

of Representatives.
SIC |. The Congress Of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That whenev-
er any regiment, battalion or company oil
cavalry is serving in any State other than
that in which il wns originally recruited,
the Secretary of War shall be authorized,
upon application from the General oommah-
ding the army with which il is serving, to
cause the ouartermas err of the immediate
command TO take upon his property return
the horses it for service riddeR by the en-.
listed men of such command, and the hor-
srs thus taken up shall, when the provis-
ions Of the second section of this act shall
have been complied with, become the prop
erty of the Confederate States, and shall be
branled with the letter Of the company
and number and initials of the regiment to
which they belong Company commanders
shall receipt TO the quartermaster Tor the
horses thus taken up, and each man shall
be allowed to retain for use in the service
the horse that was in his possession when
thus taken up; and at any time that the
horses of these men become unfit for service,
their places shall be supplied by others to
be furnished by the Government. Or, such
men may by the General commanding the
army to which they belong be assigned to
companies from their respective States to
some other branch Of the service.
SEC =. A board ofappraisers shall be ap-
pointed by the commanding general OF the
army to which such regiment, battalion or
company is attached which shall appraise
the horses thus taken: and shall also dis
tinguish them as belonging to classes one
nd ,hra nd N Or n
ty, and the owner of the horse shall make
his election to receive at once from the quar-
termaster of his command that appraised
value of his horse or q certificate for horse
of the class to which it belongs, TO be fur
nished him by the Government of the Con
federate States, six months after the ratiti-
cation of n treaty Of peace with the United
States; which certificate shall be approved
by the commander of the brigade to which
the man belongs.
SEC 3. When any enlisted man serving
in cavalry becomes smounted, and is un
able to remount himself, upon the certificate
of his Immediate commander, approved by
his brigade and army commander, that he
has been gallan, and faithful soldier and
takes proper IRE of his horse, the quarter
master of his immediate command shall fur
( nish him government horse suitable for
cavalry Sc vice, for which his company
commander shall receipt.
SEC. a. The Secretary of War shall cause
| the Quartermaster General to make imme.
diate arrangements for procuring horses,
suitable for cavalry, in sufficient numbers
10 supply, from time to time, the require
menfs of the service upder this law He
.lon L. d inn. III,
recruiting of cavalry horses the property
of the Government, and ofcavnlry men who
have not the facilities for recruiting their
own horses, as he may deem proper.
SEC. s.. When any cavalry man fails to
take proper care Of his horse, struggles or
absents himself from his command without
leave, or commits any wantOn insult or in
jury to the person or properly of any loyal
citizen of the Confederate States, or other
wise shows himself unfit for the cavalry
service, his brigade or other commander
shall report the fact the General comman-
ding the army to which he belongs, who
shall assign him to some company from his
State of some other arm of the service and
any brigade or other commander having
knowledge of such facts, aud shall fail to
report the same to the General commanding
the army, shall upon trial and conviction
thereof, by court-martial, or military
court be cashiered and put into the infant
ry service.
Sgc. q. ANY cavalry officer of the Con-
federate States service who shall fail 10 ex-
act from the men under his command prop
er care for their horses, or shall permit pill
laying marauding, or torcible exchanges of
horses, by men under his CO nmand or shall
IA in any other respect to preserve proper
discipline and efficiency in his command
shall. upon proof of the facts certified to by
the brigade and division commander, to
winch lie belongs, be, by order of the com
manding General, suspended from command,
and upon conviction before a court martial,
be dropped from the rolls and conscribed into
the ranks.
SEC. I. The Secretary Of war, under
the direction of the President, shall imme-
diately upon the passage of this act, cause
steps to be taken TO insure the importation
of full and regular supply of cavalry
arms of the most approved patterns, and of
such ammunition there or as can not be
manufactured in the Confederate States,
and also of such amount of cavalry equip
menls az he may deem necessary.
SEC 3. The Secretary Of war, under the
direction of the President, shall cause to be
procured aud issued to cavalry officers, un-
der such regulations as he may prescribe,
the most approved work on cavalry tactics
that can be obtained.