Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-24
n ARMY BILL.

The new bill regulating 50
States regular army, makes many impor-
tan. changes. I, provides for an army OF
AZ, 600 men, but the force can be expanded
wi,hou, changing the organization to TO-
600 men. This force is organized into
ave regiments of artillery, six of cavalry
md af,y Of infantry, and is made up
chiefly Of the present regiments OF regu-
lara and the Veteran Reserve corps. In
the artillery and cavalry regiments the
adiu,ants, quartermasters and commissa-
ne. are To have the rank Of hrst lieuten-
ant, are to be appointed from among the
officers and soldiers who have served
meritoriously during the war; and are to
pass an examination. Each cavalry regi-
ment is to have q veterinary surgeon,
whose pay shall be 500 a month. In
order to increase the cavalry force in cases
Of emergency, the President has power to
mount any number not exceeding six re-
eiments Of infantry, TO serve as cavalry or
mounted infantry. The fifty infantry
regiments are made up Of thirty-two regi-
men,s now iR service, ten regiments OF
Veteran Reserves and eighth of colored
troops. Each infantry regiment is to have
one colonel, one Northumberland, one
major, the usual staff officers. and ten
companies, and each company is to have
one captain, two li~eutenants, FIVE ser
seants. eight corporals, two musicians'
two arti6cers, one WAGNER, and fifty pri'
Yates. The President can, in case OF
emergency, however, increase the number
Of p~rivates to one hundred.
The adjutants and quartermasters OF
infantry regiments receive the pay OF hrst
lieutenan,s and $40 per month extra, and
are mounted. There are to be Is enlisted
bands Of music; an ordnance sergeant
and hospital stewart for each military
post, and a guard Of Veteran Reserves for
each national cemetery. Enlistments
into the army are to be for the term Of
three years. Wounded soldiers Of the
late war, or soldiers disabled by disease
contracted while In service, can be enlist
ed, if their disability does not unfit them
for garrison or other light duty. The
President may also enlist 1000 Indians,
to serve as scouts in the Indian country,
and to be mounted and paid as cavalry.
The chief officers Of the army are to be:
l general, l lieutenant general, s major
generals and 10 brigadier generals. There
is to be l adjutant general, with 10 assis-
tant adjutant generals ; 4 inspector gen.
erals, with 6 assistant inspector generals T;
l Judge advocate general, l assistant judge
advocate general and 10 judge advocates ;
l quartermaster general and rs quarter
masters 10 military storekeepers; COM
missary general, 2 assistant commissary
generals and 26 commissaries. The office
Of provost marshal general is to be closed
within six months after the passage Of
the act, or sooner, If in the judgment Of
the Secretary Of Wa it al be done.
There is to be l surgeon general, an assis-
tant surgeon general, l chief medical pur-
veyor, with 4 assistants, 70 surgeons, lao
assistant surgeons, and 8 medical store
keepers l paymaster general, Q assist
ant paymasser generals, and 40 paymas.
tiers.
The engineer corps is to consist Of one
chief engineer, with the rank of brigadier-
general, 6 colonies, l6 Northumberland,
% majors, 80 captains, 80 lieutenants, and
s companies of soldiers. The ordnance
corps is to consist Of l brigadier- general,
8 colonies, 6 lieutenant -colonels, IL ma
jors, 20 captains, % lieutenants, and the
number Of companies now in service.
The signal corps is to consist Of l chief
signal officer, with the rank of colonel,
and 8 officers, and 100 non-commissioned
officers and privates. to be detached from
the army. The signal corps is, when ne
cessary, to be mounted. There are to be
no new appointments or enlistments in
any Of these branches Of service, which
now contain more officers and men than
are authorized by this act, until they are
reduced by death or resignation to the
above standard. Several Of these branches
Of service, it is also provided, are subse-
quently to have q smaller number Of
| officers than is above stated, but the re-
duction is only to be made by death or
resignation.
The Military Academy is to be under
the supervision OF the War Department.
The act provides for boards Of examina-
ton to inquire into the capacity and 1T
ness Of all officers or applicants for office
below the grade of brigadier general, and
boards are also provided to test, by ex-
animation, the fitness Of all officers below
! the rank Of colonel who are hereafter pro-
NOTED. The President may, upon appli-
cation Of any college containing not less
than one hundred and fifty male students,
detail an army officer to instruct them in
military science, and to act either as pres
ident, superintendent or professor of the
college. Not more than twenty officers
are to be detailed for such purpose at one
time, and they are to be governed by rules
prescribed by the President. Persons who
supported the rebellion are debarred from
any appointment under the act. The
| Secretary Of War is to prepare a code OF
army regulations, to be approved by the
| next session Of Congress.
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