The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-11-17
CHAP. CCI.

An Act to amend the Act calling forth the Militia
to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress i'll
surrectons, and repel Invasions, approved Feb
ruary twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and
nnety-fve, d the Acts amendatory thereof,
and for other Purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
representatives. of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That whenever the Presi-
dent of the United States shall call forth the mill
tia of the States to be employed in the service OF
the United States he may specify in his call the
period for which such service will be required,
not exceeding nine months; and the militia so
called shall he mustered in and continue to serve
for and durin" the term so specified unless sooner
discharged by command OF the President If by
reason of defects in existing laws, or in the exc
cution OF them, in the several States, or any of
them, it shall be found necessary TO provide for
enrolling the militia and otherwise putting this
act into execution, the President is authorized in
such to make all necessary rules and regua-
tions; and the enrolment of the militia shall in all
include all ablebodied male citizens between
the ages of eighteen and forty five, and shall be
apl ortioned among the States according to rep
resentative population.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the mi
litia, when called into service, shall be organ
lied in the mode prescribed by law for volun-
teers.
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That the
President be- and he is hereby, authorized, in ad-
dition to the volunteer forces which he is now
authorized by law to raise, to accept the services
OF any number OF volunteers, not exceeding one
hundred thousand, infantry, for period of
nine months, unless sooner discharged And
every soldier who shall enlist under the provis-
ions of this section shall receive his first month
pay, and also twenty five dollars as bounty, upon
the mastering of his company or regiment into the
service of the United States. And ali provisions
of law relating to volunteers enlisted in service
of the United States for three years. or during the
war, except in relation to bounty shall be, and
the same are, extended to, and are hereby declar-
ed to embrace tine volunteers TO be raised under
the provisions of this section.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, TEat, for the
purpose of filling up ting regiments of infantry
now the United States service, the President
be, and he hereby is, authorized to accept the
vices of volunteers in such numbers may be
presented for that purpose, for twelve months, if
not sooner discharged. And such volunteers,
when mustered into the service, shall be in all
spects upon footing with similar troops in the
United States service except as to service bounty,
which shaff -he fifty dollars, half of which 10
he paid upon their joining their regiments, and
the other half at the expiration of their enlist
ment
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the
President Sail appoint, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, a judge advocate gen.
eral, with the rank, pay, and emoiuments of a
colonel of cavalry, to whose Office shall be return
ed, for revision, the records and proceedings of
courts-martial and military commissions, and
where a record shall be kept OF all proceedings
had thereupon. And no sentence OF d, ath, or i'm
prisonment in the penitentary, shall be carried
into execution until the same snail have been ap-
proved by the President.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That there
may be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, for each
army in the field, judge advocate, with the rank
VIII" shall perform the duties of judge advocate
for the army to which they respectively belong,
under the direction of the Judge advocate gen.
eral.
Sec. z. And be it further enacted, That here
after all offenders in the army charged with Of
fences now punishable by aregimental or garris n
court martial, shall be brought before field off,
of his regiment, who shall be detailed for that
purpose and who shall hear and determine the
offence, and order the punishment that shall be
inflicted; and shall also make record of his pro-
ceedings, and submit the same to the brigade com
ings of such field officer, shall order the same to
be executed: Provided, That the punishment in
such be limited to that authorized to be in
fiicted by regimental or garrison court martial
And provided, further, That, in the event ofthere
being no brigade commander, the proceedings as
aforesaid shall be submitted tor approval to the
commanding officer of this post.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all off,
GERS who have been mustered into the service of
the United States. battalion adjutants and
auartermasters of cavalry under the orders of the
Xar Department. exceeding the number authoriZ-