The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-02-16
Report of the Military Committee

| nave completed Inc Dill IOf Jnc re-
organization Of the regular army, and
it will be reported to the Senate to-
morrow 10y Senator Wilson. The
following are the principal provis-
ions of the bill:
Section 1st provides that the mill
tary peace establishment of tile
United States shall hereafter consist
of five regiments of cavalry, fifty re-
gimen.s of infantry, the Professors
and corps of Cadets of the United
States Military Academy, DC.
Section ~ provides that the artil-
lery shall consist OF the five regiments
Of that arm now In the service, and
that the Rcgimental Adjutants, Quar-
tcrmasters and Commissaries shall
hereafter be extra 1st Licutenants.
Section Sd provides that in the
new cavalry regiments the lst and %
| Lieutenauts and two thirds of the
officers IN each of the grades above
that OF lst Lieutenant, shall be elect.
ed from among the officers and sol
diers of the volunteer cavalry and
one. third from officers and soldiers
Of the regular army, who have served
two years in the field during the war.
II also provides that four of the com.
panics from each regiment may be
armed and drilled as infantry at the
discretion Of the President; that each
cavalry regiment shall hereafter have
but one hospital steward; and the
rcgimental Adiutants, Quartcrmas-
tcrs and Commissaries shall hereafter
he extra iifst licutcnants.
Section 4th provides that eight
regiments shall be composed Of col
ored men; promotions to be confined
TO regiments of that corps. That
portion of the section providing for
the incorporation of the regiments
ofthc veteran reserve Corps is strick-
en- out.
Section 9th provides, in addition
to the officers mentioned in the or
iginal bill for the infantry regiments,
one rcglmcntal commlssary, an extra
first lieutenant, one hospital steward,
two principal musicians, two arti-
liccrs, and increases the number OF
privatcs to company from forty
eight to fifty, which may he increased
to one hundred at the discretion OF
the President, whenever the exigen
cies of the service may require such
an increase.
Section 9TH provides that there
shall be one ordnance sergeant and
hospital steward for each military
post, and the same number of post
as now provided by law,
and authorizes the President TO ap.
point for the national cemeteries oil.
ready established, or to be establish
cd, superintendent, with the rank,
pay and cmolumonts of an ordnance
sergeant, to be selected from among
the non commissioned officers of the
regular army and volunteer forces,
who have received certificates of me
rit for service during the war.
Section Sth provides that all en-
listments into the army shall be for
the term of i've years; that one Major
for each regiment shall be appointed
when four companies shall have been
the Lieutenant Colonel |
when six companies shall have been |
the Colonel and u second
Major when the organization is com.
plete, and that not more than one of. |
ilccr for each shall be appointed to
any regiment or company until the
minimum number of men shall have
been enlisted, and the command duly
and whenever recruits.
who may be collected at the general
in addition to the mum.
ber required to fill the regiment and
companies are provided for, provided
the number does not exceed in the
aggregate 5000 men.
Section 10th, which relates to the
Adjutant Generals Department, is
the same as in the original bill.
Section llth provides for eight
Assistant Inspector Generals, with
the rank, pay, and emoluments Of
COlonels Of Cavalry.
Section l2th, relating to the Bu-
reau of Military Justice, remains un.
changed.
Section 18th provides that the
Quartermaster's Department shall
hereafter consist of one Quart
ter General, with the rank, pay, and
emoluments Of Brigadier General,
three Chief Assistants, two Major
Generals, with .hc same rank, pay
and emoluments, rs the Quartermas-
ter General, four Assistant Quarter,
master Generals, with the rank, &c,
Of Colonels of Cavalry, eight Deputy
Quartermaster Generals, with the
rank of Lieutenant Colonies of Cav
airy, sixteen Quartcrmasters, with
rank of Majors Of Cavalry, forty
eight Assistant Quartermastcrs, with
the rank, &c of Captains.
The section relative to the Subsis-
Ience Department is unchanged.
Section 18th provides that the one
hundred and fifty Assistant Surgeons,
provided for in tn. bill, shall have
the rank, pay emolument of first
Liautenants of Cavalry, for the first
three years of service, and after that
time the rank of Captains. The sec
ton authorizing the Surgeon General
to detail officers for duty as medical
with the rank of Lieuten
ants OF Cavalry, is stricken out. The
section in reference to the Pay De
partment is unchanged,
Section 2lst provides that the
Corps of Engineers shall consist Of