The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-03-31
PUBLIC ACTS.
CHAPTER TX,

United States have been seized, and other vlo-
lations of law have been committed and are
threatened by organized bodies of men in seve-
raj of the States, and conspiracy has been en-
tered into to overthrow the Government of the
United States: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
representatives. of the United States of America IN
Congess assembled, That the President be, and
he is hereby, authorized to accept the services OF
volunteers either as cavalry, infantry, or artil-
lery, in such numbers, not exceeding i've hun
dred thousand, as he may deem necessary, Tor the
purpose of repelling invasion, suppressing insur-
rection, enforcing the laws, and preserving and
protecting the public property Provided, mat
the services of the volunteers shall be Tor such
time the President may direct not exceeding
three years nor less than six months, and they
shall be disbandcd at the end of the And
all provisions of law applicable to three years Yo-
lunteers shall apply to two years volunteers, and
to all volunteers who have been, or may be- ac-
cepted into the service of the United States, for
period not less than six months, III the same
manner as ifsuch volunteers were specially nance
Before receiving into service any number OF Vo-
luntees exceeding those called for and &C
cepted, the President shall, from time to time,
issue his proclamation, stating the number de>ir
ed, either cavalry, ifantfy, or artillery and tile
States from which they are to be furnished, nav
ing reference, in any such rcGUisltion, to the
number then in service from tie several States,
and to the eNigencies of the service AT Tie tilne,
and equalizing, far rs practicable, the number
furnished by the several States, according to Fe-
deral population.
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, That the said
volunteers shall be subject TO the rules and regu-
lations governing the army of the United States,
and that they shall be formed, by the President,
into regiments of-intantry, with TIE exception OF
such numbers for cavalry and artillery, rs lie may
direct, not to exceed the proportion OF one com
pany of each of those arms to every regiment OF
infantry, and TO be organized as i'll the regular
service. Every regiment of infantry shall have
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major,
one adjutant, Ga lieutenant,) one quartermastcr,
"a ieufenant,) one surgeon and one assistant sur
geon one sergeant-major, one rcgimental guar
termaster-sergcant, one regimental comnIss;try-
sergeant, one hospital steward two prlnclphi nlu-
scians, and twenty-fou musicians tor Il band,
and shall be composed of ten companies, each
company to consist of one captain, one first itt-
tenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant,
four sergeants eight corp0Tals, two musicians,
WAGNER, and from siXty-iour to eighty-twO
privates
Sec 3. And be it further enacted That these
forces, when accepted its herein authorized, shall
be organized into divisions of three or more brig
AIDES each and each division shall have 4 major
general, three aides-de-camp, and one assistant
acknowledgement with the rank of ma or. Each
brigade shall be composed of four or more rcGi-
ments, and shall have one acknowledgement, TWO
aides de-camp, one assistant adjutant- general,
with the rank of captain, one surgeon, one assiS-
tant quartermaster, and one commissary OF sub
sstence.
Sec L And be it further enacted, That the
President shall be authorized to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate Tor the
command of the forces provided for in this act
a number of improvements, not exceeding SIX,
and q number of acknowledgements, not exceed
ing eighteen, and the other division and brigade
officers required for the organization of these
forces, except the aides-de camp, who shall be
selected by their respective generals from the OF
ticers of the army or volunteer corps: Provided,
That the President may select the ma or generals
and bTigadiergenerals provided for in this act,
from the line staff of the regular army, and tic
officers so selected shall he permitted 10 retain
their rank therein The Governors bt the States
furnishing volunteers under this act, shall COM
mission the field, staff and company officers
quisite for the said volunteers; but, i'll the
kK,,. Stofn th.,r
nish volunteers at the call or on the proclamation
OF the President, and volunteers from such States
offer their services under such call or prociaIna-
ton, the President shall have power to accept
such services, and to commission the proper field
stGH and company officers.
Sec. ). And be it further enacted, That the Of
ficers, nop-commiSsioned officers, and privatcs,
organized as above set forth, shall III all respects,
be placed on the footing as to pay and allowance,
OF similar corps of the regular army: Provided,
That the allowances OF nOn-commissi0ncd officers
and privates for clothing, when not furnished in
kind, shall be three dollars and fifty cents per
month, and that each company officer, non-cOm-
missioned officer, private, musician, and artiicCr
of cavalry shall furnish his own horse and horse
equipments and shall receive forty cents per day
for their and risk, except that in case the
horse shall become disabled or shall die, the al
lowance shall cease until the disability be re-
moved or another horse DC supplied. Every vol
unteer non-commissiOncd officer, private, must
clan, and artiicer who enters the service of the
United States under this act shall be paic at the
rate OF fifty cents in lieu OF subsistence, and if
cavalry volunteer, twenty-five cents additional in
lieu of forage, for every twenty miles of travel
from his place of enrolment to the place Of mus
ter-the distance to be measured by the shortest
usually travelled route; and when honor.;y dis
charged an allowance at the same rate, from the
place of his discharge to his place Of enrolment,
and in addition thereto if he shall have served Tor
period of two years, during the var, if soon
er ended, the sum OF one hundred dollars: Pro
Tided, That such OF the companies of cavalry
herein provided for, may require IT, NAV be
furnished with horses and horse equipments in
the same manner as in the United States army.
Sec. T. And be it further enacted, That any vol !
unteer who may ne receiver into the service of
the United States under this act, and who may he
wounded or otherwise disabled in the service (
shall be entitled to the benefits which have been
or MAJ be conferred persons disabled in the
regular service, and the widow, if there be one
and if not, the legal heirs OF such as die or NAV
be killed In service, in addition to all arrears of
pay and allowances, snail receive the sum of one
hundred dollars.
Sec. I. And be it further enacted, That the
bands of the regiments of infantry and of the reg
imenSs of cavalry shall be paid as follows: one
fourth of each shall receive the pay and allowan-
ces of sergcants of engineer soldiers; one fourth
those of corpOrals of engineer soldiers; and tn
remaining half those of privatcs of engineer sol
dlers OF the first class; and the leaders of the
pano snail recelv, the same pay and emoluments
az second licutenants Of infantry
Sec. s. And be it fdrther enacted That the
wagoners and saddlers Shall receive the rav and
allowances of corporals of cavalry. The rcgi-
mental commissary sergeant shall receive the nav
and allowances of rcgiment9 sergcant-maior and
the regimental quartermaster- sergeant shall re-
cavalry.
Sec .. And be it further enacted That there
shall be allowed to each regiment one CHAPLAIN
who shall be appointed by the rcgimental com
mander on the vote of the field officers and com
pany commanders on duty with the regiment ot
the time the appointment shall be made The
chaplain appointed must be a regular ordained
minister of Christian denomination and shall
receive the pay and allowances of a captain of
cavalry, and shall be required to report to t,r
colonel commanding the regiment to which he is
attached, at the end of each quarter the moral
and religious condition of the regiment and snch
suggestions as may cOnduce to the social haDni-
ness and moral improvement of the troops
Sec. 10. And he it further enacted That fine
general commanding separate department or a
detached army, is hereby authorized to apDoint n
military board or commission, of not less than
three nor more than five officers, whose duty if
shall be to examine the capacity, qualifications
propriety of conduct and efficiency of any com
inissioncd officer of volunteers within his depart
ment or army, who may be reported to the board
or commissions; and upon such report, if adverse
to such officer, and if approved by the President
of the United States the commission OF such Of
ficer shall be vacated Providec always, That no
officer shall be eligible to sit on such board or
commission, whose rank or promotion would in
any way be affected by its proceedings, and two
members at least, if practicable shall be OF equal
rank of the officer being examined. And when
vacancies occur in any OF the companies of vol
1,nfeers an election shall be called by the colonel
n fill Sucl vacancies. and the