The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-04-07
United States Laws.
T Avs OF THE United STATES.

T Avs OF THE United STATES.
Pissed ut the First Session Of the ThiHy-senenth
Congress- ocitjch begun and held at the city Of
Washington, Sa the District Of Columbia, on
Thursday, the ton,gh day Of July, A. D. 1861,
and nded Tuesday, the SirM dog Of 4agtst
Il. d. 1861.
PUBLIC ACTS.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President. HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, Vice President and President of the Sen
ate. SOLOMON FooTE elected President
of the Senate pro tena,7O!e, the eighteenth
day of July, and continued so to act until the
close of the session. GALUsHA A. GROW,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sec g. And be it further enacted That there
shall be added TO each OF the corps of engineers
and typographical engineers three first and three
second lieutcnants, to be promoted thereto in ac-
cordance with the existing laws and regulations
And there shall be added to the quarternaster's
department colonel, two observation-disclosures
pay, aud allowances Of officers of cavalry; and
whenever any army captain OF the quartermaster 5
department Shall have served fourteen years con-
tinuOus service he shall be promoted to the rank
of major; and that there shall be added to the
quartermaster's department as many master wag-
Oners with the rank, pay, and allowances of SER
geants of cavalry, and as many wagoners, with the
pay and allowances OF pOrporals OF cavalry, the
military service, in the Judgment of the President
may render necessary. And there shall be added
to the ordinance department of the United States
army, now organized, one chief OF ordnance
with the rank, pay, and emuluments of the quar-
tCrlnaStcr-9Cneral of the army; one colonel, one
lcutenat- coOnel, and six second licutcnants; the
field officers to be appointed by selection from
the officers of the army, and the second licuten-
ants from the graduates of the United States Mil
itary Academy, by transfers from the engineers,
or the typographical engineers, or the artillery.
Sec t. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be added to the corps OF engineers three
companies OF engineer soldiers, to be commanded
by appropriate officers of said corps, 10 have the
pay and ratiOns, clothing, and other allow
anceS and be entitled to the sane benefits, in
every respect rs the company created by the act
for the organization of Il company OF SaTpeTs and
miners and pontoniers, approved May sixteen,
eighteen hundred and torty-SiX. Ih,: said three
companies shall be subject to the rules and arti-
c,cS of war; shall be recruited in TIE same manner
and with the same limitations; shall b Instructed
in and perform the same duties, and be liable to
in the way, and shall have their yclli-
c!oS, pOptOns, tools, implements, arms, ana otner
supplies regulated in the same manner as the eN-
listing engineer company; and each of the four
companies of engineer soldiers shall hereafter be
composed OF ten sergeants, ten corporals, two
musicians, sXtytour privates of the fist class,
artificcrs. and siNty-four priyates of the second
class, in all one hundred and fifty men each.
See. .. And be it further enacted, That there be
added TO the medical staff of the army corps OF
medical cadets, whose duty II shall be to act rs
Grc=scrs i'll the genera; hospitals and As am hulance
attendants in the field, under the direction and
control of tue medical officers alone. They shall
hav" the same rank and pay lis the military cadets
al West Point. Their number shall he regulated
~ the cXi@cucicS OF service, at no time to exceed
fifty. 1t shall be composed of Young men of lib
ages of eighteen and twenty-three, who have been
reading medicine for two years, and have attended
at least course Of lectures i'll medical college.
They shall enlist for one year, and be subject 10
the rules and articles Of war. On the fifteenth
;laY of the last month of their service, the near
approach of their discharge shall be reported to
the surgeon-lreu"ra i'll order, if desired that they
NAV be relieved by another detail of applicants
Sec 6. And be it further enacted That in gen
cral hospitals female nurses may be substituted
FOR soldiers, when in re opinion of the surgeon
general medical officer in charge, it IS cXpedient
10 do so the number of female nurses to be indi-
Gated by the encouragement or surgeon III charge
OF the hospital. The nurses employed to re
ccive forty cents o day and one ration in kind or
by communication, in lieu of all cmoluincntS except
TRANSFORMATION in kind.
See !. And be it further enacted, That one
chaplain shall be allowed 10 each regiment Of the
army, to be selected and appointed as tie Prcsi-
dent may direct: Provided. That none but reg
IGrly ordained ministers of some Christian de-
nomination shall be eligible to selection or APP
pOin ment.
Sec S And be il further enacted That no cadet
who has been shall hereafter be reported rs de-
ficient, either in conduct or studies, Gnd recon-
incnded to he discharged from the academy, shall
be returned or re-appOinted, or appointed 10 any
place in the army before his class shall have left
the academy and received their commissions, I'M
less upon the recommendation of the academic
boar! eff the academy: Provided, That ali cadets
now in the service or hereafter entering TIE Mil
itaTy Academy at West Point, Shall be called on ,
to take and subscribe the following oath: 81 !
A. B., do SOCinnly swear that / will support the
Constitution OF the United Stntcs, and bear true
L
viii maintain and defend the sovereignty of the
United States. paramount to any and ali alieEi
ance, Sovereignty, or fcalty may owe to any
State, county, or country whatSOgVcr; and that (
viii at all times obey the legal orders of my SUI !
pcrior officers and the rules and articles govern
iro. the armies of the United Siatcs.' And any !
i:,Ict or candidate for admission WHO shall refuse
TO take this oath shall be dismissed from the |
service
See. 0. And be it further enacted That the three |
months extra pay allowed by the twcnty-ninth |
section Of the act of the fifth of July, eighteen
Eundrcd and thirtycght, for establishments under |
certain conditions, the bounty granted by the |
third section of tn" act of the seventeenth of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty, for cnlistments |
at remote and distant stations, and the premium |
now paid for bringing accepted recruits to the !
rendezvous, be and they are hereby abolished
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That here
after two dollars per month shall be retained out |
of the monthly pay OF each enlisted man in the |
regular army until the expiration of his term of
service instead of one dollar per month";
thorized by existing laws.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That in all
cases of enlistment and rc-enlistmcnt in the mi |
itary service of the United States the prescribed
oath of allegiance NAV be administered by any
commissioned officer of the army.
See. II. And be it further enacted, That the |
two regiments of dragons, the regiment of noun !
ted r.fiemen, and the two regiments of cavalry, !
SHALL hereafter be known and recognized as the |
first, second, third fourth, and fifth regiments |
Of cavalry, respectively; the officers thereof to
retain their present relative rank, and to be pro
NOTED as of one arm of service, according |
to existing law and established usage and regu
lation
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That the
army ration shall be increased as follows viz
Twenty-Five ounces of bread or flour, or one
pound of hard bread, instead of the present issue;
fresh beef shall be issued us often the com
of any detachment or regiment
shall require it, when practicable, in place of salt
meat; beans and rice or homny shall be issued
in the same ration i'll the proportions now provid-
cd by the regulation, and one pound of potatoes
per man shall be issued at least three times
week, if practicabie and when these articles can
not be issued in these proportions, an equivalent
in value shall be issued in some other proper
food, and ration of tea may be substituted for
ration of cotfe upon the requsition of the proper
officer Provided, That after the present insur-
rcction shall cease the ration shall be provid-
cd by law and regulations on the first day of JULY
eighteen hundred and siXty-one.
Sec. IA And be it further enacted, That there
may be allowed in hospitals, to be provided I'M
der such rules as the surgeon-general of the ar
my, with the approval of the Secretary of War;
may prescribe, such quantities of fresh or pre-
served fruits, milk or butter, and of eggs
as may be necessary for the proper died of the
sick.
Sec. Is. And be it enacted, That any commits
stoned officer of the army, of the marine CORPS
who shall have served such for forty cousc-
cutive yeas, may, upon his own application to
the President of the United States be placed up
tin list of CHIo Will