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the number Of Captains 70 3O and thereafter the number II
officers in each Of said grades shall conform said
srued yacate the commission Of any officer
ms.oned, either AssistantQ General or
Assistant Quartermaster but only TO change the title Ia
Quarermaster in the OF those who rank Coones
relative position the time from which they take such rank
SIC H. That the number Of Military storekeeprs shaa
hereafter be shall be required not exceeding 49,
who shall have the rank pay and euouments Of captains
SEC H. Tha. the provisions of the FOR the better organ
zation Of the Quariermssters Department approved July
1864 shall continue in force far they do not become obso
e and unnecessary upon the dsbandmont Of the volunteer
forces
SEC 10 That the Subsistence Department shall hereafter
consist Of the number Of officers now authorized by law, VIZ;
Of brgader general two Assistant Coumlssay Generals
with the rank pay and emolumen Of colones two Commits
saries with the rank pay and emonments Of eutent colo
nels; eight with The rank pay ana @ l
uments OF capains but after the hrst aput@ents maae
under the provisions of this sections vacancies may Occur
that OF BrigadeGenera the Department appointments
III the will be made until the number Of colonies shall
mum Der OF captains TO eight and thereafter the number Of off,
each OF said several grades shall contnu to conform 20
United States Military Academy; being at the a@s
the therein a%y q Tine s three R Years SI hS
be eligible appointment as an officer IN the Suosstenee De-
partmen the provision shall extend 10 graduates Of
West Point the Subsistence Department But nothing
in this section shall be Construed 80 as to vacae the commits
sion of The Commsary General Subsistence but only TO
change the title of that officer COmmsaryGenera nor to
yacae the commission OF any officer now commissioner as
Subsistence but only change the title to Commsayin
tae cases those who lieut. coones captains and
majors, without affecting in any way then relative positions
SIC 90 That the Provost Marshal Generals Office ard
the Secretary Of War may be necessary TO close up the bust
thereof rot exceeding however SIX months from Tue
SEC 2i That the Medical Department Of the army shall
hereafter consist Of General with the rank pay
and emoument Of acknowledgements one Assstln, surgeon
General with the rank pay and emoiuments 81 coone one
Chief Medical Parveyor and four Assistant Medical Pavey
or with the rank pay and emOumen OF lieutenant eOOne
who shall give the bonds that are or may De required
acting PuFveyoTs be assgnabe 10 duty as surgeons
BY the Presidents 70 Surgeons with the rank pay ana emoa
and emouents Of rsieuenans for the first three yeas
Sc, vice and with the rank paw and onmen OF captains
after ree wears service and I've Medical storekeepes with
The compensation a Is now provided ny laws ana
twothrs OF the original vacancies in the grades Of Surgeon
and shall be filed by the selection by
peye examination the persons who have served
Volunteers in the Army OF The United States years during
war; aud onehrd in tie manner from similar
officers OF the Regular Army and PERSONS VINO nave server
as three years in the Volunteer service
shall be eligible or psonSon % tne Craze o. eSp o dI Se enc
listed men Of the army or cause 70 be enlisted as may Vs
attached to tie Medical Department under such regulations
Is the Secretary Of War may prescribe.
er consist of one Paw pay and
emoument Of BrgaderGeuera two Assistant Paymas'er-
Generals with the rans ray and enoumen Of eo9nesi tao
psymate with the rank pay and emoumens OF lieutenant
coone and forty Paymasters with the rak pay and e@on
majors and the original vacancies in tie gfadeu
maor shall be filed by selection from those persons VINO have
% s1mv m bs Tnite states daring the late Var and here
after graduate Of the United States Military Academy be-
inc at the time in the Army Of the United States having
been at any time for three years preceding shall be
eligible to appointment rs an oncer OF the ray DEPARTMENT.
but this provision she'll not extend 10 graduates OF West Point
now the departments bat noting in this section shah be
construed vaeate the commission Of the Assistant
ony 10 change the tile Of those officers paymasies with
out In any way affecting their relative positions or tie time
SIC 20 That the Corps OF Engineers shall consist Of
Chief Easinser WITH the rsns pay end ewsanept q nf
~ csstains ard 10 Flint and 10 seercd Leu:eassis VINO
s bare no py sra caSos n se sew
spccyey bat after the first appointments made unoer the
Ieyera grades Of Major Captain
Second Lieutenant spPoiatmeEts to Ill tie same shan
duced TO ~ the number Of Majors to 20 and tie number OF
Captains Is and the number Of Second Lieuenan's
and thereafter number of officers each OF said several
grades shall continue TO conform to such reduced numbers
the S sergeant Major and heretofore
prescribed by law shall constitute battalion OF engineers
Of Engineers aud the officers engineers acting respect
lively Adutant and Quartermaster OF this battalion shall he
entitled to the rank pay aud enoaments OF adotans and
SEC S5 Thai the Ordnance Department Of the army
consist Of the same number OF officers and enlisted men as
authorized by laws and the officers shall De OF the follow
ing grades viz OBe brigadiegeners three coloDels SIX
lieuenantcoones twelve majors, twenty capalns Twelve
frsteutenGnts ten secondeutenants; all OF whom sbai
have tile paw and emoluments provided by law
and thirteen ordnance sorekeepers OF whom number not
exceeding six may also be appointed and authorized
ordnance s;ofekeeper end ,paymaser at the Nation.
Armory. at Springfield Massachusetts,. shan have the
rank pay emOmen of other Paymsstes OF the army
and ali other Ordnance sorekepe shall baye the rank pay
and emoumeats CaPalns but after the first appointments
made the provisions of this section ms vacancies may
reducing the number Of officers In tie several grades Of
spSointRepts 10 eli the same shah be made until the
OF Colonies shall be reduced 20 one the number OK
number Of Captains to ard tie number Of First Lieu
tenants thereafter the number Of officers in each
of said several grades snail continue TO conform to such re-
duced numbers twohrd Of all the military storekeepes and
ordnance stoekeper provided for by the seventeenth sec
ton this act AID by this section shall be persons who have
performed merorous service as volunteer officers or soldiers
in the army Of ,as uaed states 3Sfn Tue ,e isoe On,
army who shall have the rSs pay ana u s
from tie army six officers and not 70 exceed 100 noncomps
stoned officers and pyaes taken from the battalion
that no officer or enlisted man shall
Signal Corps until be shall have ben examined and approved
psrpose aud enlisted Gen While 50 detailed shall when
deemed Necessary be mounted upon horses provided by the
There are Is more sections TO be considered.
MINORITY REPORT on RECONSTRUCTION.
Mr. ROGERS IL. Y. presented a minority report from
the Committee Reconstruction, which was ordered to
be printed and motion TO print extra copies was referred
TO the Committee on Printing
A PATENT EXTENSION
Mr. CoYKLISG IN. " presented tho petition Of VIM.
Baker of Utica n. " asking the extension OF patent
which referred to the Committee on Patents
SECRETARY M'CULL0cH's GOLD SALES.
The SPEAKER presented letter from the Secretary Of
the Treasury in reply to the House resolution OF the lh
inst. in relation to gold sold since January 1866, BY
Mr. WILSON of Iowa moved the following resolution in
reference to it:
Rsorsd That: the Communication Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury TO the House be referred to the
Committee Banking and Currency, with instructions to
inquire fully all the and statements therein con-
taned and that the Committee also inquire whether any
gold purchased for tie Treasury the LIST day
January the amount Of such purchase by whom and Of
whom made the amount OF premium paid aud the compensa
ton allowed person acting for the Governments Also that
the Committee report the dates and amount OF the several
sales gold since the LIST day Of January lso the
purchasers the amount purchased b eacb the
time of purchase and all the circumstances attending such
purchases and amount paid the Agent OF the Ireasu
thn 20 send for pers0ne and