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

ed by law shall be paid as such for the time they
were actually employed in the service of the
United States and that all such officers now in
service, exceeding the number as aforesaid, shall
be Immediately mustered out OF the service OF the
United States.
See 9. And be it further enacted, That the
President be, and he is hereby, authorized to
tablish and organize army corps according to his
discretion.
Sec. TO- And be it further enacted, That each
army corps shall have the following officers and
no more attached thereto, who shall constitute the
staff of the commander thereof: one assistant ad
lutant general, one quarterElaster, one commis-
sary of subsistence, and one assistant inspector
general, who shall bear, respectively, the rank of
lieutenant colonel, and who shall be assigned from
the army or volunteer force by the President
Also three aides-decamp, one to bear the rank of
major, and two to bear the rank OF captain, to be
appointed by the President, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, upon the recon-
mendation of the commander of the army corps.
The senior officer of artillery in each army corps
shall, in addition to his other duties, act chief
of artillery and ordnance at the headquarters of
the corps.
Se,. il. And be it further enacted, That the
cavalry forces in the service of the United States
shall hereafter be organized follows Each regi
| ment of cavalry shall have one colonel, one lieu
| tenant colonel three majors, one surgeon, one
| assistant surgeon, one regimental adjutant one
| regimental quartermaSter, one regimental COM
missary, one sergeant Major one quartermaster
| serge[a int, one commissary serge[alnt, two hos
| pital Stewards, one sadder sergeant, one chief
| trumpeter, and one chief farrier or blacksmith,
and each regiment shall consist of twelve com
panies troops and each company or troop shall
nave one captain, one first lieutenant, one second
| lieutenant, and one Supernumerary second lieu
tenant, ond first sergeant one quartermaster SER
geant, commissary sergeant, five serge[a lnts,
| eight corporals, two teamsters, two farriers or
| blacksmiths, one saddler, WAGNER, and
| seventy light privates; the regmental adutants,
| the regimental ouartermastcrs and regmental
| commissaries to be taken from their respective
regiments Provided, That vacancies caused by
this organization shall not be considered origi
nal, but shall be filled by regular promotion.
| Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
President be, and he is hereby, authorized to re-
ceive into the service of the United States for the
| purpose of constructing intrenchments, per-
| forming camp service, or any other labor, any
military or naval service for which they may be
| found competent persons of African descent and
| such persons snail be enrolled and organized
under such, regulations not inconsistent with the
| scribe.
Sec. 1S. And be it further enacted, That when
| any fnsln or boy of African descent, who by the
laws of any State shall owe service or labor to any
person who, during the present rebellion, has le-
WED war or has borne arms against the United
States, adhered to their enemies by giving them
aid and comfort, snail render any such service as
Is provided for in this act he, his mother and his
wife and children, shall forever thereafter be free,
" law, usage, or custom whatsoever, to the con-
tr.sry Notwithstanding: Provided, That the mo-
ther, wife and children of such man or hoy of Af-
rican descent sha not be made tree by the opera
ton OF this act except where such mother, wife or
children owe service or labor to some person, who
during the present rebellion, has borne arms
against the United States or adhered to their enc
mics by giving them aid and comfort.
Sec. IA. And be il further enacted, That the eX-
pcnses incurred to carry this act into effect shall
be paid out of the general appropriation for the
army and volunteers.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That all per
SONS who have been shall be hereafter enrolled
in the service of the United States under this act
shall receive the pay and ratons now allowed by
law to soldiers, according to their respective
grades: Provided That persons of African de-
scent who under this law shall be employed, shall
receive ten dollars per month and one ration,
three dollars of which monthly pay may be in
clothing.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted That medi.
cal purveyors and storc-keepers shall give bonds
in such sums as the Secretary of War may require
with security to be approved by him.
Approved, July II, 1862.