New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-14

lar army shall be selected from those who have
served in that capacity during the late war
Mr. Henderson moved to strike out all provisions
for the retention of the veteran reserve corps anu
on this the yeas aud nays were denRnded.
So the hilfwas amended by striking out tne pro
Vision for retaining three regiments Of tne
Reserve Corps. -,
ment:
That all officers who have served as volunteers
during the rebellion In the armies OF tue United
States and who have been or hereafter may DE
honorabIy mustered out Of the volunteer service,
haII bs entitled TO bear the official title and upon
Occasions Of. ceremony to wear the uniform of the
biSbest grades they have held by breyet or by
other commissions in the volunteer service. In the
rase Of officers of the regular army, the volunteer
rank shall be entered upon the official registers
provided, that this privilege shall not entitie ON
GERS to any pay or emoluments.
The bill was then read third time and passed
1t now goes to the House as passed by the Sen
ate. 1t provides for FIVE regiments OF artillery,
twelve regiments of cavalry and forty-hve regi,
ments OF Infantry. Three of the new regiments of
cavalry shall be colored troops.
The fourth section of the bill provides that the
as regiments of infantry provided for by this act
shall consist of the first 10 regiments, of ten com
nanies each, now in service; of n regiments, OF
ten companies each, to be formed by adding two
companies to each battalion of the remaining 8
regiments and of new regiments, of ten compa-
mics each, Of which shall be composed of colored
men; and all the original vacancies in the grades
Of 1rst and second lieutenants, and onehalf OF
the original vacancies in each of the grades above
that of first lieutenant shall be filed by selections
from the officers and soldiers of volunteers, and
the remainder from officers of the regular army,
al of whom have served two years during the
war and have been distinguished for capacity and
good conduct. The officers appointed to fill the
original vacancies in the regiments OF coloTed
troops shall be selected from officers who have
been in the service during two years of the war
and have been distinguished for capacity and good
conduct ia the field.
The fifth section provides that The appointments
to be made from among volunteer officers anC
soldiers under the provisions Of this act shall bt
distributed among the States, Territories and Dis
trict of Columbia, in proportion to the number p
troops furnished by them respectively during thu
late war, reduced to an average OF three years
service.
Section 9 provides there shall be one general
one lieutenant general, five major generals, an
| ten brigader generals who shall have the sam
pay and emoluments, and be entitled to the sam
/ staff officers in number and grade as now provide
/ by law.
Section Is abolishes the office Of sutler in tn
army and at military posts, and authorizes and re
quires the subsistence department to furnish sue
articles as may be designated by the inspecto
general to be sold to officers and enlisted men q
4 cost prices and if not paid for when purchased
/ account thereof to be kept, and the amount de
/ Quoted By the paymaster at the payment next fo
lowing such purchases, provided that this sectio
will not go into effect until the LIST day Of July
1867
The 26th section provides that, for the purpos
| of promoting knowledge Of military servic
among the young men OF the United States, tn
President may, upon the application Of an estal
lished college or university, within the Unite
States, with sufficient capacity to educate at OIL
time not less than 100 students, detail an officer
the army, to act as president, superintendent
l professor of snoh college or university; that th
numbers of officers SO detailed shall not excee
twenty atany time; and they shall be apportione
through the United States. as nearly as practices
BILE, according to the population and shall b
4 governed by general rules to be prescribed frol
time to time BY the President.
The other sections relate to the organization Q
i regiments and departments and have been printe
heretofore in the Senate report
/ The Senate adjourned.