The Daily clarion., 1867-04-02


assistant surgeon shall be filled byselection by
examination from among the persons who
have served as staff or reglmental surgeons, OF
assistant surgeons OF volunteers In the army
OF the United States two years during the late
war; and persons who have served as assistant
surgeons three years In the volunteer service
shall be eligible for promotion to the grade OF
captain; and the Secretary of War Is hereby
authorized to appoint from the enlisted men OF
the army, or cause TO be enlisted, as many hos
pltal stewards as the service may require, 70
| De permanently attached TO the medical dc.
partment, under such regulations as the Secre-
tary OF War may prescribe.
Sec. IL. And be II further enacted, That the
| pay department of the army shall hereafter
consist Of one paymasters-gener with the
rank, pay, and emoluments of u brigadier.
general; two assistant tpaymasters-gencral,w with
the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonies OF
cavalry; two deputy paymaster-generai with
the rank, pay, and enioluments Of lieutenant
colonels ofcayalry; and sixty paymasters, with
the rank, pay, and emoluments OF majors OF
cavalry, to be selected from persons who have
served as additional paymasters.
Sec. 10. And be 1t further enacted, That the
corps or engineers shall consist Of one chief OF
engineers, with the rank, pay, and emolaments
or brigadler general; six coloncls, twelve
lleutenants-colonels, twenty -four majors, thirty
captains, and twenty-six first and ten second
lieutenants, who shall have the pay and
emoluments now provided by law for officers
| OF the engineer corps.
Sec. 90. And be II further enacted, That the
five companies of engineer soldiers, and the
| sergeant-maj0r and the quartermaster-sergcan
| heretofore prescribed by law shall constitute a
battalion of engineers, to be Oiilcered by off,
GERS Of suitable rank detailed from the corps Of
engineers; and the officers of engineers, acting
respectively rs adjutant and quarternaster Of
this battalion, shall be entitled to the pay and
emoluments of adjutants and quartermasters
of cavalry.
Sec. u. And be II further enacted, That
the ordnance department. of the army shall
consist Of the same number OF officers ana en-
listed men as now authorized by law, and the
officers shall be of the following grades, viz:
one brigader-general, three colonels, four
lieutenant-colonels, ten majors, twenty cap
tains, sixteen first lieutenafts, and ten second
lieutenants, with the same pay and em0lu-
ments rs now provided by law; and thirteen
ordnance storeheepers of whom number not
exceeding six may be appointed and authors
zed to act rs paymasters at armories and ar
senals. The ordnance storekeeper and pay.
master at the national armory at Springfield
shall have the rank, pay. and emoluments ofa
major Of cavalry, and oil other ordnance store
keepers shall have the rank, pay, and emolu-
ments Of captains Of cavalry, and two thirds of
the military storekeepers and ordnance store
Keepers to be appointed under this and the
fourteenth section of this act, shall be selected
from volunteer officers or soldiers who have
performed meritorious service in the army of
the United States during the late rebellion.
Sec. Y. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be one chief signal officer of the
army, who shall have the rank, pay, and
emoluments Of colonel of cavalry; and the
Secretary of War shall have power to detail
six officers, and not to exceed one hundred
non-commissioned officers and privates, from
the battalion of engineers, for the performance
Of signal duty; but no officer or enlisted man
shall be so detailed until he shall have been
examined and approved by military board,
to be convened by the Secretary of War for
that purpose; and enlisted men, while so de-
tailed, shall, when deemed necessary, be
mounted upon horses provided by the gov
ernment
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That the
Acknowledgement, quartermaster-ge general, COM
missary-general of subsistence, surgeon-gene-
raj, paymaster-general,c chief of engineers, and
chief of ordnance, shall hereafter be appointed
by selection from the corps to which they be-
long, and no person shall be appointed to any
vacancy created by this act in the pay, medical
or quartermaster's departments, until he shall
have passed the examination now required by
law.
Sec. "a. And be it further enacted, That no
PERSONS shall be commissioned in any of the
regiments authorized by this act until they
shall have passed a satisfactory examination
before board, to be composed of officers of
that arm of the service in which the applicant
is to serve, to be convened under the direction
of the Secretary of War, which shall inquire
into the services rendered during the war,
capacity and qualifications of the applicants;
and such appointments, when made, shall be
without regard to previous rank, but with sole
regard to qualifications and meritorious SER |
vices. and persons applying for commissions in
any of the regiments authorized by this act
shall be entitled in case of passing the eXami- |
and hpiup nppnintpl or ppInIni ssinnpJ |
to receive mileage from the place of his resi- |
dence to the place of examination, or such |
portion of that distance as he may actually |
travel The same as is paid to officers travelling
under orders, but there shall be paid no other
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That the
office of sutler in the army and at military |
posts is hereby abolished, and the subsistence |
department is hereby authorized and required |
to furnish such articles as may from time to |
lime be designated by the inspectors general |
Of the army, the same to be sold to officers and |
enlisted men at cost prices, and ifnot paid for |
when purchased, true account thereof shall |
be kept, and the amount due the government |
shall be deducted by the paymaster at the pay
ment next following such purchase: Proyi-
led, That this section shall not go into effect |
until the first day of July, eighteen hundred
md siXty-seven.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That for
ary science among the young men of the
United States. the President may, upon the ap-
llicatiOn of an established college or university
within the United States, with sufficient capa-
,ity to educate at one time not les than one
hundred and fifty male students, detail an Off
,er of the army to act as president, supern-
endent, or professor of such college or univer-
ity; that the number of officers so detailed
hall not exceed twenty ut any time, and shall
,e apportioned through the United States as
learly as practicable according to population,
md shall be governed by general rules, to be
from time to time by the President
Sec. q. And be it further enacted, That
whenever troops are serving at any post, gar
ison, or permanent camp, there shall be es-
abished a school where all enlisted men may
e provided with instruction in the common
Inglish branches of education, and especially
4 the history of the United States. and the
ecretary Of War is authorized to detail such
officers and enlisted men as may
e necessary to carry out the provisions of this
ection; and it shall be the duty of the post or
arrison commander to cause to be set apart
ltable room or building for school and reli- :
iOus purposes.
Sec. 2S. And be it further enacted, That
othing in this act shall be construed to au-
lorize or permit the appointment to any posi-
on or Office in the army of the United States 4
any person who has served in any capacity I
the military, naval, or civil service of the So
llled confederate states or either of the States
insurrecton during the late rebelion but
~ such appointment shall be illegal and void.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That in
this act officers who have hereto c
re been appointed or cOmmisscd to serve with .
nited States colored troops shall be deemed
Id held to be officers of volunteers, and officers
the regular army who have also held COM
issions as officers of volunteers or have COM a,
anded volunteers shall uot on that account :
held to be volunteers under the provisions
this act. =
Sec. 80. And be it further enacted, That
thing herein contained shall be construed as y
Getting existing laws respecting the rank, N
y, and allowances of chaplains Of the army,
i the same shall remain as now established
the act entitled "An act TO amend section i
ne Of the act approved July seventeen. eigh- sI
N hundred and sixty-two, entitled 'An act q
define the pay and em0luments of certain 4,
cers of the army, and for other purposes" ).
proved April nine, eighteen hundred and
,ty-four; one chaplain may be appointed by :, =
Presi lent, by and with the advice and con- p
1t of the Senate, for each regiment of colored Pl
ops, whose duty shall include the instruc- in m
n of the enlisted men in the common Eng-
! branches of education and chaplains,
zen ordered from one field of duty to another, N
III be entitled to transportation at the same IN
G as other officers. an
&c. 81. And be it further enacted, That tv
hing IN this act shall be so construed as to ~
ate the commission Of any officer now prop -
Y in service, or whose name may be borne
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