New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-07-02

S the Secretary of War may prescribe
SEC. ID And be it further enacted, Tnat the pay
department. of the army shall hereafter consist OF
ne paymaster general with the ranE, pay, hna
general, with the rank, pay, and emolu.
nents Of colonies of cavalry; two deputy ray masters
General. with the rank pay, and emolument OF
lieutenant colonies of cavalry and sixty paymasters
With the rank pay, and emolumehts OF majors oi
cavalry to be selected from persons who have served
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted That the corps
with the rank pay, and enioluments of brgadier
general; six colonies, twelve lieutenant c1lonels,
twenty four majors. thirty captains, md twenty six
first and second lieutenants who shall have the
pay and emouments now provided by law for officers
SEC 20 And be ii further enacted. That the five
OF engineer soldiers, and the sergeant
major and quarteTmaster sergeant heretofore pre-
scribed by law. shall constitute battalion of engn
GERS to be Differed by officers OF suitable rank de
tailed from the corps of engineers and the officers
Of engineers, acting respectively as adiutant and
quartermaster of this battalion, shall be entitled to
the pay and monuments of adjutanti and quarter
SEC. Il, And be it further enacted, That the ord
nance department of the army shall consist of the
same number OF officers and enlisted men as now
authorized by law and the officers shall be OF the
following grades viz; One brgadier general three
colones four lieutenant colonies, ten majors, twenty
captains sixteen first lieutenants. and ten second
With the same pas and emolumeuts
as now provided by law; and thirteen ordnance
storekeepe's s, of whom number not exceeding six
tiers at armories and arsenals The ordnance store
keeper and paymaster at the national armory at
ments of major Of cavalry, and all other ordnance
storekeepers snail have the rank, pay, and emou-
ments OF captains of cavalry and two-thlrds of the
military stoTekeepers at ordnance storekeepers to
be appoint ed under this and the fourteenth section
Of this act shall be selected from volunteer officers
soldiers who have performed meritorous service
the army OF the United States during the late re-
bellion.
SEC %. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be chief signal officer of the army, who
eay Of War
power to detail six officers and not TO exceed one
hundred non.corn 1IssiOned officers and private5
the performance
of sigaal duty; but 10 officer or enlisted man shall
approved by military board to be convened by the
men, willie SO detailed shall, When deemed neces,
sary, be mounted upon horses provided by the gov
SEC 23 And be it further enacted, That the ad
jutant general, quartermaster general co nmissary
general of subsistence surgeon general, paymaster
shall hereafter be appointed by selection II IN the
corps to which they belong, and no person shall be
appointed to any vacancy created BY this act in the
pay edical, or quartermasters department until
ne shall have passed the examination now required
by law
SIG "a And be it further enacted. That no person
shall be commissioned in any of the regiments au
thorized by this act until he shall have passed sat
examination before board, to be com
posed 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 in
quire 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 meriIorious services; and persons
uthoIiZed by this act shall be entitled, in of
passing the examinat on and being appointed or
his residence to the place of examination, or such
portion of that distance as he may actually travel
the paid to officers travelling under orders
but there shall be paid no other compensation.
SEC, Is And be it further enacted, That the Office
abolished and the Subsistence department is hereby
authorized and required to furnish such articles
ors general OF the army the to be sold to Off
and enl sted men at cost prices and if not paid
be kept. and the amount due the government
shall be deducted by the, paymaster at the
vded That this section shall go effect until
the first of July, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven
the purpose of promoting knowledge Of military
science among the young men of the United States
ished college university within the United States
with sufficient capacity to educate at one time not
an officer of the army to act as president. supern
tendent, professor of such college university
coed twenty at any me, and shall be apportioned
through the United States nearly practicableac
cordng to population and shall be governed by gen
era rules to be prescribed from time TO time by the
President,
SEC p. And be il further er acted, That whenever
nent camp. there shall be established school where
Al enlisted men may be provided with Instruction in
the common English branches OF education, and
especially in the history of the United States. and
commissioned officers and enlisted men as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions OF this
and it shall be the duty OF the post or garrison com
mander to cause to be set apart suitable room or
building for school and religious purposes.
SEC %, And be IT further enacted That nothing in
this act shall be construed to authorize or permit
the appointment to any position or office in the army
of the United States d any person who has served IN
any capactyin the military naval, or civil service of
the called Confederate States or Of either Of the
STATES in nsurrection, during the late rebeion but
any such appon tment hall be Illegal and void
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That. in CON
strung this act, officers who have heretofore been
appointed or commissioned 70 serve with United
States colored troops shall be deemed and held to be
officers of volunteers; and officers of the regular
army who nave also held commissions as officers Of
volunteers, or have commanded volunteers shall not
on that account be held to be volunteers under the
SEC 30. And be it further enacted That nothing
herein contained shall be construed as affecting ex
sting laws respecting the rank pay, and allowances
ii chaplans OF the army, but the same shall remain
as now established by the act entitled An act 70
amend section nine Of the act approved July seven
teen, eighteen hundred and sixty two, entitled An
lct to define the pay and emouments of certain Off
q n shs eshteen hundred and one
chaplain may be1ppointed By, the President by and
eaiment OF coored troops whose duty shall include
he instruction of the enlisted men in the common
Engsh branches ct education; ana GhhpeinI when
untitled to transportation at the same rate as other
SEC 81 And be it further enacted, That nothing in
his act shall be construed as to yacate the com
mission of any officer now properly IN service or
partially retired, according to law.
SEC. p And be it further enacted, That officers OF
the regular army entitled to be retired account of
disability occasioned by wounds received in battle,
may be retired upon the full rank Of the command
held by them whether in the regular or volunteer
service at the time such wounds were received.
SEC 49, And be il further enacted, That the Provost
tinued only so long as the Secretary of War shall
deem necessary, not exceeding thirty days after the
SEC 81 And be it further enacted, That all officers
who have served during the rebellion as volunteers
been or may hereafter be hororably mustered of
the volunteer service shall be entitled to bear the
he uniform OF the highest grade they have held by
brevet or other commissions in the volunteer
volunteer rank shall be entered upon the Official
Army Register: Provided. That these privileges
shall not entit'e any oifioer to command, pay, or
sEc S. And be it further enacted, That the third
Atoms for or the support Of the army for the year end
ing thrtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
passage Of this act Provided That officer who is
furnished with quarters in kind shall be entitled to
reee the increased communication OF rations hereby
SEC. 81 And be it further enacted, That section
three of the act approved February twenty eighteen
hundred and sxty-three authorizing the Apo mt
ment OF a solicitor Of the War Department be. and
the same ishereby, repealed
SEC 81 And be il further enacted, That the Secre-
tary Of War be- and he is hereby. directed to have
prepared and to report to Congress at its next
army and Of the militia in actual service, which shall
embrace all necessary orders and forms of general
bent on officers and men in the military service in
Guiding rules for the government of court martial;
the existing regua TO remain in force until Con
gress shall have acted on said report.
SEC g. And be IL further enacted, That all laws
and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of
th act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved July q, 1896
AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions OF IAN
act granting the right Of way and making grant
Of land the States OF Arkansas and Missouri. to
aid in the construction OF railroad from point
upon the Mississippi opposite inc mouth Of the
Ohio river, via Little Rock to the Texas boundary,
near Fulton, in Arkansas, with branches to Fort
Smith and the Mississippi river" approved Feb
ruary nine. eighteen hundred and hfty-three, and
for other purposes