The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-28

to be assigned to brigades in time of war, and in
time of peace to assembled brigades, or to forts
posts at which the largest number OF troops
shall be ordinarily stationed and the band at the
Military Academy shall be placed on the same
footing as other bands, one ordenance sergeant
and one hospital steward for each military post
and the same number of post chaplalns as at pre-
sent authorized who shall be appointed as now
provided by law and the President of t2e United
States is hereby authorized to appoint for each
national cemetry now established, or that may pc
established, a superintendent, with the rank, pay,
and emOluments of ordnance sergeant, to De
selected from among the nOn-commissloned OIL
GERS of the regular army and volunteer forces who
have received certificates OF merit for services Gu
ring the war.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That all en-
listmcns into the army shall hereafter be for the
term OF five years for cavalry, and three years for
artillery and infantry, and recruits may at all
times be collected at the general rendezvouse in
addition to the number required to fill to the min
| imum all the regiments of the army, provided
that such recruits shall not exceed in the aggre-
gate three Thousand men, 1t shall be competent
to enlist men for the service who have been woun
ded in the line of their duty while serving in the
army of the United States, provided it shall be
! found, medical inspection, that by such
wounds they not untitled for efficiency in gar
| rison or other light duty; and such men, when
enlisted shall be assigned to service exclusively
| in the regiments of the Veteran Reserve corps.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be one general, one lieutenant-general,t five
major generals, and ten brigader-generas, who
shall have the same pay and cmoiuments, and be
entitled to the same staff Ofliceas in number and
| grade provided by law.
| See. 10. And be it further enacted, That the
| adjutant- generals department of the army shall
hereafter consist of the officers authorized by
law, viz: one Acknowledgement, with the rank,
pay, and cmoluments of brigadier- general two
| assistant acknowledgement, with the rank, pay
| and emoluments of colonies of cavalry; four as
sistant adutants- general, with the rank, pay, and
| emoluments of observation-disclosures of cavalry
and thirteen assistant adjutants general, with the
rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry.
| Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be four inSpectOrsgeneral of the army, with
| the rank pay, and emouments. OF colonies of cav
airy; three assistant inspectors general with the
| rank, pay and emouments of Iicutenant-colones
of cavalry; and two assistant in.pesssrs- general,
| with the rank, pay, and cmoluments OF majors of
| cavalry.
Sec. 12 And be it further enacted, That the
bureau of military justice shall hereafter consist
of one Acknowledgements, with the rank,
pay, and emoluments of brigadier-generaI, and
one assistant judge-advocate general, with the
| rank paw and emoluments of colonial of cav
airy; and the said ge-advocate-g general shall
receive, revise, and have recorded, the proceed
ngs OF all courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and
! military commissions, and shall perform such
other duties as have been heretofore performed
by the judge-advO Ocate- general of the army. And
of the jndge-advocates now in office there may be
retained number not exceeding ten, to be sclec
ted by1he Secretary of the War, who shall per-
form tlhiT duties under the direction of the Judge
advocate9ssueral until otherwise provided by
law, or untnthe Secretary of War shall decide
that their services can be dispensed with.
Sec. Is. Andse it further enacted, That the
quartermaster's department. of the army shall
with the rank, pay, and emoluments of briga-
dier-g general; six assistant quartermaster general
with the rank. pay, and enoluments of colonies
of cavalry; ten deputy quartermaste ters- general
with the rank, pay, and emoluments of oflieutenant-
colonies of cavalry fifteen quartermasters with
| the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cav
a1ry md tV-fO assistant
! with the rank, pay, and emoiumcnts of captains
of cavalry; and the vacancies hereby created in
the grade of assistant quartermaster shall be fl
led by selection from among the persons who
have rendered meritorious reryices as assistant
quartermastcrs of volunteers during two years OF
the war; but after the first appointments made
under the provisions OF this section, vacancies
| may occur in the grades of major and captain in
this department, no appointments to fill the same
shall be made until the number of majors shall be
reduced to twelve, and the number OF captains to
thirty, and thereafter the number of officers in
each of said grades shall continue to conform to
| said reduced numbers.
number of military storekeepers in the quarter
masters department shall hereafter be as many as
shall be required, not exceeding sixteen, who shall
have the rank, pay, ard emoluments of captains OF
infantry.
Sec Is And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of the act for the better organization
| of the quartermasters department, approved July
fourth, eighteen hundred and siXty-four, shall
continue in force until the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and siXtyseven, and no lon
ger.
Sec 16. And be it further enacted, That the
subsistence department of the army shall hereaf-
ter consist of the number OF officers now authori-
zed by law, viz: one commissary- general of sub
sistcnce, with the rank pay and emoluments OF
a brigadier- general; two assistant commissaries-
general of subsistence with the rank, pay, and
emoluments of colonies of cavalry; two assistant
commissaries- general of subsistence, with the
rank paw and emoluments of lieutenant colonies
of cavalry eight commssares of subsistence,
with the rank pay, and emoluments of majors OF
cavalry; and sixteen commissariCS of subsistence,
with the rank, ray, and emoluments of captains
of cavalry.
Sec II And be it further enacted, That the
medical department of the army shall hereafter
consist of one esurgeongeneral, with the rank pay,
| and emoluments of brigadies-g general; one as
sstant surgeon general, with the rank, pay, and
| emoluments of colonel of cavalry; one chief
| medical purvevor and four assistant medical pur-
veyors, with the rank, pay, and emoluments OF
lioutenant-coonels of cavalry, who shall give the
same bonds which are or may be required OF as-
| sistant paymaster-generals OF like grade, and
snall when not acting as purveyors, be assignable
to duty as surgeons by the President; sixty sur
geons, with the rank, pay, and emolunents OF
majors of cavalry; one hundred and fifty assis-
tant surgeons, with the rank, pay, and emolu-
ments of lieutenants of cavalry for the first three
years service, and with the rank, pay, and emlu-
ments of captains of cavery after three years SER
| vice; and five medical storekeepers, with the
| same compensation us Is now pTOFlucu ny ldN
and all the original vacancies in the grade of as
sistant surgeon shall be filled by selection by ex
animation from among the persons who have SER
we'd as staff or regimental surgeons, or assistant
surgeons of volunteers in the army OF the United
States two years during the late war; and per-
sons who have served as assistant surgeons three
years in the volunteer service shall be eligible for
promotion to the grade of captain; and the Sec
| retary of War is hereby authorized to appoint
fIom the enlisted men of the army or cause to be
enlisted as many hospital stewards as the service
may require, to be permanently attached to the
medical department, under such regulations as
the Secretary of War may prescribe.
Sec 1S. And belt further enacted, That the pay
department of the army shall hereafter consist OF
one paymaster-general,w with the rank, pay, and
| emoluments of brigadier-general; two assis-
tant paymasters- general, with the rank, pay and
emoluments of colonies of cavalry; two deputy
paymasters-g general, with the rank, pay, and emo
luments of observation-disclosures of cavalry: and
sixty paymasters, with the rank, pay, and emolu-
ments of majors of cavalry, to be selected from
| persons who have served additionl paymas-
tiers.
Sec 10. And be it further enacted, That the
corps of engineers shall consist of one chief of en-
gineers, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a
brgadier-g general; six colonies, twelve lieutenant
colonies, 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. 20. And be it further enacted, That the
five companies of engineer soldiers, and the SER
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