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age of six hundred dollars to eacn keeper.
Approved, March 2, 1867.
IPUBLIo-No. go.
An ACT to provide for temporary increase Of
the pay of officers in the army of the United
States, and for other purposes.
Be it resolved By the Senate ana House Of Repre-
sentatiaes Of tile United States Of -America IN Con-
qress assembled, That tortwo years from the first
day of July, eighteen hundred AID siXty-siX, all
officers of the army below the rank OF major gen
eral, including the professors at West Point,
shall be paid an addition of thirty-three and one
third per centum to their present pay proper and
the pay and emouments of all field and other
mounted officers snail hereafter be the same as is
now provided 10y law for cavalry officers of like
grades
SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That section
one of the act entitled "An act to increase the
pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for
other purposes" approved June twenty, elgn-
hereby, continued in full force and effect tor
three years from and after the close of the rebel
lion, US announced by the President of the Uni
ted States by proclamation bearing date the
twentieth day of August, eighteen hundred and
siXty-siX.
Sec. B. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of the joint resolution approved Ju-
ly twenty-tifth, eighteen hundred and siXty-siX,
entitled "A Joint Resolution i'll regard to rations
OF Union soldiers held as prisoners OF war;" shall
be extended SO as to allow communication of ra-
tions at cost prices in the settlement of the ac-
counts of all enlisted men of the army, navy
and marine corps who died while held as prisO-
neIs of war in the rebel States, or who, having
been Sc held as prisoners of war, have died or
may die subsequent to release; to be paid, how
ever only to the widow of such deceased person.
if such widow remain unmarried, or in case there
be no such widow then to the surviving children
of the deceased; or if there be no such widow
or children, then to the parent or parents of the
deceased if there be no such widow, chill
Il
sisters of the deceased.
SEC. T. 4nd be it FURTHER enacted, That section
one of the 'Act providing for the better organi-
zttion of the military establishment" approved
August third, eighteen hundred and siXty-one,
authorizing the President to appoint an Assistant
Secretary of War, be, and the same is hereby, re-
pealed.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted That so much
OF the act entitled "An act to increase and fix
the militia v peace establishment of the United
States ap rroved July twenty-eight eighteen hun
drcd and 5iXtysiX, As relates TO the promotion OF
assistant surgeons after three years service,
shall be amended so to read ''and persons who
have served surgeons or assistant surgeons
| three years in the volunteer force shall be eligi-
! bic for promotion to the grade of captain"
| SEC. 6. Ind be it Jurthe1 enacted. That the act
entitled ''An act more efitctually to provide for
| the national defence by establishing an uniform
militia throughout the United States" approved
| Nav eight, cighteen hundred and ninety-twO, and
the several acts amcndatOry thereof, be- and they
| white
| SEC g And be it further enacted That (eHccp-
| ting the ordinance Storekeepcr and paYmastcr ut
the Springfield Armory, who has the rank, pay,
and allowance of Il ma jor of cavalry all store
keepers of the army shall hereafter have the
rink, pay, and allowances of captains of cavalry,
! and the post chaplains now in service, or hereaf
| ter to he appointed, shall be commissioned by
/ the President aud all vacancies occurring in the
grade of chaplain, which is hereby established to
rank as captain of infantry shall be filled by the
President by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and all army chaplains shall hereafter
be on the same footing as to tenure of office, re-
/ tiremcnt allowances for service and pensions,
now pr vidcd by law for other officers OF the
army
| SEC s. Ind be it .tt,,ther enacted, That in any
! case where person is entitled to receive pay
ment OF bounty under the provisions of any law
shall make application therefor, or where such
application shall be made by the proper repre-
srntatives of such person, being deceased, and
| the discharge of such person has been lost, ii
! shall be competent for the accounting officers to
receive in lieu of the actual production of such
discharge proof of the actnal loss of the same
and secondary proof of its issue and contents,
! together with proof of the identity of the claim
ant person deceased, under such rules defining
! the character and form of the evidence as the
PaymaSter General shall prescribe.
| SEC. 9. Ana be it thIther enacted, That section
fifteen of the "Act to increase the present mill
| tary establishment of the United States, and for
| other purposes" approved July fifth, eighteen
| hundred and thirty-eight, be amended SO that
general officers shall not hereafter be excluded
from receiving the additional ration for every
| five years service: and it is hereby further pro-
vded that officers en- the retired list of the ar
my shall have the same allowance of additional
rations for every five years service as officers IN
active service.
Approved, March 3, 1867.