The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-28
CHAP. CCXCIX.
CHAP. CCXCIX.
An Act to increase and fly the Military Peace Es-
tablishment of the United States.

An ACT TO increase ana Inc Military feace ES-
tablshment of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the military peace
tabli,hment of the United States shall hereafter
consist of five regiments of artillery, ten regi-
ments of cavalry, forty y-tvc regiments of infantry,
the professors and corps of cadets of the United
States Military Academy, and such other forces
as shall be provided for by this act, to be known
as the Army of the United States.
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the five
regiments of artillery provided for by this act
shall consist of the five regiments now organized;
and the first, second, third, and fourth regiments
OF artillery shall have the same organization as is
now prescribed by law for the fifth regiment of
artillery; but the re@imental adjutants, quarter
masters and commissaries shall hereafter be eX-
ira lieutenantS selected from the first or second
lieutenants of the regiment.
See g. And be it further enacted, That to the
six regiments of cavalry now in service there shall
he added four regiments, two of which Shall be
composed of colOred men, having the same Or
eaniZatiOn us is now provided by law for cavalry
regiments, with the addition of one veterinary
surgeon to each regiment, whose compensation
shall be one hudred dollars per month; but the
grade of company comnIissary sergeant of caval-
ry is hereby abolished. The original vacancies in
the grade of first and second lieutenant shall be
filled by selection from among the officers and
soldiers of volunteer cavalry, and two thirds of
the original vacancies in each of the grades above
that of first lieutenant shall be filled by selections
from among the officers OF volunteer cavalry, and
one third from officers of the regular army, all OF
whom shall have served two years in the field dl-
ring the war, and have been distinguished for ca
pacty and good conduct; any portion OF the cav
airy force may be armed and drilled as infantry or
dismounted ,lry at the discretion OF the Presl-
dent, and each cavalry regiment shall hereafter
have but one hospital steward and the regimcntal
adiutants Quartermasters, and commissaries shall
hereafter be extra licutcnants selected from the
first orsecond licutenants of the regiment.
Sec. +, And be it further enacted, That the
fortv-tive regiments Of infantry provided for by
this act shall consist of the first ten regiments, of
ten companies each, now in service; OF twenty
seven regiments, of ten companies each, to be
formed by adding to companies to each battalion
of the remaining nine regiments; and OF eight
new regiments, of ten companies each, four regi-
ments of which shall be composed of colored men
and four regiments Of ten companies each to be
raised and officered as hereinafter provided for,
to be called the veteran reserve corps; and all
the original vacancies i'll the grades OF first and
second lieutenant shall be filled by selection from
among the officers and soldiers OF volunteers, and
one half the original vacancies in each of the
grades above that of first lieutenant shall be til-
led By selection from among the officers of volun-
teers and the remainder from officers of the reg
ular army all of whom shall have served two
years during the war, and have been distinguished
for capacity and good conduct in the ticld. The
veteran reserve corps shall be ofilcered by ap-
pointments from any officers and soldiers of volun-
tecrs or of the regular army who have been woun-
ded in the line of their duty while serving in the
army of the United States in the late war, and
who may yet be competent Tor garrison or Otncr
duty, to which that corps has heretofore been as
signed.
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That the ap-
pointments to be made from among volunteer Of
ficers and soldiers under the provisions of this act
shall be distributed among the States, Territories,
and District of Columbia, ir, proportion to the
number of troops furnished by them respectively
to the service of the United States during the late
war, reduced to an average of three years term
of service: Provided That the regulation provi
ded in this section governing the proportion of
officers to be selected from each State, shall not
be applied to the States of California, Oregon and
Nevada.
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That each
regiment of infantry provided for by this act shall
have one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one ma
jor one adjutant, one Observation-Disclosures
one sergeant-major, one quartcrmast ter-sergeant,
one commissary-s sergeant, one hospital steward,
two principal musicians and ten companies; and
the adjutant and quartermastes shall hereafter be
extra leutenants selected from the first or second
lieutenants of the regiment Each company shall
have one captain, one first lieutenant and one
second lieutenant one first sergeant, one quarter
master-sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals,
fifty privates, and the number of privates may be
Increased at the discretion of the President, not
to exceed one hundred, whenever the exigencies
of the service require such increase; and the
President is hereby authorized to enlist and en-
ploy in the Territories aud Indian countrya force
of Indians, not to exceed one thousand, to act as
scouts, who shall receive the pay and allowances
of cavalry soldiers, and be discharged whenever
the necessity for their further employment is aba
ted, or at the discretion of the department COM
mander.