New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-29


as the Secretary of War may prescribe.
, SIC l8 And be it further enacted. That the pay
one pay master general with the rank pay. and
emolunents OF brtgadeI general; two assistant
ments Of colonies of cavalry; two deputy paymasters
general with the rank, pay, and emoluments OF
with the rank, pay, and emoluments OF MAJORS of
cavalry to be selected from persons who have served
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted That the corps
of engineers shall consist OF chief of engineers,
with the rank, pay, and emouments OF brigadier
general; six colonies. Twelve lieutenant ctiones,
twenty TOUR majors; thirty captains, md twenty SIX
pay and emoluments now provided by law for officers
of the en- 5ineer corps
companies OF engineer soldiers, ana the sergeant
major and quartermaster sergeant heretofore pre-
sCrbed by law. shall constitute battalion OF engin
GERS, to be Differed by officers OF suitable rank de
tailed from the corps of engineers; and the officers
oil engineers acting respectively adjutant and
quartermaster of this battalion shall be entitled to
me pay and moluments OF adjutants and quarter
SIC n And be it further enacted, That the ord
same number of officers and enlisted
authorized by law and the officers shall be OF the
coonels four Lieutenant colonies ten MAJORS twenty
captains, sixteen first leutenants and ten second
hcutenants, with the same pay and emoluments
now provided by law; and thirteen ordnance
storekeepe 5. of whom number not exceeding six
may be appointed and authorized to act as paymas-
tiers at armorles and ar5enals. The ordnance store
keeper and paymaster at the national armory at
Springfield shall have the rank, pay, and emou
ments OF major of cavalry and all other ordnance
storekeepers shalI have the rank pay, aud einou
ments OF captains of cavalry, and twothirds OF he
military storekeepers ard ordnance storekeepers to
be appointed under this and the fourteenth section
OF thls act shall be selected from volunteer officers
or soldiers who have performed meritorious service
IN the army of the United States during the late re-
bellion.
SIC e. And be it further enacted That there
shall be chief signal officer OF the army, who
nei Of cavalry; and the Seeretapy Of Var Snail have
pow,r to detail six officers and not TO exceed one
hundred non commissioned officers and privates,
from the battalion o. engineers, for the performance
OF signal DUTY; but 10 officer enlisted man shall
be so detailed until he shan have been examined and
approved by a mtary board, to be convened by the
secretary OF war tor that purpose; and enlisted
sary, be noun ed upon horses provided By the gov
eminent
SIC .. md be it further enacted, That the ad
lutant general, qbartermastcr general, ImIssaTy
general OF subsistence. surgeon general paymaser
general chiet OF engineers and CHIEF of ordnance,
snail hereafter be appointed by selection ir N the
corps 70 which they belorg, aud no person shall he
appointed 70 any vacancy tr aed by tins tct IN tie
pay, medical, or quartermaster's department until
ne Shal nave passed the examination now required
SIC, "a And be it further enacted Thai no person
shall be commissioned any of the regiments au-
thorlzed by TINS act unit ne shall have passed sat
isfaetory examination before a board. TO be com
posed Of officers of that of the service in which
the applicant T. 70 serve TO be convened under the
direction OF the Secretary of War, which shall in
Quire INTO the services rendered during the
capacity and qualifications OF the applicants; and
such appointment, when made. shall be without
regard to previous rank, but with sole regard to
quaithcatIons and meruorlous services; aud persons
applying Tor commissions IN any of the regiments
illls dtJ small De entitled, IN case
passing the examination and being Apo .nted or
commissioned, TO receive mileage from the place
his residence to the place of examination, such
portion OF that distance as he mas actually travel
tine same as /, paid to officers travelling under orders
but there snail be paid no other compensation,
SEC. 25 And be II further enacted That the office
OF suter in The army ana at military posts is hereby
abolished and the subsistence department is hereby
authorized and requIrr to furnish such articles
may from time to time be designated by the inspect
general Of the army, the same TO be sold to Off
GERS ana enl sed at prices and if not paid
Tor wben purchased, a true account thereof shall
shall be deducted by the paymaster at he
payment next following such purchase; Pro
the first of July, eighteen hundred and sixty seven.
SEC 20 And be 1t further enacted, That for
the purpose of promoting knowledge of military
science among the young men of the United States
the President may, upon the application Of estab
with sufficient capacity to educate at time not
less than hundred and nifty male student details
tendent professor OF such college university;
that the number OF officers detailed shall not
coed twenty at any me, and shall be appOrtioned
through the United States nearly blehc
cordng TO population and shall be governed By gen
era rules to be prescribed from time time by the
SEC q. And be it further enacted That whenever
troopsa7e serving at any post, garrison, or perma-
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 Uhted States, and
commissioned officers and enlisted men as may be
necessary 70 carry ont the provisions of this sect on
mander 10 70 be set apart a suitable room or
building for school ana religious purposes
SEC d. And be 1t further enacted. That nothing in
this act shall be construed authorize permit
the appointment TO any position or office in the army
OF the United States o any person who has served in
any capacity in the military naval or civil service of
the called Confederate States of either of the
States instruction, during the late rebelion but
any such appoint ment shall be Illegal and void
SEC % and be it further enacted. That. in CON
strung this act, officers who have heretofore been
appointed or commissioned to serve with United
states coored troops shall be deemed and held to be
officers OF volunteers; and officers of the regular
army who nave also held commissions officers Of
volunteers. have commanded volunteers, shall not
CD that account be held to be volunteers under the
SEC. 30 And be it further enacted. That nothing
herein contained shall be construed affecting
listing laws respecting the rank, pay, and allowances
oil chap ans OF the army but the same shall remain
as now established by the act entitled AN act to
amend section nine of the approved July seven
teen, eighteen hundred and sxty-two, entitled An
act to define the pay and emoluments of certain OH
GERS of the army and for other purpose, approved
April nine. eighteen hundred and sixty-four; one
with the advice and consent of the Senate for each
regiment OF ooloIed troops, whose duty shall include
the instruction OF the enlisted men in the common
English branches OF education; and chaplains when
ordered from one field of duty TO another, shall be
entitled TO transportation at the same rate as other
officers.
SEC 81 And be it further enacted, That nothing in
this act shall be so construed as TO yacate the
mission OF any officer now properly in service.
whose name may be borne on the Army Register
SEC p And be it further enacted, That officers of
the regular army entitled to be retired Of
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 g. And be it further enacted That the Provost
Marshal Generals office and bureau shall be con;
tinued only so long as the Secretary OF War shall
deem necessary not exceeding thirty days after the
SEC 81 And be ii further en- acted That all officers
who have served during the rebellion as volunteers
in the armies Of the United States, and who have
been may hereafter be houoraoy mustered out of
the volunteer service. shall be entitled 10 bear the
otoial ute, and upon OF ceremony TO wear
the uniform OF the highest grade they have held by
brevet other commissions IN the volunteer ser
vice. In case of officers of the regular army, the
volunteer rank shalI be entered upon the official
Army Register: Provided. That these privileges
shall not entite any ofncer to command, pay, or
SIC IS. And be it further enacted. That the third
section OF the act entitled An act making appropr,'
ing thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
passae s Of this act Provided That no ofcer who IS
furnished with quarters in kind shall be entitled to
rece We che increased Communication OF ratons hereby
SEC 81 And be it further enacted, That section
three OF the act approved teornafy twenty egntesn
ment OF a solicitor of the War Department, be- and
'n sE ss Is And b. a2er enacted That the
tary of War be, and he IS hereby. directed to have
sion code o. regulations Tor toe government Of the
army and Of the militia in actual service. which shall
CHARACTER for the performance of ali duties incum.
bent officers and men in the military service, in
the existing regulations remain in force until Con.
gress shall have acted on ,aid report
SEC " And De II tuFtner enacted, mat all laws
and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of
thi act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved Ju %. 1876.
AN ACT to revive and extend the provisions of ''An
act granting the right of way and making a grant
OF land 70 the states Of Arkansas and Missouri to
aid in the construction of a railroad from a point
upon the Mississippi opposite the mouth OF the
Ohio river via Lift 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 nifty three and
Be L enacted b the Senate and House of Repre-