The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-28
No. e.

and emoluments us now provided by law; and
thirteen ordnance storekeepers, of whom num-
Der not exceeding six may be appointed and an
thorized to act as paymasters at armories and ar
senals The ordnance storeke eeper and paym0s-
ter at the national armory at springfield shall
have the rank, pay, and emoluments of major of
caValry and all other ordnance storckeepcrs shall
have the rank, pay, and emoluments of captains
of cavalry and two thirds of the. military store
keepers and ordinance storekeepers 10 be appojn-
ted under this and the fourteenth section of this
act, shall be selected from volunteer officers or
soldiers who have performed meritorious service
in the army of the United States during the late
rebellion.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be one chief signal officer of the army who
shall have the rank, pay, and emoluments OF q
colonel cavalry; and the Secretary of War shall
have power to detail six officers, and not to ex-
ceed one hundred non. commissioned officers and
privates, from the battalion of engineers for the
performance of signal duty; but no officer or en-
listed man shall be so detailed until he shall have
been examined and approved by military board
to be convened by the Secretary of War for that
purpose; and enlisted men, while so detailed,
shall, when deemed necessary, be mounted upon
horses provided by the government.
Sec. 90. And be it. further enacted, That the
adjutant- general, quartSrmaster- general, commits
sary-general of subsistence surgeon-general, pay
master general, chief of engineers, and Chief Of
ordnance, shall hereafter be appointed by. scec-
tion from the corps to which they belong, and no
person shall be appointed to amy vacancy created
by this act in the pay, medical, or quartermasters
departments, until he shall have passed the ak
animation now required by law.
Sec. 2t And be it further enacted, Thrt
person[s] snail be commissioned in any of the
regiments authorized by this act until they shall
have passed a satisfactory examination before
board, to be composed 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 inquire into the services rem
dered during the war, capacity and qualifications
of the applicants; and such appointments, when
made, shall be without regard to previous rank,
bul with sole regard to qualifications and merito-
rious services; and persons apploing for commits
Sons in any of the regiments authorized by this
act shall be entitled in case of passing the exami
nation, and being appointed or commissioned, to
receive mileafe from the place of his residence 10
the place of examination, or such portion of that
distance as he may actually travel the same is
paid to officers travelling under orders, but there
shall be paid no other compensation.
Sec. 25 And be it further enacted, That the Of
fee of sutler in the army and at military posts is
hereby abolished, and the subsistence department
is hereby authorized and rcqoired to furnish such
articles may from time to time be designated
by the inspectors general of the army, the same
to be sold to officers and enlisted men at cost
prices, and if not paid for when purchased, true
account thereof shall be kept, and the amount
due the government shall be deducted by the pay
master at the payment next following such pur-
chase: Provided That this section shall not go
into effect until the first day of July, eighteen
hundred and siXty-scven.
Sec 26 And be it 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 an established college or university within the
United States, with sufficient capacity to educate
at one time not less than one hundred and fifty
male Students detail officer of the army to act
as president, superintedent, or professor of such
college university; that the number of officers
so detailed shall not exceed twenty atany time,
and shall be appoItioned through the United
States as nearly as practicable according to popu-
lation and shall be governed by general rules to
be prescribed from time to time by the President
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted, That when
ever troops are serving at any post, garrison, or
permanent camp, there shall be established
school where all enlisted men may be provided
with instruction in the common English branches
of education, and especially in the history of the
UDited States, and the Secretary of Warts author
lied to detail such commissioned officers and en-
listed men as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section; and it shall be the du
fy OF the post or garrison commander to cause to
be set aparta suitablefoom or building for school
and religious purposes.
Sec. 2S And be it further enacted, That moth
ing in this act shni be SO construed to authorize
or permit the appointment to any position or of
flee in the army of the United States of any per-
ry, naval or civil service OF the so-ealled tQnfed-
crate states OF either Of the States in nsufrec1
ton during the late rebellion ;but any such an.
pointmsnt shall be illegal and void. S
Sec. 90. And be it further enacted, That. in
constituting this act, officers who have heretofore
been appointed or commissioned to serve with
United States co]ored troops shall beNdeemed
and held to be officers of volunteers, and officers
of the regular army who have also held commits
sions officers of volunteers or have command
ed volunteers shall not on that account be held
to be volunteers under the provisions of this act.
Sec 80 And belt further enacted, That moth
ing herein contained shall be construed as af-
fectinG existing laws respecting the rank, pay,
| and allowance of chapains of the army, but the
| same shall remain as now established by the act
entitled eau act to amend section Iine of the
act approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred
and sixty-tMo entitled An act to define the pay
and emoluments of certain officers of the army,
and for other purposes" approved April nine,
| eighteen hundred and sixty-iour; one chaplain
| may be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, for each
regiment of colored troops, whose duty shall in
clude the instruction of the enllstrtlmen in the
common English branches oil 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 moth
ing in this act shall be so construed as to vacate
the commission of any officer now properly in
service. or whose name may be borne on the ar
my register partially retired, according to law.
See. So And be it further enacted, That officers
of the regular army entitled to be retired on ac-
count of disability occasioned by wounds re-
ccived 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 it further enacted, That the
provost marshal generals office and bureau shall
be continued only SO long as the Secretary of
days after the passage of this act.
Sec a. And be it further enacted, That all
officers who have during the rebellion as volun-
teers in the armies of the United States, and
who have been may hereafter be honorably
mustered out of the volunteer service, shall be
entitled to bear the official title, and upon occa-
sions of ceremony to wear the uniform of the
highest grade they have held by brevet or other
commission in the volunteer service. In case of
officers of the regular army, the volunteer rank
shall be entered on the official army register
Provided That these privileges shall not entitle
an officer to command, pay, or emoluments.
Sec. 35. And be it further enacted, That the
third section of the act entitled IAN act ms
king appropriations for the support of the ar
my for the year ending thirtieth OF June, eigh-
teen hundred and siXty-siX," shall continue in
force for one year from the passage of this act
Provided, That no officer who is furnished with
quarters in kind shall be entitled to receive the
Increased communication of rations hereby au-
thorized.
Sec 36. And be it further enacted That sec
tion three of the act approved February twenty,
eighteen hundred aud sixty-three, authorizing
the appointment of a solicitor of the War De-
] partment, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 81. And be it further enacted, That the
| Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed
to have prepared, and to report to Congress, at
| its next session, code of regulations for the
government of the army, and of the militia in
| actual service, which shall embrace all necessa-