New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-29

cemeteries. three hundred thousand dollars;
provided. that twenty thousand dollars OF
| this amount be expended in planting and
cultivating trees and shrubs IN the several
cemeteries.
SEC 2 And be it further enacted. That
the President be, and he is hereby. author
| lied and directed on or before the first day
If .Julv. eighteen hundred and sevcnty-onc,
| TO reduce tie number of enlisted men in the
army TO thirty thousand, and thereafter
there shall be no more than thirty thousand
enlisted men in the army al any one time,
unless otherwise authorized by law.
| SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the President be, and he is hereby, author
| lied. at his discretion, hOnorably to dis
| charge from the service of the United States
| officers Of the army who may apply there
tor Oh or before the first OF January next:
and such officers so discharged under the
provisions Of this act shall be entitled TO
receive. in addition to the pay and allow
ances due them at the date of their dis
charge, one years pay and allowances.
SEC. !. And be it further enacted, That
the President be. and ne is hereby.
authorized, at his discretion. to place on he
retired list of the army, on their own appii-
cation, any commissioned officers who have
been thirty years in the service, and the
officers who NAV be retired by virtue Of this
ectiOn. 81 all be ent ed to the same pay
and emoluments as are now allowed. or may
he hereafter allowed. to officers retired from
active service.
SEC. j. And he il further enacted. That
the uroviso Of the sixteenth section OF the
act approved August three, eighteen hun
tired aud sixty-one. limiting the number Of
officers On the retired list to seven per cen
tum of the whole number of existing
officers, be. and the same is hereby, re-
pealed. and hereafter the number of officers
who may be retired in accordance with
existing laws shall be i'll the discretion OF
the President: Provided, That the whole
number on the retired list shall at Eo time
exceed three hundred.
SEC D. And be it further enacted, That
the offices OF General and Lieutenant Gene
raj of the Army shall continue until
vacancy shall occur in the same. and no
longer: and when such vacagcy shall occur
in either of said Offices. immediately there
upon ali laws and parts OF laws creating
said office shall become imperative, and
shall; by virtue OF this act, from thencefUr-
ward be held to be repealed.
SEC. T. And be it further enacted. That
no appointment to the grade of major gene
raj shall be made until the number of
officers of that grade is reduced below three:
after which the number Of major generals
shall not exceed three.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted.
That 10 appointment to the grade
of bricadier general shall be made until the
number of officers of that grade is reduced
below six; after which the number OF brig
adler generals shall not exceed six.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted. That
the grade Of regiInental cOmmissary Ill the
several cavalry regiments Is hereby abol-
ished: and the heutenants now holding the
appointments Of regimental cOmmlssarE
NAV De assigned for duty to companies of
I'LL IL,
cancies that may occur i'll their respective
grades OF first or second lieutenant in the
regiments 10 which they now belong: and
nothing herein contained shall affect their
relative ranks with other lieute nants o1
their grade.
SEC TO- And be It further enacted, That
the grades Of reg imental comInissary ser
geant and regimental hospital steward are
hereby abolished. The number of corporals
in each company of cavalry. artillery and
infantry shall be reduced to four aud the
said non-commissioned officers shall have
the privilege of receiving an honorable dis
charge with full pay and allowances TO the
actual date thereof. if they so elect. III pre-
ference TO remaining in the service in such
other grades as NAV he assigned to them by
the Secretary of War.
SIC. ii. Ard be it further enacted, That
the General of the army and commanding
officers of the several military departments
of the army. shall. as sOon as practicable
after the passage of this act. forward 10 the
Secretary of War a list of officers serving i'll
their respective commands deemed by them
unit for the proper discharge of their duties
from any cause except injuries incurred or
disease contracted i'll the line of their duty,
setting forth specifically in each case the
cause Of such ulfitness. The Secretary
OF War is hereby authorized and directed
~,ry
major general. one brgadier general and
three colonies. three of said officers to
be selected from among those APP
pointed to the regular army on account
of distinguished services i'll the volun-
teer force during the late war, and on re-
commentator OF such board the President
shall muster ont of the service any OF the
said officers so reported with one years
pay: but such muster-out shall not be or
dered without allowing such officer hear
ing before such board to show cause against
it.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted. That
the President is hereby authorized to trans
fer officers from the regiments OF cavalry,
artillery and infantry to the list OF super
and all vacancies now exist
ing, or which may occur prior to the first
day of January next, III the cavalry. artll-
lery or infantry, by reason of such transfer
or from other causes. shall be filled in due
by the supernumerary officers.
having reference to rank, seniority and fit
ness. as provided i'll existing law regulating
pI emotions in the army. And if any super
officers shall remain after the first
day Of January next. they shall be honor
ably mustered out OF the service with one
years pay and allowances; provided. that
vacancies now existing in the grade of
second heutenants, or which may occur
prior to said date, may be filled by the as
OF supernulnerary first lieutenants !
or officers Of higher grades, who, when 50
shall rank as second Geutenants, !
providing tprovided) such officers shall pre- |
fer to be so assigned, instead OF being mus
tered out under the provisions of this see
ton: and officers 50 assigned shall take !
rank from the date of their original entry !
into the service: and provided further, thar |
no chaplain be appointed to posts OF
regiments until those on waiting orders are
assigned.
SEC. 10. And I've it further enacted, That
the professors Of the United States
n the army and at the academy
exceeds thirty-fve years, shall have the pay
If colonel, and those whose like service is
ess than thirty-five, but exceeds twenty
i've years, shall have the pay of lieutenant |
colonel: and all other professors shall have
he pay of major; and hereafter there shall
he allowed and paid to said professors ten
per centum of their current yearly pay for
each and every term Of five years contin-
uous service; provided, that such addition
shall in no case exceed forty per centum of
said yearly pay; and said professors are
hereby placed upon the same footing as re-
CARDS retirement from active service as
officers of the army.
SEC. Ia. And be it further enacted, That |
the pay and allowances of enlisted men of |
the army shall remain as now fixed by law
until the thirtieth of June eiohteen hundred |