New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-30

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4 provided, that twenty thousand dollars o
this amount be expended in planting AM
cultiyating trees and shrubs in the severa
cemeteries.
| SEC. 3 And be it further enacted, Tha
the President be, and he is hereby, author
lied and directed, on or before the first da,
of july, eighteen hundred and seventy-One
to reduce the number OF enlisted men in TIN
army to thirty thousand, and thereafter
there shall be no more than thirty thousand
enlisted men in the army at any one time
unless otherwise authorized by law.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, Tha
| the President be. and he is hereby, author
led at his discretion, hOnOrably to dis
| charge from the service of the United States
officers of the army who may apply there
for on or before the first OF January next
and such officers so discharged under thu
provisions of this act shall be entitled II
receive. in addition to the pay and allow
ances due them at the date Of their dis
| charge, one years pay and allowances.
! Sec. A. And be it further enacted, Thai
| the President be, and he is hereby
| authorized, at his discretion, to place on the
| retired list of the army, on their own app /
cation, any commissioned officers who have
been thirty years in the service. and the
officers who may be retired by virtue Of this
ectiOn, ST all be ent sd to the same pay
be hereafter allowed, to officers retired from
active service.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the proyisO of the sixteenth section of the
act approved August three, eighteen hun
dred and 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
Il. I. x,v,<
existing laws shall be in the discretion of
the President: Provided, That the whole
number on the retired list shall at no time
exceed three hundred.
SEC 6. And be it further enacted, That
the offices of General and Lieutenant Gene
raj of the Army shall continue until a
vacancy shall occur in the same. and no
longer and when such vacagcy shall occur
in either of said offices, Immediately there
upon all laws and parts of laws creating
said Office shall become imperative, and
shall; by virtue of this act. from thencefOr
ward be held to be repealed.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 ma 0r generals
shall. not exceed three.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted,
That no appointment to the grade
of brigadier general shall he 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 regimental cOmmissary in the
several cavalry regiments Is hereby abOl-
ished; and the lieutenants now holding the
appointments Of regimental c0mmissary
may be assigned for duty TO companies of
their regiments. and shall I'LL the first va
cancies that may occur in their respective
grades Of first or second lieutenant in the
regiments to which they now belong: and
nothing herein contained shall affect their
relative ranks with other EeutenaIts of
their grade.
SEC 10. And be it further enacted, That
the grades of regimental commissary SER
geant and regimental hospital steward are
hereby abolished. The number OF cOrpOrals
in each company of cavalry. artillery and
shall be reduced 70 four and 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, in pre-
ference to remaining in tine service in such
other grades as may be assigned TO them by
the Secretary of War.
SEC. III. And 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 list of officers serving in
their respective commands deemed by them
unfit for the proper discharge Of their duties
from any cause except injuries incurred or
disease contracted in the line of their duty,
setting forth specifically il each case the
cause of such untitness. The Secretary
of War is hereby authorized and directed
to constitute a board to consist OF one
major general. one brigadier 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 in the volun-
teer force during the late war. and on re-
of such board the President
shall muster out of the service any of the
said officers SO reported. with one years
Day: but such muster-Out shall not be or
lered without allowing such officer a hear
ng before such board to show cause a gainst
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That
he President is hereby authorized to trans
er officers from the regiments OF cavalry.
artillery and infantry to the list of super
itineraries and all vacancies now exist
ng, or which may occur prior to the first
lay of January next, in the cavalry, artil-
II from other causes, shall be filed in due
proportion by the supernumerary officers,
having reference to rank, seniority and fit
less, as provided in existing law regulating
i'll the army. And if any super
lumerary officers shall remain after the first
lay OF January next, they shall be honor
IDLY mustered out of the service with one
Years pay and allowances; provided, that
now existing in the grade OF
,1-y,,a al,
prior to said date, may be filed by the as
'ignment of supernumerary first lieutenants
u officers OF higher grades, who, when so
shall rank as second ieutenants,
(prOvided) such officers shall pre-
er to be so assigned, instead of being mus
cred out under the provisions of this sec
ion and officers SO assigned shall take |
'ank from the date of their original entry |
ntO the service; and provided further, that |
10 chaplain be appointed to posts or |
regiments until those on waiting orders are |
assigned.
See ID. And be it further enacted, That
he professors of the United States
Military Academy, whose service
Il the army and at the academy
xceeds thirty-five years, shall have the pay |
f colonel, and those whose like service is
ess than thirty-ive, but exceeds twenty
We years, shall have the pay of lieutenant
olOnel; and all other professors shall have
he pay of major; and hereafter there shall
'e allowed and. paid to said professors ten
'er centum of their current yearly pay for
ach and every term of five years contin-
,ous service; provided, that such addition
hall i'll no case exceed forty per centum of
aid yearly pay; and said professors are
hereby placed upon the same footing as re-
.ards retirement from active service as
ulcers OF the army.
SEC. IA. And be it further enacted, That
he pay and allowances OF enlisted men of
he army shall remain as now fixed by law
until the thirtieth OF june, eighteen hundred
md seventy-one; and it shall be unlawful
or any officer to use any enli.tnd ,nan s a