New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-31

by the same authority and said regulation.
shall be reported to Congress at 1ts next
session: Provided, That said regulations
shall not be inconsistent with the laws u
the United States.
SEC. 81. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretaries of War and the Navy be,
and they are hereby authorized and directed
SO to arrange the course of studies and the
order of relations at the Military and Naval
Academies that the students in said institu-
tons will not be required to pursue their
studies on Sunday.
SEC. 90 And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage OF this act the
Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, au-
thorized to permit one or more trading es-
Establishments to be maintained at any mill
tary post on the frontier not in the vicinity
of any city or town, when, in his judgment,
such establishment is needed tor the accom-
mediation of emigrants, freighters, and
other citizens and the persons to maintain
such trading establishments shall be APP
pointed by him; provided, that such traders
Shall he under protection and military con-
troll as camp followers. The joint resolution
approved March thirty, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven. to authorize the command
ing General of the Army to permit traders
to remain at certain military posts is hereby
repealed.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That
any retired officer may, on his own appiica-
ton, be detailed to serve as professor Ill any
college; but while SO serving such othcer
shall be allowed no additional compehs"-
ton.
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted, That
the nav of the officers OF the army shall ne
as follows: The pay of the General shall be
thirteen thousand five hundred dollars a
wear: Lieutenant General shall be eleven
thousand dollars a year; the pay OF major
general shall be seven Thousand i've hun
bred dollars; the pay OF 6rigadier general
shall he five thousand five hundred dollars:
the pay of colonel shall be three thousand
five hundred dollars; the pay OF lieutenant
colonel shall be three thousand dollars: the
nav of major shall be two thousand nve
hundred dollars; the pay OF captain
mounted shall be two thousand collars;
the pay of captain, not mounted, shil De
eighteen hundred dollars; the pay OF aolu-
tant shall be eighteen hundred dollars: the
pay of regimcntal quarterlnaster shal oe
eighteen hundred dollars; the pay OF nrst
lieutenant. mounted. shall be sixteen hun
dred dollars; the pay of first lieutenant. not
mounted shall be fifteen hundred dollars
the nav of second lieutenant, mounted.
shall be fifteen hundred dollars; the pay OF
second lieutenant, not mounted, snail ne
fourteen hundred dollars; the pay OF chap
lain shall be fifteen hundred dollars: the
pay of aide-de-camp to major general shall
be two hundred dollars per annum IN addl-
ton to pay of his rank: the pay OF alde-de-
camp to brigader general shall be one
hundred and fifty dollars per annuIn
in addition 10 pay of his rank: the
pay OF acting assistant comlnlssary
shall be one hundred dollars in addition to
pay of his rank and there shall be allowed
and paid to each and every commissioned
officer below the rank of brigadler general,
including chaplains and others having as
simulated rank or pay, ten per centum OF
their current yearly pay for each and every
term Of five years service: Provided. That
the total amount of such increase for length
of service shallin no case exceed forty per
centum on the yearly pay OF his grade as
established by this act: And provided
further. That the pay Of a colonel shall in
no case exceed four thousand five hundred
dollars per annllm. nor the pay OF a heutel-
ant colonel four thousand dollars per an
nun. and these sums shall be in full o all
communication of quarters, fuel forage. SER
wants wages and clothing, longevity rations
and all allowances of every name and ma
ture whatever. and shall be paid monthly
nv the paymastcr: Provided, That fuel
quarters, and forage in kind may he fur
nished to officers by the Quartermaster's
department. as now allowed by law and
when any officer shall travel under orders.
and shall not he furnished transportation
by the Quartermaster's department, or on a
conveyance belonging to or chartered by
the United States, he shall be allowed ten
cents per mile. and no more, for each mile
actually by him travelled under such orders,
distances to be calculated according to the
nearest post routes; and no payment shall
be made to any officer except by paylnas-
70, ,,,t% I,n
tive service shall receive seventy-tive per
centum of the pay of the rank upon which
they are retired.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted. That
every private soldier and officer
who has served in the army Of
the United States during the re
belliOn, for ninety days, and remained loyal
to the government, and every seaman,
marine. and officer or other person. who has
served in the navy Of the United States, or
in the marine corps or revenue marine.
during the rebellion, for ninety days, and
remained loyal to the government, shall, on
payment of the fee or commission to any
register or receiver of any land office re-
CURED by law, be entitled to enter one quar-
ter section of land, not mineral, of the alter
nate reserved sections of public lands along
the lines of any one of the railroads or other
public works in the United States, wherever
public lands have been or may be granted
by acts of Congress, and to receive a patent
therefor. under and by virtue OF the provis-
ions of the act to secure hOmesteads to ac-
tual settlers on the public domain, and the
acts amendatory thereof. and on the terms
and conditions therein prescribed; and all
the provisions of said acts, except as herein
modified, shall extend and be applicable to
entries. under this act, and the Commits
sioner of the General Land Office is hereby
authorized to prescribe the necessary rules
and regulations to carry this section into
effect, and determine all facts necessary
therefor.
Approved, July 10, 1870