The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-01-05
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ofthc Military Academy, i
Size. 20. 4ndtc Il further enacted, That
the Secretary Of War shall prepare sys-
tenn Of general regulations fol, the admins
tratbn efthc affairs Of the army, which,
when approved By Congress, shall be in
force aud obeyed until altered or revoked
by The same authority; aud said regulations
shall be reported to Congress, at It's next
session: Pro2ictl. That said regulations
shall not be Inconsistent with tho laws Of
the United States. ~
SEC. 81. Ind be Il further enacted.
That the Secretaries Of War and the Navy
be, and they arc hereby authorized aud d.
rected 50 to arrange the course Of studies
and the order Of recitations Of the Military
and Naval Academies that the students 10
said institutions will not be required 10
pursue their studies on Sunday.
SEC. %. And be Il further enacted,
That fromand after tho passage Of this act
the Secretary Of War be, aud he is hereby,
authorised to permit one or more trading
establishments to be maintained at any
military post on tho frontier not In the Vi
cinityof any city or town, when in his
Judgment, such establishment is needed for
the accommodation Of emigrants, freight
ess, and other citizens; and the persons To-
maintain such trading establishments shall
beappoihted byhim: Proui,lcd, That such
traders shall be under the protection and
military control as camp followers. The
joint resolution approved. March thirty,
eighteen hundred aud sixty-scven. to auth
crize the commanding general Of the army
to permit traders to remain at certain mill
tary posts IS hereby repealed.
SEc. %. And be u further enacted, That
any retired officer may on his own appli-
cation; be detailed. to servegas professor in
any college; but while SO serving such Of
fcer shall be allowed no additional com.
pensation.
SEQ. "a. And Be Il flnlSr enacte2,
That the pay Of the officers Of the army
shall be as follows: TIE pay Of the Gsr-
oral shall DO thirteen thousand Eve hundred
dollars year; Lieutenant General shall be
eleven thousand dollars q year; the pay Of
major general shall be seven thousand Eve
hundred dollars; the pay Of brigadier gon-
eral shall be Eve thousand Eve hundred dol
lars; thspay Of colonel shall be three tbous-
aud Eve hundred dollars; the pay of lieu
tenant colonel shall be three thousand dol
lars; the pay Of major shall be two thousand
FIVE hundred dollars; the pay of captain,
mounted, shall be two thousand dollars;
the pay Of captain, not mounted, shall be
eighteen hundred dollars; the poy of adju-
tant shall be eighteen hundred dollars; the
pay of regimeutal ,qusrtermaster shall be
eighteen hundred dollars; the pay Of first
lieutenant, mounted shall be sixteen hum
dred dollars; the pay of first lieutenant not
mounted shall be fifteen hundred dollars
the, pay lofs second lieutenant, mounted, shall
be fifteen hundred dollars; tie pay Of sec
ond lieutenant. not mounted, shall be four
teen hundred dollars; the pay Of chaplain
shall be fifteen hundred dollars; the pay Of
aide-de-camp to major general shall be
two hundred dollars per annum in addition
topay Of his rank; the pay Of aide.de-camp
10 brigadier general shall be one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum in addition to
pay Of his rank; the pay of acting assistant
cdmmissary shall be one hundred dollars
in addition TO pay Of. his rank; and there
shall be allowed aud paid to each and every
commissioned officer below the rank Of
brigadier general, including chaplains and
others having assimilated rank or pay, ten
per centum Of their current yearly pay for
each and every term of Eve years service:
PROVIDED. that the total amount Of such
increase for length Of service shall in 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 ia no case exceed four thous-
aud five hundred dollars per annum, nor
the pay Of lieutenant colonel four thous-
aud dollars per annum, aud these sums
shall be full Of determination Of quarters,
fuel, forage, servants wages aud clothing,
longevity rations, and all allowances Of
every name and nature whatever, and shall
be paid monthly BY the paymasters:
Provided, That fuel, quarters, and forage
in kind may be furnished to officers BY
the Quartermaster's department, as now
allowed bylaw aud regulations: And propiI-
dea further, That when any officer shall
travel under orders, and shall not be
furnished transportation by the Quarter
masters department, or on a conveyance
belonging to or chartered by tho United
States, he shall be allowed ten cents per
mile. and no more, for each mile actually
by him travelled under such order, dis
tauces to be calculated according to the
nearest post routes; and no payment shall
be made TO any officer except by a pay
master of the army Officers retired from