Litchfield enquirer., 1871-10-19
' Tn s CHAPTER VI.
OF CONFIRMATION AND suppLrzs.

general, field, staff, commissioned and non- commissioned officers, musicians, and privates who shall perform military duty in complete uniform, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, the sum of two dollars for each and every day of svch duty, together with mileage of five cents mile in going to place of parande from their respeetiue headquarters or armo- ries, and returning to the same to each mem- Der of every regimental band, duly organized and fully equiped in the prescribed uniform, and who shal! perform (ony) duty prescribed by this act, two dollars and fifty cents for each day ofsach duty, together with mileage of five cents for each mile, in going to and re- running from the place of parade to the rooms occupied by them as band l; and two dollars a day shall be allowed for each horse used on parade required by this act, except for artil- lery horses used at the encampments, and ra- of the United States, for which communication may be paid but no payment shall be made to any regimental field, staff, commissioned or nou-commissioned officer, musiciad, priyates or member of 1egimental band, for the servi- ces rendered under this section, until he shall have been examined by the surgeon of the regiment to which he belongs, and found by such surgeon to be an able-bodied man. ac cording to the army reuulations of the United States:
 Sec. 76. Every company, while encamped, shall have ro-call, as follows: on the first day at noon and at close of evening parade; on the remaining days at seven o'clock in the morning, at noon, at o'clock in the evening, and at such other times as the commandant of the regiment may prescribe; andany officer or soldier, absent from either of said roll-calls except such are absent on duty, or excused by competent authority. shall be con sidered as absent for the day, and shall be allowed no compensation for sad day. The commander of the regiment shall detail officers of his staf, who shall attend the roll-caH of the companies, and re- port to the commandant of the regiment the names of the absentees of each company.
 Sec.W. The commaDdant of each regiment shal within ten days after the May parade in each year, if said parade shall be by regiment, make out and certify under oath, and return to the ad- jutant-geneta1a complete roll in duplicate of the field staff, and band, who shall have done duty at said parade in conformity with this act, and who are entitled to be paid for services under the same, stating the amount due to each, and the towns to which they respectively belong; and the command ing officer of each company rhall, within ten days after the May parade, in each year, make out and certify under oath, and return to the adjutant- general, a complete roll in duplicate of the mem- bers of his company. who shall have done duty at said parades in conformity with this act, and who are entitled to be paid for military service under the same, stating the amount due to each and the towns to which they respectively belong; and the adiutant-g shall cause one of said duplicate rolls, certified by himself to be transmitted to the paymaster- general, on or before the fifteenth day of June. in each year. The sums due for said par ade shall be paid by the paymaster-general, on or before the twentieth day of June, and the same may be paid by him to the persons rendering such service. or to the commanding officers of the re- spective companies, upon the written order of the members of their companies performing duties as aforesaid. And within fifteen days from the close of the annual fall parade or encampment provided in this act the paymasterg general, or regimental paymaster, under his directions, shall pay such officers, privates, musicians, and members of bands, as shall have done duty at such parade or encampment, the amount due them therefor un- der the the provisions of the act; such payment may be made to the commanding officer of any nrh hon &ho lo- of the members thereof performing duty as afore- said. The pay-rolls for services at said parade or encampment shall be made by the commaudants of regiment and companies as aforesaid, and handed to the regimental paymaster on the last day of the encampment, or within five days after the parade if for one day only; but payment for services rendered aforesaid shall be made at any parade or encampment. The commanding officer of each company or band is authorized and it is hereby made his duty, to deduct from his pay due to any member of his command from the state, for any service under this act, for the benefit of said company or state, as the case may be, the amount that may be due, from said member for fines, penalties, or dues, under the bylaws of said company or band, or the laws of this state; and the comptroller is directed to draw orders on the treasurer of the state, in favor of the paymas ter-general, for such sums as the adjutantgeneral shall certify to him will, in his opinion, be neces- sary for the purposes specified in this section; and the treasurer is authorized to pay said order out ot any unappropriated money in the treasury; and should there be none, when thus called for, then the treasurer is authorized to borrow the amount necessary for such purposes: The paymaster-gen- eral, after paying such. officers, musicians and prvates, shall settle with the state treasurer by returning any surplus money in his hands, or by receiving from the comptroller his order on the treasurer for any sums of money that he may have paid, over and above the sum received by him for such purposes, and he shall file his vouchers with the comptroller.
 Sec. 7S. The quartermaster-g general shall pro- vide suitable horses, and forage for the same, for six days artillery drill in each year of the fall en- campment of the regiment to which any section of artillery is attached, and may authorize the commanding officer of each section to make con- tract for such horses and forage, subject to his ap proval or rejection, and no allowance shall be made for any other artillery horses used at such en- campment.
 Sec. 79. The state uniforms now in possession of the Connecticut National Guard, may be retain ed by them for their own use, and shall become their property when they have procured uniforms under the provisions of this act but no more uni forms now belonging to the State shall be issued to the Connecticut National Guard.
 Sec. 80. Whenever majority of the commis- stoned officers of regiment or section of artillery at g meeting called for that purpose, shall pre- scribe uniform for their command, and make re- turn of their dongs in writing to the adjutantgen- eral, and the same shall have been approved by the commander-in-chief, 1t shall become and re- main the established uniform of said regiment or section of artillery.
 Sec. S1. Whenever it shall be made to appear by certificate in duplicate, under the oath of the
 
 artillery, to the satisfaction of the adjutantgen- eral that new uniform, as prescribed in the pre- ceding section, has been procured by any duly en- listed non-commissioned officer, musician or pri. vate of his command, at a cost of not less than twenty-five dollars, which certificate shall give the name, ago. rank and date of enlistment of the per son procuring said uniform, the number of state uniforms in the company armory, and the number of active members residing in the limits of said company ar section; and that said uniform has been deposited in the armory of said company or section ot artillery, in charge of the commandine officer of the same, or of some suitable person an pointed by him; and said certificates shall have been approved by the commandant of the reei. ment to which said company belongs or section a, artillery is attached; the adjutant-general shal] transmit to the quartermaster-genera one of said certificates, if approved by him, and the ouarter. master general shall keep and record the same and shall forward to the commanding officer o said company or section of artillery his draft fo1 said sum of twenty-five dollars, payable to the or der of the person so providing said uniform: pro. vided, however that the adjutant-general shalf moi approve such certificate of any commanding off cer, nor shsll the quartermaster-general pay said sum when the number of uniforms so paid for and still owned by the state under this act in any sncf company or section of artillery, shall equal thf number of active non-commissioned officers mn sicians rnd privates in snch company or section o artillery, and the comptroller shall draw his orie, on the treasurer for the amount needed by thf quartermaster-general for making such pavments
 Sec. 82. The payment of said sum of twenty five dollars shall be made to non-commissionei staff-oficers and members of regimental bands. or