Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-12-04


Sergeants of cavalry, artillery, and in
1antry, seventeen dollars.
Corporals of cavalry and light artillery,
fifteen dollars.
Corporals of artillery and infantry tif-
teen dollars.
Saddlers of artillery, fifteen dollars.
Blacksmiths and farriers of cavalry, tif-
teen dollars
Trumpetcrs of cavalry, thirteen dollars.
Musicians of artillery and infantry,
thirteen dollars
Hospital stewards, frst-class, thirty dol
lars.
Hospital stewards, second class, twenty
two dollars.
Hospital stewards, third class, twenty
dollars.
Ordnance sergeants of posts, thirty-four
dollars,
Quartermaster sergeants of engineers,
thirty-siX dollars.
Sergeants of engineers and ordnance,
thirty-four dollars.
Corporals of engineers and ordnance,
twenty dollars.
Musicians of engineers. thirteen dollars
PriVates first class of engineers and
ordnance seventeen dollars.
Brlvates Second class of engineers and
ordnance thirteen dollars
Sec. >. That to the rates of pay above es-
'taGlshed one dollar per month shall be
added for the third year of enlistment, one
y
and one dollar more per month for the
nth year, making in all three dollars in
crease per month for the last year of the
first enlistment of each enlisted man nam
ed in the first section of this act. But
this increase shall be considered rs retain
ed pay, and shall not be paid to the sol
dcr until his discharge from the service,
and shall be forfeited unless he shall have
served honestly and faithfully to the date
of discharge. And all former laws con-
~erning retained pay for privates of the
army are hereby rescinded.
Sec. B. That all the enlisted men emu
merated in the first section of this act who
have re-CnlistCd or who shall hereafter re-
enlist under the provisions of the act of
August fourth, eighteen hundred and IF
ty-four, shall be paid at the rates allowed
in the second section of this act to those
serving in the fifth year of their first en-
listment: PrOUidCd, That one dollar per
month shall be retained from the pay Of
the re-enlisted men, of whatever grade,
named in the first section of this act, dur
ing the whole period of their re-enlist-
ment, to be paid to the soldier on his dis
charge, but to be forfeited unless he shall
have served honestly and faithfully to the
date of discharge.
Sec. 4. That enlisted men, now in the
service, shall receive the rates of pay estab-
lished in this act according to the length
of their service, and nothing contained in
this act shall be construed as affecting the
additional monthly pay allowed for re-ea-
listments by the act of August fourth
eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
Approved, May 10, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-No. to. ..
AN ACT to establish n system of deposits
TO prevent desertion, and elevate the con-
dition of the rank and file of the army.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives, of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That any
enlisted man of the army may deposit his
savings, in sums of not less than five dol
dare, with any army paymaster, who shall
furnish him deposit-book, in which shall
be entered the name of the paymaster and
of the soldier, and the amount, date, and
place of such deposit. The money so de-
posted shall be accounted for in the same
manner as the other public funds, and
shall pass to the credit of the apprOpria-
ton for the pay of the army, and shall not
he subject to forfeiture by sentence of court
martial, but shall be forfeited by desertion,
and shall not be permitted to be paid I'M
I'll final payment on discharge, or to the
heirs or representatives of deceased SOL
dier, and that such deposit be exempt from
liability of such soldiers debts PrOrided
That the government shall be liable for
the amount deposited to the person so de-
posting the same.
See >. That for any sums of not less
than fifty dollars so deposited for the peri
cd of six months, or longer the soldier, on
his, final discharge, shall be paid interest
at the rate of four per cent. per annum.
Sec. 3, That the money value of all
clothing overdrawn by the soldier beyond
his allowance shall be charged against him,
every six months, on the muster-roll Of
his company, or on his final statements if
sooner discharged. The amount due him
for clothing, he having drawn less than
his allowance shall not be paid to him
until his final discharge from the service.
Sec. 1. That the system of deposits here
in established shall be carried into execu-
ton under such regulations as may be es-
tablished by the Secretary of War.
Sec ). That the amounts of deposits and
clothing balances accumulated to the SOL
dier's credit under the provisions of Sec
tons one and three of this act shall, when
payable to the soldier upon his discharge,
he paid out Of appropriations for pay Of
the army" for the then current fiscal year.
Sec. Is. That all acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
Approved, May -, 1872.
GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
IN ACT TO provide that minors shall not
he enlisted in the military service of the
Inited States without the consent OF
parents or guardians.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That no