New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13


| canal from said river to the waters Of the
gulf, or by deepening one or more of the
natural outlets OF said river; and said board
shall make full and detailed estimate and
statement of the cost Of each Of said plans
and shall report the same, together W 18th
their opinion thereon, showing which Of
all said plans they deem preferable, giving
I their reasons therefor, to the Secretary Of
l War, to be presented at the commencement
of the second session Of the Forty third
1 Congress; and that the sum OF twenty-6 We
] thousand dollars, or SO much thereof as
| may be necessary. is hereby appropriated,
| out Of any funds in the treasury not other.
wise appropriated. to defrsy tha cost OF
I said survey.
I Approved June %. 1874.
! . iGENERAL NA7UHE-No. 81.
An act recognizing the several staff corps
OF the army.
| Be il enacted By the Senate and House
! Of Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Inspector Generals Department shall con.
1 sist Of one colonel. two lieutenant colonies,
! and two majors, with The rank, pay and
| emoluments of officers Of said grades; and
the Secretary OF War may, in addition,
detail officers Of the line. not to exceed four,
! 60 act as assistant inspector general; pro-
| vided, that officers Of the line detailed as
! acting inspectors general shall have all the
I allow snces OF csvalry officers Of their
| respective grades; and no new appointment
| shall be made IN the Inspector Generals
| Department until the number Of inspectors
| general is reduced to five.
! SEC. ,. That the Bureau Of Military Jus.
| tce ehall hereafter consist Of one Judge
| Advocate General, with the rank, pay and
| emoluments Of BrigadieS General; and
| che said Judge Advocate General shall
! receive. revise. and have recorded the pro-
! ceeGinss of all courts martial. courts of
/ inquiry and military commissions. and shall
I perform such other duties as have been
! heretofore performed by the Judge Advo-
! cate General Of the army. IN the corps of
! Judge advocates no appointments shall be
| made a. vacancies occur until the number
| shall be reduced to four, which shall there
} after be the permanent number of the Off
! GERS of that cOrps.
Sec. g. That Hereafter there shall be three
assistant commissaries general of subsist-
| ence, with tho rank. pay and emoluments
Of lieutenant colonel, instead OF the two
now allowed by law OF said grade in the
Subsistence Department; that the number
OF commissaries of subsistence with the
! rank, pay and emoluments of . captain Of
cavalry, is hereby reduced to twelve, and
no appointment 10 Till . vacancy in Said
| grade shall be made until che number
thereof shall be reduced to twelve, and the
number thereafter shall remain fixed At
twelve.
SEC. 1. That the medical department Of
the army shall! hereafter consist OF one
Surgeon General, with the rank, bay and
| emoluments Of q brigadier general, one as
sistant surgeon general and one chief medi-
cal pulveyor. each with the rank, pay
and emoluments Of colonel; and two
assistant medical purveyors. with the rank,
pay and enoluments Of lieutenant colonies,
who shall give the same bonds which
are or may be required Of assistant
shall. when not acting as puryeyors,
be assigned 70 duty as surgeons by the
President: fifty surgeons. with the rank.
pay and emOluments OF majors; one hun
dred and fifty assistant surgeons. with the
rank pay and emOluments Ut lleutenants of
| cavalry for the first i've years service, and
I with the rank pay and emoluments Of cap
| tains OF cavalry after five years service;
| and four medical stOre keepers, with the
same compensation as is now provided by
| law: and all the original vacancies in the
grade of assistant surgeons shall be filed
by selection by competitive examination.
| and the Secretary Of War is hereby author
| lied to appoint, from the enlisted men Of
| the army, or cause 10 be enlisted. as many
hospital stewards as the service may re-
| 1uire, 20 be permanently attached 70 the
! Medical Department, under such regulations
| as the Secretary Of War may prescribe.
| And the number Of contrac: surgeons shall
! be limited to seventy-tive on or before the
! first DAY Of January in the year eighteen
| hundred and seventy-tive; and thereafter
no moro than tina: number shall be en-
ployed.
SEC. ). That the Ordnance Department
shall consist of one Chief of Ordnance, with
] the rank, pay and emolumentS of . BrigA.
| der General; three colonies. four lieutenant
| colonies, ten majors, twenty captains, six
| teen first lieutenants; and oil vacancies
which may hereafter exist in the grade of
| first lieutenant in said department shall be
| filled by transfer from the line of the army;
| provided, that no appointment or promotion
! in said department shall hereafter be made
| until the officer or person So appointed OF
! promoted shall have passed satisfactory
examination before board VI ordnance
| officers senior to himself.
SEC. 6. That no officer now in service shall
! be reduced in rank or mustered out by
| reason OF any provision Of law herein made
| reducing the number Of officers in any de-
! partment or corps OF the staff.
] SEC. J. That as vacancies shall occur ia
! any Of the grades Of the Ordnance and
Medical Departments, NO appointments
I shall Oo Mau0 10 I'LL tn0 zane unLl4 Lno
numbers III such grade ehall be reduced 70
( the numbers which are fixed for permanent
| appointments by the provisions ct Shis act;
! and thereafter the number Of permanent
! officers in said grades shall continue to con-
| form to said reduced, numbers, and all
! other grades in said Ordnance and Medical
! Departments than those authorized by the
provisions of this act shall cease to exist
| as soon as the same shall become vacant by
| death, resignation or other wise; and no
! appointment or promotion shall hereafter
be made 70 ill any vacancy which mag
occur therein.
| SEC. 8. That 80 much Of section six Of al
I act entitled IAN act making appropriations
I for the support of the army for the year
| ending june thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
| seventy, and for other purposes" approx we'd
| March third, eighteen hundred and sixty
| nine, as applies to the Ordnance, Subsist-
| ence and Medical Departments of che army
| be and the same is hereby repealed pro
! vided, that this section repeating said sec
ton shall not apply to any Of the grades OF
! the Medical or Ordnance Departments
! which are omitted or abolished bJ the pro.
visions of this act.
Approved June 23. 1874.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 81
! An act for the creation Of a court for The
adjudication and disposition Of certain
! moneys received into the Treasury under
an award made by the tribunal of arbitra-
=; NV ;rfy,o Of tho frat a r.