The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-27


the President to raise such force;
provided that all enlistmemts for the
volunteer army shall be for a term of
two years, unless sooner terminated, !,
and that all officers and men compos-
ing said army shall be discharged from
the service Of the United States when
the purposes for which they were
called into service shall have been
accomplished or on the conclusion Of
hostilitics.
Sec. 5-'That when it becomes ne
cessary to raise a volunteer army the
President shall issue his proclamation
stating the number of men desired
within such limits as may be fixed by
law, and the secretary Of war shall
prescribe such rules and regulations.
not inconsistent with the terms of
this act, as may in his judgment be
necessary for the purpose of cxamin-
ing, organizing aud receiving into
service the men called for; provided
that all men received into service in
the volunteer army shall, as far as
practicable, be taken from the several
States and Territories aud the District
of Columbia in proportion to their
population.
SUBJECT OF ARMY REGULATIONS.
Sec. 6-That the volunteer army
and the militia of the States, when
called into the service of the United
States, shall be organized under, and
shall be subject to, the laws, orders
and regulations governing the regular
army; provided that each regiment OF
the volunteer army shall have one
surgeon and one assistant surgeon,
and that all the regimental and COM
pany officers shall be appointed by the
President, upon the recommendation
of the governors of the States in which
their respective organizations are
raised, subject to such an examination
as to the fitness and capacity as the
President may prescribe; provided
further, that when the members of
any company or regiment of the organ
lied militia of any State shall enlist
in the volunteer army in body, as
such company or regiment, the regi-
mental and company officers in service
with the militia organization thus
enlisting may be appointed by the
President, subject to such an exami-
nation as to the fitness and capacity
Of said officers Of corresponding grades
in the same organization when it
shall have been received into the SER
vice of the United States as part Of
the volunteer army.
MILITIA GIVEN THE PREFERENCE.
Sec. THAT all organizations of
the volunteer army shall be so re-
cruitcd from time to time as to main
tain them as near to their maximum
strength as the President may deem
necessary, and no new organization
shall be accepted into service from
any State unless the organizations
already in service from such State are
as near to their maximum strength of
officers and enlisted men as the Presi-
dent may deem necessary.
Sec. 8-That all returns and muster
rolls of organizations, while in the
service of the United States, shall be
rendered to the adjutant general of
the army, and upon the disbandment
of such organizations the records per-
tanning to them shall be transferred
to and filed in the Record and Pension
office of the war department.
THREE BATTALION FORMATIONS.
Sec. 9-That in time of war, or
when war is imminent, the troops in
the service of the United States,
whether belonging to the regular or
volunteer army or to the militia, shall
be organized, as far as practicable,
into divisions of three brigadcs, each
brigade to be composed of three or
more regimenst, and whenever three or
more divisions are assembled in the
same army, the President is authorized
to organize them into army corps,
each corps to consist of not more than
three divisions.
Sec. 1O-'rhat the staff of the COM
mander of an army corps shall consist
of one assistant adjutant general, one
inspector general, one chief quarter
master, one chief commissary of sub
sistapce and one chief surgeon, who
shall have respectively the rank of
colonel, one assistant adjutant general.
who shall have the rank of captain,
and the aidcs-d -de-camp authorized by
law.
The staff Of the commander Of u
vision shall consist Of one assistant
adjutant general, one inspector gen
cral, one chief auartermastcr, one
chief commissary Of subsistence, and
one chief surgeon, who shall have.
respectively, the rank Of lieutenant
colonel, and the aidcs-dc camp author
lied by law. The staff Of the COM
mandcr Of brigade shall consist Of
one assistant adjutant general and one
commissary Of subsistence each. with
the rank Of captain. and the aides de-
camp authorized by law. The staff
officers herein authorized for the
corps, division and brigade comman-
ders may be appointed by the Pres;
dent, by and with the advice and con
sent of the senate, rs officers of the
volunteer army. or may be assigned
by MIN, in his discretion. from officers
Of the regular army or the volunteer
army Of the militia in the service Of
the United States.