Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-23

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ED BY THE PRESIDENT.
SECTION T. THAT ALL ORGANIZA-
TIONS or THE VOLUNTEER ARMY
! SHALL BE SO RECRUITED FROM
| TIME TO TIME AS TO MAINTAIN
THEM AS NEAR TO THEIR MAXI
MUM STRENGTH AS THE PRESI-
DENT MAY DEEM NECESSARY. AND
! NO NEW ORGANIZATION SHALL BE
| ACCEPTED INTO SERVICE FROM
ANY STATE UNLESS THE ORGANI-
| ZATIONS ALREADY IN SERVICE
FROM SUCH STATE ARE AS NEAR
| TO THEIR MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF
! OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN AS
THE PRESIDENT MAY DEEM NECES-
| SARY.
| CARE or ORGANIZATION ROLLS.
SECTION s. THAT ALL RETURNS
| AND MUSTER ROLLS OF ORGANIZA-
TIONS or THE VOLUNTEER ARMY
AND OF MILITIA ORGANIZATIONS
WHILE IN THE SERVICE OF THE
UNITED STATES, SHALL BE Rem
DERED TO THE ADJUTANT-GENE-
RAL or THE ARMY, AND UPON THE
DISBANDMENT OF SUCH ORGANI-
ZATIONS THE RECORDS PERTAIN
ING TO THEM SHALL BE TRANS
FERRED TO AND FILED IN THE RE
CORD AND PENSION OFFICE OF THE
WAR DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 8. THAT IN TIME OF
WAR, OR WHEN WAR Is IMMINENT,
THE TROOPS IN THE SERVICE or
THE UNITED STATES. WHETHER
BELONGING TO THE REGULAR or
VOLUNTEER ARMY OR TO THE MI
LITIA. SHALL BE ORGANIZED AS
FAR AS PRACTICABLE, INTO DlNI-
SIONS OF THREE BRIGADES. EACH
BRIGADE TO BE COMPOSED OF
THREE OR MORE REGIMENTS. AND
WHENEVER THREE OR MORE D1VI-
SIONS ARE ASSEMBLED IN THE
SAME ARMY THE PRESIDENT is AU-
THORIZED TO ORGANIZE THEN
INTO ARMY CORPS, EACH CORPS
TO CONSIST OF NOT MORE THAN
THREE DIVISIONS
SECTION TO- THAT THE STAFF OF
THE COMMANDER OF AN ARMY
CORPS SHALL CONSIST OF ONE AS
SISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. ONE
INSPECTOR GENERAL, ONE CHIEF
QUARTERMASTER. ONE CHIEF COM
MISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE, AND
ONE CHIEF SURGEON, WHO SHALL
HAVE, RESPECTIVELY, THE RANK
OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL: ONE AS
SISTANT ADJUTANT- GENERAL. WHO
SHALL HAVE THE RANK OF CAP
TAIN. AND THE AIDES-DE-CAAlP AU-
THORIZED BY LAW. THE STAFF OF
THE COMMANDER or A DIVISION
SHALL CONSIST OF ONE ASSISTANT
ADJCTANT- GENERAL. ONE IN
SPECTOR-GENERAL. ONE CHIEF
QUARTERMASTER ONE CHIEF COM
MISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE. AND ONE
CHIEF SURGEON. WHO SHALL HAVE,
THE RANK OF LIEU
COLONEL AND THE AIDES
DE-CAMP AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
THE STAFF OF 4 COMMANDER OF a
BRIGADE SHALL CONSIST or ONE
ASSISTANT ADJCTANT-GENERAL
ONE ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER |
AND ONE COlfNussARY cF sUBslsT-
ENCE. EACH WITH THE RANK OF
AND THE AIDES-DE-CAMP |
BY LAW THE STAFF |
OFFICERS HEREIN AUTHORIZED !
FOR THE CORPS DIVISION. AND BRl- |
GADE COMMANDERS MAY Et AP- |
POINTED BY THE PRESIDENT, BT
4 = y
SENT OF THE 5ENATE,. rs OFFICERS |
OF THE VOLUNTEER ARMY, AND |
NAY BE ASSIGNED BY HIM, IN HIS |
DISCRETION, FROM OFFICERS OF |
THE REGULAR ARMY OR THE VOL
I-NTEER ARMY. OR OF THE MILITIA
IN THE SERVICE or THE UNITED !
STATES: PROVIDED THAT THE AP-
AND ASSIGNMENTS TO |
STAFF SERVICE SHALL TERMINATE
WHEN THE OFFICERS 50 ASSIGNED
SHALL BIZ RELIEVED.
THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERALS.
SECTION II. THAT THE PRESIDENT |
IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO AP-
POINT IN THE VOLUNTEER ARMY.
BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND
CONSENT or THE SENATE. NOT EN-
,EEDING ONE MAJOR-GENERAL FOR
EACH ORGANIZED ARMY CORPS AND
DIVISION. AND ONE BRIGADIER-
FOR EACH BRIGADE. AND
EACH GENERAL OFFICER OF THE
ARMY, SHALL BE En-
TITLED TO THE NUMBER or AIDES
DE-CAAlP AUTHORIZED FOR AN
OFFICER or LIKE GRADE IN THE
REGULAR ARMY.
SECTION T. THAT ALL OFFICERS
AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE VOL
CNTEER ARMY, AND OF THE MILL
TIA OF THE STATES. WHEN IN THE
SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES. |
SHALL BE IN ALL RESPECTS ON |
THE SAME FOOTING As TO PAY.
ALLOWANCES, AND PENSIONS AS
THAT OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED
VEN OF CORRESPONDING GRADES
y THE REGULAR ARMY
SECTION 1S. THAT THE PRESIDENT
NAY. UPON THE RECOMMENDA-
rION OF THE GOVERNORS OF
STATES. APPOINT OFFICERS OF THE
REGULAR ARMY IN THE GRADES
)F FIELD OFFICERS IN ORGANIZA-
rIONS OF THE VOLUNTEER ARMY,
MD OFFICERS THUS APPOINTED
SHALL. BE ENTITLED TO RETAIN
THEIR RANK IN THE REGULAR
ARMY; PROVIDED THAT NOT MORE |
THAN ONE OFFICER or THE REGU-
LAR ARMY SHALL BE COMMISSION
CD IN ANY ONE REGIMENT OF THE |