Lance corporal
In the "General Regulations for the Army of the United States" (Article XVI, Paragraph 64), published on 25 January 1841, and again in the 1847 edition (Article XIII, Paragraph 121; Article XIV, Paragraph 134; and Article XLIX Paragraph 818), the title of lance corporal is authorised. Again, in the "Revised Army Regulations of 1861" published on 10 August 1861 and in the 1863 edition "With An Appendix Containing the Changes and Laws Affecting Army Regulations And Articles Of War To June 25, 1863" (Article 40, Paragraph 971), lance corporal is authorised. Lance corporal is again authorised in "Regulations of the Army of the United States and General Orders In Force on the 17th of February 1881" (Article LV, Paragraph 812) and in "Regulations of the Army of the United States 1895" (Article XXXII, Paragraph 257).