Conf Pam 12mo #32 
 
[House Bill, No. .] 
 
 HOUSE, September 26, 18G2. — Read first and second times, made 
 special order for morning hour of Saturday, 27th September, and 
 ordered to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Wright, of Georgia, from Com. Med. Hep't. 
 
 A.lsr A.CT 
 
 To reorganize and promote the efHcienc}^ of the Medical 
 Department of the Armj^ 
 1 Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of 
 1j America do enact, That the rank, pay and alloAvances of 
 ^) a brigadier-general in the Army of the Confederate 
 
 4 States be, and the same are hereby, conferred on the 
 
 5 surgeon-general of the same. 
 
 1 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That there shall be ap- 
 
 2 pointed in the Provisional Army of the Confederate 
 
 3 States two assistant surgeons- general, willi tlie rank, pay 
 
 4 and allowances of colonels. of cavalry ; one medical in- 
 
 5 spector-general with tlie rank, pay and allowances of a 
 
 6 colonel of cavalry, and such number of medical inspec- 
 
 7 tors, not exceeding twelve, with the rank, pay and allow- 
 
 8 ances of lieutenant-colonels of cavalry. 
 
 1 Sec. ']. Be it further enacted, That there may Ije 
 
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 2 assigned to each army in the field or military depart- 
 
 ment one suriieon as medical director, who, lor the time 
 
 4 so occupied, shall ])e entitled to the rank. })ay and allow- 
 
 5 ances of a lieutenant-colonel of cavaliy : that there may 
 
 6 be assigned to each division one surgeon as division-sur- 
 
 7 geon, and to each l^rigade one surgeon ?.s brigade-sur- 
 
 8 geon and two assistant surgeons for staff or other duty. 
 
 1 Sec. L Be it further enacted, That to each regiment 
 
 2 of cavalry or infantry, tliere shall be assigned one surgeon 
 
 with the rank of major, and two assistant surgeons, each 
 
 1 with the rank of captain. 
 
 1 8ec. 5. Be it further enacted, That tliere shall be en- 
 
 2 listed and mustered into service an inlirmary corps of 
 
 able-bodied men, to be composed of fifty men to each 
 
 4 brigade of an army in the field, and said infirmary corps 
 
 5 shall be organized into companies of fifty and officered 
 
 6 with one first lieutenant and one second lieutenant, two 
 
 7 sergeants and two corporals, and paid hi like manner as 
 
 8 connnissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and sol- 
 
 9 diers of the Confederate service. 
 
 1 Sec. 6. The appointment of a medical olficer of the 
 
 2 regular army to any otfice created by this act shall not 
 
 3 alTect his rank hi the regular army. ^^ 
 
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