LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAICN 355 Un333aa Illinois Historical Survey Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign https://archive.org/details/actestablishingrOOunit * v <££ AN ACT, ESTABLISHING RULES and ARTICLES FOR THE Government of the Armies OF THE UNITED STATES ; WITH THE Regulations of the War Department RESPECTING THE SAME. ¥0 WHICH ARE ADDED , The several Laws relative to the Army ; the Militia when in actual service ; Volunteers ; Rangers 5 Ordnance Department, and the QuARTER Mas« ter’s and Commisj iry General's Departments, ALBANY: printed by websters and skinners. 1815. I Index to the Laws, &c . PAGE. AN ACT for establishing' rules and articles for the government of the armies of the U. States, 13 An Act fixing the military peace establishment, 50 Acts in addition thereto, 60 An Act to raise for a limited time an additional military force, 61 Acts supplementary, 79,86 An act for completing the existing military es¬ tablishment, 65 An Act authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of rangers for the protection of the frontier of the U. States, 66 Supplementary act, 103 An Act to establish a quarter master’s depart¬ ment, and for other purposes, 80 An Act to amend the same, 9 6 An Act for the organization of a corps of artificers, 87 An Act authorizing the President to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps, 75 Supplementary act, 104 An Act making further provision for the corps of engineers, 88 An Act for the better regulation of the ordnance, 91 An Act for the more perfect organization of the army of the United States, 97 An Act respecting military bounty lands, 98 Acts making further provision for the army, 94,101 An Act respecting the pay of the army, 103 An Act to regulate the pay of the militia, 105 An Act to provide for calling forth the militia, 108 An Act to authorize a detachment from the militia, 111 General regulations respecting the army, 37—47 Regulation of the duties of the general staff, 47 Respecting waiters, 114 Respecting the approval of sentences of general courts martial, 117 Recruiting instructions, • 115 Enlistment, oath and receipt, 117,18 Form of enlistment for volunteers, 118 p INDEX. 11 /^ 3 '<-■&> (\> <3K rn Art. Page. 21 18 44 23 86 32 90 33 103 4 69 ib. 2 101 o O 102 11 54 69 Note.—I n the following Index, where the figures are separated by a comma, both references point to the page ; but in all other cases, the first figure points to the article or section. ^VbSENT without leave, From parade, - Accused persons, - - Rights of, Adjutants, their allowance for forage, Adjutant General, rank, pay and emoluments, His assistants, their rank, pay, &c. Deputy Adj. Generals, and their assistants, pay, &c. - His postage to be free. Age and qualifications of recruits. .. Their extra pay, - 51,62 Rations and forage, 70,103 V) Alarms, false, - - 49 24 Allowance and extra pay for labor, - 42 Only to be made for actual service, 44 To officers and soldiers on discharge, 58,66,75 Additional to deranged officers, - 58 Ammunition, punishment for selling, 8cc. 37 22 Appointments by whom made, - 65,101,104 Armorers ; 2 masters and 16 men ; pay, &c. 87 Arms, penalty for selling, &c. 38 22 Captains accountable for, - 40 23 Army, uniform of, President to prescribe, Act making further provision for, For the more perfect organization of, Respecting the pay of, See Military Peace Establishment. Arrears of pay not to exceed two months, Arrest of officers, - - Of soldiers for debt. Arsenals and magazines, keepers to make returns, 8 Articles of war, act establishing. When to be read and published, - 101 Troops to be governed by, - - 10 Militia to be governed by, when in service, 97 Artillery, officers and soldiers subject to c. martial, 98 Conductors of, - - 17 (X V Jt 100 36 94,101 97 103 54,72 77 30 58,74 93 13 36 53 35 36 85 4 INDEX. Artillery,two teachers of music to be added to ea. rcg. 1 ^60 T lcvlit mov mnnnforl ° Light, may be mounted. Officers of allowed forage, To furnish their own horses, A saddler and farrier to ea. company Their clothing, Twelve drivers to ea. company, Artificers, a corps of to be organized. How composed, pay, Sec. Attached to qr. m. general’s department, Duty of superintendent of, Axes and spades, four to each company, 1 1 1 2 1 6 70 ib. ib. ib. ib. 95 8 7 ib. ib. ib. 41 B B ' AG GAGE, allowance for transportation of, 42 Barrack Masters, by whom appointed, - 2 96 Blacksmiths—2 masters and 20 men; their pay, See. 8 7 Others to be employed, their pay and rations, 92 Boat Builders—2 masters and 16 men ; their pay, See. 8 7 Bounty to recruits, - - 54,71 On re-enlisting, - - 2 65 In money and land, - - 65,71 Land, act for surveying, Scc. - 98 Brevet, officers to take rank according to, j 61 26 Rank, President may grant, - 4 102 Brigade Majors, their allowance, - 95,103 Inspectors and qr. masters, allowance for forage, - - - 103 c. 'ADETS—See Engineers. Captains, accountable for arms, See. - 40 23 Captured stores, - - - 58 26 Carpenters—2 masters, 20 house and 5 ship car¬ penters, to be appointed ; their pay, See. 87 Carriage Makers to be employed; pay and rations, 92 Cavalry, of what number each troop to consist, 98 See Dragoons. Certificates, false, - - - 14 17 Challenging, to fight a duel, how punished, 25 19 Chaplain, penalty for absenting himself, - 4 14 To be appointed, his pay, Sec. - 7 65 One to each brigade, pay, See. - 24 75 Children of officers—See OJ/icers. (Slothing, regulations respecting returns of, 45 Troops to be furnished with, - 53,63,7 9 INDEX. 5 Art. Page. Clothing, soldiers may be supplied at contract prices, 53 Penalty for purchasing of soldiers, - 19 57 Of light dragoons and light artillery, 79,80 By whom to be provided, - - 5 82 Commissary General, and his deputies, - 4 82 To give bond, salary, duty, See. - 83,96 His further allowance, - - 3 ib. Compensation for clerks, 11 84 Allowed the privilege of franking letters, 10 83 See Ordnance — Musters. Command and rank, - - - 62 26 Compensation for enlisting each recruit, 11 54 To n. c. officers and soldiers when discharged, 64,66 To officers and men disabled, 8cc. 55, 64, 67, 72,77 To officers for extra expenses, - 20 74 See Pay. Conductors of artillery—See Artillery. Confinement, term of, limited, - - 79 31 Contempt of the President of the United States, 5 14 Commanding officer, - 6 ib. Corporal punishment by whipping, abolished, 7 95 Court martial, - 66—68 28 For trial of the militia, when in service to be composed entirely of militia officers, 35,109 Courts martial general. Form of voting in, Challenge, - Officers to be tried by, Who may appoint judge advocate, Testimony before, how given, Provision for officers attending, In trials before, depositions allowed, Power of officers authorizing, Sentence of, by whom approved, Courts of Inquiry, Proceedings, how authenticated, Cowardice, 8cc. how punished, And fraud to be published, Crimes, capital. Not capital, 27,2S 72 30 71 75 21 73 22 74 89 29 30 57 30 58 30 32 27,54,117 91 33 92 52 85 33 99 34 25 31 21 36 D d EATH, sentence of, by court martial, 87 32 Spies to suffer, - - 2 36 Debts under 20 dolls, soldiers not liable to arrest for, 58,74 Depositions taken by justices, allowed before c. m, 74 30 A 2 ■ 6 INDEX. Art. Pag?. Deranged officers, allowance to, - - 25 53 Desertion, punishment for, - - 18,56,73 Penalty for inticing soldiers to desert, 19 57 Discharge from service, how obtained, - 11 15 Allowance to be made when granted, 58,66,75 Disabilities—See Pensions. Divine service, attendance on, - - 2 13 Dragoons, light, liable to serve on foot, - 63 Their clothing, - - - 1 79 One surgeon’s mate to be added to regt. of, 98 Troops of, number of officers and men each, 4 ib. Drunkenness, how punished, - 45 24 Duels, punishment for wilfully suffering, - 26 19 Duelling, - ib. Duty, hiring done, how punished, - 47 24 Ei ENLISTMENTS, form of; oath, 8cc. 15,117,118 Premiums to officers for, - 11 71 Enemy, relieving, how punished, - 56 Corresponding with, 6cc. - 57 Engineers, article respecting their duty, 8cc. Corps of, to be organized. Where stationed, - Principal engineer, £tc. Promotions in, Subject to courts martial, A teacher of the French and drawing to be attached to, 2 One artificer and 18 men to be added to, 3 Act making further provision for the corps of, Eighteen month’s men may be enlisted. Embezzlements, See. - 39 Evidence before courts martial, - 73 63 26 27 28 26 96 25 ib. 27 58 59 ib. ib. 35 60 ib. 88 86 22 30 F F ALSE alarms, - Certificates, - Musters, - - Returns, - Farrier, one to each company of light artillery, Forage masters—their pay, See. Forage, fuel, straw, 8cc. Monies when to be paid in lieu of. Officers of light artillery allowed, Allowance for each horse per day, Forcing a safeguard, 49 24 14 17 15 ib. 18 ib. 2 79 84,85 40,41 7 52 1 79 41 55 2 5 INDEX. Franking letters granted to certain officers, Fraud or cowardice. Frontiers, see Rangers. Furloughs by whom granted, Art. Page. 83,102 85 31 12 IS G G o O 'ENERALS, two additional to be appointed, Seven and their staff, 4 Two additional, 1 Com’g the U. S. army, allowed a sec’ry, 5 Staff, regulations of the duties of, Gestures and menacing words, - 76 Governor of N. Y. his authority to call out the militia, 113 Guardians and parents—See Minors. Gun to be fired at day-break at certain posts, 46 62 69 101 95 47 30 H H ARNESS Makers—See Saddlers. Half pay—See Widows and Pay. Hiring duty performed, or conniving at. Hospital Surgeons—See Surgeons. 47,48 24 I o 3 NFANTRY of the army, number of regiments, 1 97 Companies, of what number to consist, 2 ib. Inspector General, his rank, pay, See. - 4 69 Allowed two assistants, their rank, pay, 8cc. ib. Dep. Inspec. Gens, their assistants, pay, &c> 2 101 His postage free. Sub-inspectors, to be appointed, Of brigade, allowance for forage, Instructions for recruiting officers, Judge Advocate, and his duty, Further duty. Oath, - Who may appoint, One to each division, Justice and good order to be preserved. 102 95 103 115 69 28 33,34 93 ib. 21 19 32 57 74 20 K k EEPERS of Arsenals, &c. their duty. Kettles and tin pans, to be furnished the soldiers, 8 93 41 L __fANDS—See Bounty. Lt. Artillery.,.See Artillery —Lt, Dragoons,,.See Dragoons* 3 INDEX. M M Art. Page. 61 93 87 30 55 105 108 111 ir ALT Lquor, may be supl’d, instead of spirits, 2 Magazines, and Arsenals, keepers to make returns, 8 Master Masons, two be appointed ; their pay, See. Menacing words or gestures, - - * 76 Militia, when in the service of the United States, 97 Act respecting pay of, For calling forth. For calling out detachment of 100,000, Of New-Aork, Governor’s authority to order into service, Courts martial for trial of, to be composed of militia officers only. Military peace establishment, act fixing, Force, additional, Establishment to be completed. Stores, by whom provided, Law, who subject to, Agents, their duty, - Law respecting repealed, Minors not to be enlisted without consent of parents, 54,71 Musters, false, - - - - 15 17 Commissary of, - - 16 ib. Muster rolls, returns of, - - 13 16 Mute or perverse prisoners, - - 70 29 Mutiny, &c. and punishment for not suppressing, 7, 8 14 io 35,109 50 61,68,86. 65 81,82 19 85 56 18 85 N. N ON-Commissioned officers—See Soldiers. New-York, militia of the state of, Governor’s au¬ thority to order them into service, 113 o o F ATHS to be taken, by officers and soldiers, 57,74 a To be taken by n. c. officers and soldiers, 10 15 To be taken by members of courts martial, 69 28 To be taken by judge advocate, - 29 To be administered to witnesses, 73 30 To be taken by members and judge advo¬ cate on court of enquiry, - 93 34 Order and justice, - - - 32 20 Organization of the army, act for the, more perfect, 97 Ordnance, act for the better regulation of, 91 Commissary General, Assistant, Deputies, and Assistant Deputies, to be appointed— their rank, pay, emoluments and duty, 91 —93 INDEX. 9 Art. Pajje. Officers, to subscribe the articles of war, 77 30 Arrest of, - - 77 30 Recruiting, instructions for, - 115 Compensation for extra services, 20 74 For each recruit enlisted, - 54 Field and staff of the new army, 68 Killed or dying in service, their wi- dows, See. allowance to, 55,64,67,73 Not to lie out of their quarters, 42 23 Oath to be taken by - - 20 57 Of artillery, subject to be tried by c. martial,36 35 Of militia when in service, - 97 ib. Serving under any particular state, 98 36 Provision for those attending g. c. martial, 22 58 Rank, those highest in to command, 62 26 To be fixed by the President, 3 80 Redress for wrongs, - - 34 21 Term of confinement, - - 79 31 Ccm’ing a guard, 6cc. to receive and report, but not to release prisoners, 80—82 ib. To be tried by court martial, - 75 30 Their subsistence, - - 5 52 Estimated, - 23 75 Their stationary, regulation respecting, 43 To be citizens of the United States, 9 65 Unbecoming conduct, - - 83 31 Who may die or be killed in service, 94 34 Wounded or disabled—See Pensions. JL ARADE, absence from, - - 44 23 Parents und guardians—See il linors. Pay of officers and men, - 51,62,70,103 Of engineers, cadets, &c. - 25 58 Of the corps of artificers, - 87 Of the militia when in service, - 105,112 Of the rangers, - - - 3 67 And subsistence, - ** 7 70 Extra and allowance to soldiers, - 44 Arrears of, not to exceed two months, 54,72 See Quarter Master General — Ordnance. Half-pay for 5 years allowed to widows and children of deceased officers, - 15 55 For three months to the heirs of soldiers killed, 66 Pay Master of the army, and district pay masters, 16 55 District and regimental, - 94 10 INDEX. Art. Page. Dep. Pay Mast. Gen. 8c assistants, pay, Sec. 2 101 Peace Establishment—See Military . Penalty for desertion, - - - 20 18 For enlisting persons under age, - 11 54 For purchasing soldiers’ clothing, See. 19 57 Pension list, %vho to be placed on, 55,64,67,72,77 Physicians, regulations respecting, - 45 Postage of letters of certain officers free, 83,102 Posts, abandoned, - - - 52 25 Prisoners, officers com’g. guard, See. to receive, 80—82 31 President—See jifi/i ointments — Promotion. Promotion, rules respecting, - - 47,98 Property maliciously destroyed, - 54 25 Provoking speeches, Sec. - - 24 19 Public stores taken from the enemy, - 58 26 Purveyor of public supplies, his office abolished, 9 83 Q UARTERS, regulations respecting, - 37 Quitting guard* platoon, Sec. - - 50 24 Quar. Master General’s department, act to organize, 80 Act establishing amended, - 96 Rank, pay, duty, Sec. - - 81,96,97 Deputies and assistants to take an oath, 82 To give bonds, - - 4 96 Prohibited dealing in certain articles, 1 ib. Allowance for clerk hire, - 11 83 Not accountable for subordinate officers, 97 To appoint waggon and forage masters, 12 84 Barrack masters, - - 2 96 His letters free of postage, - 10 83 Dep. Qr. Mas. Gen. pay, duty, oath, bond, 80,81,96,97 In what case additional ones to be appointed, 2 101 Asst. D. Q. M. Gen. pay, duty, oath, bond, 80,81,96,97 Quarter Master Sergeants, their pay, 103 R r ANK, And command, Rangers, 6 companies to be raised, Pay, rations, disabilities, 8cc, Act amending, Ration, description of, Recruits, their bounty, Recruiting officers, instructions for, Redress, how obtained, - o O 62 80 26 66 67 103 52.70 54.71 115 34 21 INDEX. 11 Art. Page. Return muster rolls, - - 13 16 Returns, false, - - - 18 17 Monthly, - - - 19 ib. Relieving an enemy, - - 56 25 Regiments—See Military Establishment. Number of which U. S. infantry is to consist, 97 Rules and articles of war, 13 Regulations, general, respecting the army, 37"—47 Respecting extra pay, &c. for labor, 44 Stationary, - 43 Employment of physicians, - 45 Returns of clothing, - ib. Salutes, 46 s. 79 87 25 46 95 ►ADDLERS, one to each company of It. artillery, 2 And Harness makers—2 masters and 12 men ; their pay, &c. Safeguard, penalty for forcing, 55 Salutes, regulation as to, Secretary allowed to the general commanding the United States army ; pay, &c. 5 Sentence of courts martials—See Courts Martial. Of gen. c. martials, by whom approved, 27,54,117 Soldiefs and n. c. officers not to go a mile from camp,41 23 Not to lie out of their quarters, - 42 ib. When to return to their tents, - 43 ib. Charged with crimes, - 78 30 Term of confinement, 79 31 Who may die or be killed in the service, their effects to be taken care of, 95 35 Their heirs entitled to lands and pay, 66,72,78 Allowance to them when discharged, 66,75 Wounded or disabled in service—See Pensions. Their bounty on re-enlisting, . 2 65 May be enlisted for eighteen months, 1 86 Exempt from arrest in certain cases, 58,74 Sleeping on post, punishment for, - 46 24 Who may be enlisted as, - 11 54 In case of desertion, liable to serve so as to complete the full term of enlistment, 16 73 Spades and axes, four to each company, - 41 Speeches, provoking, - 24 19 Spies, their punishment, - 2 36 Spirits, malt liquor may be supplied in place of, 2 61 Staff, general, regulation as to the duties of, 47 Of the army, - - 50,69 12 INDEX. Stationary, ordinance relatingto. Straw and fuel, requisitions for, How supplied. Distribution of, Store keeper and commissary, Stores, public, captured, Striking superiors, Sub-Inspectors, may be appointed from the line. Their additional pay, Subscribing articles of war. Superintendents of military stores, their duty, Of artificers, his duty, Supplies, regulation as to, Suppression of mutiny. Surgeon’s mates, additional number may be ap¬ pointed, - - Surgeons and surgeon’s mates, additional number, Surrendering posts, 6cc. Suttlers and suttling, - - 29- Swearing, or using any profane oath. At- Pag to 43 40 41 39 36 22 58 26 9 15 3 95 ib. 1 13 8 93 3 87 41 8 14 1 60 3 62 59 26 -31 20 3 13 rp T A ENTS, one to every six men, 41 V < v v IOLENCE, 51 24 Volunteers, act to organize a corps of, 75 Supplementary, 104 W W AGGONS, one to each company, - 41 Waggon masters, pay, emoluments, &c. 12,13, 14 84 Waiters, allowance for those not taken from the line, 5 102 Number to each officer, and instructions respecting, - War, rules and articles of, Waste, or malicious destroying of property, Watch-word, making it known, Wheelwrights, carriage makers, blacksmiths, Whipping, number of stripes limited, Abolished, Widows and children of officers to be provided for, 55,64,73 Witnesses’ oath. - - - 93 34 Words, menacing, or gestures, - 76 30 Wounded—bee Pensions. Wrongs, redress for, - - 34 2$. 114 13 54 25 53 ib. 91,92 87 32 7 95 The Reader will please, to remark, that the matter referred to in the following Supplementary 3Jnt>eje, Commences immediately after the 120th page of this work ; and contains the latest laws, rules, orders and instruc* tions relative to the Army, which have been enacted by the Government, or authorized by the President. ACTS OP CONGRESS, page. Increasirg the pay of the army, 8tc. 5 Supplementary to the act for the more perfect organiza¬ tion of the army, 6 To raise an additional military force, 8 Making provision for an additional number of gen. officers, 111 To raise ten additional companies of rangers, 1& Act to continue in force a certain act respecting rangers, 55 Making further provision for filling the ranks of the army, 53 To raise three regiments of riflemen, ... 55 For better organizing, paying and supplying the army, 56 To authorise the president to receive volunteer corps, 55 Supplementary to the act for calling forth the militia, and to increase their pay, an act additional, 12, 60 For the better organization of the general staff of the army, 14 To regulate the allowance of forage to officers, 47 Acts and parts of acts repealed, sec. 10, 16 ADJUTANTS GENERAL, And assistants—rank and pay, - - - 14 Their duties prescribed, 25 APOTHECARY GENERAL—See Hospital. ARMY, Table of the monthly pay and subsistence of the troops, 18 Acts increasing the pay of, ■ - 5 Act making further provision fur filling the ranks of, 53 Act for the better organizing, paying and supplying of, 56 See Rank — Regiments — Uniform. BAGGAGE—See Transportation of. BARRACK MASTERS, To be appointed as heretofore, - sec. 8, 15 CANNON, Cannon, cannon shot, ordnance stores, Sec. to be inspected, 36 CHAPLAINS, One to each brigade to be appointed, and pay, sec. 16, 11 CHILDREN of Officers—See Widows. CLOTHING, Returns of to be annually made by each regimental qr. master, 39 COMMISSARY GENERAL cf Purchases, And his deputies—their duty, 38 SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX. Commenting after page 120 of this work. COMPLIMENTS, < facEi To be paid by the troops, - 24 DEBT, No soldier liable to arrest for, - sec. 2, 6 DESERTION, Penalty for, - - - sec. 12, 10 ENLISTMENTS, Act to encourage, kc.‘ - 53 FORAGE, Allowance of. Table of requisition for, FORAGE MASTERS, To be appointed as heretofore, ENGINEERS—See Topographical Engineers. FUEL, Allowance of, - - - Returns for regiments, table of, HOSPITAL and MEDICAL Department. Physician, surgeon and apothecary generals, to be appoint¬ ed, and their pay, ... seCt Their duty, - INSPECTORS GENERAL, And assistants—pay and rank, - - Duties of, - Mustering and inspecting troops of the line and militia. Superintending the police of the camp and of the march, Inspecting parades, Selecting places of encampment and posting guards, Making confidential half yearly reports to the war department, ib LABORATORIES, Three principal ones to be established, MEDICAL—See Hospital. MILITIA, Drafts, rules with regard to, - Persons performing a tour of militia duty, may enlist, $6, Detachments, by whom inspected, - - , Act f r calling forth and to increase the pay of, &c. Act in addition to the act for calling forth, MILITARY Correspondence, by whom carried on, Districts, letter of instructions to superintendents of, United States, divided into nine military districts, Force, act in addition to the act to raise an additional, ORDNANCE, Distribution of. Preservation and safe keeping of, - Returns, kc. ORDNANCE Department, Duties prescribed, - 35 —38 33, 43, 47 50 sec. 8, 15 33 52 15 39 14 27 23 29 ib. ib. 35 47 7 58 12 60 27 3 44 8 36 37 ib. SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX, Commencing after page 120 of this y>ork. OFFICERS, page. additional general officers, - - 11 )ne additional major to each regiment, - 6 >ne third lieutenant to each company, - ib. >ne additional sergeant to each company, - 7, 9 ’ay and emoluments, - - sec. 5, 8 >ath, - - - 10 heir reasonable expenses for extra service to be allowed, 10 See Forage — Pay — Promotion — Rank — Recruiting — Trans - ortation of Baggage — Widows. PAY, > >f the non-com. officers, privates, &c. act to increase, 5 >f the 20 additional regiments, sec. 5, 8 able of the monthly pay and subsistence of the army, 18 )f the militia, act increasing the pay, &c. - 12 PHYSICIAN GENERAL—See Hospital. POSTAGE Of all letters and packets from the adjutants and inspect¬ ors general, quarter masters general, commissary gene¬ ral of ordnance, physician and surgeon general and apothecary general, relative to their official duties, to be free, - - - sec. 11, 16 POWDER, Inspection of, 36 PROMOTION, Rules with regard to, 23 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT— See Commissary General of Purchases. QUARTERS, Table shewing the allowance of quarters and fuel, 21 Regulations respecting, 32 QUARTER MASTER GENERALS, Deputies and assistants—rank and pay, - 14 Duties prescribed, ... 30 — 3$ To make out and transmit to the war department annual estimates of forage, fuel, hoi’ses, oxen, Sic. Sic. 35 Duty of regimental quarter masters to make returns of clothing, - - - 39 RANGERS, Ten additional companies to be raised, * 12 Act to continue in force a certain act respecting, 55 RANK Of officers and regiments, - - 23 REGIMENTS, Twenty additional may be raised for one year, „ . ® Organization of, - - • Rank of, . - _ 23 President authorized to cause to be enlisted for five? years or during the war, certain regiments of infantry, 54 SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX, Commencing after page 120 of this -work 4 10 35 51 33 52 pig a. RECRUITING, Instructions respecting, - - 1, 3, 44 Allowance to officers for recruits enlisted by them, 7, 9 RIFLEMEN, Act to raise three regiments of, - . 55 SALUTES, Rules respecting, ... 25 SOLDIERS, Not liable to arrest for debt, sec. 2, 6 Persons performing militia duty may enlist as, sec. 6 , 7 Not to be enlisted under the age of 21, without permission, ib. Allowance to, on discharge, sec. 15, 11 Penalty on desertion, - - sec. 12, STATIONARY, Allowance of, * Table of requisition for, STRAW, Allowance of. Table of requisition for ... SURGEON GENERAL—See Hospital. SUPERINTENDENTS—See Military. TABLES, '1. Shewing the rates of allowance for transportation of offi¬ cers’ baggage, - r - - 17 2. Monthly pay and subsistence-allowance of the army, 18,19 3. Shewing the allowance of forage in kind, or money, 20 4. Shewing the allowance of quarters and fuel, 21 5. Shewing the allowance of stationary, - 22 6 . Of the fortifications in the United States, and their dis¬ tances from New-York, - - 48—50 TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, And their assistants—rank and pay, 14 Their duty, - - - - 39 TRANSPORTATION, Table shewing the rate of allowance for transportation of officers’ baggage, - - - 17, 34 Of baggage, allowance to each company or detachment, 34 TROOPS, Mustering and inspecting—See Inspectors General. UNIFORM of Officers, Detailing rules respecting, * 40 Changes in uniform of the army, - - 42 VOLUNTEERS, Act to organize, repealed, - - sec. 18, 11 Act to authorize the President to receive corps of, 55 WAGGON MASTERS, To be appointed as heretofore, - sec. 8 , 15 WIDOWS and CHILDREN Of officers dying in service, allowance to, - 10 RULES AND ARTICLES OF WAR, &c. AN ACT, For establishing Rules and Articles for the Government of the Armies of the United States. Sec. it enacted by the Senate and House of Fa Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That from and after the passing of this act, the following shall be the rules and articles by which the armies of the United States shall be governed. Art. 1. Every officer now in the army of the United States, shall, in six months from the passing of this act, and every officer who shall hereafter be appointed, shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, subscribe these rules and regulations. Art. 2. It is earnestly recommended to all offi¬ cers and soldiers diligently to attend divine service ; and all officers who shall behave indecently, or irrev¬ erently at any place of divine worship, shall, if com¬ missioned officers, be brought before a general court martial, there to be publicly and severely reprimand¬ ed by the President; if non-commissioned officers or soldiers, every person so offending shall, for his first offence, forfeit one sixth of a dollar , to be de¬ ducted out of his next pay ; for the second offence, he shall not only forfeit a like sum, but be confined twenty-four hours; and for every like offence shall suffer and pay in like manner; which money, so for¬ feited, shall be applied by the captain or senior officer of the troop or company, to the use of the sick sol¬ diers of the company or troop to which the offender belongs. Art. 3. Any non«commis‘4oned officer or soldier B 14 • • • • tyho shall use any profane oath or execration shall incur the penalties expressed in the foregoing article ; and a commissioned officer shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offence one dollar, to be applied as in the preceding article. Art. 4. Every chaplain commissioned in the army or armies of the United States, who shall absent him¬ self from the duties assigned him (except in cases of sickness or leave of absence) shall, on conviction thereof before a court martial, be fined not exceed¬ ing one month’s pay, besides the loss of his pay dur¬ ing his absence ; or be discharged, as the said court martial shall judge proper. Art. 5. Any officer or soldier who shall use con¬ temptuous or disrespectful words against the Presi¬ dent of the United States, against the Vice-President thereof, against the congress of the United States, or against the chief magistrate or legislature of any of the United States in which he may be quartered, if a commissioned officer, shall be cashiered, or otherwise punished as a court martial shall direct, if a non-commissioned officer or soldier, he shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted on him by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 6. Any officer or soldier who shall behave himself with contempt or disrespect towards his commanding officer, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence, by the judgment of a court martial. Art. 7. Any officer of soldier who shall begin, ex¬ cite, cause, or join in any mutiny or sedition in any troop or company in the service of the United States, or in any party, post, detachment or guard, shall suf¬ fer death, or such other punishment as by a court martial shall be inflicted. Art. 8. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavour to suppress the &£me, or coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, does not without delay, give information thereof to his commanding officer, snail be punished by the sentence of a court martial with death or oth¬ erwise, according to the nature of his offence. Art. 9. Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or draw or lift up any weapon, or of¬ fer any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his superior officer, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall, according to the nature of his offence, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 10. Every non-commissioned officer or sol¬ dier, who shall enlist himself in the service of the United States, shall, at the time of his so enlisting, or within six days afterwards, have the articles for the government of the armies of the United States, read to him, and shall, by the officer who enlisted him, or by the commanding officer of the troop or company into which he was enlisted, be taken before the next justice of the peace, or chief magistrate of any city or town corporate, not being an officer of the army, or where recourse cannot be had to the civil magistrate, before the judge advocate, and in his presence, shall take the following oath or affirmation: u I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will bear true allegiance to the United States of Amer¬ ica, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies, or opposers, whatsoever, and observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers ap¬ pointed over me, according to the rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States/’ Which justice, magistrate, or judge advo¬ cate is to give the officer a certificate, signifying that the man enlisted, did take the said oath or affirmation. Art. 11. After a non-commissioned officer or sol¬ dier, shall have been duly enlisted and sworn, he shall not be dismissed the service without a discharge in 'writing*; and no discharge granted to him shall he sufficient, which is not signed by a field officer of the rcgimentto which he belongs, or commanding officer, where no held officer of the regiment is present; and no discharge shall be given to a non-commissioned officer or soldier, before his term of service has ex¬ pired, but by order of the President, the secretary of w r ar, the commanding officer of a department, or the sentence of a general court martial; nor shall a com ¬ missioned officer be discharged the service,but by or¬ der of the President of the United States, or by sen¬ tence of a general court martial. Art. 12 . Every colonel, or other officer command¬ ing a regiment, troop, or company, and actually quar¬ tered with it, may give furloughs to non-commission¬ ed officers or soldiers, in such numbers, and for so long a time as he shall judge to he most consistent with the good of the service ; and a captain or other inferior officer commanding a troop or company, or in any garrison, fort or barrack of the United States, (his field officer being absent,) may give furloughs to non¬ commissioned officers or soldiers, for a time not ex¬ ceeding twenty days in six months, but not to more than two persons to be absent at the same time, ex¬ cepting some extraordinary occasion should require it. Art. 13. At every muster, the commanding officer of each regiment, troop, or company there present, shall give to the commissary of musters, or other of¬ ficer who musters the said regiment, troop, or com¬ pany, certificates signed by himself, signifying how long such officers, as shall not appear at the said mus¬ ter, have been absent, and the reason of their ab¬ sence. In like manner, the commanding officer of every troop, or company, shall give certificates, sig¬ nifying the reasons of the absence of the non-com¬ missioned officers and private soldiers, which rea¬ sons, and time of absence, shall be inserted in the muster-rolls opposite the name of the respective absent officers and soldiers. The certificates shall, 17 together with the muster-rolls, be remitted by the commissary of musters, or other officer mustering*, to the department of war as speedily as the distance ol the place will admit. Art. 14. Every officer who shall be convicted, before a general court martial, of having signed a false certificate, relating to the absence of either officer or private soldier, or relative to his or their pay, shall be cashiered. Art. 15. Every officer who shall knowingly make a false muster of man or horse, and every officer or commissary of musters, who shall willingly sign, direct or allow the signing of muster-rolls, wherein, such false muster is contained, shall, upon proof made thereof by two witnesses, before a general court mar¬ tial, be cashiered, and shall be thereby utterly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the ser¬ vice of the United States. Art. 16 . Any commissary of musters or other officer, who shall be convicted of having taken money or other thing, by way of gratification, on the mus¬ tering any regiment, troop, or company, or on signing muster- rolls, shall be displaced from his office, and shall be thereby utterly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the service of the United States. Art. 17. Any officer who shall presume to muster a person as a soldier, who is not a soldier, shall be deemed guilty of having made a false muster, and shall suffer accordingly. Art. 18 . Every officer who shall knowingly make a false return to the department of war, or to any of his superior officers, authorized to call for such re¬ turns, of the state of the regiment, troop, or company, or garrison, under his command ; or of the arms, ammunition, clothing, or other stores thereunto be¬ longing, shall, on conviction thereof before a court martial, be cashiered. Art. 19. The commanding officer of every regi« B 2 18 • • • • mcnt, troop, or independent company, or garrison of the United States, shall, in the beginning of every month, remit through the proper channels., to the department of war, an exact return of the regiment, troop, independent company, or garrison, under his command, specifying the names of officers then ab¬ sent from their posts, and the reasons for, and the time of their absence. And any officer who shall be convicted of having, through neglect or design, omitted sending such returns, shall be punished ac¬ cording to the nature of his crime, by the judgment of a general court martial. Art. 20. All officers and soldiers, who have re¬ ceived pay, or have been duly enlisted in the service oi the United States, and shall be convicted of having deserted the same, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as by sentence of a court martial shall be inflicted. Art. 21. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier, who shall, without leave from his commanding officer, absent himself from his troop, company,, or detach¬ ment, shall,upon being convicted thereof,be punished according to the nature of his offence, at the discre¬ tion of a court martial. Art. 22. No non-commissioned officer or soldier, shall enlist himself in any other regiment, troop, or company, without a regular discharge from the regi¬ ment, troop, or company, in which he last served, on the penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such non-commissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, immediately confine him, and give notice thereof to the corps in which he last served, the said officer shall by a court martial be cashiered. Art. 23. Any officer or soldier, who shall be con¬ victed of having advised or persuaded any other officer or soldier, to desert the service of the United States, skall suffer death, or such other punishment 19 • • • • as shall be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 24. No officer or soldier shall use any re¬ proachful or provoking speeches or gestures to another, upon pain, if an officer, of being put in ar¬ rest ; if a soldier, confined, and of asking pardon of the party offended, in the presence of his commanding officer. Art. 25. No officer or soldier, shall send a chal¬ lenge to another officer or soldier, to fight a due], or accept a challenge, if sent, upon pain, if a commis¬ sioned officer, of being cashiered ; if a non-com¬ missioned officer or soldier, of suffering corporal punishment at the discretion of a court martial. Art. 26 . If any commissioned or non-commission¬ ed officer commanding a guard, shall knowingly or willingly suffer any person whatsoever to go forth to fight a duel, he shall be punished as a challenger ; and all seconds, promoters and carriers of challenges, in order to duels, shall be deemed principals, and be punished accordingly. And it shall be the duty of every officer commanding an army, regiment, com¬ pany, post or detachment, who is knowing to a challenge being given, or accepted, by any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, under his com¬ mand, or has reason to believe the same to be the ease, immediately to- arrest and bring to trial such offenders. Art. 27. All officers, of what condition soever, have power to part and quell all quarrels, frays, and disorders, though the persons concerned should belong to another regiment, troop, or company : and either to order officers into arrest, or non-commis¬ sioned officers or soldiers into confinement, until their proper superior officers shall be acquainted therewith ; and whosoever shall refuse to obey such officer (though of an inferior rank) or shall draw his sword upon him, shall be punished at the discretion of a general court martial. Art. 28. Any officer or soldier, who shall upbraid another for refusing a challenge, shall himself be punished as a challenger ; and all officers and sol¬ diers are hereby discharged from any disgrace or opinion of disadvantage, which might arise from their having refused to accept of challenges, as they will only have acted in obedience to the laws, and done their duty as good soldiers, who subject themselves to discipline. Art. 29. No suttler shall be permitted to sell any kind of liquors or victuals, or to keep their houses or shops open for the entertainment of soldiers, after nine at night, or before the beating of the reveilles, or upon Sundays, during divine service or sermon, on the penalty of being dismissed from all future suttling. Art. 30. All officers commanding in the field, forts, barracks, or garrisons of the United States, arc hereby required to see that the persons permitted to suttle, shall supply the soldiers with good and whole¬ some provisions, or other articles, at a reasonable price, as they shall be answerable for their neglect. Art. 3 i No officer commanding in any of the gar¬ risons, forts or barracks of the United States, shall exact exorbitant prices for houses or stalls let out to settlers, or connive at the like exactions in others ; nor by his own authority, and for his private advan¬ tage, iay any duty or imposition upon, or be interested in the sale of any victuals, liquors, or other necessa¬ ries of life, brought into the garrison, fort or barracks, for the use of the soldiers, on the penalty of being discharged from the service. Art. 32. Every officer commanding in quarters, garrisons, or on the march, shall keep good order, and to the utmost of his power, redress all abusrs or dis¬ orders, which may be committed by any officer or soldier under his command ; if upon complaint made to him of officers or soldiers beating, or otherwise ill treating any person, of disturbing fairs or market®, or 21 • • • • ©f committing' any kinds of riots, to the disquieting of the citizens of the United States, he, the said com¬ mander, who shail refuse or omit to see justice done to the offender or offenders, and reparation made to the party or parties injured, as far as part of the offen¬ der’s pay shall enable him or them, shall upon proof thereof, be cashiered or punished, as a general court martial shall direct. Art. 33. When any commissioned officer or soldier, shall be accused of a capital crime, or of having used violence, or committed any offence against the per¬ sons or property of any citizen of any of the United States, such as is punishable by the known laws of the land, the commanding officer, and officers of every regiment, troop or company, to which the person or persons, so accused, shall belong, are hereby requir¬ ed, upon application duly made by, or in behalf of the party or parties injured, to use their utmost endeavors to deliver over such accused person, or persons to the civil magistrate, and likewise to be aiding and as¬ sisting to the officers of justice in apprehending and securing the person or persons so accused, in order to bring him or them to trial. If any commanding officer or officers, shall wilfully neglect, or shall refuse, upon the application aforesaid, to deliver over such accused person or persons, to the civil magistrates, or to be aiding and assisting to the officers of justice in appre¬ hending such person, or persons, the officer, or of¬ ficers, so offending, shall be cashiered. Art. 34. If any officer shall think himself wrong¬ ed by his colonel, or the commanding officer of the regiment, and shall, upon due application being made to him, be refused redress, he may complain to the general, commanding in the state or territory where such regiment shall be stationed, in order to obtain justice ; who is hereby required to examine into the said complaint, and take proper measures for redress¬ ing the wrong complained of, and transmit as soon as possible, to the department of war, a true state of such complaint, with the proceedings had thereon. 22 t • t • Art, 35. If any inferior officer or soldier, shall think himself wronged by his captain, or other officer, he is to complain thereof to the commanding officer of the regiment, who is hereby required to summon a regimental court martial, for the doing justice to the complainant ; from which regimental court martial, either party may, if he thinks himself still aggrieved, appeal to a general court martial. But if, upon a se¬ cond hearing, the appeal shall appear vexatious and groundless, the person, so appealing, shall be punish¬ ed at the discretion of the said court martial. Art. 36. Any commissioned officer, store keeper, or commissary, who shall be convicted at a general court martial, of having sold, without a proper order for that purpose, embezzled, misapplied, or wilfully, or through neglect, suffered any of the provisions, forage, arms, clothing, ammunition, or other military stores belonging to the United States, to be spoiled, or damaged, shall, at his own expense, make good the loss or damage, and shall, moreover, forfeit all his pay, and be dismissed from the service. Art. 37. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier, who shall be convicted, at a regimental court mar¬ tial, of having sold, or designedly, or through neg¬ lect, wasted the ammunition delivered out to him, to be employed in the service of the United States, shall be punished at the discretion of such court. Art. 33. Every non-commissioned officer or sol¬ dier, who shall be convicted before a court martial, of having sold, lost, or spoiled, through neglect, his horse, arms, clothes, or accoutrements, shall be put under such weekly stoppages (not exceeding the half of his pay) as such court martial shall judge suf¬ ficient, for repairing the loss or damage ; and shall suffer confinement, or such other corporal punish¬ ment as his crime shall deserve. Art. 39. Every officer, who shall be convicted before a court martial, of having embezzled, or mis¬ applied any money with which he may haye been en- trusted, for the payment of the men under his corn- mand, or for enlisting men into the service, or for other purposes, if a commissioned officer, shail be cashiered, and compelled to refund the money; if a non-commissioned officer, shall be reduced to the ranks, be put under stoppages until the money be made good, and suffer such corporal punishment as such court martial shall direct. Art. 40. Every captain of a troop, or company, is charged with the arms, accoutrements, ammunition, clothing or other warlike stores belonging to the troop, or company under his command, which he is to be accountable for to his colonel, in case of their being lost, spoiled, or damaged, not by unavoidable accidents, or on actual service. Art. 41. All non-commissioned officers and sol¬ diers, who shall be found one mile from the camp, without leave, in writing from their commanding of¬ ficer, shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflict¬ ed upon them by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 42. No officer or soldier shall lie out of his quarters, garrison, or camp, without leave from his superior officer, upon penalty of being punished ac¬ cording to the nature of his offence, by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 43. Every non-commissioned officer and sol¬ dier shall retire to his quarters or tent, at the beating of the retreat; in default of which he shall be punish¬ ed according to the nature of his offence. Art. 44. No officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier, shall fail in repairing, at the time fixed, to the place of parade, of exercise or other rendezvous, appointed by his commanding officer, if not prevent¬ ed by sickness, or some other evident necessity, or shall go from the said place of rendezvous, without leave from his commanding officer, before he shall be regularly dismissed or relieved, on the penalty of being punished according to the nature bf his offence by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 45. Any commissioned officer, who shall be found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty, shall be cashiered. Any non-commissioned officer or soldier so offending, shall suffer such corporal punishment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 46. Any centinel who shall be found sleeping* upon his post, or shall leave it before he shall be regu¬ larly relieved, shall suffer death, or such other punish¬ ment as shall be inflicted by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 47. No soldier belonging to any regiment, troop, or company, shall hire another to do his duty for him, or be excused from duty, but in cases of sick¬ ness, disability, or leave of absence ; and every such soldier found guilty of hiring his duty, as also the par¬ ty so hired to do another’s duty, shall be punished at the discretion of a regimental court martial. Art. 48. And every non-commissioned officer con¬ niving at such hiring of duty aforesaid, shall be re¬ duced ; and every commissioned officer, knowing and allowing such ill practices in the service, shall be punished by the judgment of a general court martial. Art. 49. Any officer belonging to the service of the United States, who, by discharging* of fire arms, drawing of swords, beating of drums, or by any other means whatsoever, shall occasion false alarms, in camp, garrison, or quarters, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court martial. Art. 50. Any officer or soldier, who shall, without urgent necessity, or without the leave of his superior officer, quit his guard, platoon, or division, shall be punished according to the nature of bis offence, by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 51. No officer or soldier shall do violence to any person who brings provisions or other necessa¬ ries to the camp, garrison or quarters, of the forces of the United States, employed in any parts out of the said states, upon pain of death, or such other punish¬ ment as a court martial shall direct. 23 • • • • Art. 52. Any officer or soldier, who shall misbe¬ have himself before the enemy, run away, or shame¬ fully abandon any fort, post, or guard, which he or they may be commanded to defend, or speak words inducing others to do the like ; or shall cast away his arms and ammunition, or who shall quit his post or colours to plunder and pillage ; every such offender being duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court martial. Art. 53. Any person belonging to the armies of the United States, who shall make known the watchrword to any person who is not entitled to receive it, accord¬ ing to the rules and discipline of war, or shall presume to give a parole or watch-word, different from what he received, shall suffer death, or such other punish¬ ment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court martial. Art. 54. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves orderly m quarters, and on their march ; and whosoever shall commit any waste, cr spoil, eith¬ er in walks of trees, parks, warrens, fish ponds, hous¬ es, or gardens, cornfields, enclosures or meadows, or shall maliciously destroy any property whatsoever, belonging to the inhabitants of the United States, un¬ less by order of the then commander in chief of the armies of the said states, shall (besides such penalties as they are liable to by law,) be punished according to the nature and degree of the offence, by the judgment of a regimental or general court martial. Art. 55. Whosoever, belonging to the armies of the United States, employed in foreign parts, shall force a safeguard, shall suffer death. Art. 56. Whosoever shall relieve the enemy with money, victuals or ammunition, or shah ki owinedy harbor or protect a . enemy, shall suffer death, ^or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sen¬ tence of a court martial. Art. 57. Whosoever shall be convicted of holding C 26 t * • • correspondence with, or giving intelligence to the en¬ emy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 58. All public stores taken in the enemy’s camp, towns, forts, or magazines, whether of artille¬ ry, ammunitionj clothing, forage or provisions, shall be secured for the service of the United States ; for the neglect of which the commanding officer is to be answerable. Art. 59. If any commander of any garrison, for¬ tress or post, shall be compelled, by the officers and soldiers under his command, to give up to the enemy, or to abandon it; the commissioned officers, non-com¬ missioned officers, or soldiers, who shall be convicted of having so offended, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted upon them by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 60. All suttlcrs and retainers to the camp, and all persons whatsoever, serving with the armies cf the United States, in the held, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders, according to the rules and discipline of war. Art. 61. Officers having breyetts, or commissions, of a prior date to those of the regiment, in which they serve, may take place in courts martial and on de¬ tachments, when composed of different corps, accord¬ ing to the ranks given them in their brevetts, or dates of their former commissions; but in the regiment, troop, or company, to which such officers belong, they shall do duty, and take rank, both in courts martial and on detachments, which shall be composed only of their own corps, according to the commissions by which they are mustered in the said corps. Art. 62. If upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join, or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps, or militia, by commission there, on duty, or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the ser¬ vice, unless otherwise specially directed by the Presi¬ dent of the United States, according to the nature of the case. Art. 63. The functions of the engineers being generally confined to the most elevated branch of mil¬ itary science, they are not to assume, nor arc they subject to be ordered on any duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by the special or¬ der of the President of the United States; but they are to receive every mark of respect, to which their rank in the army may entitle them respectively, and are liable to be transferred, at the discretion of the President, from one corps to another, regard being paid to rank. Art. 64. General courts martial may consist of any number of commissioned officers from five to thirteen inclusively, but they shall not consist of less than thir¬ teen, where that number can be convened, without manifest injury to the service. Art. 65. Any general officer commanding an army, or colonel commanding a separate department, may appoint general courts martial whenever necessary. But no sentence of a court martial shall be carried in¬ to execution until after the whole proceedings shall have been laid before the officer ordering the same, or the officer commanding the troops for the time be¬ ing ; neither shall any sentence of a general court martial, in time of peace, extending to the loss of life, or the dismission of a commissioned officer, or which shall, either in time of peace or war, respecting a general officer, be carried into execution, until after the whole proceedings shall have been transmitted to the secretary of war, to be laid before the President of the United States, for his confirmation or disappro¬ val and orders in the case. All other sentences may be confirmed and executed by the officer ordering the court to assemble, or the commanding officer for the time being, as the case may be. 28 Art. 66. F.very officer commanding a regiments or corps, may appoint, for his own regiment or corps, courts martial, to consist of three commissioned offi¬ cers, for the trial and punishment of offences not ca¬ pital, and decide upon their sentences. For the same purpose all officers, commanding any of the garrisons, forts, barracks, or other places where the troops con¬ sist of different corps, may assemble courts martial, to consist of three commissioned officers, and decide upon their sentences. Art. 67. No garrison or regimental court martial shall have the power to try capital cases, or commis¬ sioned officers; neither shall they inflict a fine ex¬ ceeding one month’s pay, nor imprison, nor put to hard labor, any non-commissioned officer or soldier, for a longer time than one month. Art. 68. Whenever it may be found convenient and necessary to the public service, the officers of the marine shall be associated with the officers of the land forces, for the purpose of holding courts martial and trying offenders belonging to either ; and in such cases the orders of the senior officers of either corps who may be present and duly authorized, shall be re¬ ceived and obeyed. Art. 69. The judge advocate or some person de* puted by him, or by the general, or officer command¬ ing the army, detachment, or garrison, shall prose¬ cute in the name of the United States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, afteF the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to ob¬ ject to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself; and administer to each member of the court, before they proceed upon any trial, the following oath, which shall also be ta¬ ken by all members of the regimental and garrison courts martial. “ Yon, A. B. do swear, that you will well and truly try and determine, according to evidence, the matter now before you, between the United States of Ameri> ea and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly administer justice, according* to the provisions of “an act establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,” without partiali¬ ty, favor or affection ; and if any doubt shall arise, not explained by said articles, according to your consci¬ ence, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war, in like cases ; and you do further swear, that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be published by the proper authority ; neither will you disclose or discover the vote or opinion of ‘any particular member of the court martial; unless required to give evidence thereof as a witness, by a. court of justice, in a due course of law. So help, you Godr And as soon as the said oath shall have been ad¬ ministered to the respective members, the president of the court shall administer to the judge advocate, or person officiating as such, an oath in the following words : “ You, A. B. do swear, that you will not disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular mem¬ ber of the court martial, unless required to give evi¬ dence thereof as a witness, by a court of justice, in due course of law. Nor divulge the sentence of the, court to any but the proper authority, until it shall be. duly disclosed by the same. So help you God.’ 3 Art. 70. When any prisoner arraigned before a general court martial shall, from obstinate and de- liberate design, stand mute or answer foreign to the purpose, the court may proceed to trial and judg¬ ment as if the prisoner had regularly pleaded not guilty. Aitx. 71. When a member shall be challenged by a prisoner, he must state his cause of challenge, cf which the court shall, after due deliberation, deter¬ mine the relevancy or validity, and decide according¬ ly j and no challenge to more than one member at a time shall be received by the court. C 2 Art. 72. All the members of a court martial are to behave with decency and calmness ; and in giving their votes, are to begin with the youngest in com¬ mission. Art. 73. All persons who give evidence before a court martial, are to be examined on oath or affirma¬ tion in the following form : “ You swear, or affirm, (as the case may be) the evidence you shall give in the cause now in hearing, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So helfi you God.” Art. 74. On the trials of cases not capital, before courts martial, the deposition of witnesses not in the line or staff of the army, may be taken before some justice of the peace, and read in evidence ; provided, the prosecutor and person accused are present at the taking the same, or are duly notified thereof. Art. 75. No officer shall be tried but by a general court martial, nor by officers of inferior rank, if it can be avoided. Nor shall any proceedings or trials be carried on excepting between the hours of eight in the morning and three in the afternoon, excepting in cases which, in the opinion of the officer appoint¬ ing the court martial, require immediate example. Art. 76. No person whatsoever shall use any me¬ nacing words, signs, or gestures, in presence of a court martial, or shall cause any disorder or riot, or disturb their proceedings, on the penalty of being punished at the discretion of the said court martial. Art. 77. Whenever any officer shall be charged with a crime, he shall be arrested and confined in his barracks, quarters oi tent, and deprived of his sword, by the commanding officer. And any officer who shall leave his confinement before he shall be set at liberty by his commanding officer, or by a superior officer, shall be cashiered. Art. 78. Non-commissioned officcws_and soldiers, charged with crimes, shall be confined until tried by a court martial, or released by proper authority. 31 • • • • Art. 79. No officer or soldier who shall be put in arrest, shall continue in confinement more than eight days, or until such time as a court martial can be as¬ sembled. Art. 80. No officer commanding a guard, or pro¬ vost martial, shall refuse to receive or keep any pris¬ oner committed to his charge by an officer belonging to the forces of the United States ; provided the offi¬ cer committing shall, at the same time, deliver an ac¬ count in writing, signed by himself, of the crime with which the said prisoner is charged. Art. 81. No officer commanding a guard, or pro¬ vost martial, shall presume to release any person committed to his charge, without proper authority for so doing, nor shall he suffer any person to escape, on the penalty of being punished for it by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 82. Every officer or provost martial, to whose charge prisoners shall'be committed, shall within twenty-four hours after such commitment, or as soon as he shall be relieved from his guard, make report in writing, to the commanding officer, of their names, their crimes, and the names of the officers who com¬ mitted them, on the penalty of being punished for disobedience or neglect, at the discretion of a court martial. Art. 83. Any commissioned officer convicted be¬ fore a general court martial of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, shall be dismissed the service. Art. 84. In cases where a court martial may think it proper to sentence a commissioned officer to be suspended from command, they shall have power al¬ so to suspend his pay and emoluments from the same time according to the nature and heinousness of the offence. Art. 85. Jn all cases where a commissioned offi¬ cer is cashiered for cowardice or fraud, it shall be ad¬ ded in the sentence, that the crime, name, and place of abode, and punishment of the delinquent, be pub¬ lished in the newspapers, in and about the camp, and of the particular state from which the offender came, or where he usually resides, after which it shall be deemed scandalous for an officer to associate with him. Art. 86. The commanding’ officer of any post or detachment, in which there shall not be a number of officers adequate to form a general court martial, shall in cases which require the cognizance of such a court, report to the commanding officer of the de¬ partment, who shall order a court to be assembled at the nearest post or detachment, and the party ac¬ cused with necessary witnesses, to be transported to the place where the said court shall be assembled. Art. 87. No person shall be sentenced to suffer death but by the concurrence of two thirds of a gene¬ ral court martial, nor except, in the cases herein ex¬ pressly mentioned ; nor shall more than fifty lashes* be inflicted on any offender, at the discretion of a court martial : and no officer, non-commissioned offi¬ cer, soldier, or follower of the army, shall be tried a second time for the same offence. Art. 88. No person shall be liable to be tided and punished by a general court martial for any offence which shall appear to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless the person, by reason of having ab¬ sented himself, or some other manifest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice within that period. Art. 89. Every officer authorized to order a gene- ral'court martial, shall have power to pardon or miti¬ gate any punishment ordered by such court, except the sentence of death, or of cashiering an officer ; which, in the cases where he lias authority (by article 65) to carry them into execution, he may suspend * Punishment by stripes orlasb.es not allowed—see act of con¬ gress, May, 16, 1812. 33 until the. pleasure of the President of the United States can be known; which suspension, together with copies of the proceedings of the court martial, the said officer shall immediately transmit to the Pre- sklent for his determination. And the colonel or commanding officer of the regiment or garrison, where any regimental or garrison court martial shall be held, may pardon or mitigate any punishment or¬ dered by such court to be inflicted. Art. 90. Every judge advocate, or person officiat¬ ing as such, at any general court martial, shall trans¬ mit, with as much expedition as the opportunity of time and distance of place can admit, the original proceedings and sentence of such court martial, to the secretary of war, which said original proceedings and sentence shall be carefully kept and preserved in the office of the said secretary, to the end that the persons entitled thereto may be enabled, upon appli¬ cation to the said office, to obtain copies thereof. The party tried by any general court martial, shall upon demand thereof made by himself, or by any per¬ son or persons in his behalf, be entitled to a copy of the sentence and proceedings of such court martial. Art. 91. In cases Where the general or command- ing officer may order a court of inquiry to examine into the nature of any transaction, accusation or im¬ putation against any officer or soldier, the said court shall consist of one or more officers, not exceeding three,, and a judge advocate, or other suitable person as a recorder, to reduce the proceedings and evi¬ dence to writing, all of whom shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duty. This court shall have the same power to summon witnesses as a court martial, and to examine them on oath. But they shall not eive their oninion on the merits of the case, ex- cepting they shall be thereto specially required. The parties accused shall also be*permitted to cross ex¬ amine, and interrogate the witnesses, so as to investi¬ gate fully the -circumstances in question, 34 Art. 92. The proceedings of a court of inquiry must be authenticated by the signature of the recorder and the president, and delivered to the commanding officer ; and the said proceedings may be admitted as evidence by a court martial, in cases not capital, or extending to the dismission of an officer, provided that the circumstances are such, that oral testimony cannot be obtained. But as courts of inquiry may be perverted to dishonorable purposes, and may be com sidered as engines of destruction to military merit, in the hands of weak and envious commandants, they arc hereby prohibited, unless directed by the Presi¬ dent of the United States, or demanded by the ac¬ cused. Art. 93. The judge advocate, or recorder, shall administer to the members the following oath : u You shall well and truly examine and inquire, ac¬ cording to your evidence, into the matter now before you, without partiality, favor, affection, prejudice, or hope of reward. So hclji you Gocl . 13 After which the president shall administer to the judge advocate, or recorder, the following oath : “ You, A. B. do swear, that you will, according to your best abilities, accurately and impartially record the proceedings of the court, and the evidence to be given in the case in hearing. So help, you God . 13 The witnesses shall take the same oath as witness¬ es sworn before a court martial. Art. 94. When any commissioned officer shall die, or be killed in the service of the United States, the major of the regiment, or the officer doing the major’s duty in his absence, or in any post or garrison the second officer in command, or the assistant mili¬ tary agent, shall immediately secure all his effects or equipage then in camp or quarters, and shall make an inventory thereof, and forthwith transmit the same to the office of the department of war, to the end, that his executors or administrators may receive the same. S5 • • • • Art. 95. When any non-commissioned officer, or soldier, shall die, or be killed in the service of the United States, the then commanding officer of the troop, or company, shall, in the presence of two other commissioned officers, take an account of what effects lie died possessed of, above his arms and accoutre¬ ments, and transmit the same to the office of the de¬ partment of war; which said effects are to be ac¬ counted for, and paid to the representatives of such deceased non-commissioned officer, or soldier. And in case any ol the officers, so authorized to take care of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers, should before they have accounted to their representatives for the same, have occasion to leave the regiment, or post, by preferment, or otherwise, they shall, before they be permitted to quit the same, deposit in the hands of the commanding officer, or of the assistant military agent, all the effects of such deceased non¬ commissioned officers and soldiers, in order that the same may be secured for, and paid to their respec¬ tive representatives. Art. 96. All officers, conductors, gunners, nia- trosses, drivers, or other persons whatsoever, receiv¬ ing pay, or hire, in the service of the artillery or corps of engineers of the United States, shall be governed by the aforesaid rules and articles, and shall be sub¬ ject to be tried by courts martial, in like manner with the officers and soldiers of the other troops in the service of the United States. Art, 97, The officers and soldiers of any troops whether militia or others, being mustered and in pay of the United States, shall, at all times, and in all pla¬ ces, when joined, or acting in conjunction with the regular forces of the United States, be governed by these rules and articles of war, and shall be subject to be tried by courts martial in Jike manner with the officers and soldiers in the regular forces, save only, that such courts martial shall be composed entirely of militia officers. 36 • • C V Art* 98. All officers, serving l y commission from the authority of any particular state, shall, on all de¬ tachments, courts maitiaj, or otr.cr dm*, wherein they may be employed in conjunction with the regular forces of the United States, take rank, next after all officers of the tike grade in said regular forces, not¬ withstanding the commissions of such militia or state officers may be elder than the commissions of the of¬ ficers of the regular forces of the United States. Art. 99. All crimes not capital, and ail disorders and neglects which officers and soldiers may be guil¬ ty of, to the prejudice of good order and military dis¬ cipline, though not mentioned in tire foregoing arti¬ cles of war, are to be taken cognizance of by a gene¬ ral or regimental court martial, according to the na¬ ture and degree of the offence, and be punished at their discretion. Art. 100. The President of the United States, shall have power to prescribe the uniform of the army. Art. 101. The foregoing articles are to be read and published once in every six months, to every gar¬ rison, regiment, troop or company, mustered or to be mustered in the service of the United States, and are to be duly observed and obeyed, by all officers and soldiers who are or shall be in said service. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That in time of war, ail persons not citizens of, or owing allegiance to the United States of America, who shall be found lurking as spies, in or about the fortifications or en¬ campments of the armies of the United States, or any of them, shall suffer death, according to the law and usage of nations, by sentence of a general court martial. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the rules and. regulations, by which the armies of the United States have heretofore been governed, and the re¬ solves of Congress thereunto annexed, and respect¬ ing the same, shall, henceforth, be void and of no ef- 57 • • • • feet, except so far as may relate to any transactions under them, prior to the promulgation of this act, at the several posts and garrisons respectively, occupied by any part of the army of the United States. NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate , pro tempore. April 10, 1806. Approved, TH: JEFFERSON. RECITATIONS Of the War Department, to be observed in the allow* ance of barracks or quarters to the officers of the army. To a major general, four rooms and a kitchen. To a brigadier general, three rooms and a kitchen. To an aid de camp, one room. To the adjutant general and inspector general, each, three rooms and a kitchen. To the quarter master general, three rooms and a kitchen ; and for his officers and clerks, two rooms. To each field officer, two rooms and a kitchen. To a hospital surgeon, the same. To the adjutant and inspector, in addition to his al¬ lowance as a field officer, one room. To each captain, one room; when commanding a .separate post, in addition, a kitchen. To a surgeon, one room. To two subalterns, one room. To a surgeon’s mate, the same as a subaltern. To a subaltern, when commanding a separate post, in addition, a kitchen. To every mess of eight officers, one room and a kitchen. The officer highest in rank, to haye the first choice of quarters. D 38 • • • • The foregoing regulations to apply respectively to all corps, of whatever denomination, belonging to tho army of the United States. Regulations to be observed in the delivery of fuel to garrisons on the sea board, and recruiting parties , south of Virginia and Kentucky, from the first day of October, to the first day of April, in every year . To a major general, three cords per month. To a brigadier general, two cords and a half per month. To the adjutant general, and inspector general, each, two cords and a half per month. To the quarter master general, two cords and a half per month. To the adjutant and inspector, two cords per month. To each held officer, one and a half cord ; and Ivhen commanding a garrison, in addition, half a cord* To each captain, one cord ; and when command ing a garrison, in addition, half a cord. To each subaltern, one cord ; and when command* ing a garrison, in addition, half a cord. To each surgeon, one cord. To a surgeon’s mate, one cord. To each cadet, half a cord. To every officer commanding a recruiting party, one cord of wood per month $ but no Other allowance cf fuel as an officer in the line, To every room occupied as barracks by eight non* commissioned officers, musicians and privates, one Cord per month. To a garrison barrack guard, one cord per month. To the sick in hospital the allowance of wood will be regulated by the commanding officer and surgeon. Regulations for delivery of fuel north of ^Vort/^Caro¬ lina end Tennessee, from the first day of October , t$ the first day of April, in each year. To a major general, five cords per month. To a brigadier general, four cords per month. To the quarter master general, four cords per month. To the inspector general, four cords. To the adjutant general, four cords. To each field officer, two cords ; and when com¬ manding a garrison, in addition, one cord. To the adjutant and inspector, three cords. To each captain, one cord and a half and when commanding a garrison, in addition, one cord. To each subaltern, one cord and one third ; when commanding a garrison, in addition, one cord. To every surgeon, one cord and a half. To each surgeon’s mate, one cord and one third. To every officer commanding a recruiting pa rty, one and a half cord per month ; but no other al¬ lowance of fuel as an officer in the line. To every room occupied as barracks by eight non¬ commissioned officers, musicians and privates, one cord and a half per month. To a garrison barrack guard, one cord per month ; and if the weather should be very severe it may be augmented at the discretion of the commanding offi¬ cer, but not beyond one cord in addition. To the sick in hospital, the allowance of wood will be regulated by the commanding officer and surgeon. Whenever coal can be procured, the officer may, at his option, receive coal in proportion to the cost of the wood, in lieu thereof. To officers and soldiers half of the aforesaid al¬ lowances of fuel, from the 1st day of April to the 1st day of October, in every year. No compensation in money to be made in lieu of allowances of fuel, nor is any compensation to be re¬ ceived by or paid to officers in lieu of quarters or barracks. < Distribution cf straw. One truss of straw, weighing thirty-six pounds, is allowed for each pallias for two men. At the expira- 40 • • * • tion of sixteen days, each palliass is to be refreshed ■with eight pounds. At the expiration of thirty-two days the whole straw is to be removed, and a fresh bedding of one truss to be furnished ; and so on every •succeeding period of sixteen and thirty-two days. The same quantity of straw* is allowed for servants, cr batmen, not soldiers, or for washer-women, at¬ tached to each company, in the proportion of one woman to every seventeen men, non-commissioned officers and privates. The straw is to be changed for the sick in hospital as often as may be deemed necessary ; this necessity to be determined by the surgeon, or surgeon’s mate in the absence cf the surgeon. There shall be allowed to every two men, when in barracks, one bed sack, to be returned into store on ,the men being ordered away. Requisitions for fuel and straw. Requisitions for wood or straw must state the num¬ ber and rank of the officers, the number of the non¬ commissioned officers and privates, servants and bat¬ men not soldiers, and of washer-women, for whom demanded, and be certified by the commandant of the garrison, or recruiting party. No wood or straw shall be drawn for officers, or wood or straw for soldiers whilst on furlough ; or any allowance made to them for the same. Whenever it shall appear that more wood or straw has been drawn than there were officers, soldiers, ser¬ vants or batmen not soldiers, and washer-women ac¬ tually present and entitled thereto, the commanding officer signing such requisition shall be held respon¬ sible for the value of the article drawn beyond the quantity allowed by these regulations, and shall have his name, and the circumstances of the case, reported to the secretary of the department of war. Requisitions thus signed, and the receipts given by the officers to whom the articles are delivered for 41 • • • • consumption, shall be produced as vouchers by the military, or assistant military agent, or quarter mas¬ ter, in the settlement of his accounts. Regulations respecting certain supplies and objects of special and extra expense. The military or assistant military agent, or quarter master, where a rendezvous is opened in his vicinity for the recruiting service, shall furnish quarters, transportation forage, fuel, straw, kettles, tin pans and stationary. But when an officer is not within a convenient distance of the agent, above mentioned, the recruiting officer shall supply the rendezvous with quarters, transportation, forage, fuel, straw, ket¬ tles, tin pans and stationary ; governing himself as to quantity by the regulation on the subject, and taking duplicate receipts of every article of expenditure. To all horses in actual service, there shall be al¬ lowed as forage 14 pounds of hay and 12 quarts of oats, or, in lieu of the oats, 8 quarts of corn. There shall be allowed one four-horse waggon to each company, or a detachment of 100 recruits, for the conveyance of the officers’ baggage and all other baggage of the company or detachment. There shall be allowed to every six men, one common tent, one iron camp kettle, or pot, (of four gallons) and two tin pans; and to each company, four axes and four spades.. As often as any matter which may require any spe¬ cial or extra expense, can wait, without material in¬ jury to the service, for a communication to, and the direction of the secretary of war, or the commander of the army, or of a military district, it is not to be undertaken until such communications and directions shall have been had. The military or assistant military agent, or quar¬ ter master, are primarily charged with making the disbursements in the cases above mentioned; when D 2 42 there is no such officer, the agent of the war de¬ partment shall do it. All orders for such disburse¬ ments, must be definite and in writing, to be transmit¬ ted, with the accounts of them, to the accountant of the war department: and all disbursements made in pursuance of these regulations, must be substantia¬ ted by such vouchers as shall be prescribed by the said accountant. The following rates are to govern in the allowances to officers for the transportation of their baggage , when ordered on distant commands : To a major general, 1250 lbs. at S 2 per 100 lbs. per 100 miles. To a brigadier general, adjutant general, inspector general, or quarter master general, 1000 To a colonel, 750 To a hospital surgeon, 750 To a lieutenant colonel, 600 To a major, 500 To a captain, 400 To a surgeon, 400 To a subaltern, 300 To a surgeon’s mate, • 300 To a cadet, 200 The most direct post-route will regulate the dis¬ tance, for the amount of transportation, whether per¬ formed by land or water, unless public transportation is furnished. To every officer ordered on general courts martial, cr temporary commands, or on other duties on the sea board or in the Atlantic states, there will be al¬ lowed him, if he so elect, in lieu of the transporta¬ tion of his baggage, his stage hire. It must be un¬ derstood that no delay is to be made on the road. Either receipts from the stage offices, or certificates on honor of the performance of the duty, must be produced. 43 • » • « A farther allowance to officers ordered on general courts martial and temporary command, or other duty, of one dollar and twenty-five cents per day to officers who are not entitled to forage, and one dol¬ lar per day to such as shall be entitled to forage, agreeably to the twenty-second section of the act fixing the military peace establishment. As a vouch¬ er for the number of days an officer did sit on a gene¬ ral court martial, he must produce the certificate of the president, or judge advocate of the court. Ordinance regulating and ascertaining the quantities of stationary which each officer serving in the army of the United States shall be entitled to receive an¬ nually. To every officer commanding a separate post, the garrison of which shall consist of no more than two companies, twelve quires of writing paper, and one blank book of one quire of paper. To every officer commanding a separate post, the garrison of which shall consist of more than two^ and not more than five companies, twenty-four quires of paper, and a blank book containing two quires of paper. To a major general, thirty-six quires of paper, and three blank books, each of three quires. To a brigadier general, twenty-four quires of pa¬ per, and two blank books, each of three quires. To the quarter master general, adjutant general, inspector general, and adjutant and inspector of the army, each, the stationary necessary in their respec¬ tive departments. To a colonel eighteen quires of paper, and a blank book of three quires. To a lieutenant colonel, twelve quires of paper, and a blank book of two quires. For the use of every military company, whether in garrison or otherwise, twelve quires of paper, and & blank book containing two quires of paper. 44 For the use of every other commissioned officer in the army of the United States, two quires of letter paper, with a proportionate allowance of ink, quills and wafers. For the use of the assistant military agent or quar¬ ter master, at every separate post, one blank book containing two quires of paper. For the use of every officer, and garrison, a propor¬ tion of other stationary, at the rate of a dozen quills and as many wafers to each quire of paper; and a paper of ink-powderto each six quires. Regulations respecting extra pay and allowance to soldiers , when ordered on constant labor for a term not less than ten days. The non-commissioned officers and privates, who may be drawn as artificers to work constantly on for¬ tifications, bridges, barracks, roads, or other public works, for a term not less than ten days, Sundays ex¬ cepted, shall be allowed, for each day’s actual labor, fourteen cents and one gill of spirits each, in addition to their pay and rations. Other non-commissioned officers and privates, not artificers, who shall be drawn for constant labor on fortifications, roads, bridges, barracks, or other pub¬ lic works, for a term not less than ten days, Sundays excepted, shall be allowed for each day’s actual labor, ten cents and one gill of spirits each, in addition to their pay and rations. It shall be the duty of the officer commanding any such working party, to have a regular account kept, under his inspection, of every day’s work performed by each non-commissioned officer or private ; and to transmit or deliver, monthly, a fair copy thereof to the military or assistant military agent of the district or post in which the labor may be performed ; which military or assistant military agent will pay, from the money in his hands, or will draw the money on the said abstracts, and pay the non-commissioned officers and privates conformably Herewith. It is to be understood, that the extra daily pay and allowance is only to be given for actual days’ work, and not to be granted when from sickness, or other causes, the work shall not actually be performed. Regulations respecting the employment of physicians. In future, no surgeon, surgeon’s mate or physician, not holding an appointment in the army of the United States, is to be employed on public account, by any officer or other person whatever, to act in the capacity of surgeon, or surgeon’s mate, or physician, for any man or men attached to the army, unless by special agreement first entered into, in which the compensa¬ tion for medical service to be performed, shall be stipulated in writing, either by the day or month. When the services required shall be such as not to exceed the usual duties, of a surgeon’s mate, the com¬ pensation per month shall not exceed the pay and emoluments of a surgeon’s mate. For any number of men not exceeding thirty, the compensation should not exceed the rate of three hundred dollars a year inclusive of medicine. In no instance, (extraordinary eases excepted) should the compensation for medical assistance, for a shorter period than one month, exceed the rate of four dollars per day, exclusive of medicine. Charges for medical services, will require certificates of their having been performed agreeably thereto. Regulations respecting returns of clothing. It shall be the duty of the commanding officers of companies to make out in December, in each year, correct returns for the clothing necessary for their respective companies for the succeeding year, includ¬ ing what is on hand lit for service ; also, correct re¬ turns of all clothing on hand, noting such as is fit for use. The said returns to be forwarded, annually by the first day of January, to the department of war, through the commanding officer of the military post, garrison or encampment, at which the officer, making the return, is stationed. The commanding officers of companies shall be responsible for the correctness of their respective returns. Regulations respecting salutes. The national salute shall be conformable to the number of states recognized by congress, now eigh¬ teen . A national salute shall be fired on a visit to the post from the President of the United States, on his land¬ ing and leaving, and to no other person. Fifteen guns shall be fired on a visit from the vice- president, the governor of a state, (not a territory,) the secretary of war, secretary of the navy, a com¬ mittee of congress, or a major general of the army on their landing ; and thirteen guns may be fired to a general officer when inspecting the posts of his dis¬ trict ; no other rank in the army shall be entitled to a salute. Previous notice must be given to the com¬ manding officer of the post for the salute to be fired. No salutes shall be fired to foreign ships or vessels of war but in return, and in every case their salute shall be returned gun for gun, notice being given. No salutes shall be fired to public armed vessels of the United States under the rate of a frigate, and then only in return, the same number of guns, notice be¬ ing given. Each military post on the sea board will fire, at sun rise, on the morning of the fourth of July, a salute of thirteen guns, emblematical of the thirteen states, which were declared independent; and at one o’clock of the same day, a, national salute will be fired from ail the military posts and forts in the United States. Salutes from the forts at the several posts and in the harbors shall, ?„s a general rule, be from six to twelve pounders, and of no higher caliber. A gun, not exceeding a six pounder, may be fired at day light, each morning, at the following posts, viz. Fort Preble, Portland; Fort Constitution, Ports¬ mouth, New-Hampshirc; Fort Independence, Bos¬ ton harbor; Fort Wolcott, Rhode-Island ; Fort Co¬ lumbus, New-York; Fort Mifflin, Delaware; Fort M’Henry, Baltimore; Fort Nelson, Norfolk; Fort Johnson, South-Carolina ; and Fort St. Charles, New- Orleans. Rules adopted by the President of the United States^ respecting promotions in the army. Promotions in the army of the United States shall hereafter be made agreeably to the regulations in force previous to those of the 3d of September, 1799, which were promulgated in general orders, dated 9th of that month. Promotions to the rank of captain shall be made re- gimentally ; and to the rank of colonel, in the lines of artillery and infantry, respectively ; the three differ¬ ent establishments being kept distinct. The officer next in rank will, on the happening of a vacancy, be considered, in ordinary cases, as the proper person to fill the same ; but this rule may be subject to exceptions in extraordinary cases. The above rules fm promotions in the infantry and artillery, are applicable to the cavalry and riflemen. No officer will consider himself as filling a vacan¬ cy, until he receives notice thereof through the de= partment of war. ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington^ May 4, 1812. Regulation of the duties of the general staff. THE duties of the general staff are distributed a- mong the inspector general, the adjutant general, the quarter master general, the superior officer of artille¬ ry, the superior officer of engineers, and the superior surgeon of the army. 48 M • It will be the duty of the inspector general to orga* nize the army; to superintend and enforce discipline; to visit and inspect camps, cantonments, quarters, prisons, places of arms, and hospitals ; to make stat¬ ed and unexpected inspections of troops, arms, equi¬ page, clothing, ammunition, and horses ; to make in¬ spection returns, and confidential reports relative to the state and discipline of the army ; to designate men and horses unfit for service, or the fatigues of war, that the former may be discharged, or sent to garri¬ sons, and the latter sold ; to examine the books of the quarter masters, pay masters, and companies, and ascertain the balances ; to receive inspection returns and confidential reports; and to prescribe forms of returns exhibiting all the wants of the army. It will be the duty of the adjutant general to form all orders given by the commanding general in a perspicuous maimer; to forward them with despatch; to publish the decisions on the sentences of general courts martial; to make out all details for the distri¬ bution of service, equally, between the different corps of the army; to receive the daily and monthly re¬ turns, and lay abstracts before the commanding gene¬ ral ; to draw up instructions ; to furnish watch¬ words ; to give form to the correspondence with the secretary of war, generals, and staff officers ; to receive all applications for furloughs, and other par¬ ticular requests ; to correspond with relations of sol¬ diers ; to preserve orders, instructions, printed docu¬ ments, and letters; to make the monthly return of the arrnv ; and to prescribe forms of the returns ex¬ hibiting the strength of corps. It will be the duty of the quarter master general to purchase military stores, camp equipage, and other articles requisite for the troops, when thereto direct¬ ed by the secretary at war; to procure and provide means of transport for the army, its stores, artillery, and camp equipage; to ensure a supply of provis¬ ions, and a regular distribution thereof to the troops ; - 49 to provide artificers and laborers for the public works ; to direct marches, and the laying out of en« campments ; to regulate foraging ; to procure intel¬ ligence, and make secret disbursements to spies and guides ; to license and regulate suttlers at head quar¬ ters ; to make all disbursements for the public ser¬ vice ; and when the army goes into quarters, he dis¬ tributes them, so that every officer may be convenient to his command, and that the highest rank may have the choice of quarters. The superior officer of artillery will be charged with whatsoever relates to the artillery, the park, laboratory, tools, and ammunition. The superior officer of engineers will be charged with the department of topography ; to draw plans of all kinds ; to trace routes ; to direct the formation of roads and bridges; to direct the erection of fortifica¬ tions and public works ; to keep a roll of the laborers employed ; to superintend the trenches at sieges ; to select the posts which are to cover and protect the camp ; and to make such professional reports and estimates as may be required by the commanding general. The superior surgeon of the army is charged with what relates to the preservation of its health ; to en¬ sure the necessary supply of medicines and instru¬ ments ; to establish stationary and moveable hospi¬ tals ; and to have all things necessary for the wound¬ ed in complete readiness. It will be the duty of each principal officer of the staff, to accompany the commanding general in his /econnoitering excursions, circuits, and reviews ; and in action, he shall be attended by the inspector gene¬ ral, adjutant general, and quartermaster general, who shall execute such orders as may be given to them# By command of the Secretary of War, ALEX. MACOMB, Acting Adjutant General E MILITARY LAWS. An ACT fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United States. Sec. 1 . BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.- resentatives of the United States of Americain Congress assembled , That the military peace establishment of the United Sates, from and after the first of June next, shall be composed of one regiment of artillerists and two regiments of infantry, with such officers, military agents, and engineers, as are hereinafter mentioned. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the regiment of artillerists shall consist of one colonel, one lieuten¬ ant colonel,four majors, one adjutant, and twenty com¬ panies, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, two cadets, four ser¬ geants, four corporals, four musicians, eight artificers and fifty-six privates ; to be formed into five battal¬ ions : Provided always. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to retain, with their present grade, as many of the first lieutenants, now in service, as shall amount to the whole number of lieu¬ tenants required ; but that in proportion as vacancies happen therein, new appointments be made to the grade of second lieutenants until their number amount to twenty ; and each regiment of infantry shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one sergeant major, two teachers of music, and ten companies; each company to consist of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one en¬ sign, four sergeants, four corporals, four musicians, and sixty-four privates. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That there shall be one brigadier general, with one aid de camp, who shall be taken from the captains or subalterns of the line ; one adjutant and inspector of the army, to be taken from the line of field officers ; one pay master of the army, seven pay masters and two assistants, to be attached to such districts as the President of the United States shall direct, to be taken from the line of com- missioned officers, who, in addition to their other du¬ ties, shall have charge of the clothing of the troops ; three military agents, and such number of assistant military agents as the President of the United States shall deem expedient, not exceeding one to each mili¬ tary post; which assistants shall be taken from the line; two surgeons, twenty-five surgeon’s mates, to be at¬ tached to garrisons or posts, and not to corps. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the monthly pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musi¬ cians and privates, be as follows, to wit: to the briga¬ dier general, two hundred and twenty-five dollars, which shall be his full and entire compensation, with¬ out a right to demand or receive any rations, forage, travelling expenses, or other perquisite or emolument whatsoever, except such stationary as may be requisite for the use of his department; to the adjutant and in¬ spector of the army, thirty-eight dollars in addition to his pay in the line, and such stationary as shall be re¬ quisite for his department; to the pay master of the army, one hundred and twenty dollars, without any oth¬ er emolument, except such stationary as may be re¬ quisite in his department, and the use of the public office now occupied by him ; to the aid de camp, in addition to his pay in the line, thirty dollars ; to each pay master attached to districts, thirty dollars, and each assistant to such pay master, ten dollars, in addition to his pay in the line ; to each military agent, seventy-six dol¬ lars, and no other emolument; to each assistant mili¬ tary agent, eight dollars, in addition to his pay in the line, except the assistant military agents at Pittsburgh and Niagara, who shall receive sixteen dollars each, in addition to their pay in the line ; to each colonel, seventy-five dollars ; to each lieutenant colonel, six¬ ty dollars ; to each major, fifty dollars ; to each sur¬ geon, forty-five dollars; to each surgeon’s mate, thirt T dollars ; to each adjutant, ten dollars,in addition to uS pay in the line ; to each captain, forty dollars ; to ac ^ first lieutenant, thirty dollars ; to each second listen- 52 • • • • ant, twenty-five dollars; to each ensign, twenty dollars ; to eachcadct,tendollars; to each sergeant-major, nine dollars; to each sergeant, eight dollars ; to each corpo¬ ral, seven dollars ; to each teacher of music, eight dol¬ lars ; to each musician, six dollars ; to each artificer, ten dollars; and to each private, five dollars. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the commis¬ sioned officers aforesaid shall be entitled to receive for their daily subsistence, the following number of rations of provisions : a colonel, six rations ; a lieutenant colo¬ nel, five rations ; a major, four rations ; a captain, three rations ; a lieutenant, two rations ; an ensign, two ra¬ tions ; a surgeon, three rations ; a surgeon’s mate, two rations ; a cadet, two rations, or money in lieu thereof, at the option of the said officers and cadets at the posts respectively where the rations shall become due ; and if at su,ch post supplies are not furnished by contract, then such allowance as shall be deemed equitable, hav¬ ing reference to former contracts, and the position of the place in question ; and each non-commissioned of¬ ficer, musician and private, one ration ; to the comman¬ ding officers of each separate post, such additional num¬ ber of rations, as the President of the United States shall, from time to time direct, having respect to the special circumstances of each post; to the women who may be allowed to any particular corps, not exceed¬ ing the proportion of four to a company, one ration each ; to such matrons and nurses as may be neces¬ sarily employed in the hospital, one ration each ; and to every commissioned officer who shall keep one servant, not a soldier of the line, one additional ration. Sec. 6. And be it further enact cd^ That each ration shall consist of one pound and a quarter of beef, or \ three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of \bread or flour, one gill of rum, whiskey, or brandy, \ul at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vin- e £\r, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of cV^efles, to every hundred rations. S e \7, And be it further enacted , That the following 53 officers shall, whenever forage is not furnished by the public, receive at the rate of the following sums per month, in lieu thereof ; each colonel, twelve dollars ; each lieutenant colonel, eleven dollars ; each major, ten dollars ; each adjutant, six dollars; each surgeon, ten dollars; each surgeon’s mate, six dollars. Sec. S. And be it further enacted , That every non¬ commissioned officer, musician, and private, of the ar¬ tillery and infantry, shall receive annually the following articles of uniform clothing, to wit : one hat, one coat, one vest, two pair of woollen and two pair linen overalls, one coarse linen frock and trowsers for fa¬ tigue clothing, four pair of shoes, four shirts, two pair of socks, two pair of short stockings, one blanket, one stock and clasp, and one pair of half gaiters ; and the secretary of war is hereby authorized to cause to be furnished to the pay masters of the respective districts, such surplus of clothing as he may deem expedient, which clothing, shall under his direction, be furnished to the soldiers, when necessary, at the contract prices, and accounted for by them out of their arrears of monthly pay. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That the President of the United States cause to be arranged, the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the several corps of troops now in the service of the United States, in such manner as to form and com¬ plete, out of the same, the corps aforesaid ; and cause the supernumerary officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, to be discharged from the ser¬ vice of the United Stales, from and after the first day of April next, or as soon thereafter as circumstances may permit. Sec, 10. And be it further enacted , That the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the said corps, shall be governed oy the rules and ar¬ ticles of war, which have been established bv the Uni¬ ted States in congress assembled, or by such rules and articles as may be hereafter by law established: f J r»- E 2 aided nevertheless, That the sentence of general courts martial, extending to the loss of life, the dismission of a commissioned officer, or which shall respect the gen¬ eral officer, shall, with the whole of the proceedings of such cases, respectively, be laid before the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to direct the same to be carried into execution, or otherwise, as he shall judge proper. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ missioned officers who shall be employed in the re¬ cruiting service, to keep up, by voluntary enlistment, the corps as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive, for every effective able bodied citizen of the United States, who shall be duly enlisted by him for the term of five years, and mustered, of at least five feet six inches high, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five years, the sum of two dollars : Provided nevertheless , That this regulation, so far as respects the height and age of the recruit shall not extend to musicians, or to those soldiers who may re-enlist into the service : And pro - aided also , That no person under the age of twenty- one years shall be enlisted by any officer, or held in the service of the United States, without the consent of Tils parent, guardian, or master, first had and obtained, if any he have : and if any officer shall enlist any per¬ son contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, for every such offence, he shall forfeit and pay the a- mount of the bounty and clothing which the person so recruited may have received from the public, to be de¬ ducted out of the pay and emoluments of such officer. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That there shall be allowed and paid to each effective able bodied citi¬ zen, recruited as aforesaid, to set ve for the term of five years, a bounty of twelve dollars; but the payment of six dollars of the said bounty, shall be deferred until he shall be mustered, and have joined the corps in which he is to serve. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That the said corps shall be paid in such manner, that the arrears .shall, at no time, exceed two months, unless the cir¬ cumstances of the case shall render it unavoidable. Sec. 14. And be it farther enacted, That if any of¬ ficer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, in the corps composing the peace establishment, shall be disabled by wounds or otherwise, while in the line of his duty in public service, he shall be placed on the list of invalids of the United States, at such rate of pay and under such regulations, as may be directed bv the President of the United States for the time being : Provided always, That the compensation to be allowed for such wounds or disabilities, to a commissioned of¬ ficer, shall not exceed for the highest rate of disabil¬ ity half the monthly pay of such officer at the time of his being disabled or wounded; and that no officer shall receive more than the half pay of a lieutenant co¬ lonel ; and that the rate of compensation to non-com¬ missioned officers, musicians and privates, shall not exceed five dollars per month: And provided also, That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled to receive an allowance proportionate to the highest disability. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That if any com¬ missioned officer in the military peace establishment of the United States shall, while in the service of the United States, die, by reason of any wound received in actual service of the United States, and leave a widow, or if no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or chil¬ dren shall l^e entitled to and receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years. But in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow before the expiration of the said term of five years, the half pay, for the remainder of the time, shall go to the child or children of such deceased officer : Pro¬ vided always, That such half pay shall cease on the decease of such child or children. Sec, 1C*. And be it farther enacted, That the pay 56 • • • • master shall perform the duties of his office, agreeably to the direction of the President of the United States, for the time being ; and before he enters on the duties of the same, shall give bonds, with good and sufficient sureties, in such sums as the President shall direct, for the faithful discharge of his said office ; and shall take an oath to execute the duties thereof with fidelity : and it shall, moreover, be his duty to appoint from the line, with the approbation of the President of the United States, the several pay masters to districts, and assist¬ ants, prescribed by this act; and he is hereby author¬ ized to require the said pay masters to districts, and assistants, to enter into bond, with good and sufficient surety, for the faithful discharge of their respective duties. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted f, That it shall be the duty of the military agents designated by this act, to purchase, receive and forward to their proper des¬ tination, all military stores and other articles for the troops in their respective departments, and all goods and annuities for the Indians, which they maybe direct¬ ed to purchase, or which shall be ordered into their care by the department of war. They shall account with the department of war, annually, for all the public pro¬ perty which may pass through their hands, and all the monies which they may expend in discharge of the duties of their offices, respectively : previous to their entering on the duties of their offices, they shall give bonds, with sufficient sureties, in such sums as the President of the United States shall dj^ect, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in them ; and shall take an oath faithfully to perform the duties of their respective offices. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted , That if any non¬ commissioned officer, musician, or private, shall desert the service of the United States, he shall, in addition to the penalties mentioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to serve for and during such a period, as shall, with the time he may have served previous to his desertion, amount to the full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall and may be tried, by a court martial, and punished, although the term of his en¬ listment may have elapsed previous to his being’ ap¬ prehended or tried. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted , That every per¬ son who shall procure or entice a soldier in the service of the United States, to desert; or who shall pur¬ chase from any soldier, his arms, uniform clothing, or any part thereof; and every captain or commanding officer of any ship or vessel, who shall enter on board such ship or vessel, as one of his crew, knowing him to have deserted, or otherwise carry away any such soldier, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the orders of his commanding officer, shall, upon legal convic¬ tion, be fined at the discretion of any court having cognizance of the same, in any sum ne<- exceeding three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned any term not exceeding one year. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted , That every of¬ ficer, non-commissioned officer, musician, and pri¬ vate, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: £t I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies, or opposers, whomsoever ; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appoint¬ ed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.’ 3 Sec. 21. And be it further enact eo .?, That whenever a general court martial shall be ordered, the President of the United States may appoint some fit person to act as judge advocate, who shall be allowed, in addition to his other pay, one dollar and twenty-five cents forevery day he shall be necessarily employed in the duties of the said court; and in cases where the President shall not have made such appointment, the brigadier gene¬ ral or the president of the court may make the same. 58 Sec. 22. Atid be it further enacted , That where any commissioned officer shall be obliged to incur any ex¬ tra expense in travelling and sitting on general courts martial,he shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for such extra expense actually incurred, not exceed¬ ing one dollar and twenty-five cents per day, to officers who are not entitled to forage, and not exceeding one dollar per day to such as shall be entitled to forage. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted , That no non-com¬ missioned officer, musician or private, shall be arrest¬ ed, or subject to arrest, or to be taken in execution for any debt under the sum of twenty dollars, contracted before enlistment, nor for any debt contracted after enlistment. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted , That whenever any officer or soldier shall be discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for any offence, he shall be allowed his pay and rations, or an equiva¬ lent in money, for such term of time as shall be suffi¬ cient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the place of his residence, computing at the rate of twenty miles to a day. Sec. 25. And be it further eiictcted , That to each commissioned officer who shall be deranged by virtue of this act, there shall be allowed and paid, in addition to the pay and emoluments to which they will be en¬ titled by law at the time of their discharge, to each officer whose term of service in any military corps of the United States shall not have exceeded three years, three months’ pay ; to all other officers so deranged, one month’s pay of their grades, respectively, for each year of past service in the army of the United States, or in any regiment or corps now or formerly in the service thereof. Sec. 26. And be it f urther enacted , That the Presi¬ dent of the United States is hereby authorized and em¬ powered,when he shall deem it expedient, to organize and establish a corps of engineers, to consist of one en¬ gineer with the pay, rank and emoluments of a major; two assistant engineers, with the pay, rank and emolu- 59 menis of captains ; two other assistant engineers, with the pay, rank and emoluments of first lieutenants ; two other assistant engineers, with the pay, rank and emoluments of second lieutenants ; and ten cadets, with the pay of sixteen dollars per month, and two ra¬ tions per day : and the President of the United States is, in like manner authorized, when he shall deem it proper, to make such promotions in the said corps, with a view to particular merit, and without regard to rank so as not to exceed one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, four captains, four first lieuten¬ ants, four second lieutenants, and so as that the num¬ ber of the whole corps shall, at no time, exceed twen¬ ty officers and cadets. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted , That the said corps when so organized, shall be stationed at West Point, in the state of New-York, and shall constitute a military academy; and the engineers, assistant engin¬ eers, and cadets of the said corps, shall be subject, at all times, to do duty in such places, and on such ser¬ vice, as the President of the United States shall direct. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted , That the princi¬ pal engineer, and in his absence, the next in rank, shall have the superintendence of the said military a- cademy, under the direction of the President of the U- nited States ; and the secretary of war is hereby author¬ ized, at the public expense, under such regulations as shall be directed by the President of the United States, to procure the necessary books, implements and ap¬ paratus for the use and benefit of the said institution. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted , That so much of any act or acts, now in force, as comes within the pur¬ view of this act, shall be, and the same is hereby re¬ pealed ; saving, nevertheless, such parts thereof, as re¬ late to the enlistments or term of service of any of the troops, which, by this act, are continued on the pres¬ ent military establishment of the United States. Approved, 16 th March, 1802 , 60 • * An ACT in addition to an Act , entitled u An Act fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United States. Sec. !. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬ sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as¬ sembled , That there be added to the regiment of artil¬ lerists, two teachers of music, whose pay, rations and clothing, shall be the same as is by law allowed to the teachers of music in the regiments of infantry in the service of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorized to appoint one teacher of the French language, and one teacher of drawing, to be attached to the corps of engi¬ neers, whose compensation shall not exceed the pay and emolument of a captain in the line of the army. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ manding officer of the corps of engineers, be authoriz¬ ed to enlist for a term, not less than three years, one artificer, and eighteen men, to aid in making practical experiments and for other purposes ; to receive the same pay, rations and clothing as are allowed to the artificers and privates, in the army of the United States; and the same bounty when enlisted for five years ; and to be subject to the rules and articles of war. Approved, 2§th February, 1803. An ACT in addition to u An Act for fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United StatesP Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¬ resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That there shall be appointed in addition to the surgeons’ mates provided for by the “ act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States,” as many surgeons’ mates, not exceeding six, as the Pres¬ ident of the United States may judge necessary, to be attached to the garrisons or posts agreeable to the pro* visions of the said act* Sec. 2. And be it jurther enacted, That an equivalent in malt liquor or low wines, may be supplied the troops of the United States, instead of the rum, whisky, or brandy, which by the said act is made a component part of a ration, at such posts and garrisons, and at such seasons of the year, as, in the opinion of the Pre¬ sident of the United States, may be necessary for the preservation of their health. NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 26, 1804. Approved, TH: JEFFERSON. An ACT to raise for a limited Time, an additional Milita - ry Force . Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepre* sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That, in addition to the present military es¬ tablishment of the United States, there be raised five regiments of infantry, one regiment of riflemen, one regiment of light artillery, and one regiment of light dragoons, to be enlisted for the term of five years, un¬ less sooner discharged. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the said regi¬ ments of infantry, riflemen and artillery, shall consist of ten companies each, and the regiment of light dra¬ goons of eight troops ; and the field and staff officers of each regiment, of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one quarter master, one pay master, one surgeon, one surgeon’s mate, one sergeant major, one quarter master sergeant, two principal mu¬ sicians, and for the regiment of light dragoons, one ri¬ ding master ; each company of infantry and riflemen to consist of one captain, one first and one second lieu¬ tenant, one ensign, two cadets, four sergeants, four cor- F 62 • • • • porals, two musicians, and sixty-eight privates; each company of artillery of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, two cadets, four sergeants, four cor¬ porals, two musicians, eight artificers, and fifty-eight matrosses; and each troop of light dragoons of one cap¬ tain, one first and one second lieutenant, one cornet, two cadets, four sergeants, four corporals, two musi¬ cians, one saddler, one farrier, and sixty-four privates. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when, in the opinion of the President of the United States, a suita¬ ble proportion of the troops authorized by this act shall be raised, there may be appointed two additional briga¬ dier generals, who shall be entitled to one aid de camp each, to be taken from the subalterns of the line; two brigade inspectors, and two brigade quarter mas¬ ters ; and such number of hospital surgeons, and sur¬ geon’s mates, as the service may require, but not ex¬ ceeding five surgeons and fifteen mates, with one stew¬ ard, and one ward master to each hospital : the brigade inspectors appointed under this act shall betaken from the line ; and the brigade quarter masters, the adju¬ tants, regimental quarter masters and pay masters, from the subalterns of the line. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the compen¬ sation ofthe officers, cadets,non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates, authorized by this act, shall be, viz ; to each brigadier general, one hun¬ dred and four dollars per month, twelve rations per day, or an equivalent in money, and sixteen dollars per month for forage, when not furnished by the public; each brigade inspector, thirty dollars per month, in ad¬ dition to his pay in the line ; each brigade quarter mas¬ ter and aid de camp, twenty dollars ; and each adjutant, regimental quarter master and pay master, ten dollars per month, in addition to their pay in the line, and to each six dollars per month for forage, when not fur¬ nished as aforesaid ; each hospital surgeon, seventy- five dollars per month, six rations per day, or an equiv 63 alcnt in money, and twelve dollars per month for for¬ age, when not furnished as aforesaid; each hospital surgeon’s mate,forty dollars per month,two rations per day, or an equivalent in money, and six dollars per month for forage, when not furnished as aforesaid ; each hospital steward, twenty dollars per month and two rations per day, or an equivalent in money ; each ward master, sixteen dollars per month and two rations per day, or an equivalent in money ; to the colonel of light dragoons, ninety dollars per month, six rations per day, and forage for five horses ; to the lieutenant colonel of light dragoons, seventy-five dollars per month, five rations per day,and forage for four horses; to the major of light dragoons,sixty dollars per month, four rations per day, and forage for four horses; to each captain of light dragoons, fifty dollars per month, three rations per day, and forage for three horses ; to each lieutenant of fight dragoons, thirty-three and one-third dollars per month, two rations per day, and forage for two horses ; to each comet of light dragoons, twenty- six and two-thirds dollars per month, two rations per day, and forage for two horses ; to the riding master, twenty-six and two-thirds dollars per month, two radons per day, and torage for two horses ; each saddler and farrier, ten dollars per month, one ration per day, and a suit of uniform clothing, annually ; and all other offi¬ cers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, ar¬ tificers and privates, authorized by this act, shall receive the like pay, clothing, rations, forage and other emolu¬ ments, as the officers, cadets, non-commissioned offi¬ cers, musicians, artificers and privates of the present military establishment : Provided , The officers and riding master furnish their own horses and accoutre¬ ments, and actually keep in service the aforesaid num¬ ber of horses, to entitle them to the aforegoing allow¬ ance for forage, or its equivalent in money: And provide ed also , That the whole or any part of the regiment of light dragoons shall be liable to serve on foot as fight infantry, until, by order of the President of the United States, horses and accoutrements shall be provided to equip the whole or any part thereof as mounted dra¬ goons. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates, raised pursuant to this act, shall be enti¬ tled to the like compensation in case of disability by wounds and otherwise incurred in the service, as the officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates in the present military establish¬ ment, and with them shall be subject to the rules and articles of war which have been established, or may be hereafter by law [be] established ; And that the provi¬ sions of,the act, entitled u An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States,” relative to the widow, child or children of any commissioned offi¬ cer who shall die, while in the service of the United Slates, by reason of any wound received in actual service of the United States, to courts martial, the regulation and compensation of recruiting officers, the age, size, qualifications and bounties of recruits, arrears of pay, the bonds and duties of pay masters, penalties for deser¬ tion, punishment of persons who shall procure or en¬ tice any soldier to desert, or shall purchase from any soldier his arms, uniform clothing,or any part thereof; and the punishment of any commanding officer of any ship or vessel who shall receive on board of his ship or vessel, as one of his crew, knowing him to have deserted, or otherwise carry away any such soldier, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the orders of his command¬ ing officer ; to the oath or affirmation to be taken and subscribed by officers, non-commissioned officers, mu¬ sicians and privates; to the allowance for extra expense to any commissioned officer in travelling and sitting on general courts martial; to arrests of non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates for debts ; to soldiers discharged from service, except by way of punishment, shall be in force and applied to all persons, matters and things within the intent and meaning of this act, in the 65 • • • • same maimer as if they were inserted at large in the same. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the subsis¬ tence cf the officers of the army when not received in kind, shall be estimated at twenty cents per ration. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That there shall be appointed to each brigade one chaplain, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a majo? in the infantry. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That in the recess of the senate the President of the United States is hereby authorised to appoint all or any of the officers, other than the general officers, proper to be appointed under tills act, which appointments shall be submitted to the senate at the next session,^for their advice and consent. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That every com¬ missioned and staff officer to be appointed in virtue of this act, shall be a citizen of the United States, or some .one of the territories thereof. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives, GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States , and President of the Senate. April 12, 1808. Approved, TH: JEFFERSON. An ACT for completing the existing Military Estab¬ lishment. Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep~ resentatives of the United States of America in Con¬ gress assembled , That the military establishment, as now authorised by law, be immediately completed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That there Le allowed and paid to each effective, able bodied man, F 2 66 • • • • recruited or re enlisted for that service, for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged, the sum of sixteen dollars ; but the payment of one half of the suid bounty shall be deferred until he shall be mus¬ tered and have joined the corps in which he is to serve; and whenever any non-commissioned officer or soldier shall be discharged from the service, who shall have obtained from the commanding officer of his company, battalion or regiment, a certificate that he had faithfully performed his duty whilst in service, he shall moreover be allowed and paid, in addition to the aforesaid bounty, three month’s pay and one hun¬ dred and sixty acres of land; and the heirs and rep¬ resentatives of those non-commissioned officers or soldiers, who may be killed in action, or die in the service of the United States, shall likewise be paid and allowed the said additional bounty of three month’s pay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land, to be de¬ signated, surveyed and laid off at the public expense, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions, as may be provided by law. H. CLAY, Sjteaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States , and President of the Senate. December 24, 1811. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT authorizing the President of the U?iited States to raise certain Companies of Rangers for the Protec¬ tion of the Frontier of the United States. i Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the President of the United States, whenever he shall have satisfactory evidence of the actual or threatened invasion of any state or territory 67 of the United States, by any Indian tribe or tribes, be, and he is hereby authorized to raise, either by the acceptance of volunteers or enlistmet for one year, unless sooner discharged, as many companies as he may deem necessary, not exceeding six, who shall serve on foot or be mounted, as the service in his opinion may require, shall act on the frontier as ran¬ gers, be armed, equipped and organized in such man¬ ner, and be under such regulations and restrictions, as the nature of the service in his opinion may make necessarv. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That each of the said companies of rangers shall consist of one captain, one first, one second lieutenant, one ensign, four ser¬ geants, four corporals, and sixty piivates. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That when the said rangers arm and equip themselves and provide their own horses, they shall be allowed each one dollar per day, and without a horse seventy-five cents per day, as full compensation for their services, rations or forage, as the case may be. The commissioned offi¬ cers shall receive the same pay and rations as officers of the same grade in the army.of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, raised pursu¬ ant to this act, shall be entitled to the like compensa- „ tion in case of disability, by wounds and otherwise, in¬ curred in the service, as officers, non-commissioned officers and privates in the present military establish¬ ment, and with them shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, which have been established or may hereafter by law be established ; and the provisions of the act, entitled “ An act fixing the military peace es¬ tablishment of the United States,” so far as they may¬ be applicable, shall be extended to all persons, matters and things within the intent and meaning of this act, in the same manner as if they were inserted at large in the same. This act shall take effect and be in force 68 from and after the passage thereof, and continue in force for one year, and from thence to the end of the next session of congress. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That in the recess of the senate, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint all the officers proper to be appointed under this act ; which appointments shall be submitted to the senate at their next session for their advice and consent. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States , and President of the Senate. January 2, 1812. - ArrRovED, JAMES MADISON* An ACT to raise an additional Military Force. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¬ resentatives of the United States of America in Con¬ gress assembled , That there be immediately raised, ten regiments of infantry, two regiments of artillery, and one regiment of light dragoons, to be enlisted for the term of five years unless sooner discharged. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That a regiment of infantry shall consist of eighteen captains, eighteen first lieutenants, eighteen second lieutenants, eighteen ensigns, seventy-two sergeants, seventy-two corporals, thirty-six musicians, and eighteen hundred privates, which shall form two battalions, each of nine com¬ panies. A regiment of artillery shall consist of twen¬ ty captains, twenty first lieutenants, twenty second lieutenants, forty cadets, eighty sergeants, eighty corporals, one hundred and sixty artificers, forty mu¬ sicians, and fourteen hundred and forty privates, which shall form two battalions, each of ten compa¬ nies. The regiment of cavalry shall consist of twelve 69 • • • • ! captains, twelve first lieutenants, twelve second lieu¬ tenants, twelve cornets, twenty-four cadets, forty- eight sergeants, forty-eight corporals, twelve saddlers, twelve farriers, twelve trumpeters, and nine hundred and sixty privates, which shall form two battalions, each of six companies* Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That to each re¬ giment raised under this act, whether of infantry, artillery or light dragoons, there shall be appointed i one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors, two adjutants, one quarter master, one pay master, one surgeon, two surgeons’ mates, two sergeant majors, two quarter master sergeants and two senior musi¬ cians. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That there shall be appointed two major generals, each of whom shall be allowed two aids, to be taken from the commis¬ sioned officers of the line ; and five brigadier gene¬ rals. each of whom shall be allowed a brigade major and an aid, to be taken from the captains and subal¬ terns of the line ; and there shall also be appointed one adjutant general and one inspector general, each with the rank, pay and emoluments of a brigadier general ; the said adjutant general shall be allowed one or mere assistants, not exceeding three, to be taken from the line of the army, with the same pay and emoluments as by this act are allowed to a lieute¬ nant colonel ; the said inspector general shall be al¬ lowed two assistant inspectors, to be taken from the line of the army, each of whom shall receive, while acting in said capacity, the same pay and emoluments as by this act are allowed to a lieutenant colonel ; there shall also be appointed such number of hospital surgeons and mates as the service may require, with one stewart to each hospital. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That when an officer is detached to serve as brigade major or aid, or as assistant to the adjutant general or inspector general, on the appointment of a general officer, or '70 • • ■ • as adjutant or quarter master on the appointment of a colonei, he shall not thereby lose his rank. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the major generals respectively shall be entitled to two hundred dollars monthly pay, with twenty dollars allowance for forage, monthly, and fifteen rations per day. Their aids de camp shall each be entitled to twenty- four dollars monthly, in addition to their pay in the line, and ten dollars monthly for forage, and four ra¬ tions. The brigadier generals, respectively, shall be entitled to one hundred and four dollars monthly pay, twelve rations per day, and sixteen dollars per month for forage, when not found by the public. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That all other officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates, authorized by this act, shall receive the like pay, forage, rations, clothing, and other emoluments, as the officers of the same grade and corps, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musi¬ cians, artificers and privates, of the present military establishment. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That each ration shall consist of one pound and a quarter of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whisky or brandy } and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and a half of candles, to every hundred rations. Sec. 9. And be it further enact ed, That every non¬ commissioned officer, musician and private of the ar¬ tillery and infantry, shall receive annually the follow¬ ing articles of uniform clothing, to wit: one hat, one coat, one vest, two pair of woollen and two pair of lin¬ en overalls, one coarse linen frock and trowsers for fatigue clothing, four pair of shoes, four shirts, two pair of socks, two pair of short stockings, one blankeq one stock and clasp, and one pair of half gaiters : And the secretary of war is hereby authorized to cause to be furnished to the pay masters of the re- 71 • • • • spective districts, such surplus of clothing as he may deem expedient, which clothing shall, under his di¬ rection, be furnished to the soldiers, when necessary, at the contract pi ices, and accounted for by them out of their arrears of monthly pay. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That the of¬ ficers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and pri¬ vates of the said corps, shall be governed by the rules and articles of war, which have been established by the United States in congress assembled, or by such rules and articles as may be hereafter, by law, estab¬ lished. Sec. 11 . And be it further enacted, That the com¬ missioned officers who shall be employed in the re¬ cruiting service, shall be entitled to receive for every effective able bodied man, who shall be duly enlisted by him for the term of five years, and mustered, (and between the ages of eighteen and forty five years) the sum of two dollars : Provided nevertheless , That this regulation, so far as respects the age of the recruit, shall hot extend to musicians or to those soldiers who may re-inlist in the service : And provided also , That no person under the age of twenty-one years shall be enlisted by any officer, or held in the service of the United States, without the consent, in writing, of his parent, guardian or master, first had and obtained, if any he have ; and if any officer shall enlist any per¬ son contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, for every such offence he shall forfeit and pay the amount of the bounty and clothing which the person so recruited may have received from the public, to be deducted out of the pay and emoluments of such of¬ ficer. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed and paid to each effective able bodied man, recruited as aforesaid, to serve for the term of five years, a bounty of sixteen dollars ; but the payment of eight dollars of the said bounty shall be defer¬ red until he shall be mustered, and have joined some military corps of the United States for service. And whenever any non-cemmissioned officer or sol¬ dier shall be discharged from the service, who shall have obtained f om the commanding officer of his company, battalion or regiment, a certificate that he had faithfully performed his duty whilst in service, he shall moreover be allowed and paid in addition to the said bounty, three month’s pay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land ; and the heirs and representatives of those non-commissioned officers or soldiers, who may be killed in action or die in the service of the United States, shall likewise be paid and allowed the said additional bounty of three months pay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land, to be designated, sur¬ veyed and laid off at the public expense, in such man¬ ner, and upon such terms and conditions, as may be provided by law. „ Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That the said corps shall be paid in such manner, that the arrears shall, at no time, exceed two months, unless the cir* cumstances of the case shall render it unavoidable. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That if any of¬ ficer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, shall be disabled by wounds or otherwise, w'hi’e in the line of his duty in public service, he shall be placed on the list of invalids of the United States, at such rate of pension, and under such regulations as are or may be directed by law : Provided always^ That the compensation to be allowed for such wounds or dis¬ abilities, to a commissioned officer, shall not exceed for the highest rate of disability half the monthly pay of such officer, at the time of his being disabled or wounded ; and that no officer shall receive more than the half pay of a lieutenant-colonel ; and that the rate of compensation to non-commissioned officers, musi¬ cians and privates, shall not exceed five dollars per month : And fi*ovided also , That all inferior disabili¬ ties shall entitle the persons so disabled to receive an allowance proportionate to the highest disability. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted , That if any* commissioned officer, in the military establishment of the United States, shall, while in the service cf the United States, die, by reason of any wound received in actual service of the United States, and leave a, widow, or if no widow, a child or children under six¬ teen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term cf five years : But in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the said term of fiye years, the half pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the child or children, of such deceased offi¬ cer: Provided always^ That such half pay shall cease on the decease of such child or children. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted , That if any non¬ commissioned officer, musician or private, shall desert the service of the United States, he shall, in addition, to the penalties mentioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to serve for and during such a period as shall, with the time he may have served previous to his desertion, amount .to the full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall and may be tried by a court mar¬ tial, and punished, although the term of his enlistment may have elapsed previous to his being apprehended or tried. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted , That every person not subject to the rules and articles of war, who shall procure or entice a soldier, in the service of the United States, to desert : or who shall purchase from any soldier, his arms, uniform clothing, or any part thereof; and every captain or commanding offi¬ cer of any ship or vessel, who shall enter on board such ship or vessel as one of his crew, knowing him I to have deserted, or otherwise carry away any such soldier, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the or¬ ders of his commanding officer, shall upon legal con¬ viction, be fined at the discretion of any court having cognizance of the same, in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, and be imprisoned any term not exceeding one year. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That every of¬ ficer, non-commissioned officer, musician and private, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirma¬ tion, to wit; I, B. do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) that I will bear true .faith and ai- legiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies or opposers whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appoint¬ ed over me, according to the rules and articles of war. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed to each division a judge advocate, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a major in the infantry ; or if taken from the line of the army, shall be entitled to thirty dollars per month, in addition to his pay, and the same allowance for forage as is allowed by law for a major of infantry. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted , That where any commissioned officer shall be obliged to incur any extra expense in travelling and sitting on general courts martial, he shall be allowed a reasonable com¬ pensation for such extra expense actualiy incurred, not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per clay to officers who are not entitled to forage, and not exceeding one dollar per day to such as shall be en¬ titled to forage. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted , That no non¬ commissioned officer, musician or private, during the term of his service, shall be arrested on mesne pro¬ cess, or taken or charged in execution for any debt or debts contracted before enlistment, which were sev¬ erally under twenty dollars at the time of contracting the same, nor for any debt whatever contracted after enlistment, 73 * • • » i Sec. 22. And be it further enacted , That whenever any officer or soldier shall be discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for any offence, he shall be allowed his pay and rations, or an equiva¬ lent in money, for such term of time as shall be suf¬ ficient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the place of his residence, computing at the rate of twenty miles to a day. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted , That the sub¬ sistence of the officers of the army, when not received in kind, shall be estimated at twenty cents per ration. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted , That there shall be appointed to each brigade, one chaplain, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a major in the infantry. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted , That no gene¬ ral, field or staff officer, who may be appointed by virtue of this act, shall be entitled to receive any pay or emoluments until he shall be called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall con¬ tinue therein. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President cf the Senate. January 11, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT authorizing the President of theUnited States to accept and organize certain Volunteer Military Corps. Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep¬ resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to accept of any com¬ pany or companies of volunteers, either of artillery, cavalry or infantry, who may associate and offer them- 76 • » • • selves for the service, net exceeding fifty thousand men, who shall be clothed, and in case of cavalry, fur¬ nished with horses, at their own expense, and armed and equipped at the expense of the United States, af¬ ter they shall be called into service, and whose com¬ missioned officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law in the several states and territories to which such companies shall respectively belong : Provided , That where any company, battalion, regi¬ ment, brigade or division, of militia, already organiz¬ ed, shall tender their voluntary service to the Unit¬ ed States, such company, battalion, regiment, brigade or division,' shall continue to be commanded by the officers holding commissions in the same, at the time of such tender, and any vacancy thereafter occurring, shall be filled in the mode pointed out by law in the state or territory, wherein the said company, battal¬ ion, regiment, brigade or division, shall have been originally raised. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That any com¬ pany, battalion, regiment, brigade or division, thus offering itself for the service, shall be liable to be called upon to do military duty, at any time the Pres¬ ident of the United States shall judge proper, within two years after he shall have accepted the same, and shall be bound to continue in service for the term of twelve months after they shall have arrived at the place of rendezvous, unless sooner discharged ; and. when so called into service, and whilst remaining therein, shall be under the same rules and regula¬ tions, and be entitled to the same pay, rations, forage, and emoluments of every kind, bounty and clothing excepted, with the regular troops of the United States : Provided , That in lieu of clothing, every non¬ commissioned officer and private, in any company, who may thus offer themselves, shall be entitled, when called into service, to receive in money a sum equal to the cost of the clothing of a non-commission¬ ed officer or private, (as the case maybe) in the reg¬ ular troops of the United States. 77 • • a • Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent of the United States be, and he hereby is author¬ ized, to organize the companies so tendering their services as aforesaid, into battalions, squadrons, regi¬ ments, brigades and divisions, as soon as the num¬ ber of volunteers shall render such organization in his judgment expedient; but, until called into actual service, such companies are not to be considered as exempt from the performance of militia duty, as is required by law, in like manner as before the passage; of this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That in case any volunteer above mentioned, while in actual service, shall sustain any damage, by injury done to his horse, or such other equipment as shall have been furnish¬ ed at his own expense, or by loss of the same, with¬ out any fault or negligence on his part, a reasonable sum, to be ascertained in such manner as the Presi¬ dent of the United States may direct, shall be allow¬ ed and paid to such volunteer, for each and every such loss or damage. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That if any offi¬ cer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private, shall be disabled by wounds or otherwise, while in the line of his duty in public service, he shall be placed on the list of invalid pensioners of the United States, at such rate of pension and under such regu¬ lations as are or may be directed by law : Provided always , That the compensation to be allowed for such wounds or disabilities, to a commissioned officer, shall not exceed, for the highest rate of disability, half the monthly pay of such officer, at the time of his being wounded or disabled, and that no officer shall receive more than the half pay of a lieutenant colonel : And that the rate of pension to non-com¬ missioned officers, musicians and privates, shall not exceed live dollars per month ; And provided also , That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled to receive an allowance proportionate to tjie highest disability. G 2 78 • • • « Sec. 6^ And be it further enacted , That the heirs and representatives of any non-commissioned officer or soldier, who may be killed in action, or die in the actual service of the United States, shall be entitled to receive one hundred and sixty acres of land ; to be designated, surveyed and laid -off, at the public ex¬ pense, in such manner and upon such terms and con¬ ditions as may be provided by law. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That upon the discharge of any non-commissioned officer or soldier who shall have been accepted under the provisions of this act, and shall have been in actual service for a period not less than one month, and shall have ob¬ tained from the commanding officer of his company, battalion or regiment, a certificate that he had faith¬ fully performed his duty while in service, such non¬ commissioned officer or soldier, if attached to the ar¬ tillery or infantry, shall be presented with a musket, bayonet, and other personal equipments, or, if attach¬ ed to the cavalry, with the sabre and pistols furnish¬ ed him by the United States, as a public testimonial of the promptitude and zeal with which he shall have volunteered in support of the rights and honor of the country. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That the sum of one million of dollars be appropriated to defray the expenses which may be incurred under the provisions of this act, to be paid out of any money in the treas¬ ury not otherwise appropriated. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States , and President of the Senate. February 6, IS 12. Approved, JAMES MADISON. 79 An ACT supplementary to u An Act to raise, for a limited Time, an additional Military Forcepassed on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hun¬ dred and eight. Sec. 1. Beit enacted by theSenate andHouse of Rep¬ resentatives of the United States of America in Con¬ gress assembled, That whenever, in the opinion oh the President of the United States.it is expedientto mount the light artillery, or any part thereof, horses and ac¬ coutrements shall be provided to equip the whole or such part as he may direct ; and when the non-com¬ missioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates are so equipped, the officers shall be entitled to the same forage as is now provided for the officers of the same grade in the regiment of light dragoons : Pro¬ vided, The officers furnish their own horses, and ac¬ coutrements, and actually keep in service the same number of horses to entitle them to the aforesaid al¬ lowance for forage or its equivalent in money. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever the said light artillery are ordered to be mounted, there shall be provided one saddler and one farrier to each company, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as are now provided for saddlers and farriers in the regiment of light dragoons. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States , and President of the Senate. February 24, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT supplementary to u An Act to raise an addi¬ tional Military Force f Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ■Congress assembled , That the non-commissioned of- ftcers, musicians and privates of the light dragoons, shall receive the same uniform clothing as is now provided by law for the artillery and infantry, except¬ ing one pair of gaiters and four pair of shoes, in lieu of which, each person shall be annually entitled to receive one pair of boots and two pair of shoes. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the non¬ commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the regiment of light artillery, shall receive the same clothing as the light dragoons, when ordered to be mounted. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the offi-* cers, excepting general officers who may be appoint¬ ed during the present session of Congress, under the « act to raise an additional military force,” shall take rank in such manner, as the President of the United States shall direct, without regard to priority of ap¬ pointment. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO. CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States , and President of the Senate. March 17, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT to establish a Quarter Master's Department , and for other Purposes . Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That there be, and hereby is es¬ tablished a quarter master’s department for the army of the United States, to consist of a quarter master general, four deputy quarter masters, and as many assistant deputy quarter masters as, in the opinion of the President of the United States, the public service may require ; the quarter master general and deputy quarter masters to be appointed by the President, by 81 # • 9 • and with the advice and consent of the senate, and the assistant deputy quarter masters by the President alone. And he hereby is authorized, moreover, to appoint such additional number of deputy quarter masters, not exceeding four, to be taken from the lines or not, at his discretion, as in his judgment the public service may require. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the quarter master general shad be entitled to the rank, pay and emoluments of a brigadier general, under the act of the twelfth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, with forage for two additional horses ; the de¬ puty quarter masters, when not taken from the line, shall be entitled to receive sixty dollars per month, five rations per day and forage for two horses ; but if taken from the line, then such additional pay and emoluments as shall be equal to the foregoing pro¬ vision ; the assistant deputy quarter masters, when not taken from the line, shall be entitled to and re¬ ceive forty dollars per month, three rations per day and forage for one horse ; but if taken from the line, then such additional pay and emoluments as shall be equal to the foregoing provision. Sec. 3. And be it f urther enacted, That in addition to their duties in the field, it shall be the duty of the quarter master general, his deputies and assistant de¬ puties, when thereto directed by the secretary of war, to purchase military stores, camp equipage and other articles requisite for the troops ; and generally to procure and provide means of transport for the army, its stores, artillery, and camp equipage. That the quarter master general shall account, as often as may be required, and at least once in three months, with the department of war, in such manner as shall be prescribed, for all property which may pass through his hands, or the hands of the subordinate officers in his department, or that may be in his or their care or possession, and for all monies which he or they may expend in discharging their respective duties ; that he shall be responsible for the regularity and correct¬ ness of all returns in his department, and that he, his deputies and assistant deputies, before they enter on t the execution of their respective offices, shall several¬ ly take an oath faithfully to perform the duties thereof. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That there shall be a commissary general of purchases, and as many deputy commissaries as, in the opinion of the Presi¬ dent of the United States, the public service may re- } quire, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the commissary general of purchases, un¬ der the direction and supervision of the secretary of war, to conduct the procuring and providing of all arms, military stores, clothing, and generally all ar¬ ticles of supply requisite for the military service of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the deputy commissaries, when directed thereto, either by the secretary of war, the commissary general of purchases, or in cases of necessity, by the command¬ ing general, quarter master general, or deputy quar¬ ter masters, to purchase all such of the aforesaid ar¬ ticles as may.be requisite for the military service of the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That neither the quarter master general nor the commissary gen¬ eral shall, directly or indirectly, be concerned or in¬ terested in carrying on the business of trade or com¬ merce, or be owner in whole or in part of any sea vessel, nor shall either of them purchase by himself, or another in trust for him, public lands or any other public property, or be concerned in the purchase or disposal of any public securities of any state, or of the United States, or take or apply to his own use any emolument or gain for negociating or transacting any business in the said department, other than what shall be allowed by law ; and if either the said quarter master general or commissary general shall offend against any of the prohibitions of this act, the parties so offending shall, upon conviction, forfeit to the United States the penalty ol three thousand dollars, and may be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five* years, and shall be removed from office, and be for ever thereafter incapable of holding any office under the United States. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the salary of the commissary general of purchases shall be three thousand dollars per annum; and the compensation to a deputy commissary shall not exceed two and one half per centum on the public monies disbursed by him, noi in any instance the sum of two thousand dollars per annum. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the com¬ missary general of purchases shall, before he enters upon his duties, give bond with sufficient surety, to be approved of by the secretary of war, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ; and the deputy commissaries each in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with condi¬ tion for the faithful performance of the duties of their office respectively, which bonds shall be lodged with the comptroller of the treasury. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That from and after the last day of May next,*so much of the act en¬ titled an act to establish the office of purveyor of public supplies, as relates to the appointment and services of a purveyor of public supplies, be, and the same is hereby repealed ; and in the mean time, the puiveyoi shall deliver over to the commissary geri- eial oi one of his deputies, the public stores and pro- peity sorts m his possession, who shall receipt to him for the same. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That ail letters and packets to and from the quarter master general ana commissary general, shall be free from postage. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there be a owed foi the compensation of the necessary clerks in die. quarter master general’s office, a sum not ex- 84 * 9 * • ceeding fifteen hundred dollars a year; and for the compensation of the clerks of the commissary gen¬ eral, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred dollars per annum, with such books and stationary as may be necessary to the quarter master general’s and com¬ missary general’s departments. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the quar¬ ter master general be authorized to appoint a princi¬ pal waggon master, and as many waggon masters as he may judge necessary for the service of the army, not exceeding one to each brigade, whose duty shall be, under the direction of the quarter master general or any of his deputies, to provide and conduct the waggons and other means of transport necessary and proper for the military service of the United States. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That no wag¬ gon master shall directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in any waggon, or means of transport employed in the service of the United States; nor in the purchase or sale of any horses, harness, wag¬ gons or other means of transport, procured for or be¬ longing to the United States, except as agent for the United States. Sec, 14. And be it further enacted , That the prin¬ cipal waggon master shall be entitled to receive forty dollars per month, three rations per day, and forage for one horse ; and each waggon master shall be en¬ titled to receive thirty dollars per month, two rations per day and forage for one horse. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted , That the quar¬ ter master general be authorized to appoint one prin¬ cipal forage master, and as many assistant forage masters as the nature of the service may require, not exceeding one to each brigade, whose duty shall be, under the direction of the quarter master general or any of his deputies, to provide and deliver out forage, necessary and proper for the military service of the United States , nor shall any forage master be direct- 85 • • • • ly or indirectly concerned in the purchase or sale of any article of forage procured for or belonging to the United States, except as an agent for the United States. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted. That the prin¬ cipal forage master shall be entitled to and receive for¬ ty dollars per month, three rations per day, and forage for two horses ; and that the other forage masters Shall be entitled to and receive thirty dollars per month, two rations per day, and forage for one horse. Sec. 17 . Aiid be it further enacted , That there shall be four conductors of artillery, who shall be appoint¬ ed by the President alone, each of whom shall be en¬ titled to the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant of artillery. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted , That this act shall go into operation on the first day of April next; and that so much of the act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States, as respects the appointment of military agents and assistant military agents, be, and the same is hereby repealed, from and after that day ; but all those agents shall contin¬ ue to perform their respective duties in the mean time, and until the deputy and assistant deputy quar¬ ter masters shall be appointed and ready to enter on the execution of their respective offices; to whom the said military agents and assistant military agents ^hall then deliver all the public stores and property in their possession. Sec. 19. And be it further enacted , That all per¬ sons attached to the public service by virtue of this act, shall be subject to military law, except the deputy commissaries. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent may and he hereby is authorized in the recess of the senate, to appoint the quarter master general, de¬ puty quarter masters, commissary general and de¬ puty commissaries, or any of them ; which appoint* 86 ments shall be submitted to the senate at their next session, for their advice and consent. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate , pro tempore . March 28, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT in addition to the Act , entitled “ An Act to raise an additional Military Forcef passed January 11, 1812. Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the bnited States of America, in Congress assembled , That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is empowered to cause to be enlisted for the term of eighteen months, unless soon¬ er discharged, such part of the light dragoons, artil¬ lery and infantry, authorized by the act, entitled “ an act to raise an additional military force,” as he may deem expedient: Provided , the whole number so to be enlisted for eighteen months, shall not exceed fifteen thousand, any thing in the said recited act to the con¬ trary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the non¬ commissioned officers, musicians and privates, so to be enlisted, shall be entitled to the bounty of sixteen dollars, and the same pay, clothing and rations, the same provisions for wounds or disabilities, and to all other allowances, (the bounty in land excepted) pro¬ vided by the said before recited act for the non-com* missioned officers, musicians and privates, who may be raised under the same ; and shall be held to per¬ form the same duties, and be subject to the same rules and regulations. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives , WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore , April 8, 1813. Approved, JAMES MADISON: 87 • • « • An ACT for the Organization of a Corf is of Artificers, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , Thatthcre shall be attached to the quarter master general’s department and subject to the orders of the officers thereof, a corps of artificers, to consist of one superintendent, to be appointed by the President of the United States, four assistants, two master masons, two master carpenters, two mas¬ ter blacksmiths, two master boat builders, two master armorers, two master saddle and harness makers, twenty house carpenters, five ship carpenters, twenty blacksmiths, sixteen boat builders, sixteen armorers, twelve saddle and harness makers and twenty-four laborers, to be selected from the privates of the ar¬ my, when authorized thereto by the commanding general, or engaged from among the citizens by the superintendent. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the pay of the superintendent of artificers shall be forty-five dol¬ lars per month, three rations per day, and forage for one horse ; that the pay of the four assistants be each thirty dollars per month and two rations per day ; that the pay of the twelve master workmen be each thirty dollars per month and one ration and one half of a ration per day; that the pay of the other work¬ men be each sixteen dollars per month and one ration and one half of a ration per day. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of artificers to render a correct report, once each month, of the corps to the quarter master general, and on oath to make out the pay-roll thereof; which pay-roll shall be examined by the quarter master general, or, in his absence, by one of the deputy quarter masters, and by him be coun¬ tersigned, and faithfully and without delay to execute all such orders as he may receive from the secretary at war, any officer of the quarter master’s department, or from the officer commanding in the field or garri¬ son to which his corps or any part thereof rnay be at¬ tached. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That this corps shall be engaged for and during the term of three years, unless sooner discharged by the President of the United States. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That for defray¬ ing the expense that may be incurred in the execution of this act, the sum of thirty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. H. CLAY, &’/leaker cf the House of Representatives* WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate fro tempore. April 23, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT ?naking further Provision for the Corps of Engineers. Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the Senate andHouse of Pefi- resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That there be added to the corps of engi¬ neers, two captains, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, with the usual pay and emoluments, ac¬ cording to their grades respectively ; and one pay master, to be taken from the subalterns of engineers, with the pay and emoluments of a regimental pay master; and that there be attached to the said corps, either from the troops now in service, or by new en¬ listments, as the President of the United States may direct, four sergeants, four corporals, one teacher of music, four musicians, nineteen artificers and sixty- two men, which non-commissioned officers, musi¬ cians, artificers and men, together with the artificers and men already belonging to the corps of engineers, shall be formed into a company, to be styled a com¬ pany of bombardiers, sappers and miners, and be of- 89 • Ml fleered from the corps of engineers, according as the Commanding officer of that corps may, with the ap¬ probation of the President of the United States, di¬ rect ; and the said non-commissioned officers, musi¬ cians, artificers and men, shall be allowed the same pay and emoluments as are allowed to the non-com¬ missioned officers, musicians, artificers and men in the regiment of artillerists. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the milita¬ ry academy shall consist of the corps of engineers, and the following professors, in addition to the teach¬ ers of the French language and drawing already pro¬ vided, viz : one professor of natural and experiment¬ al philosophy, with the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant colonel, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments as shall equal those of a lieu¬ tenant colonel; one professor of mathematics, with the pay and emoluments of a major, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments, as shall equal those of a major ; one professor of the art of engineering in all its branches, with the pay and emoluments of a major, if not an officer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emoluments as shall be equal to those of a major ; each of the foregoing professors to have an assistant professor, which assistant professor shall be taken from the most prominent characters of the of¬ ficers or cadets, and receive the pay and emoluments of captains, and no other pay or emoluments while performing these duties ; Provided , That nothing' herein contained shall entitle the academical staff, as such, to any command in the army separate from the academy. Sec. 3. And be it f urther enacted , That the cadets heretofore appointed in the service of the United States, whether of artillery, cavalry, riflemen or in¬ fantry, or that may in future be appointed as hereifir H % after provided, shall at no time exceed two hundred and fifty ; that they may be attached, at the discretion of the President of the United States, as students to the military academy, and be subject to the establish¬ ed regulations thereof; that they shall be arranged into companies of non-commissioned officers and pri¬ vates, according to the directions of the commandant of engineers, and be officered from the said corps, for the purposes of military instruction; that there shall be added to each company of cadets four musi¬ cians ; and the said corps shall be trained and taught all the duties of a private, non-commissioned officer and officer; be encamped at least three months of each year, and taught all the duties incident to a reg¬ ular camp ; that the candidates for cadets be not un¬ der the age of fourteen, nor above the age of twenty- one years ; that each cadet, previously to his appoint¬ ment by the President of the United States, shall be well versed in reading, writing and arithmetic, and that he shall sign articles, with the consent of his par¬ ent or guardian, by which he shall engage to serve five years unless sooner discharged ; and all such ca¬ dets shall be entitled to and receive the pay and emol¬ uments now allowed by law to cadets in the corps of engineers. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That when any cadet shall receive a regular degree from the aca¬ demical staff, after going through all the classes, he shall be considered as among the candidates for a commission in any corps, according to the duties he may be adjudged competent to perform; and in case there shall not at the time be a vacancy in such corps* he may be attached to it at the discretion of the Presi¬ dent of the United States, by brevet of the lowest grade, as a supernumerary officer, with the usual pay and emoluments of such grade, until a vacancy shall happen: Provided , That there shall not be more an one supernumerary officer to any one company a* the same time. 91 • • • * Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted , That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is here¬ by appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for erecting buildings, and for providing an apparatus, a library and all necessary implements, and for such contingent expenses as may be necessary and proper, in the judg¬ ment of the President of the United States, for such an institution. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That so much of the twenty-sixth section of the act, entitled, “ An act fixing the military peace establishment,” passed the sixteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and two, as confines the selection of the commander of the corps of engineers to the said corps, be, and the same is hereby repealed. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives, WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore y April 29, 1812. Apfroved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT for the better Regulation of the Ordnance , Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate andHouse of Rep~ resentatives of the UnitedStates of America,in Congress assembled , That there be and hereby is established an ordnance department, to consist of a commissary general of ordnance, an assistant commissary gene¬ ral, four deputy commissaries, and as many assistant deputy commissaries as the President of the United States may think necessary, not exceeding eight. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ missary general be authorized from time to time to employ as many wheelwrights, carriage makers, blacksmiths and laborers as the public service may in his judgment require. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the com* 92 • • • • missary general of ordnance shall be entitled to the rank, pay and emoluments of a colonel of infantry, and be further allowed at the rate of five hundred dollars per year, and four rations per day for clerks in his department; the assistant commissary general of ordnance shall be entitled to the rank, pay and emoluments of a major of infantry, with three addi¬ tional rations per day ; the deputy commissaries of ordnance shall be entitled to the rank, pay and emolu¬ ments of a captain of infantry, with two additional ra¬ tions per day, and forage for one horse ; the assistant deputies shall have the rank, pay and emoluments of a second lieutenant of infantry, with one additional ration per day. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That a master wheelwright and carriage maker, and a master black¬ smith, be allowed thirty dollars each, per month, and one ration and one half of a ration per day : that any other wheelwrights, carriage makers and blacksmiths, be allowed each sixteen dollars per month, and one ration and one half of a ration per day ; that the la¬ borers each be allowed nine dollars per month and one ration per day. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That it shall be i.e duty of the commissary general of ordnance to direct the inspection and proving of all pieces of ord¬ nance, cannon balls, shells and shot, procured for the use of the army of the United States ; atvJ. to direct the construction of all carriages and every apparatus ■ or ordnance, for garrison and field service, and all ammunition waggons, pontoons and travelling forges ; also, the direction of the laboratories, the inspection and proving the public powder, and the preparing all kinds of ammunition for garrison and field service; and shall, half yearly, examine all ordnance, carria¬ ges, ammunition and apparatus, in the respective for¬ tresses, magazines and arsenals, and cause the same to be preserved and kept in good order. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the co m* 53 • I • • missary general of ordnance shall execute all orders issued by the secretary for the department of war, in conveying all ordnance, ammunition and apparatus, to the respective armies, garrisons, magazines and arse¬ nals ; and in time of war he shall execute all orders of any general officer, commanding in any army or garrison, for the supply of ordnance, ammunition, car¬ riages, pontoons, forges, furnaces or apparatus, for garrison, field or siege service, and forward the same without delay and in good condition. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ missary general of ordnance shall half yearly trans¬ mit to the department of war, a correct return of all ordnance, ammunition, military stores and effects, in the respective garrisons, arsenals, magazines, posts and camps, with a statement of their order, quality and condition; and also what may be necessary to keep up an ample supply of each and every article in the ordnance department, and shall, in all things, faithfully and without delay execute the orders of the secretary for the department of war touching the same. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That the super¬ intendents of military stores, keepers of magazines and arsenals, shall half yearly, make correct returns to the commissary general of ordnance of all mil¬ itary stores that they respectively have in charge ; and that the assistant commissary general of ord¬ nance, the deputy commissaries and assistant depu¬ ties shall faithfully, and without delay, execute all or¬ ders that shall be issued by the secretary for the de¬ partment of war, the commanding general, in time of war, of any corps, camp or garrison, or of the com¬ missary general of ordnance, in their respective de¬ partments, by virtue of this act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ missary general of ordnance shall make a correct re¬ port of the artificers and laborers from time to time employed by him, and transmit the same to the adju¬ tant general. 94 Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That for de¬ fraying the expense that may be incurred in the exe¬ cution of this act, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro¬ priated. H. CLAY, *S '{leaker of the House of Representatives. WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore. May 14, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT making further Provision for the Army of the United States. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and empower¬ ed to appoint so many district pay masters as, in his judgment, the service may require ; and if such pay masters are taken from the line of the army, they shall respectively receive thirty dollars per month, in addition to their pay in the iine: Provided , The same shall in no case exceed the pay and emoluments of a major; and if not taken from the line they shall receive the same pay and emoluments as a major of infantry. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the Pres¬ ident of the United States be, and he hereby is au¬ thorized and empowered to appoint a pay master to each regiment on the peace establishment, who shall receive the same pay and emoluments as a captain of the regiment to which he belongs : Provided , That all district and regimental pay masters shall be sub¬ ject to the rules and articles of war, and give such bonds to the United States as the secretary for the de¬ partment of war may direct, for the faithful perform¬ ance of their duties. And it shall be the duty of the commanding officer, when requested by the pay mas- 95 « • • • ler, to furnish a capable non-commissioned officer cr soldier to aid him in the discharge of his duty, who while so employed, shall receive double pay. * Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent of the United "States be, and he hereby is author¬ ized to appoint fiom the captains and subalterns of the line of the army, so many sub-inspectors as the service may require, not exceeding one to each brigade; and such sub-inspectors shall each receive twenty-four dollars per month, in addition to his pay in the line. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That each brio-, ade major, provided by law, shall be allowed twenty- four dollars per month, in addition to his pay in the line. J Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the gene ral commanding the army of the United States shall be allowed a secretary, to be taken from the line of the army, who shall receive twenty-four dollars per month in addition to his pay in the line, and shall be allowed forage for two horses. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in addition :0 the non-commissioned officers and privates allowed ,o the regiment of light artillery, each company shall )e entitled to twelve drivers of artillery, who shall he mlisted for five years, unless sooner discharged, and •eceive the same pay, rations and clothing, as the p'ri- ates of the army : Provided, such drivers of artillery .hall at all times be liable to do duty in the ranks when he company shall not be mounted. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That so mnrli ,f the “ act fo r r establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,” as .uthorizes the infliction of corporal punishment, by tripes or lashes, be and the same hereby is repealed. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. II. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tejntiore, May 16 , 1812 . ‘ AmtovED, JAMES MADISON. 96 • • • • An ACT to amend an Act , emitted a An Act to es¬ tablish a Quarter Master's Department , and for , other Purposes .” ; Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Pepresentatives of the United Slates oj America , in Congress assembled , I hat neither the quaitci master general, the commissary general, nor any or either of their deputies or assistant deputies, shall be concern* ed, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale, for commercial purposes, of any article intended for making a part of, or appertaining to, their respective departments, except for and on account of the Uni¬ ted States ; nor shall they or either of them, take or apply to his or their own use any gain or emolument for negociating or transacting any business in their respective departments, other than what is or may be allowed by law. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the quarter master general be, and he is hereby empowered tol appoint one principal barrack master, and as many deputy barrack masters, as may from time to time be necessary, not exceeding one to each sepaiate bai- rack or cantonment: which said principal bariack master shall be entitled to receive the same pay, ra¬ tions and emoluments, as the principal forage mastci ; and each of his deputies, the same pay, rations and emoluments as is by law allowed to a deputy forage master. . . Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That in addition to the allowance made to the quarter master geneial and commissary general respectively, in and by the act hereby amended, it shall and may be lawful foi thef secretary for the department of war, lor the time be¬ ing, to allow to them respectively such sums as in his opinion shall have been actually and necessarily ex¬ pended in their several departments for office rent, fuel, candles and extra clerk hire. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the quar¬ ter master general; the deputy quarter masters; and 97 the assistant deputy quarter masters, shall, before they or either of them enter upon the duties of their appointment, respectively enter into bond, with suffi¬ cient security, to be approved of by the secretary of war, conditioned for the faithful expenditure of all public monies, and accounting for all public property which may come to their hands, respectively ; and the quarter master general shall not be liable for any money or property that may come into the hands of the subordinate officers of his department. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the sixth section of the act hereby amended be, and the same is, hereby repealed. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the ^Senate pro tempore. May 22, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT for the more perfect Organization of the Ar¬ my of the United States. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled , That the infantry of the army of the United States shall consist of twenty-five regi¬ ments, and that a regiment shall consist of one colo¬ nel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one pay master, one quarter master, one surgeon, two surgeon’s mates, one sergeant, two principal musi¬ cians, and ten companies. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That each com¬ pany shall consist of one captain, one lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, six cor¬ porals, two musicians, and ninety privates. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That to the re¬ giment of cavalry, authorized by the act passed Jan¬ uary eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and 98 • • • • twelve, entitled 11 An act to raise an additional military force,” there shall be added one riding master : and to the regiment of light dragoons, authorized by the act passed, April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and eight, entitled “ An act to raise, for a limited time an additional military force,” one surgeon’s mate. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That each troop of cavalry or light dragoons shall consist of one cap* tain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one cornet, four sergeants, six corporals, two musicians, one master of the sword, one saddler, one farrier, one blacksmith and sixty-four privates, and the pay and emolument of a master of the sword, shall be the same as those of a riding master, and the pay and emolu¬ ment of a blacksmith shall be the same as those of a farrier. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the mili¬ tary establishment autnorized by the law previous to the twelfth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eight, and the additional military force raised by virtue of the act of the twelfth of April one thousand eight hundred and eight, be and the same are here¬ by incorporated, and that from and after the passing of this act the promotions shall be made through the lines of artillerists, light artillery, dragoons, riflemen and infantry respectively, according to established rules. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives . WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore . June 26, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT to provide for designating, surveying and granting the Military Bounty Lands. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assemblcd > That the President of the United 99 States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause to be surveyed a quantity of the public lands of the United States, fit for cultivation, not otherwise appropriated, and to which the Indian title is extinguished, not ex¬ ceeding in the whole six millions of acres, two mil¬ lions to be surveyed in the territory of Michigan, two millions in the Illinois territory, north of the Illinois river, two millions in the territory ot Louisiana, be¬ tween the river St. Francis, and the river Arkansas ; the said lands to be divided into townships, and sub¬ divided into sections and quarter sections, (each quar¬ ter section to contain, as near as possible, one hun¬ dred and sixty acres) in the manner prescribed by iaw for surveying and subdividing the other public lands of the United States ; the same price to be allowed for surveying as is fixed for surveying the other pub¬ lic lands in the same territory. And the lands thus surveyed, with the exception of the salt springs and lead mines therein, and of the quantities of land adja¬ cent thereto, as may be reserved for the use of the same by the President of the United States, and the section number sixteen in every township to be grant¬ ed to the inhabitants of such township for the use of public schools, shgll be set apart and reserved for the purpose of satisfying the bounties of one hundred and sixty acres, promised to the non-commissioned offi¬ cers and soldiers of the United States, their heirs and legal representatives, by the act, entitled “ An act for completing the existing military establishment,” ap¬ proved the twenty-fourth day of December, one thou¬ sand eight hundred and eleven, and by the act, enti¬ tled “ An act to raise an additional military force,” approved the eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the secre¬ tary for the department of war, for the time being, shall, from time to time, issue warrants for the mili¬ tary land bounties to the persons entitled thereto by the t\yo last mentioned acts, or either of them ; Pro- 100 • • • • vided always, That such warrants shall be issued on* ly in the names of the persons thus entitled, and be by them or their representatives applied for within live years after the said persons shall have become en¬ titled thereto ; and the said warrants shall not be as¬ signable or transferable in any manner whatever. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That every per¬ son in whose favor such warrants shall have been is¬ sued, shall, on delivery of the same at the office of the secretary of the treasury, or of such other officer as Tnay at the time have, by law, the superintendence of the general land office of the United States at the seat of government, be entitled to draw by lot in such manner as the officer, at the head of the land office, under the direction of the President of the United States, may prescribe, one of the quarter sections surveyed by virtue of the first section of this act, in either of the said territories which the person in whose favor such warrant has issued may designate. And a patent shall thereupon be granted to such person, for such quarter section, without requiring any fee therefor. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That no claim for the military land bounties aforesaid shall be as¬ signable or transferable in any manner whatever, un¬ til after a patent shall have been granted in the man¬ ner aforesaid. All sales, mortgages, contracts or •agreements,of any nature whate ver, made prior there¬ to, for the purpose, or with intent of alienating, pledg¬ ing or mortgaging any such claim, are hereby de¬ clared and shali be held null and void ; nor shall any tract of land, granted as aforesaid, be liable to be tak¬ en in execution or sold on account of any such sale, mortgage, contract or agreement, or on account of any debt contracted prior to the date of the patent, either by the person originally entitled to the land or by his heirs or legal representatives, or by virtue of any process, or suit at law, or judgment of court 101 • • • • again3t a person entitled to receive hi& patent as aforesaid. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives , WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Se?iate pro tempore* May 6, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT making further Provision for the Army of the United States , and for other Purposes . Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United States of America, in Con - gress assembled , That the President of the U nited States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint two brigadier generals, in addition to those already authorized by¬ law, who shall each be entitled to the same number of aids and brigade majors, as are allowed to a brigadier general under the act of congress passed the eleventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. And the said brigadier generals, aids and brigade ma¬ jors, shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as are by law allowed to officers of the same grade. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That to any army of the United States, other than that in which the ad" jutant general, inspector general, quartermaster gen¬ eral and paymaster of the army shall serve, it shall be lawful for the President to appoint one deputy adju- tant general, one deputy inspector general, one depu¬ ty quarter master general, and one deputy paymaster general, who shall be taken from the line of the army, and who shall each, in addition to his pay and other emoluments, be entitled to fifty dollars per month, which shall be in full compensation for his extra ser¬ vices. And that there shall be to each of the forego¬ ing deputies such number of assistant deputies, (not exceeding three to each department) as the public I 2 102 service may require, who shall in like mannei* be ta* ken from the line, and who shall each be entitled to thirty dollars per month, in addition to his pay and oth¬ er emoluments, which shall be in full compensation for his extra services : A?id provided, also , That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint any of the officers named in this act during the recess of the Senate, to be submitted to the Senate at their next meeting for their advice and consent. •Sec. 3. And be it further enact ed, That all letters and packages, to and from the adjutant general and inspector general, shall be free from postage. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent is hereby authorized to confer brevet rank on such officers of the army as shall distinguish them¬ selves by gallant actions or meritorious conduct, or ■who shall have served ten years in any one grade: Provided , That nothing herein contained, shall be so construed, as to entitle officers so brevetted, to any ad¬ ditional pay or emoluments, except when command¬ ing separate posts, districts or detachments, when they shall be entitled to, and receive the same pay and emoluments to which officers of the same grades are now, or hereafter may be allowed by law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the officers who shall not take waiters from the line of the army, shall receive the pay, clothing and subsistence allow¬ ed to a private soldier,for as many waiters as they may actually keep, not exceeding the number allowed by existing regulations. .,•* H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives , WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore* July 6, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. 103 Mta An ACT respecting the Pay of the Army of the TJnu ted States. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , That the officers, non-commis¬ sioned officers, musicians, and privates of the army of the United States, shall receive the same pay, forage, rations, clothing and other emoluments, as the offi¬ cers of the same grade and corps, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates are entitled to by the act, entitled u An act to raise for a limited time an ad¬ ditional military farce,” passed April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and eight; and to the aid de camp of a brigadier, to a brigade quarter master, brig¬ ade inspector and adjutant, there shall be allowed for¬ age for one horse only, or in lieu thereof ten dollars per month ; and to the brigade majors under the act passed January the eleventh, one thousand eight hun¬ dred and twelve, there shall be allowed forage for one horse, or in lieu thereof ten dollars per month ; and the pay of a quarter master sergeant, shall be nine dollars per month, H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives . WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore* July 6, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT supplementary to u An Ac. authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain Com¬ panies of Rangers for the Protection of the Frontier of the United States .” Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled , That the President of the Uni¬ ted States be, and he is hereby authorized to raise an additional company of rangers, when he may deem it 104 r* • • necessary for the public service, and on the same pro¬ visions, conditions and restrictions of the act to which this is a supplement. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That for defray¬ ing the expenses thereof, the sum of eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars be, and the same is here¬ by appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives* WM. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore . July 1, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT supplementary to the Act , entitled “ An Act : authorizing the Preside?it of the United States to accept and organize a Volunteer Military Corps, Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep - resentatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled , That in all cases where volunteers have offered or hereafter shall offer their services to the United States, under the act, entitled “ An act author¬ izing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps,” it shall ! be lawful for the President of the United States to appoint and commission officers thereto, by and with the consent of the Senate, any thing in the act to the contrary notwithstanding : Provided , That prior to the issuing of such commissions, the volunteers aforesaid shall have signed an enrolment, binding themselves to service conformably to the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent be and he is hereby authorized to form the corps of volunteers into battalions, squadrons, regiments, brigades and divisions, and to appoint thereto, by and with the consent of the Senate, general, field and 105 ’ staff officers, conformably with the military establish¬ ment of the United States, and who shall be entitled to the pay and emoluments of officers of a similar grade and corps in the army ol the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be .lawful for the President of the United States in the Fecess of the Senate to appoint all the officers authoi- ized by this act, which appointments shall be submit¬ ted to the Senate at their next session, for their ad¬ vice and consent. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That in case the volunteers, when their term of service shall have ex¬ pired, shall deliver their stand of arms and accoutre¬ ments, in good order, to the proper officer, they shall be entitled to receive in lieu thereof, ten dollars for every stand of arms so delivered. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives, WM. II. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate pro tempore, July 6, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT to regulate the Pay of the JYon-Commissdoned Officers , Musicians a?id Privates of the Militia of the United States , when called into actual Service , and for other Purposes. Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unitedf tales of Americapn Con¬ gress assembled , That from and after the passing of this act, the allowance of bounty, clothing and pay to the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the infantry, artillery and cavalry of the militia of the United States, when called into actual service, shall be at the rate per month, as follows : Each ser¬ geant major and quarter master sergeant, nine dol¬ lars ; eac : ’ drum and fife major, eight dollars, and .thirty-three cents ; each sergeant, eight dollars j each 106 corporal, drummer, fifer and trumpeter, seven dol¬ lars, and thirty-three cents ; each farrier, saddler and 1 artificer, (included as a private) eight dollars ; eachi gunner, bombardier and private, six dollars, and six¬ ty-six cents. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That in addition to the monthly pay, there shall be allowed to each of- I ficer, non-commissioned officer, musician and private'] of the cavalry, for the use of his horse, arms and ac¬ coutrements, and for the risk thereof, except of hors¬ es killed in action, forty cents per day; and to each) non-commissioned officer,musician and private, twen- • ty-five cents, per day, in lieu of rations and forage, when they shall provide the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That whenever the militia shall be called into the actual service of ! the United States, their pay shall be deemed to com¬ mence from the day of their appearing at the places - of battalion, regimental or brigade rendezvous; allow¬ ing to each non-commissioned officer, musician and private soldier, a day’s pay and rations for every fif¬ teen miles from his home to such place of rendez¬ vous, and the same allowance k for travelling home from the place of discharge. Sec. 4. And be it f urther enacted , That in addition ) to the pay heretofore authorized by law, there shall be allowed and paid to the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the militia lately called forth into the actual service of the United States, on an expedition to Fort Pitt, such sums as shall, with the pay heretofore by law established, be equal to the allowances respectively provided in the first and sec¬ ond sections of this act. Provided nevertheless , Thatjt the compensations made by any state, to the militia j called forth from such state, shall be deemed to be included in the additional allowance authorized by this act; and such state shall be entitled to receive from the treasury of the United States, such sums as they shall have paid, or allowed to the non-commis- 107 • • • 6 sioned officers, musicians and privates, over and above the pay heretofore allowedly law, and not exceeding the additional allowance granted by this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That for the completing and better supporting the military estab¬ lishment of the United States, as provided by the act, entitled, “ An act making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States,” there shall be allowed and paid, from and after the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, to each non-commissioned officer, musician and private now in service, or here- j'lfter to be enlisted, the additional pay of one dollar per month, during the terms of their respective en- istments ; and to each soldier now in the service of .he United States, or discharged therefrom, subse¬ quent to the third day of March last, who shall re-enlist lifter the first day of January next, an additional boun- :y of eight dollars, making the entire bounty sixteen lollars ; and to each person not now in the army of he United States, or discharged as above, who shall pnlist after the said first day of January next, an addi¬ tional bounty of six dollars, making the entire bounty ourteen dollars ; but the payment of four dollars of lach additional bounty hereby granted, shall be de- erred, until the soldier enlisting shall join the regi- nent or corps, in which he is to serve. ■ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That to those n the military service of the United States, who are, »r shall be employed on the western frontiers, there hall be allowed, during the time of their being so imployed, two ounces of flour or bread and two oun¬ ces of beef or pork, in addition to each of their ra- ions, and half a pint of salt in addition to every hun- ired of their rations. Approved, January the second, 1795 i GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States, 108 •jjn act to provide for calling forth the Militia to ext- 'cute the Lams of the Union , suppress Insurrections , and repel Iinvasions ; and to repeal the Ml now in force for • those Purposes. Sec 1 B e en oicted by the Senate and house of, Representatives of the United States of America i» Congress assembled , That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall bed lawful for the President of the United States, to call forth such number of the militia of the state, or states, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of, action, as he may judge necessary to repel such tn-i ■vasion, and to issue his orders .or that purpose, to such officer or officers of the militia, as he shall think nroner And in case of an insurrection in any slate, against the government thereof, it shall he lawful fot the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such slate, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) to call forth such number of the militia of any other slate or states, as may he applied for, as he may judge sufficient to sup- tvi’aco such insurrection. ^ Sec 2 And be it further enacted , That wlienevei the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by comJ binations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vest ed in the marshals by this act, it shall be ‘lawful for ^ President of the United States, to call forth the mill tia of such state, or of any other state or states, as ma; be necessary to suppress such combinations, and t cause the laws to be duly executed ; and the use c militia so to be called forth, may be continued it ne cessarv, until the expiration of thirty days aftei th commencement of the then next session of Congress . Sec. 3. Provided always , and be it furthei enacte That whenever it may be necessary, in lhc J^ S^ er of the President, to use the mihtaiy force heieby d v 10 D * • » • reeled to be called forth, the President shall forth¬ with, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably, to their respective abode, within a limited time. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the militia employed in the service of the United States, shall be subject to the same rules and articles of war, as the troops of the United States: And that no officer, non-commissioned officer, or private of tbe militia, shall be compelled to serve more than three months* after his arrival at the place of rendezvous, in any one year, nor more than in due rotation with every other able-bodied man of the same rank in the battalion to 1 which he belongs. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That every offi¬ cer, non-commissioned officer, or private of the mili¬ tia, who shall fail to obey the orders of the President of the United States, In any of the cases before recit- : ed, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one year’s pay and not less than one month’s pay, to be determined and adjudged by a court martial; and such officer shall, moreover, be liable to«be cashiered by sentence of a court martial, and be incapacitated from holding a commission in the militia, for a term not exceeding twelve months, at the discretion of the said court: And such non-commissioned officers and privates shall be liable to be imprisoned, by a like sentence, on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them, Tor one calendar month, for every five dollars of such [fine. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That courts mar- 1 tial for the trial of militia, shall be composed of mili¬ tia officers only. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That all fines to be assessed, as aforesaid, shall be certified by the pre¬ siding officer of the court martial, befoie whom the same shall be assessed, to the marshal of the district, in which the delinquent shall reside, or to one of his deputies, and also to the supervisor of the revenue of K 110 • • • • the same district, who shall record the said certificate in a book to be kept for that purpose. The said mar¬ shal, or his deputy, shall forthwith proceed to levy the said fines with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the delinquent; which costs and the manner of proceeding, with respect to the sale of the goods distrained, shall be agreeable to the laws of the state, in which the same shall be, in other cases of distress. And where any non-commissioned officer or private shall be adjudged to suffer imprisonment, there being no goods or chattels to be found, whereof to levy the said fines, the marshal of the district, or his deputy, may commit such delinquent to gaol, dur¬ ing the term, for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment, or until the fine shall be paid, in the same manner, as other persons condemned to fine and imprisonment, at the suit of the United States, may be committed. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the mar¬ shals and their deputies shall pay all such fines by them levied, to the supervisor of the revenue, in the district in which they are collected, within two months after they shall have received the same, de¬ ducting therefrom, five per centum, as a compensa-i tion for their trouble ; and in case of failure, the same shall be recoverable by action of debt or inform mation, in any court of the United States, of the dis¬ trict in which such fines shall be levied, having cog¬ nizance thereof, to be sued for, prosecuted, and recov¬ ered, in the name of the supervisor of the district] with interest and costs. m Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That the marshals of the several districts, and their deputies, shall have the same powers in executing the laws of the United States, as sheriffs and their deputies, in the several states, have by law, in executing the laws of the ren spective states. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the act , entitled,An act to provide for calling forth the mili ’ Ill • • • • tia, to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insur- rections and repel invasions, passed the second day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives . HENRY TAZEWELL, President of the Senate pro tempore . . Approved, February the 28th, 1795 : GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. An ACT to authorize a Detachment from the Militia. of the United States . Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress asse?nbled , That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to require of the executives of the several states and territories, to take effectual measures to organize, arm and equip, according to law, and hold in readiness to march at a moment’s warning, their respective pro¬ portions of one hundred thousand militia, officers in¬ cluded, to be apportioned by the President of the United States, from the latest militia returns in the department of war; and in cases where such returns have not been made, by such other data as he shall judge equitable. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the detach¬ ment of militia aforesaid shall be officered out of the present militia officers, or others, at the option ancl discretion of the constitutional authority in the res¬ pective states and territories; the President of the United States apportioning the general officers among the respective states and territories* as he may deem proper j and the commissioned officers of the militia, when called into actual service, shall be entitled to the same pay, rations and emoluments as the oifficers of the army of the United States. 112 • » • • Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the said de¬ tachment shall not be compelled to serve a longer time than six months after they arrive at the place of rendezvous ; and during the time of their service the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates shall be entitled to the same pay and rations as is pro¬ vided by law for the militia of the United States when ■called into actual service. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent of the United States be, and he hereby is author¬ ized to call into actual service any part or the whole of said detachment in all the exigencies provided by the constitution; and the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, of the said detach¬ ment, shall be subject to the penalties of the act, en¬ titled “ An act for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and re¬ pel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for those purposes,” passed the 28th day of February, 1795 ; and if a part only of said detachment shall be called into actual service, they shall be taken from • such part thereof as the President of the United States shall deem proper. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That no non¬ commissioned officer, musician or private, belonging to the aforesaid detachment of militia, who shall be ordered into actual service by the President of the ; United States, shall be subject to corporal punishment, by whipping, any thing contained in any act to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 6. And he it further enacted , That in lieu of whipping, as provided by several of the rules and ar- , tides of war, as now used, and practised stoppage of pay, confinement and deprivation of part of the ra¬ tions, shall be substituted in such manner as is herein- ' ' after provided. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That any non¬ commissioned officer or private, belonging to the aforesaid detachment of militia, who shall, while in 113 • • • • actual service, be convicted before any court martial of any offence, which, before the passing of this act, might, or could have subjected such person to bo whipped, shall, for the first offence be put under such stoppages of pay as such court martial shall adjudge, not exceeding the one half of one month’s pay for any one offence ; but such offender may, moreover, at the discretion of such court martial, be confined under guard, on allowance of half rations, any length of time, not exceeding ten days for any one offence j or may, at the discretion of such court martial, be# publicly drummed out of the army. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That the sum of one million of dollars be, and the same is hereby ap¬ propriated to be paid out of any monies in the treasu¬ ry not otherwise appropriated, towards defraying any expense incurred by virtue of the provisions of this, act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That this act shall continue and be in force for the term of two years from the passing thereof, and no longer. April 10, 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. Extract from the Militia Law of the State of JYew-Yorfc, passed March 29, 1808. Sec. 68. And be it further enacted, That the commander in chief of this state may in case of invasion or other emergency, when he shall judge it necessary, order out any proportion of the militia of this state, to march to any part thereof and continue as long as he may think necessary, and may likewise in conse¬ quence of an application of the executive of any of the United States, of an invasion or an insurrection, or an apprehension of an invasion of such state, at his discretion, order any number of the militia not exceeding one third part thereof, to such state 2 Provided, That they be not compelled to continue on duty oat af this state, more than forty days at any one time : that while in actual service in consequence of being so called out, they shall receive the same pay and rations and be subject to tha same rules and regulations as the troops of the United States of America. K 2 114 • • 0 • REGULATIONS. THE President is pleased to direct, that the follow-^ ing regulations be observed in relation to waiters: Major generals will be entitled to six waiters—• brigadier generals four—colonels three-—lieuten- j ant colonels two—majors two—hospital surgeons two—and all other'coihmissioned officers one each. And whereas by an act of July 6th, 1812, it is pro¬ vided “ That officers who shall not take waiters from the line of the army, shall receive the pay, clothing and subsistence allowed to a private soldier, for as many waiters as they shall actually keep, not exceed¬ ing the number allowed by existing regulations these officers who actually keep waiters not of the ar-. my, will be allowed to draw money in lieu of clothing and subsistence—the clothing will be estimated at the contract price, to be fixed by the commissary gen¬ eral ; and subsistence will be estimated at twenty cents per ration, conformably to the act of April 12th, 1808 . The proper vouchers for officers claiming allowance under the foregoing provisions of this act, will be the certificate of the officer that he actually employed and kept in service the number of waiters charged, not ofl the army; and that he did not, during the term sol charged, keep or employ as waiters or servants, sol¬ diers from the line of the army. Done at the War-Office of the United States, ini the city of Washington, this 20th day of July, ini the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve. (Signed) W. EUSTIS. 115 . • a • 9 Recruiting Instructions. Officers charged with the recruiting service of their respective regiments, will receive mpney for bounties and premiums, from the paymaster of the ar¬ my ; and for contingent service, from the accountant of the war department : for all which they will give duplicate receipts—Captains or principal officers re¬ cruiting for companies will receive money for boun¬ ties, premiums and contingencies from the officer commanding the regiment, for which they will give duplicate receipts, and be held accountable to the accountant of the department of war. They will also on the order of the commanding officer of the regi¬ ment receive from the proper officer, clothing, arms, accoutrements and camp equipage for their recruits, for which they will give the proper duplicate receipts? and be held accountable. Each recruiting officer will transmit a statement of his accounts, monthly, to the commanding officer of the regiment, who will transmit the same with his own accounts to the accountant of the war department. Officers recruiting for companies, will be held res¬ ponsible for the good conduct of their recruits, and will transmit correct returns, weekly, to the com¬ manding officer of the regiment. Commanding officers of regiments will be held res¬ ponsible for the good conduct, order and discipline of their corps, and will transmit, weekly returns to the adjutant general’s office, shewing the strength and disposition of the regiment, the state of its discipline, and the alterations since last return. Persons charged with the delivery of clothing, arms, accoutrements, ammunition, camp equipage, medicine and provisions, will furnish these articles respectively, on the order of commanding officers of regiments, when actually on the recruiting service. When a recruiting officer shall send a party of re- emits to the regiment, he will transmit to the com- 116 • i • « manding officer an exact -statement of each man’s ac¬ count, as respects subsistence, clothing, bounty and pay, which will be entered in the books of the com¬ pany. Recruits are to be free from sore legs, scurvy, scalled head, ruptures, and other infirmities. The age is to be conformable to law ; but healthy, active boys, between fourteen and eighteen years of age, may be enlisted for musicians. In all cases where minors or apprentices are enlisted, the consent in writing, of the parent, master, or guardian, if any such there be, is to be obtained, and accompany the enlist¬ ment. No objection is to be made to a recruit for want of size, provided he is strong, active, well made, and healthy. As soon as convenient, and within six days at far¬ thest, from the time of enlistment, every recruit shall be brought before a magistrate, and take and sub¬ scribe the oath required by law, according to the form prescribed. All recruits are to be mustered by the officer com¬ manding the regiment. When a recruit is rejected, his clothing, if delivered, and the bounty advanced to him, are to be returned ; for which the recruiting officer will be held accountable. If any recruit who has received the bounty, or a part of it shall abscond, he is to be pursued and pun¬ ished as a deserter. Each officer who is engaged in the recruiting ser¬ vice, will procure the necessary transportation, forage, fuel, straw and stationary ; taking care to have his ac¬ counts therefor supported by proper vouchers. Recruiting officers who have no enlisted musicians, are authorized to engage a drummer and fifer, at a sum not exceeding fifteen dollars per month, and one ration per day each. 117 ® • • • No recruit can be discharged, except by an order from the secretary of war. By Order of the Secretary of War , Adjutant General’s Office, Washington City , 31 st July , 18 12. T. H. CUSHING, Adjutant General Adjutant General’s Office, Washington City , 5?/; *SVyW* 1812. The proceedings of general courts martial, which in time of peace are to be submitted to the President of the United States, before the same can be carded into execution, will during the continuance of the war, be laid before the general officer having the command of the department, within which such general courts martial may be held, for his confirmation or disappro¬ val, and orders in the case, agreeably to the provisions of the 65th article of the act entitled “ An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States.” By Order of the Secretary of War , T. H. CUSHING, Adjutant General . Enlistment . STATE OF I born in aged years, feet inches high, of complexion, eyes, hair, and by profession a do hereby acknowledge to have this day voluntarily enlisted as a soldier in the army of the United States of America, for the period o: .i' • years, [or eighteen months, as the case mau be~\ u-...... sooner discharged by proper authority ; do al- 118 , • » • • so agree to accept such bounty, pay, rations and clo¬ thing, as is or may be established by law. And I do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies or opposers whomsoever ; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers ap¬ pointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war. Sworn and subscribed to, at this day of 181 Before Receipt. Received of of the United States army, this day of 181 dollars, in part of my bounty for enlisting into the army of the United States for Signed duplicate receipts. Dollars. Witness. Form of Enlistment for Volunteers. We the subscribers do hereby volunteer and offer our services to the United States, under and pursu¬ ant to the act of congress, entitled An act to author¬ ize a detachment from the militia of the United States,” passed the 10th day of April, 1812, and as a part of the detachment of thirteen thousand live hun¬ dred men, required by general orders of the com¬ mander in chief, bearing date the twenty-first day of April, 1812. 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The following recruiting districts are established within the state of New-York : New-York, three districts ; the first to include that part of the state lying south of Poughkeepsie, princi¬ pal rendezvous The second to include all north of Poughkeepsie and east, of Utica, principal rendezvous The third to include the remainingpart of the state, principal rendezvous Canandaigua. Each district will be placed under the superintend¬ ence of a field officer, who v/ill have deposited at the principal rendezvous a sufficient quantity of clothing, arms, accoutrements, ammunition, camp equipage, and medicine, for all the men to be recruited within the district. He will be furnished with money for bounties and premiums by the paymaster of the army, and for contingent service, by the War Department, and will employ every captain and subaltern within the district (not on other duty by order of a superior officer) on the recruiting service for the regiment to which such captains and subalterns may belong, and will supply them with money, clothing, See. for this purpose, taking their duplicate receipts, holding them accountable to the accountant of the department of war ; and he will transmit to the said department a statement of his accounts weekly, showing the amount, of money, clothing, &c. received and distributed, and the balance remaining on hand. He will be held strictly responsible for the good conduct, order and discipline of the corps within his district, and will transmit weekly returns to this office, showing the name, rank, regiment, and station of every officer, employed by him on the recruiting service, the strength of their parties and the alterations since last return ; and he will use every possible exertion to promote the said service, by visiting the different rendezvous with¬ in his district, and by directing his recruiting officers to places where they are known, or such as promise most success.—He will be furnished with a copy of the contract for the territory included in his disti. , and will give due notice to the contractor or his agent, for supplying his parties with provisions, at such places within the district, as he may deem necessary. And that there may be no unnecessary delay in paying the recruits, agreeably to law, he will transmit regular sets of muster rolls of all the officers and men in hi? district, to the district or other paymaster, who will be instructed to make the regular payments by the paymaster of the army. Recruiting officers will receive money, clothing, Sec. for their recruits, from the commanding officer of the district, for which they will give the proper duplicate receipts, and be held accountable. They will trans¬ mit to him a statement of their accounts weekly, showing the amount of money, clothing. Sec. received 4 and distributed, and the balance remaining on hand ; a duplicate of which they will transmit to the War Department. They will be held responsible for the good conduct of their recruits, and will transmit cor- ' rect returns weekly, to the commanding officer of the district and to this office. The commissary general of purchases will cause to be deposited, at the principal rendezvous in each district, subject to the orders of the field officer, a sufficient quantity of clothing, arms, accoutrements, ammunition, camp equipage and medicine, for the number of men to be recruited therein ; and that- there shall at no time be a deficiency of any of these articles, the field officer will give due notice to the commissary general of the articles received, de¬ livered, and cn hand, and at what time a further sup¬ ply will be necessary. When a recruiting officer shall send a party of re¬ cruits to the principal rendezvous he will transmit to the commanding officer an exact statement of each man’s account, as respects clothing, subsistence, bounty and pay ; and a like statement must accom¬ pany every man sent to the regiment, to be entered in the books of the company for which he enlisted. Recruits are to be free from' sore legs, scurvy, seal- led head, ruptures, and other infirmities. The age is to be conformable to lav/, but healthy active boys, between fourteen and eighteen years of age, may be enlisted for musicians. In all cases where minors or apprentices are enlisted, the consent in writing of the parent, guardian, or master, if any such there be, is to be obtained, and accompany the enlistment. No objection is to be made to a recruit for want of size, provided he is strong, active, well made, and healthy. As soon as convenient, and within six days at farth¬ est from the time of his enlistment, every recruit shall be brought before a magistrate, and take and s subscribe the oath required by law, according to the form prescribed. When a recruit is rejected, his clothing, if deliver¬ ed, and the bounty advanced to him, shall be returned for which the recruiting officer will be held accounta¬ ble. If any recruit, after having received the bounty, or a part of it, shall abscond, he is to be pursued and pun- : ished as a deserter. Every officer engaged in the recruiting service will ■ procure the necessary transportation, forage, fuel, straw, and stationary, taking care to have his accounts ; therefor supported by proper vouchers. Recruiting officers having no enlisted musicians, are i authorized to engage a drummer and fifer, at a sum not exceeding fifteen dollars per month, and one ra¬ tion per day each. By order of the Secretary of War . T. H. CUSHING, Adjutant General , I ' (Duplicate.) ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, SIR, Washington City , 15 January , 1813 . It has been deemed necessary to divide the Uni¬ ted States, and the territories thereof, into recruiting districts, under the superintendence of field officers, conformably to which arrangement, you have been ap¬ pointed to superintend the district composed of that ; part of the state of New-York termed in the recruting instructions the third, and will take the immediate di¬ ll rection of the recruiting service within the same. Enclosed I have the honor to furnish you with a copy of the articles of war, military laws and regulations of the War Department, twenty copies of recruiting in¬ structions, two blank weekly recruiting returns, for dis¬ tricts, and twenty for recruiting officers ; also a copy of the contract for the territory comprehended within your limits. The recruiting instructions point out the extent of territory under your superintendence, the place at which you will fix your principal rendezvous, the man ¬ ner in which all your wants are to be supplied, and your duties generally while employed on this service. The officers within your district will be ordered to report themselves to you, at the principal rendezvous, without delay ; but as far as your knowledge of such officers and their residence may extend, you will or¬ der them into service, without waiting for their report. 4 It is expected that you will exercise the utmost cor¬ rectness and punctuality, in making out and transmiting your statements and returns ; and that you will exact a like observance of the instructions on this head from the officers under your command ; that you will be particular in forwarding your requisitions for whatev¬ er you may find necessary, in due season, so as never to permit the recruiting service to be embarrassed for want of the necessary supplies ; and in case it should so happen, that after having made such requisitions to the proper department, there should be a failure in the supplies of clothing, camp equipage, or medicine, you are hereby authorized to contract for, and purchase such quantity of each of these articles, as may be found necessary for immediate use ; the expenditures for which, you will defray out of the contingent funds placed in your hands. To each recruiting officer, you will furnish a copy of the recruiting instructions, the form of enlistment, and a blank weekly recruiting: return ; together with such further information as may be necessary for his gover- ment. You will leave the recruits with the party, or collect them at the principal rendezvous, as you may deem most advantageous to the service ; the parties, howev¬ er, ought never to be without a few handsome, well dressed men, who, from their appearance and activity, may be enabled to give a spirit to the recruiting busi¬ ness. The commissary general of purchases, is directed to have deposited at the principal rendezvous, sufficient supplies of clothing, &c. for the number of men to be raised in your district, to wit, fifty light dragoons, one hundred artillery, and six hundred infantry, which you will have distributed among the different rendezvous in such manner as never to permit them to be in want, but on the contrary that every recruit may be put in complete uniform the moment he is enlisted. 1 am instructed, by the Secretary of War, to add, that every officer employed on the recruiting service, who shall neglect to make and forward the returns, &c. required by the recruiting instructions, or fail to use all due industry in the discharge of the duties as¬ signed him, will be struck from the rolls of the army. I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, T. H. CUSHING, Adjt. Genl. In addition to the above instructions, which you 5 will punctually observe, it is expected that you will exercise the utmost correctness and punctuality in making out and transmitting your statements and re¬ turns, not only of recruits, but of all the clothing, arms, accoutrements, and in short, every thing that you re¬ ceive for the use of the recruits under your command. And if it shall so happen, that any officer employed on the recruiting service, shall neglect to make and for¬ ward the returns, £tc. required by the recruiting in¬ structions, or fail to use all due industry in the dis¬ charge of the duties assigned him, he will be struck from the rolls cf the army. It is absolutely necessary that you keep distinct and separate accounts under the head of Pay of the Army and Bounties and Premiums, the vouchers or receipts for its application must be kept separate and distinct. You have already a form of a Receipt for bounties to recruits. The following is a form of a Receipt to be taken from the recruit for his advance of pay, which must accompany every enlistment: Received of this day of 181 , at in the state of New-York, twelve dollars in advance on account of my pay as a soldier in the United States army, from the of 1813, the date of my e nlistment. Signed duplicates hereof. Dolls. 12. Witness. AN ACT encreasing the Pay of the Non-Commis¬ sioned Officersy Musicians , Privates and others of the Army , andfor other Purposes » BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬ sentatives of the United States of America , in Con¬ gress assembled , That from and after the 31st day of December, 1812, the monthly pay of the non-commis¬ sioned officers, musicians, privates, drivers, bombard¬ iers, rnatrosses, sappers, miners, artificers, saddlers, farriers, and blacksmiths, who have enlisted, or shall hereafter enlist in the service of the United States, shall, during the continuance of the war between the United States of America and their territories, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, be as follows, to wit: to each sergeant major and quarter master sergeant, twelve dollars; to each sergeant and principal musician, eleven dollars; to each corporal, ten dollars ; to each musician, nine dollars ; to each private, driver, bom¬ bardier, matross, sapper, and miner, eight dollars; n 6 to each artificer, saddler, farrier, and blacksmith, not attached to the quarter master general’s and ordnance department, thirteen dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That during the continuance of the war with Great Britain, no non¬ commissioned officer, musician, private, driver, bom¬ bardier, matross, sapper, miner, artificer, saddler, farrier, or blacksmith, enlisted in the service of the United States, during his continuance in service, shall be arrested or subject to arrest, or to be taken in exe¬ cution for any debt contracted before or after enlist¬ ment. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every non¬ commissioned officer, musician and private, who shall, after the promulgation of this act, be recruited in the regular army of the United States, may at his option, to be made at the time of enlistment, engage to serve during the present war with Great Britain, instead of the term of five years, and shall in case he make such option, be entitled to the same bounty in money and land, and to all other allowances, and be subject to the same rules and regulations, as if he had enlisted for the term of five years. Approved, Dec. 12, 1812. JAMES MADISON. AN ACT supplementary to the Act, entitled “ An Act for the more perfect organization of the Army of the United States.” BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬ sentatives of the United States of America , in Con¬ gress assembled , That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint one additional major to the first regiment of light dra¬ goons, the regiment of light artillery, each regiment of infantry, and the rifle regiment, in the army of the United States, who shall receive the like pay, rations, forage, and other emoluments, as officers of the same grade and corps of the present military' establish¬ ment. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That there be appointed in manner aforesaid, one third lieutenant, to each troop or company, in the army of the United States, who, if of cavalry, or light dragoons, shall re¬ ceive the monthly pay of thirty dollars, and of other corps, twenty-three dollars, and be allowed the same forage, rations and other emoluments as second lieu¬ tenants of the same corps to which they belong. 7 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That there be allowed to each troop or company, in the army of the United States, one additional sergeant, who shall re¬ ceive the like pay, clothing, rations, and other emol¬ uments, as sergeants of the present military estab¬ lish ment. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That in order to complete the present military establishment to the full number authorized by law, with the greatest pos¬ sible despatch, there shall be paid to each effective able bodied man, who shall be duly enlisted into the service of the United States, after the first day of February next, to serve for the term of five years, or during the war, an advance of twenty-four dollars on account of his pay, in addition to the existing bounty, one half of such advance to be paid at the enlistment of the recruit, and the other half when he shall be mustered, and have joined some military corps of the United States for service ; and a bounty of one hun¬ dred and sixty acres of land, as heretofore establish¬ ed by law. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ missioned officers who shall be employed in the re¬ cruiting service, shall be entitled to receive for every effective able bodied man, who shill be duly enlisted after the first day of February next, by them, for the term of five years, or during the war, and mustered, and between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, the sum of four dollars : Provided nevertheless , That this regulation, so far as respects the age of the recruit, shall not extend to musicians, or to those sol¬ diers who may re-enlist into the service : And provi¬ ded also. That no person under the age of twenty-one years shall be enlisted by any office?, or held in the service of the United States, wiihout the consent, in writing, of his parent, guardian or master, first had and obtained, if any he have ; and if any officer shall enlist any person contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, for every such offence he shall forfeit and pay the amount of the bounty and clothing wlii.ch the person so recruited may have received from the public, to be deducted cut of the pay and emoluments of such officer. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person, during the time he may be performing a tour of militia duty, to enlist in the re¬ gular army of the United States; and the recruiting officers are hereby authorized to enlist any such per- 3 son in the same manner, and under the same regula¬ tions, as if he were not performing such militia duty ; and every person who shall enlist, while performing a tour of militia duty as aforesaid, shall be thereby exonerated from serving the remainder of said tour ; and the state to which he may belong shall not be re¬ quired to furnish any other person to serve in his stead. Approved, January 20, 1813. JAMES MADISON. An ACT in addition to the Act, entitled “ An Act to raise an additional Military Force,” and for other Purposes. Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in addition to the present military establishment of the United States, there be raised such number of regiments of infantry, not excee¬ ding twenty, as in the opinion of the President may be necessay for the public service, to be enlisted for the term of one year, unless sooner discharged. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That each of the said regiments shall consist of one colonel, one lieuten¬ ant colonel, two majors, one adjutant, one paymaster, one quarter master, one surgeon, two surgeon’s mates# one sergeant major, one quarter master sergeant, two principal musicians, and ten companies. Sec. 3. And be it furtlvr, enacted , That each com¬ pany shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one third lieutenant, one ensign, five sergeants, six corporals, two musicians, and nine¬ ty privates. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States in the re¬ cess of the senate to appoint such of the officers author¬ ized by this act, as may not be appointed during the present session ; which appointments shall be submitted to the senate at their next session for their advice and consent. Sec. 5. and be it further enacted , That all the officers non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, au¬ thorized by this act, shall receive the like pay, forage, rations, clothing, and other emoluments, (land and bounty excepted) as the officers o the same grade and corps, non-commissioned officers, musicians and pri¬ vates, of the present military establishment. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians andprivates, of 9 the regiments hereby authorized to be raised, shall be governed by the rules and articles of war, which have been established by the United States in congress as¬ sembled, or by such rules and articles as may be here¬ after by law established. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the com¬ missioned officers, who shall be employed in recruiting the force authorized by this act, shall be entitled to re¬ ceive, for every person enlisted by them into this ser¬ vice, for the term specified, and approved by the com¬ manding officers of the regiment, and between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, the sum of two dollars. Provided , nevertheless , That this regulation, so far as respects the age of the recruit shall not extend to mu¬ sicians, or to those soldiers who may re-enlist into the service : And provided also , That no person under the age of twenty-one years shall be enlisted by an officer, or held in the service of the United States, without the consent in writing of his parent, guardian, or master, first had and obtained, if any he have ; and if any of¬ ficer shall enlist any person contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, for every such offence, he shall forfeit and pay the amount of the bounty and clo¬ thing which the person so recruited may have recei¬ ved from the public, to be deducted out of the pay and emolument of such officer. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That there shall be allowed and paid to each man recruited as aforesaid, a bounty of sixteen dollars ; but the payment of eight dollars of the said bounty shall be deferred until he shall be mustered and have joined some military corps of the United States. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That the said re¬ giments shall be paid in such manner, that the arrears shall at no time exceed two months, unless the circum¬ stance of the case render it unavoidable. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That if any offi¬ cer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private* shall be disabled by wounds or otherwise, while in the line of his duty in public service, he shall be placed on the list of invalids of the United States, at such rate of pension and under such regulations as are or may be directed by law : Provided alwayst That the compen¬ sation to be allowed for such wounds or disabilities, to a commissionend officer, shall not exceed for the high¬ est rate of disability half the monthly pay of such offi¬ cer at the time of his being disabled or wounded ; and that no officer shall receive more than half pay of a 10 lieutenant colonel : and that the rate of compensation to non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall not exceed five dollars per month. And firovi¬ de d also , That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled to receive an allowance proportion¬ ate to the highest disability. Sec 11. And be it further enacted > That if any com¬ missioned officer shall, while in the service of the Uni¬ ted States, die, by reason of any wound received in ac¬ tual service of the United States, and leave a widow, a child or children, under sixteen years of age, such wi¬ dow, or if no widow, such child or children, shall be en¬ titled to and receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years; but in the case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the ex-' piration of the said term of five years, the haif pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the child or chil¬ dren of such deceased officer, Provided always , That such half pay shall cease on the decease of such child or children. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That if any non¬ commissioned officer, musician or private, shall de¬ sert from the service of the United States, he shall in addition to the penalties mentioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to serve for and during such period as shall, with the time he may have served previous to his desertion, amount to the full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall and may be tried by a court martial and punished, al¬ though the term of his enlistment may have elapsed previous to his being apprehended or tried. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That every offi¬ cer, non-commissioned officer, musician and private, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirm¬ ation, to wit : “ I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies or opposers whomsoever ; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers ap¬ pointed over me, according to the rules and article* of war.” Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That where any commissioned officer shall be obliged to incur any extra expense, in travelling and sitting on general courts martial, he shall be allowed a reasonable 11 compensation for such extra expense actually incur¬ red, not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per day to officers who are not entitled to forage, and not exceeding one dollar per day to such as shall be entitled to forage. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted . That whenever any officer or soldier shall be discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for any offence, he shall be allowed his pay and rations, or an equiv¬ alent in money, for such term of time as shall be suf¬ ficient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the place of his residence, computing at the rate of twenty miles to a day. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted , That there shall be appointed to each brigade one chaplain, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a major in the infantry. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted , That no field or staff officer, who may be appointed by virtue of this act, shall be entitled to receive any pay or emolu¬ ments until he shall be called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall continue therein. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the act, entitled “ An Act authorizing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volun¬ teer military corps,” and the act supplementary to the act entitled, “ An Act authorizing the President of the United States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps,” be, and the same are here¬ by repealed, from and after the first day of Februa¬ ry next: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deprive the officers and men who may have entered the service as volunteers, under the said acts, of any rights, immunities, or privileges therein secured, or the United States of the services of such volunteers, agreeably to the pro¬ visions of the said acts. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wm. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. January 29, 1313. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT making Provision for an additional Num¬ ber of General Officers. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Congress assembled, That the President be, aad he is hereby authorized by and with the advice and con¬ sent of the senate, to appoint six major generals, in addition to these already authorized by law ; each of whom shall be allowed two aids-de-camp to be taken from the officers of the line, and six brigadier gener¬ als, who shall be allowed a brigade major, and one aid-de-camp, each to be taken also from the officers of the line. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers authorized by this act shall receive the same pay, fo¬ rage, rations, and other emoluments, as the officers of the same grade of the present military establishment. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wm. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. February 24,1813. Afpoved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT to raise Ten additional Companies of Ran¬ gers. Be it enacted by the Senate ixnd House of Repre¬ sentatives of the United States of America, in Con¬ gress assembled , That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, to raise ten additional companies of rangers, on the same provi¬ sions, conditions and restrictions as those authorized to be raised by “ An act authorising the President of the United States to raise certain companies of ran¬ gers for the protection of the frontiers of the United States,” which said companies shall be in lieu of one of the regiments authorised to be raised by the act in addition to the act, entitled “ An act to raise an ad¬ ditional military force, and for other purposes,” pas¬ sed the twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. , Wm. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro tempore . February 25, 1813. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An ACT Supplementary to the Act, entitled “ An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to exe¬ cute the Laws, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions,” and to repeal the Act now in force for 13 those Purposes , and to increase the Pay of Volun¬ teer and Militia Corps. Sec. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Pepresentatives of the United States op' America in Congress assembled , That in every case in which a court martial shall have adjudged and determined a fine against any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, of the militia, for any of the cau¬ ses specified in the act to which this act is a supple¬ ment, or in the fourth section of an act, entitled “ An act to authorize a detachment from the militia of the United States;” all such fines so assessed shall be certified to the comptroller of the treasury of the Uni¬ ted States, in the same manner as the act to which this is a supplement directed the same to be certified i to the supervisor of the revenue. Sec. 2. And be it further e?iacted> That the mar¬ shals shall pay all fines which have been levied and collected by them or their respective deputies, under | the authorities Df the acts herein referred to, into the treasury of the United States, within tw r o months af¬ ter they shall have received the same, deducting five per centum for their own trouble ; and in case of [ failure, it shall be the duty of the comptroller of the : treasury to give notice to the district attorney of the jUnited States, who shall proceed against the said marshal in the district court by attachment for the recovery of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted y That the non-com¬ missioned officers, musicians and privates of the vol¬ unteer and militia corps, who, subsequent to the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and twelve, shall have been or may hereafter be called out, while in the service of the United States, shall, during the continuance of the present war between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America, and their territories, be entitled to and receive the same monthly pay, rations and forage, and be furnished with the same camp equipage as are or may be provided by law for the non-commis¬ sioned officers, musicians and privates, of the army of the United States. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Wm. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate , pro tempore • Approved, Feb. 2, 1813. JAMES MADISON. Iv 14 An AC T for the better Organization of the General Staff' of the Army of the United States. Sec. 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Befiresentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That the adjutant general’s, in* spector general’s and quarter master general’s depart¬ ments shall consist of the following officers, that is to say : an adjutant and inspector general with the rank, pay and emoluments of a brigadier general, and not exceeding eight adjutants general, sixteen assistant adjutants general, eight topographical engineers, eight assistant topographical engineers, eight inspectors gen¬ eral, sixteen assistant inspectors general, eight quarter masters general, eight deputy quarter masters gene¬ ral, and thirty-two assistant deputy quarter masters general. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the presi¬ dent of the United States be and he is hereby author¬ ized, if he shall deem it expedient, to assign one of the brigadiers general to the principal army of the United States, who shall in such case act as adjutant and in¬ spector general, and as chief of the staff of such army : and the quarter master general attached to the princi¬ pal army, shall as heretofore have the brevet rank and the pay and emoluments of a brigadier general. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That all the other adjutants general shall have the brevet rank and the pay and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry ; all the other inspectors general and quarter masters general shall have the brevet rank and the pay and emoluments of a colonel of infantry ; the assistant ad¬ jutants general, assistant inspectors general, deputy quarter masters general and topographical engineers shall have the brevet rank and the pay and emolu¬ ments of a major of cavalry ; and the assistant topo¬ graphical engineers, and assistant deputy quarter mas¬ ters general shall have the brevet rank and the pay and emoluments of a captain of infantry. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the assist¬ ant adjutants general, the assistant inspectors general, and the assistant topographical engineers shall be tak¬ en from the line. The adjutants general, inspectors general, quarter masters general, deputy quarter masters general, topographical engineers and as¬ sistant deputy quarter masters general may be taken from the line or not as the president may deem expe¬ dient. And officers taken from the line and transfer¬ red to the staff shall receive only the pay and emolu- 15 mcnts attached to the rank in the staff; but their transfer shall be without prejudice to their rank and promotion in the line according to their said rank and seniority ; which promotion shall take place according to usage in the same manner as if they had not been thus transferred. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the war department, and he is hereby authorized to prepare general regulations better defining and prescribing the respective duties and powers of the several officers in the adjutant gen¬ eral, inspector general, quarter master general and commissary of ordnance departments, of the topogra¬ phical engineers, of the aids of generals, and generally of the general and regimental staff: which regulations when approved by the President of the United States shall be respected and obeyed until altered or revoked by the same authority. And the said general regula¬ tions thus prepared and approved, shall be laid before congress at their next session. Sec. 6. And be it further enactedy That the num¬ ber of assistant deputy commissaries of ordnance shall not exceed sixteen, and that they shall respect¬ ively be entitled to the brevet rank and to the pay and emoluments of a first lieutenant of infantry. Sec. 7. And be it further enactedy That for the better superintendence and management of the hospi¬ tal and medical establishments of the army of the Uni¬ ted States, there shall be a physician and surgeon general, with an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, and an apothecary general, with an annual salary of eighteen hundred dollars ; whose re¬ spective duties and powers shall be prescribed by the president of the United States. Sec. 8. And be it further enactedy That the forage, waggon, and barrack masters shall be appointed as heretofore ; but each quarter master general attach* ed to any separate army, command or district shall be authorized, with the approbation and under the direc¬ tion of the secretary of the war department, to appoint as many such officers and to employ as many ar¬ tificers, mechanics and laborers, as the public service may require. Sec. 9. And be it further enactedy That the assist¬ ant deputy quarter masters general may be ap¬ pointed, and officers taken from the line, and trans¬ ferred to the staff, may be thus transferred by the President of the United States alone. But all other 16 mew appointments authorized by this act shall be made by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the senate : Provided , that dur¬ ing the recess of the senate such appointments may be made by the President alone, in which case the same shall be laid before the senate at their next ses¬ sion for their advice and consent. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted^ That every act, and every part of any act of congress now in force, within the purview and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted^ That all letters and packets to and from the adjutant and inspector general, adjutants general, inspectors general, quarter masters general, commissary general of ordnance, phy¬ sician and surgeon general and apothecary general, which relate to their official duties, shall be free from postage. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That the Presi¬ dent of the United States be and he is hereby author¬ ised to appoint any of the officers authorised by an act, entitled “ An act making provision for an additional number of general officers,” passed the 25th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, during the recess of the senate, to be submitted to the senate at their next session for their advice and con¬ sent ; and that no officer appointed, or who may be appointed, by virtue of the aforesaid act, shall be enti¬ tled to receive any pay or emolument, until he shall be called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall be continued therein. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wm. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate , pro tempore. March 3, 1813. Approved, JAMES MADISON. OJ/JGGCfloE^rO p err* © p rt> o ’-s 0 era p cnj A c*t* O ,mmm * cv c+ s. © 0 1—1 • 4• r- ^ r ^ P 0^0 • rt- v* i w as & 3 ni 3 >-* *-• *-> s* ' ^ 2 p, 3 >— p o‘ V. 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Co » - •cL's £ tfis S »; Q ^ £ »q 3 20 TABLE Shewing the allowance of Forage in kind , or Money in lieu thereof. RANK OR GRADE. No. ot Horlf! allowed Quantity of Oats or Corn per diem. A 1 L.av¬ al ceof Hav Monty in deu of For. per month. Q-s. O Qts. C Pou ah Dollars. Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Cavalry, Major ditto, Captain ditto, Firil Lieutenant ditto, Second Lieutenant ditto. Third Lieutenant ditto, Cornet, * " Riding Mailer, • • Mailer of the Sword, _ * Colonel of Infantry or Artillery, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, * * Adjutant and Infpedlor General, Diftrict Adjutant General, Afliitant ditto, Inlpedtor General, Afliitant ditto, Principal (Quarter Mailer General, Diftridt Quarter Mailer General, Deputy Quarter-Mailer General, Secretary to Commander in Chief, Aid to Major General, Aid to Brigadier General, Brigade Major, _ Brigade Chaplain, Judge Advocate. Commitlary General of Ordnance, Afliflant ditto. Deputy Commiflary ot Ordnance, Topographical Engineer, Diitridt Pay mailer. Regimental Paymalter, Regimentol Qtiarrer-Mafter, Adjutant of Regiment, Hofpital Surgeon. Hofpital Surgeon’s Mate, Regimental Surgeon, Regimental Surgeon's Mate, _ ProfefJor of Natural and Experimen tal Philofltphy to Engineer Corps, Profeflor of Mathematics, Profeflor of Engineering, Principal Waggon Mafter, Waggon Mailer, Principal Forage Mafler, Afliftant ditto, Principal Barrack Mailer, Deputy ditto, Superintendent of Artilicers, 7 5 5 A 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 o 2 2 4 3 » 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 o a 1 1 2 1 2 I I 8 4 do 60 48 48 36 24 24 24 24 24 u 36 60 43 48 48 48 60 48 48 24 24 24 24 24 24 48 36 24 36 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 36 36 3<5 12 12 24 1 2 24 12 12 5 6 40 40 32 32 24 16 16 16 16 16 16 32 24 24 40 32 32 32 32 40 32 32 16 16 16 16 16 16 32 24 16 3 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 24 24 24 8 8 16 f! 16 o 98 70 70 . 56 I 56 42 23 28 28 28 28 28 5*5 42 42 70 46 56 5 <> ia r 5 £ 28 28 28 28 28 28 5 ^ 42 28 42 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 42 42 42 14 >4 28 r 4 28 14 16 2 4 24 18 12 iv 1 2 1 2 12 ' 2 J 12 ir !o 16 3o 2 4 12 3 12 24 • 2 10 10 10 10 10 12 10 6 24 10 6 6 6 12 6 10 6 it 10 10 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 -U V s* I *> • ^ Note. Provided they furnish their own horses and accoutre¬ ments, and actually keep in service the aforesaid number of hor¬ ses, to entitle them to the aforegoing allowances for forage, or an equivalent in money. 21 TABLE Shewing the Allowance of Quarters and Fuel . Quar- Cords of ters. Wood per mo. Rank or Grade. „ a o • Fr. 1st Fr. 1st r—-< o 4-* May to Nov. to o • rH 1 Nov. l May. Major General, Brigadier General, "] Adjutant and Inspector Gen. ! 3 1 1 6 2 1 1 4 1-2 Principal Qr. Master Gen. j < Comm. Gen, of Ordnance, J District Adjutant General, * Inspector General, Quarter-Master General, Field Officer of a Regiment, Assistant Commissary Gen. of Ordnance, Deputy Qr. Master General, > 1 1 1 5 and every officer of what¬ ever rank, commanding a separate post, Assistant Adjutant General, ^ Assistant Inspector General, Topographical Engineer, Major of Brigade, or Bri- gade Inspector, Deputy Paymaster General, Captain of the line, Judge Advocate, Hospital Surgeon, > 1 1 1-2 Regimental Surgeon, Chaplain, All other commissioned offi-' 1 1 1-2 cers, for every two, To each mess of six or more \ > 1 1 1 3 officers, in addition, ; 22 TABLE Shewing- the yearly Allowance of Stationary . Rank or Grade* 8 Q- • ri 03 P Ph O' To a Major General, or other officer command¬ ing a district, and to the Adjutant General, In¬ spector General, and Quarter-Master Gene¬ ral, as much stationary as may be necessary for the discharge of their public duties . To every other general of¬ ficer, To every officer command¬ ing a separate post 01 garrison of not less than two, nor more than five companies, Ditto not more than ten companies, To a Colonel, or other offi¬ cer commanding a regi¬ ment, for the use of himself and Regimental Staff, To a Major, Tor the use of every com¬ pany, whether in garri¬ son or otherwise, Tor the use of every other commissioned officer, cc a u: r3 C 24 12 18 18 6 12 2 a cn u a > 200 100 200 4 100 150 150 150 50 100 16 2 3 150 50 100 16 3 1 2 1-3 Papers of Ink Powder. APPENDIX. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Rank of Regiments. 1st. The Light Artillery. 2d. The Light Dragoons, 3d. The Foot Artillery, 4th. The Infantry, 5th. The Riflemen. 6th. The Volunteers in "1 According to the numbers the service of the U. I given to them respectively. States, and [ by the general commanding 7th. The Militia Drafts, J the district. This regulation is confined to parades. On all other occasions, regiments will be drawn up in the way which shall be_ directed by the general or other commanding officer. Rank of Officers. In all cases in which command shall not have been specially given, the eldest officer, whether of cavalry, of artillery, or of infantry, will command. Where a controversy concerning rank shall arise from the sameness of date in commission, it shall be determin¬ ed by reference to former commissions in the regular service ; and if none such should have been held, by for¬ mer commissions in the militia. Brevet rank gives no precedence nor command, ex- 1 cept on detachments; nor shall persons having such rank only, be included in the roster of officers for any duty other than that performed by detachments, and to which they shall be specially assigned. Officers of the regular army, of the same grade with those of the volunteers and militia, have precedence of these, whatever may be the dates of their respective commissions. There is no precedence between staff departments. The officers assigned to these, will take rank, 1st, from the brevets they hold; and 2d, from the rank they res¬ pectively have in the line. Rules with regard to Promotion. 1. Original vacancies will be supplied by selection ; acci¬ dental vacancies by seniority ; excepting in extraordi¬ nary cases. According to the numbers of the regiments respectively. 24 2. Promotions to the rank of captain, will be made rrgi- mentally ; to that of field appointments, by line ; the light artillery, dragoons, artillery, infantry, and rifle¬ men, being kept always distinct. 3. No officer shall be entitled to the pay, rations or emo¬ luments annexed to any office, until he shall have no¬ tice of his appointmeut thereto from the war depart¬ ment ; or from a general officer, with respect to ap¬ pointments in the gift of generals. Compliments to be paid by the Troops. The highest military honors are payable to the Presi¬ dent and Vice-President of the United States, whether in uniform or not. To the Secretary of War, to major generals command¬ ing districts or corps of the army, and to governors of states, when in uniform, the same honors will be paid; with this exception, that to them the standards of the ca¬ valry will not be dropped in saluting. Ail other major generals are entitled to three ruffles of the drum, with presented arms, and to the dropping of all colours other than the standards. Brigadier generals commanding districts or corps of the army, are entitled to the honors payable to major gene¬ rals not commanding in chief. All other brigadiers are entitled to two ruffles of the drum, and presented arms. To colonels, the guards of their own regiments turn out and present their arms, once a day ; after which, they on¬ ly turn out with ordered arms. To lieutenant colonels and majors, their own guards turn out with ordered arms, once a day. When a lieutenant colonel or major shall command a regiment, their own quarter guards pay them the compli¬ ments due to a colonel. When a general or other officer, entitled to a salute, shall pass in the rear of a guard, it will not face about, but stand with shouldered arms. When a general or other officer, entitled to a salute, shall pass guards while in the act ot relieving, both guards will salute, taking the word of command from the senior officer of the two. Military compliments are to be paid to officers of the navy, when in uniform, agreeably to their rank, as fol¬ lows, viz. Commodores with broad pendants, have the same com¬ pliments as brigadier-generals ; and all other post cap¬ tains those due to colonels. "25 All guards are to be under arms when an armed party approaches their posts ; and to parties commanded by a commissioned officer, they will present arms and beat a march, and the officers will salute. The colours of a regiment passing any guard,will be sa¬ luted, the drums of the regiment saluting in turn. When two regiments meet on a march, the regiment of inferior rank will halt, form, and salute the other, which proceeds on its march, with swords drawn, bayonets fix¬ ed, trumpets sounding, drums beating, and colours flying, until it shall have cleared the front of the latter regiment. All regiments marching with standards or colours, have claim to the compliments of any regiment they may meet I on their march,not having standards or colours, without regard to the rank of the particular corps. Salutes. The national salute shall be conformable to the num¬ ber of states composing the Union. A national salute shall be fired on a visit to the post from the President of the United States. Fifteen guns shall be fired on a visit from the Vice-Pre¬ sident, the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, a Major General of the Army ; and thirteen guns on that of a Brigadier General, when commanding a district. No other persons shall be entitled to salutes, and no salutes will be fired to any person but on his arrival. No salutes shall be fired to foreign ships or vessels of war, but in return, and in every case their salute shall be returned gun for gun, notice being given. No salutes shall be fired to public armed vessels of the 1 United States, under the rate of a frigate, and to these only in return, gun for gun, notice being given. At 1 o’clock, on the fourth day of July of each year, a national salute will be fired from all the military posts and forts in the United States. Salutes shall not be fired from guns of higher caliber than twelve pouuders. DUTIES OF ADJUTANTS GENERAL. These will be divided under the following heads, viz. Distribution of orders ; Details of service ; Instruction of the troops in the manual exercise, and the evolutions and arrangement of them when brought into action ; and Direction of the military correspondence. L 26 1. Distribution of Orders. The general orders of the day having been received from the commanding general, the adjutant general or his assistant will carry them to the office of distribution, where they will be recorded in a book kept for that pur¬ pose, whence, at an hour which shall have been pre¬ viously assigned, they will be transcribed by the aids- de-camp of general officers, by majors of brigade, by the adjutants of all separate corps less than brigades, by a deputy or assistant deputy quarter master general, by an hospital surgeon, or an hospital surgeon’s mate, de¬ tailed for that duty by the senior surgeon, and some com¬ missioned officer from each corps of engineers ; and when so transcribed, they will be carried without delay to the corps to which these officers respectively belong, and be there promulgated, under the orders of the offi¬ cers commanding the corps, and become to them a rule of conduct. 2. Details of Service. These shall be made agreeably to prescribed rules and the usage of war. All corps will furnish according to their strength ; the longest off duty, the first on duty. When it may be found practicable, the troops are to act by companies, battalions, or regiments. Return-detachments will not be excused from duty more than two days. Seniority of corps with respect to troops, and priority of rank with respect to officers, will entitle to prece¬ dence for command; subject to deviations under the orders of the commanding general. In details, the following gradation will govern : 1. Reconnoitering parties and corps of observation. 2. Foraging before the enemy. 3. Detachments and outposts. 4. Guards of trenches. 5. Van guards in approaching an enemy. 6. Rear guards in retiring from an enemy. 7. General courts martial. 8 Guard of the general commanding in chief. 9. Camp or garrison guards. 10. Other guards mounted from the grand parade. 11. Guards of general officers and the staff according to rank. 12. Pickets. 13. General fatigues. 14. Police. In the rotine of duty the law of detail will always 27 give it to the officer longest off duty, and when two have been credited with the same grade of service, on the same day, reference to the former tour on the roster will determine the detail. Should a tour of service of higher grade occur to an officer, while on any subordinate duty,, he shall be re¬ lieved, and the tour on which he is, be passed to his credit. If an officer’s tour for general court martial, picket or fatigue, occur while he is on any other duty from the grand parade, he shall not be relieved, but stand for the next tour. 3. Instruction of the Troops. This shall be governed by circumstances, as to time, place, and frequency ; of which the commanding gener¬ al will judge. The mode of infantry discipline, adopted by regulation of the war department, will be observed. 4. Military Correspondence. Reports of services performed, and demands for courts of inquiry, or courts martial, shall be made to the adju¬ tant general. All returns intended to exhibit the strength of corps, made agreeably to the '9th article of war, and accounting for the absent non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates; reports of the hospi¬ tal and of the quarter master’s departments, and of ord¬ nance and ordnance stores attached to the army, shall also be addressed to the adjutant general ; out of which he shall form a geueral return, to be transmitted month¬ ly, for the information of the war department: and those transmitted for the months of June and December, shall be accompanied with lists of the officers serving in any garrison or corps of the district or army so returned, specifying their names, rank and places of station. Re¬ turns of ordnance and ordnance stores, shall be made agreeably to forms prescribed by the commissary gen¬ eral of ordnance. Departures from these forms and in¬ attention to the injunctions above, will be regarded and punished as acts of positive disobedience. DUTIES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. These will be divided under the following heads, viz. Mustering and inspecting troops of the line, and mi¬ litia detachments serving with them ; Selecting places of encampment, and posting guards ; Superintending the police of the camp and of the ! march; 28 Inspecting parades; and Making half-yearly confidential reports to the war department, of the state of the army, division or de¬ tachment to which they belong. 1. Mustering and Inspecting the Troops of the Line and Militia Detachments. Troops of all descriptions shall be m’ustered once in two months, for payment ; nor shall any pay¬ ment be made but upon muster rolls signed by an in¬ spector general, or his assistant, or, in the absence of these, by some officer of the army of the United States, specially assigned to this duty by the general commanding the district in which the said troops so mustered shall be found. Three copies of these rolls shall in all cases be made ; one of them to be depos¬ ited with the paymaster of the district, and two of them to be sent to the war department, the one for the use of the accountant of the said department, and the other for the paymaster of the army. Semi-annual musters of the whole army, whether regu¬ lar or militia, shall be made on or before the 1st day of Jan. and 1st day of July, in each year; and rolls thereof in al¬ phabetical order, forwarded to the war department, as promptly thereafter as possible. Inspections of the troops are of two kinds, stated and occasional. The former shall take place month¬ ly, and (as often as may be practicable) on the last day of each month : the latter as often as the general commanding the district, the chief of the staff, or the inspector general, may think proper. The general object of both shall be to ascertain the exact state of the arms, equipments, and clothing, and of every oth¬ er circumstance tending to show the actual condition of the troops so inspected. Dragoon, artillery, and all other horses belonging to the public, will also be subjects of inspection, quar¬ terly ; those unfit for service will be branded in the pres¬ ence of the inspecting officer, with the letter C. and immediately transferred to the quarter master general’s department, for public sale ; nor shall any horse so branded, be thereafter accepted by any inspecting offi¬ cer. Returns of cast horses will be made quarterly. A return of every inspection shall be made and de¬ posited in the office of ,the inspector general, for the information of the general commanding the district ; and half-yearly returns of inspection shall be made to the war department. 29 t\ Superintending the Police of the Camp and of the march. It will be the duty of this department to designate all guards for the security and good order of the camp ; to take charge of all prisoners made by these or other¬ wise ; to examine and report the several cases to the commanding general, and to take his orders in relation to their future disposal ; to inspect the state of tents, barracks, and hospitals ; to punish any want of care or cleanliness therein ; to regulate all suttlers and markets, within any camp, cantonment, or garri¬ son ; and to inspect and enforce the order of march, and to punish all infractions of it. 3. Inspecting Parades. The troops detailed from each regiment for the ser¬ vice of the day, will be brought to the parade ground of the brigade, under the command of the senior officer present, and on duty ; these detachments will there be embodied and marched to the ground of division parade, accompanied by the adjutant of the day, under command of the senior officer ; the whole will then be marched as aforesaid, to the ground of general parade, accompa¬ nied by a major of brigade, detailed for that service by division orders ; where they will be received by an in¬ spector or assistant inspector general, reviewed, and detached for the service of the day. 4. Selecting places for Encampment , and posting Guards. This duty shall be performed under the directions of the commanding general; and the inspector in perform¬ ing it, shall call to his aid an officer from each corps of engineers. 5. Making half-yearly confidential Reports to the War Department. These reports will relate to the conduct of corps and to that of individuals composing them. They shall be submitted to the general commanding the army, and shall receive from him his remarks in writing, before they are transmitted to the war department. They shall specify, 1st. The progress made by each corps or regiment, in military discipline in general, and particularly in a knowledge of the evolutions prescribed for the prac¬ tice of the troops ; in habits of obedience and of at¬ tention to personal appearance, and to the rules of interior economy. 2d. Whether the field and company officers respect¬ ively know their duty, and are able and willing to L 2 perform it. Whether the subalterns are several^ sober, active, and industrious, careful to acquire knowledge, and communicate it to the non-commis¬ sioned officers and privates. Whether the adjutant, quarter master and pay master are competent to the duties assigned to them. Whether the regi¬ mental books are kept with accuracy and regu¬ larity, and whether the non-commissioned officers perform their duty with promptitude and effect. 3d. Whether the meat and bread furnished by con¬ tract, are of good quality, and whether these and other articles, composing the ration, are regularly issued. 4th. Whether the forage be good, and of sufficient quantity. 5th. Whether the hospital supplies and regulations be sufficient, and regularly dispensed in the one case, and observed in the other. 6th. Whether there has been any irregularity in the proceedings of courts martial, or in the execution of sentences pronounced by them—and 7th. Whether the quantity of ammunition in store is sufficient, and well secured, and whether the arms and equipments are in proper order. On each of these heads there will be a special report, and in what may be said on the 2d, ail possible frank¬ ness is expected. One motive the more to this will be found in the solemn declaration of th e g overnment, that while it shall be its invariable practice to distinguish and to reward merit of every description and in every grade, all pretensions not having that foundation, however prop¬ ped and patronised by names, wili be utterly disre¬ garded. QUARTER MASTER GENERAL’S DEPART¬ MENT. It shall be the duty of this department to provide— 1. For the quartering and transporting of troops. 2. For transporting all military stores, camp equipage, and artillery. 3. For opening and repairing roads, aud constructing and repairing bridges, which may be necessary to the movement of the army, or of any detachment thereof. 4 . It shall be the further duty of this department to re¬ ceive from the departments of purchase and of ordnance, all clothing, camp equipage, arms, ammunition and ord¬ nance ; to’transport the same to the pD.ce of destination i 31 and there to make distribution thereof, agreeably to the direction given to the articles by the commissary general of purchases, and to the orders of the general command¬ ing the district to which they are destined. Quarter masters in the intermediate districts, between the places of receipt and delivery, will be held responsi¬ ble for the safe transportation of all articles through their respective districts. Articles for conveyance by this department, shall be transported in bulk as much as possible ; and with each quantity of stores conveyed, the quarter master at the post from which it is sent, shall furnish a conductor, who shall have charge of it, and for whose conduct, in the safe keeping and delivery thereof, the quarter master shall be responsible. 5. It shall be the duty of the department to provide all forage and fuel for the use of the troops, and have the same transported and issued agreeably to the regula¬ tions which follow : 6. To provide good and sufficient storehouses for pro¬ visions deposited under contract between individuals and the government, and to appoint storekeepers, (for the cus¬ tody of the said provisions or other articles, the proper¬ ty of the public., which may be placed there) who shall give security for their safe keeping and delivery, under the orders of the commanding general of the district, or of the quarter master general ; and to find means of transporting the same when so required by the engage¬ ments of the government. 7. To make returns half-yearly, to the secretary of war, of all horses and draft oxen, or horses and nxen on hire, in public service, showing their number, employ¬ ment and condition ; and a similar return of all other articles, the property of the public, of which the depart¬ ment may be possessed. 8. To make and transmit to the secretary of war, monthly summary statements of the accounts of the de¬ partment, and quarterly accounts thereof, agreeably to the forms which shall be prescribed by the treasury de¬ partment. 9. All money drawn for the use of the department,with¬ in any military district, shall be drawn and accounted for by the senior officer of the department within such dis¬ trict. No purchases, on public account, will be made by the quarter master’s department, but of the following arti¬ cles : 1st. Of forage. 2d. Of fuel. 3d. Straw for soldier’s bedding. 4th. Articles of stationary for regimental and garrison service. 5th. Dragoon and artillery horses, and horses, oxen, waggons and carts for the transportation of baggage ; boats for the same ; and 6th. Boards, planks, nails, and other materials, for con¬ structing and repairing barracks, hospitals, and bridges. In all cases in which gun carriages and artillery wag¬ gons may want repair in the field, the senior officer of artillery is to see the necessary repairs done, and for the expense of these, will make his draft on the quarter mas¬ ter general’s department. When any building, occupied by troops as a barrack, shall have been left by them in a filthy state, or shall have suffered injury by them, the quarter master of the post or of the party succeeding to them, shall, in the one case have the quarters cleansed, and in the other repair¬ ed ; and the expense of so doing, shall be deducted from the pay of the officers commanding the party which im¬ mediately preceded in the occupation of the buildings so cleansed and repaired. REGULATIONS Which shall govern the allowance of quarters, of forage, of fuel, of straw for bedding, of stationary, and of the trans¬ portation of the baggage of officers, when ordered on distant commands. 1. Of Quarters. To a major general, three rooms and a kitchen. To a brigadier general, the adjutant and inspector- general, principal quarter master general, and commis¬ sary general of ordnance, each two rooms and a kitchen. To each adjutant general, inspector general, quarter master general, and field officer of a regiment, to the as¬ sistant commissary general of ordnance, and to each deputy quarter master general, one room and a kitchen. To each assistant adjutant general, assistant inspect¬ or general, topographical engineer, major of brigade, or brigade inspector, deputy paymaster general, captain of the line, judge advocate, hospital surgeon, regimental surgeon, and chaplain, one room. For all other commissioned officers, one room to every two officers; and to each mess of six or more officers, one kitchen. To twelve non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, one room, or (in the summer) a kitchen. The eldest officer to have the choice of quarters. 33 2. Of fuel. The allowance of fuel, from the last day of April to the first day of November of each year, shall be at the rate of one cord of wood per month for each kitchen (or room occupied for cooking.) At all posts, garrisons or cantonments within the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, Ver¬ mont, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylva¬ nia, Delaware, Maryland and Ohio, one cord and a half of a cord of wood per month, from the last day of Octo¬ ber to the first day of May of each year, for each room and kitchen occupied agreeably to the preceding regula¬ tions ; and at all other posts, garrisons or cantonments, during the same period, one cord of wood per month for each kitchen, or other room occupied as aforesaid. Each commanding or senior officer at any separate post, whatever may be his rank, will be entitled to fuel for one kitchen. The allowance of wood for the quarters of the sick, will be regulated by the commanding officer and surgeon. No compensation in money to be made in lieu of allow¬ ances of fuel or of quarters : and no fuel to be drawn but within the month for which it is due. No fuel furnished for the use of a garrison, post, camp, or cantonment, shall be removed therefrom, but by the quarter master attached thereto ; and any overplus of fuel beyond what has been used, or may be necessary for use, at such post, shall revert to the United States. Coal may be used, in proportion to the cost of wood, in lieu thereof. 3. Of Forage. To ail horses in actual service, there shall be allow¬ ed fourteen pounds of hay and twelve quarts of oats, or in lieu of oats, eight quarts of corn, per diem. Officers will be allowed to draw forage in kind, when on actual service in the field, where their duties require them to be mounted, for the number of horses they ac¬ tually keep in service, not exceeding the following rates : Major generals, seven ; Brigadier generals, five ; Colonels of artillery and infantry, four ; Lieutenant colonels and majors, three ; and All other officers entitled bv law to receive money in lieu of forage, when the same shall not be drawn in kind, two each. 4. Of Straw. One truss of straw, weighing 36 pounds, is allowed for every two men. At the expiration of 16 days, each truss is to be refresh- 34 cil with eight pounds. At the expiration of 32 days, the whole straw is to be removed, and a fresh bedding of one truss to be furnished ; and so on every succeeding period of 16 and 32 days. The same quantity of straw is allowed for servants, or batmen not soldiers, or for washerwomen, in the pro¬ portion of one woman to every seventeen men. The straw is to be changed for the sick in hospital as often as may be deemed necessary by the surgeon, or (in his absence) by the mate. Requisitions for fuel or straw must state the number and rank of the officers, the number of non-commissioned officers and privates, servants, batmen and. washerwo¬ men, for whom it may be demanded, and certified by the commandant of the regiment, garrison, or recruiting rendezvous. Nd fuel or straw shall be drawn for officers, or for soldiers, whilst on furlough- nor any allowance made to them for the same. 5. Of Transfiortat.ion. To each company or detachment of 100 men, shall be allowed 1 four-horse waggon and team, or 2 two-horse waggons and teams, for the conveyance of baggage and camp equipage, consisting of one common tent, one iron kettle, and two tin pans, for every six men. When officers are ordered on distant commands, the following rates are to govern in the allowance made to them for the transportation of their baggage, at two dollars pe 1 ’ 100 pounds per 100 miles. To a Major general, - - 1,250 lbs. Brigadier general. 1,000 Colonel, - 750 Lieut colonel, 600 Major, 500 Hospital surgeon, 750 Captain, - - - 400 Surgeon, - - - 400 Subaltern, - 300 Surgeon’s mate, 300 Cadet, - 200 The most direct post route will determine the dis¬ tance, for the amount of transportation, whether per¬ formed by land or water. To every officer ordered on general courts martial, temporary commands, or on other duties, on the sea¬ board, or in the Atlantic states, there will be allowed, if he so elect, in lieu of the transportation of his bag¬ gage, his stage hire ; no delay being admitted on the 35 road. Receipts from the stage offices, or certificates on honor, of the performance of the duty, will be required. No allowance for transportation of baggage to officers fulfilling the first order after appointment. 6. Of Stationary. To a major general, or ether officer commanding a district, so much stationary as may be necessary for the discharge of his public duties. To every other general officer, 24 quires of paper per annum. To every officer commanding a separate post or garrison of not less than two nor more than five com¬ panies, 12 quires per annum, and one blank book of 3 qrs. To every officer commanding a separate post or garrison of not more than ten companies, 18 quires per annum, and one blank book of 3 quires. To a colonel or other officer commanding a regiment, for the use of himself and regimental staff, 18 quires per annum, and a blank book of 3 quires. To a major, 6 quires of paper and one blank book per annum. For the use of every company, whether in garrison or otherwise, 12 quires per annum, and a blank book of 2 quires. For the use of every other commissioned officer in the army of the United States, 2 quires per annum. For the use of every officer and garrison, a proportion of other stationary at the rate of fifty quills, as many wafers, and a paper of ink powder to each six quires. Annual Estimates. It shall be the duty of this department, to make out and transmit to the war department, on or before the .first day of December in each year, annual estimates of the forage, fuel, straw for bedding, articles of stationa¬ ry, dragoon and artillery horses, oxen, waggons and carts for transportation of baggage, 8cc. and of all other articles the furnishing of which appertains to the said department. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 1. Of Laboratories. There shall be three principal laboratories in the Unit¬ ed States, one in the neighborhood of one in the neighborhood of and one near At each of these laboratories, the head of the depart¬ ment will cause to be bought ten acres of land, and have thereon erected workshops competent to the accommo¬ dation of forty workmen, and barracks, for the further 36 accommodation of the same, with the necessary maga¬ zines and storehouses. The workmen at each of the said laboratories, shall be engaged for a term of service not less than five years, and at the rates prescribed by law; and at each, there shall be one master wheelwvight and carriage maker, and one master blacksmith, the whole to be under the direc¬ tion of the commissary general, or of some one of his of¬ ficers. It is, however, understood, that if workmen can¬ not be engaged for a term as long as five years, the com¬ missary general may engage them for a shorter period. And he is also authorised to employ women and children at low wages, in all work which can be as well performed by them as by men; and accounts regularly presented and certified by him, of the amount of all wages for work done under this regulation, shall be paid by the paymaster of the army. At these workshops shall be made, all gun carriages, ammunition waggons, travelling forges, and every other apparatus for the artillery, and shall be prepared all kinds of ammunition for garrison and field service. 2. Inspection of Powder, itfc. It will be the duty of the commissary general of ord¬ nance, to call upon the commissary general of purchases for the names and places of residence of all persons en¬ gaged in making powder, cannon, cannon shot, or other ordnance stores, under contract with the United States ; and on notice of the time of delivery of such articles, he will cause the same to be duly proved and inspected. Until thus previously inspected and proved, no ordnance, cannon balls, shells, shot or powder, shall be received or paid for, by any public agent of the United States. 3. Distribution of Ordnance. The orders of general officers for the supply of ord¬ nance, ammunition, carriages, See. shall go no farther than to direct the number and caliber of the guns, the quantity and kinds of ammunition necessary for the ser¬ vice, and to command the preparation and delivery of these, and other enumerated articles, to some officer charged with its conveyance to the camp or garrison of the general requiring them. The artillery will be distributed for field service, into divisions, or half divisions. A division of artillery will consist of six pieces of ord¬ nance, viz. four cannon of the same caliber, and two how¬ itzers, or six cannon of not more than two calibers. A half division of artillery will consist of two pieces of cannon of the same caliber, and one howitzer, or of three pieces of cannon of the same caliber. 37 To each pair of three pounders, will be allotted one ammunition waggon, or caisson. To each six pounder, one ammunition waggon, or caisson. To each howitzer, two ammunition waggons, or cais¬ sons. To each gun of larger caliber than a six pounder, des¬ tined to act with the army in the field, two, or at most three ammunition waggons, or caissons. To each division of artillery will be allotted three wagr gons, provided with assorted and spare articles of equip¬ ment, ammunition, harness, intrenching, and artificers’ tools, &c. To each half division,will be allotted one waggon with assorted and spare articles, and tools, as above. To each division of flying artillery, and every two di¬ visions of foot artillery, will be allotted one travelling forge. The proportion of overplus small arms, for the infan¬ try, may be one-fourth of the number of effective troops in the field; these shall be placed in reserve, at some safe and convenient situation, near the army. The proportion of musket cartridges for the infantry, shall consist of thirty rounds per man, accompanying the troops in ammunition waggons; $nd such additional quantities as may b@ judged requisite, shall be placed in reserve, as provided for small arms in the preceding pa¬ ragraph. Waggons will be provided with mining and laboratory tools and utensils, together with additional quantities of intrenching and artificers’ tools, whenever the nature of the service may render it necessary. | 4. Preservation and safe keefling of Ordnance Stores , itfe. It will be the duty of the commissary general of ord¬ nance to take measures for the completion, reparation and preservation of all ordnance, ammunition, artillery carriages, and machines, in the respective fortresses, ma¬ gazines and arsenals. 5. Returns of Ordnance Stores , Ifc. The senior officer of artillery of every division or de¬ tachment of the army, and of every garrison and post, and all keepers of magazines and arsenals, or other per¬ sons having charge of military stores, shall make returns quarterly to the commissary general of ordnance, agree¬ ably to such forms as may be furnished by him. The military stores above referred to, are— Fire arms of every description, with their equipments and accoutrements. M Ammunition, whether fixed or loose. Laboratory stores and utensils. Artificers’ tools: and All artillery carriages and machines; not to include camp equipage or barrack furniture. Such returns shall be made by the commissary general as are required by law; and 6. Annual Estimates. It shall be the duty of the commissary general of ord¬ nance, to make out and render to the war department, yearly estimates of the powder, ordnance, cannon balls, shells and shot, timber and other materials for gun car¬ riages and ammunition waggons, laboratory utensils, ar¬ tificers’ tools, See. which shall be requisite for the service of the public. PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. 1st The commissary general of this department, and his deputies, will purchase, upon the orders and esti¬ mates of the war department, all ordnance, ordnance stores, laboratory utensils, artificers* tools, artillery carriages, ammunition waggons, timber and other ma¬ terials for making and repairing these ; artillery har¬ ness, ammunition, small arms, accoutrements and equip¬ ments ; clothing ; dragoon saddles and bridles; tents, tent pcles, camp kettles, mess pans, bed sacks ; medi¬ cines, surgical instruments, hospital stores, and all other articles required for the public service of the army of the U. States, excepting only such as are directed to be pur¬ chased by the quarter master general’s department. 2d. The articles so purchased as aforesaid, shall (such as may require it) be carefully packed, and all be delivered over by the commissary general, or by his deputies, to an officer of the quarter master gene¬ ral’s department, for transportation to the places of their destination and use ; and all parcels so packed, shall be legibly marked with the name of the place or places whither they are to be sent, and that of the detachment or corps for which they are intended, ac¬ companied by an invoice of the articles contained in the said parcels. 3d. The commissary general of purchases and his deputies, shall severally make and transmit monthly summary statements, to the secretary of war, and quarterly accounts of the purchases and deliveries made by them respectively, to the accountant of the war department, with the necessary vouchers, and agreeably to the forms which shall be prescribed by the treasury department. w 39 Ref urns of Clothing , life. To enable the war department to furbish the orders and estimates as provided by the foregoing regulation, each regimental quarter master shall make and trans¬ mit, on or before the 1st day of December in each year, an estimate, countersigned by the commanding officer of the regiment, of all such clothing, arms, accoutrements, equipments, and camp equipage, as may be necessary for the supply of the regiment for the ensuing year ; with a return of the articles on hand, and a report of the condi¬ tion in which they are. DUTIES OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS. To make such surveys, and exhibit such delinea¬ tion of them, as the commanding general shall direct; to make plans of all military positions (which the army may occupy) and of their respective vicinities, indi¬ cating the various roads, rivers, creeks, ravines, hills, woods, and villages, to be found therein ; to accompany all reconnoitering parties, sent out to obtain intelligence of the movements of the enemy, or of his positions, &c.; to make sketches of their route, accompanied by written notices of every thing worthy of observation thereon ; to keep a journal of every day’s movement,when the army is in march, noticing the varieties of ground, of build¬ ings, of culture, and the distances and state of the roads, between given points, throughout the march of the day ; and lastly, to exhibit the relative positions of the contending armies, on fields of battle, and the dispositions made, whether for attack or defence. HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. It shall be the duty of the physician and surgeon gen¬ eral, to prescribe rules for the government of the hospi¬ tals of the army; to see these enforced ; to appoint stew¬ ards and nurses; to call for and receive returns of medi¬ cines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores; to au¬ thorise and regulate the supply of regimental medicine chests ; to make out general half-yearly returns of these, and of the sick (in hospitals) to the war department, and yearly estimates of what may be wanted for the supply of the army. The apothecary general shall assist the physician and surgeon general in the discharge of the above mentioned duties, and shall receive and obey his orders in relation thereto. 40 DETAILED RULES RESPECTING THE UNIFORM OF OFFICERS. Of the General Staff. The Coat —Single breasted, with ten buttons, and button holes -worked with blue twist, in front, five inches long at the top and three at the bottom. The standing collar to rise to the tip of the ear, which will determine its width. The cuffs, not less than three and a half nor more than four inches wide. The skirts faced with blue, the bottom of each not more than seven nor less than three and a half inches wide ; the length to reach to the bend of the knee. The bottom of the breast and two hip buttons to range. 1. On the collar, one blind hole, five inches long, with a button on each side. 2. The blind holes on each side of the front, in the herring-bone form, to be in the same direction with the collar, from the top to the bottom. 3. Blind holes (in the like form) to proceed from fonr buttons, placed lengthwise, on each skirt. A gilt star, on the centre of the bottom, two inches from the edge. 4 The cuffs to be indented to within one and a half inch of the edge, with four buttons lengthwise on each sleeve, and holes to the three upper buttons cor¬ responding with the indentation of the cuff, on the centre of which is to be inserted the lower button. 5. All general officers will be permitted to embroider the button holes. The commissary general of ord¬ nance, the adjutants, inspectors and quarter mas¬ ters general, and the commissary general of pur¬ chases, will be permitted to embroider the button holes of the collar only. Vests , Breeches and Pantaloons. —White (or buff for reneral officers;) blue pantaloons may be worn in the winter, and nankeen in the summer. Vests, single breasted, without pocket flaps. 1. Breeches, or pantaloons, with four buttons on the knees, and gilt knee buckles. 2. High military boots and gilt spurs. Black Stock. —Of leather or silk. Chapeaus.— Of the following form : the fan not less than six and a half nor more than nine inches high in the rear, nor less than fifteen, nor more than seveneen and a half inches from point to point, bound round the edge with black binding an half inch wide. 1, Button and loop, black. 41 2. Cockade the same, four and a half inches diameter, with a gold eagle in the centre. Swords. —Yellow mounted, with a black or yellow gripe. For the officers of the adjutant, inspector and quarter master general’s departments, sabres ; for all the others, strait swords. Waist Belts. —Of black leather. No sashes. jEfiaulettes. —Of gold ; according to rank. Note. Officers of the corps of engineers will wear the uniform already established for that corps. The dress of the hospital staff will conform as to fash¬ ion, to the uniform of the staff, except that they will wear pocket flaps, and buttons placed diagonally on the cuffs, four to each, and covered buttons in all instances of the colour of the coat (black.) Officers of the line appointed to a staff station, which confers no additional rank, will wear the uniform of their rank in the line, with high boots and spurs. Of the Artillery. Coat.— Of the same general description with that of the staff; and 1. Pocket flaps, cross indented below, not less than two and a quarter nor more than three inches wide, with four buttons and blind holes ; two buttons at the opening of the pocket of each skirt, and a diamond of blue cloth, ornamented one and a quar¬ ter inch on each side, the centre two inches from the bottom of the coat. 2. The blind holes on either side of the front, with the coat buttoned close to the collar, accurately to form lines with the corresponding ones opposite, from the top to the bottom, i. e. not to represent herring¬ bone. 3. The cuffs with four blind holes, extending from four buttons diagonally placed on each. 4. Two blind holes on the collar, five inches long, with two buttons on each side. 5. Guilt buttons, of the size and insignia furnished the commissary general of purchases from the war department. Vests, Breeches and Pantaloons .—For the field and staff, the same as those described for the general staff ; and vests and pantaloons, for the officers of the line, the same, except the 1st and 2d particular articles. Stocks and Chafieaus. —Of the same general descrip¬ tion with those of the general staff: 1. Button and loop of the chapeau, yellow. 'M2 42 2. Biack cockade, of leather, four and a half inched diameter, with a gold eagle in the centre. A white feather to rise eight inches ; that of the adjutant, white and red. Swords .—Cut and thrust, yellow mounted, with a < Mack or yellow gripe. Waist Belts .—Of white leather, f Sashes .—To be Worn only when on a tour of duty, and round the waist. Efiaulettes.—Oi gold (bullion and strap) according to rank. The adjutant, quarter master and pay master, to Wear a counter strap on the opposite shoulder. The surgeons and mates, to include garrison surgeons and mates, will wear the same uniform, except the «ape, which is of black velvet; the plume black. 'Of the Infantry. The same as that pointed out for the officers of artil¬ lery, with the following exceptions : The sword of the sabre form, and with mounting silver or plated. For the medical staff, small swords. Epaulettes, buttons, spurs, buckles and trimmings, silver or plated. CHANGES IN THE UNIFORM OF THE AR¬ MY OF THE UNITED STATES, The coat of the infantry and artillery shall be uniform¬ ly blue, no red collars or cuffs ; and no lace shall be worn by any grade, excepting in epaulettes and sword knots. All officers will wear coats of the length of those worn by field officers ; all the rank and file will wear coatees. The button holes of these will be trimmed with tape on the collar only. Leather caps will be substitu¬ ted for felt, and worsted or cotton pompons for feathers. General officers and all others of the general staff not otherwise directed, shall wear cocked hats without feathers, gilt bullet buttons, and button holes in the herring bone form. The epaulettes of major generals will have on the gold ground of each strap, two silvered stars. The epaulettes of brigadiers will have on each strap one star. The uniform of the physician and surgeon and apoth¬ ecary generals, and hospital surgeons and mates, shall be black, the coats with standing collars, and on each side of the collar a star of embroidery, within half an inch of the front edge. The rules with respect to undress are dispensed with, excepting that cock,ndes must always be worn. 43 MISCELLANEOUS RULES. Each major general will appoint his aid-tie-camp ; each brigadier general will appoint his brigade major and aid-de-camp. No aid-de-camp shall hereafter be taken from a rank higher than that of a subaltern. No officer shall be permitted to hold two staff ap¬ pointments at the same time. No surgeon of the army shall be engaged in private practice. No officer, commissioned or non-commissioned, shall be the agent of a contractor. Quarter masters of regiments, or of corps, will cause the company provision returns to be consolidated, and carried to the commanding officers of regiments and of detachments or brigades, for their signatures. Abstracts of these, furnished and presented by the contractors, will be signed by officers commanding brigades, (or se¬ parate posts) and will thus become vouchers for the con¬ tractors. No furlough shall be given during a campaign ; nor any, but by the general commanding the district or army, and for the cause of disability, which disabil¬ ity shall be certified by a regimental or hospital surgeon. Furloughs shall, beside expressing the term of time granted to absentees, express also an order to join the re¬ giment, post or garrison, to which they may belong. No orders shall be given to officers seeking a furlough for their own convenience, which shall have the effect of entitling them to an allowance for transportation of baggage. All discharges given to soldiers by generals command¬ ing separate detachments, shall specify the causes of discharge. All officers, whatever may be their rank, passing through a garrison town, or established military post, shall report their arrival at such town or post to tire commanding officer; by written notice, if the officer ar¬ riving be elder in rank, and personally, if he be younger in rank than the officer commanding. All officers arriving at the seat of government, will in like manner report to the adjutant and inspector general. Regulation of November 1, 1808. Officers of the cavalry will be allowed money in lieu of forage, under the rule which governs in the allow¬ ance to officers of other corps, to wit: Twelve dollars to a colonel, eleven dollars to a lieutenant colonel, dec. Captains and subakerns of that corps, are not, to be 44 allowed forage, or money in lieu thereof, until ordered to be mounted. MILITARY DISTRICTS. The United States have been divided into nine, as fol¬ lows—viz. Massachusetts and New-Hampshire, - . No. 1. Rhode-Island and Connecticut, . . No. 2. New-York, from the sea to the Highlands, and New-Jersey, excepting that part of the state which furnishes the first divis¬ ion of militia, . . No. 3. That part of. New-Jersey excepted above, Pennsylvania and Delaware, . . No. 4. Maryland and Virginia, . . . No. 5. The two Carolinas and Georgia, . . No. 6. Louisiana, the Missisippi Territory and Tennessee, .... No. 7: Kentucky, Ohio and the Territories of In¬ diana, Michigan, Illinois and Missouri, . No. 8. New-York, North of the Highlands, and Vermont, .... . No. 9. RULES WITH REGARD TO RECRUITING. £See also the Recruiting Instructions , following page 120 ] Each military district of the United States s’hall form a recruiting district, within which shall be established one principal rendezvous, and such minor depots for re¬ cruits as may be prescribed by the general or other of¬ ficer commanding, who shall superintend and direct the recruiting service within such district, either by himself or by some officer whom he shall designate for that purpose, and whom the secretary of war shall approve. The commissary general of purchases will cause to be deposited at the principal rendezvous in each district, a sufficient quantity of clothing, arms, accoutrements, am¬ munition, camp equipage, and medicine, for the several corps, to be recruited therein; and that there shall at no time be a deficiency of any of these articles, the super¬ intending officer shall give notice to the commissary gen¬ eral of the articles received, delivered, and on hand, and at what time a further supply will be necessary. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to report to the war department, all commissioned and non-commis¬ sioned officers, who may be incapable or negligent, or unsuccessful in the discharge of their functions. All the recruiting officers within the district shall re¬ port weekly to the superintendent the strength of their 45 parties, the names of their recruits, and the description of their persons respectively, and shall detach these to the general rendezvous, where they shall be embodied and organized into squads or companies, for the purpose of discipline. The recruiting officer shall be accountable for any loss which the United States would otherwise sustain, by en¬ listing recruits incapacitated for military duty. Recruiting officers shall, as far as practicable, be fur¬ nished with drums and fifes from their regiments ; where this may be impossible, and musicians have not been en¬ listed, they are authorized to engage a drummer and fifer, at a rate not exceeding fifteen dollars per month, and one ration per day each. [Recruiting officers are not required to transmit state¬ ments of their weekly accounts to the War Department , as mentioned in the instructions from the adjutant gen¬ eral’s office of the 15th January, 1813—that rule having since been dispensed with.] No party shall be detached on the recruiting service unaccompanied by a commissioned officer, unless by spe¬ cial permission of the superintendent. Soldiers enlisted by the officers of any particular regi¬ ment, shall be given over to that regiment; nor shall any transfer of soldiers from one corps to another be made without the assent of the officers commanding both corps, or by the orders of the war department. When medical or surgical aid is required by a recruit¬ ing party, if no surgeon or mate of the army be at or near the post, the senior officer shall have authority to obtain sdch by special agreement in writing, under the follow¬ ing rules, viz. For any number of sick, not more than thirty, the rate of compensation shall not exceed the pay and emoluments of a surgeon’s mate of the army, exclusive of medicine. In any other case, it shall not exceed those of a regi¬ mental surgeon. All communications, relating to the recruiting service, shall be addressed to “ The Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office , War Department .” Each regiment shall furnish a recruiting party or parties, to be expedited to the military districts, ac¬ cording to the following arrangement, viz. 1 Battalion of the 1st Artillery, The 4th Infantry, The 9th do. and The 21st do. 2 Companies of the Light Artillery, "| 3 Troops of the 2d Light Dragoons, ; -a T1 a . _ 1 • f . I ^ l I ^District No. 1. » i j 46 1 Treop of the 2d Light Dragoons, 1 Battalion of the 1st Artillery, and The 25th Infantry, 2 Companies of Light Artillery, 2 Troops of the 2d Light Dragoons, 2 Battalions of the 3d Artillery, The 6th Infantry, and The 15th ditto, 2 Companies of Light Artillery, 2 Troops of the 2d Light Dragoons, 3 Battalion of the 2d Artillery, The 3d Infantry, The 5th ditto, The 16th ditto, and The 22 d ditto, 2 Companies of Light Artillery, 1 Troop of the 1st Light Dragoons, 11-2 Battalion of the 2d Artillery, The 12th Infantry, The 14th ditto, and The 20th ditto, 2 Troops of the 1st Light Dragoons, 1 Battalion of the 1st Artillery, The 8th Infantry, The 10th ditto, and The 18th, ditto, 1 1 I District No. 2. District No. 3. i District No. 4. J I ^District No. 5. I > District No. 6. 1 2 Troops of the 1st Light Dragoons, 1 Battalion of the 1st Artillery, The 2d Infantry, The 7th ditto, The 24th ditto, and 3 Companies of Riflemen, J 2 Companies of Light Artillery, 3 Troops of the first Light Dragoons, f If Battalions of the 2d Artillery, j The 1st Infantry, r The 17th ditto, The 19th ditto, and 4 Companies of Riflemen, |> District No. 7. DistrictNo. 8, 2 Troops of the 2d Light Dragoons, 2 Battalions of the 3d Artillery, The 11th Infantry, The 13th ditto, The 23d ditto, and 3 Companies ofRiflcmenj 1 ^District No. 9>. j 4 7 RULES WITH REGARD TO MILITIA DRAFTS. 1st. All militia detachments for the service of the Uni¬ ted States, must be made under the requisition of some officer of the United States (to be hereafter authorised to make such requisition) on the executive authority of the state, or of the territory, from "which the detach¬ ments shall be drawn. 2d. In these requisitions shall be expressed the number of privates, non-commissioned and commissioned officers required ; which shall be in the same proportions to each other as obtains in the regular army. The looser method of requiring regiments or brigades, will be discontinued. 3d. So soon as one hundred privates, eleven non-com¬ missioned, and five commissioned officers, shall have been organized as a company, under any requisition as aforesaid, they will be mustered and inspected by an in¬ spector general, or his assistant, or some other officer of the army of the United States, thereto specially ap¬ pointed ; upon whose rolls and reports they will be enti¬ tled to pay, &c. 4th. It shall be the duty of the officer so mustering and inspecting militia detachments, to make immediate re¬ port thereof to the war department—and 5th. Payment will be made through the regimental paymaster, in all cases in which the corps shall be or¬ ganized as a regiment; and in all cases in which it shall tlill short of the number necessaiy to that organization, by the paymaster accompanying the army or division to which it may belong. An ACT to regulate the allowance of Forage to Offi¬ cers in the Army of the United States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Refire* sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That all officers in the military service of the United States, who are by law entitled to forage, shall receive in lieu thereof,when not drawn in kind, an equivalent in money at the rate of eight dollars per month for each horse to which they may be entitled: Provided , That no allowance shall be made to any offi¬ cer for more horses than he shall actually employ in the public service. Approved, July 22d, 1813. JAMES MADISON, TABLE OF THE FORTIFICATIONS IN THE U. STATES, Shewing their distances from New- York. Forts. States. Distance\ Elites Alden, - New-York, 210 Adams, - Indiana Territory, 700 Adayes, - Louisiana, 1560 Ann, - New-York, 210 Balize, - ‘ Orleans, 1500 Beaver, - Ohio, 470 Billingsport, - Pennsylvania, 100 Bamus, Alla, - Louisiana, 1282 Bird, Beef, - Pennsylvania, S50 - Ditto, 320 Brewington, Bedlow’s Island, - New-York, 270 - Ditto, 3 1-2 Castle Williams, - Ditto, 1 Castle Williams, - Massachusetts, 253 Fort Campbell, - Tennessee, 960 Charlotte, - South Carolina, 847 Chilicothe, - Ohio, 620 Chissel, _ Tennessee, 1100 Cumberland, - Virginia, 340 Chartres, - Louisiana, 1020 Conde, - West Florida, 1420 Constitution, - New-York, 60 Craigs, - Ohio, 650 Crown Point, - New-York, 243 Detroit, - Michigan, 720 Defiance, - Ohio, 700 Dartmouth, - South Carolina, 967 Drummer, Connecticut, 180 Edward, - New-York, 200 Ellis’ Island, - Ditto, 3 Franklin, - Pennsylvania, 290 Frederick, - Maryland, 329 George, - New-York, 203 Granger, - Tennessee, 1030 Greenville, - Indiana, 670 Griswold, - Connecticut, 120 Gansevoort, - New-York, 1 Harrison, - Ohio, 570 Halifax, - Maine, 425 Haynes, - Kentucky, 770 Henry, - Pennsylvania, 150 Hunter, - New-York, 193 Hamilton, . - Ohio, Massachusetts, 620 Independence, - 250 49 Jefferson, Jefferson, St. Joseph, Johnson, Johnson, Knox, Lasur, Lahurilliers, Lawrence, Littleton, Little, ! Louis, . Lee, ! Miners, Malden, I Miami, Michilimackinac, i Massac, i Massachusetts, I Mifflin, ] Miller, Montgomery, Moore, Moultrie, Natchitoches, Ninety-Six, Necessity, Niagara, -Oswego, 'Old Fort, Osvvegatchie, Orleans, Fort Penn, Picolate, Porias, Providence, Putnam, Pitt, Portland, leccvery, losalia, Richmond, lock, iandusky, ichuyler, ichiosser, ichlossee, iteuben, - Kentucky, - Indiana, - Michigan, - South Carolina, - North Carolina* - Louisiana, Ditto, Ditto, • Ohio, Pennsylvania, ■ Michigan, - West Florida, New-York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Michigan, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New-York, Ditto, South Carolina, Ditto, Louisiana, South Carolina, Virginia, New-York, Ditto, Louisiana, New-York, West Florida, Pennsylvania, East Florida, Louisiana, Rhode-Island, New-York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, Louisiana, New-York, Georgia, Michigan, New-York, Ditto, Ditto, Kentucky, 1030 670 800 860 660 950 1100 1120 470 317 990 1407 12 300 700 671 930 1000 170 100 200 52 900 860 1579 SCO 400 470 330 1500 330 3580 79 1100 940 208 60 400 460 660 1460 12 1C00 620 265 465 470 680 so St. Tammany, - Ditto, 1100 St. Joseph, - Michigan, 895 St. Clair, - Ditto, 730 Stanwix, - New-York, 285 Schuyler, - Ditto, 255 St. Clair, - Ohio, 670 St. Marks, - East Florida, 1210 Spanish Fort, - Louisiana, 1420 Sacket’s Harbor, - New-York, 320 Trumbull, - Connecticut, 120 Telfair, - Georgia, 1010 Valley, - Pennsylvania, 108 Vergennes, - Vermont, 310 Vincent, - Ohio, 949 Vancouvert, Ditto, 500 Venango, - Pennsylvania, 200 Whetstone, - Maryland, 208 W ayne, - Indiana Territory, 730 Washington, Ohio, 66 2 Watson, - South Carolina, 305 Western, - Maine, 420 West-Point, - New-York, 60 Wall Fort, - Massachusetts, 270 Washington, - Rhode-Island, 200 W ashington, New-York, 14 % f Requisition for Forage, for (Major or Colonel as the case may be) of the regiment of United States stationed at commencing the day of and ending the day of 181 both days included. Q H P ta H ***»! ft O ii F Corn or Oats. • a c/5 o' d V o C/5 c/5 ft" cr 1 d ft Z O d Crt 'ft ft zs o ft. C z £ rt ft -ft cn ft C Z Corn or Oats. o G c/5 +-> cr d O C/5 ctf c cn ■ 4 -> 0 s ft co ft O ft. C z I 03 O REMARKS. SI I do hereby certify, that I keep in actual service Horses ; and that my duties require that I should be mounted in the field. (Signed) The Deputy Quarter Master General will please to issue pounds of Hay, and quarts of agreeably to the above requisition. (Signed) Commandant. Received from Mr. Forage Master, by order of Deputy Quarter Master General the full amount of the above requisition. (Signed) N. B. Each officer must sign his own requisition : and duplicate receipts must also be signed by the officer, spe¬ cifying the amount of Forage received. Requisition for Stationary, for the regi¬ ment United States stationed at under the command of commencing the day of and ending the day of 181 inclusive, being months. £ o H « St in V CL ■X Ph d Z S-. u -O 3 Z REMARKS-. I do hereby certify on honor, that this requisition exhi¬ bits a correct and true statement of allowance of Station¬ ary for the said regiment, for the time therein stated. (Signed) Quarter Master. The Deputy Quarter Master Genetal will purchase and issue quires Paper, quires Letter Paper, Blank Books of three quires, Blank Books of two quires, papers of Ink Powder, Quills and Wafers. (Signed) Commandant. 52 Requisition for Straw, for (regiment or detachment, as the case may be) U. States stationed at under the command of commencing the day of and ending the day of 181 both days included. DISTRIBUTION. Number of Days. Number of Officers. Number of Non¬ commissioned Of¬ ficers, Musicians, Privates, and Washerwomen. INumber of j lbs. Straw. REMARKS. I do certify on honor, that the above return is correct and true. (Signed) Quarter Master. The Deputy Quarter Master General will please to issue pounds of Straw, agreeably to the above requisition. (Signed) Commandant. N. B. Requisitions for Straw for the Hospital, must be signed by the Surgeon and Commanding Officer. Fuel Return, for the regiment of U. States stationed at under the command of for the month of 181 DISTRI¬ BUTION. No. of Field Officers. Number of [Captains. Number of Subalterns. No. ot Non- commiffiuned Officers, Mu- licians, Pri¬ vates and Wafherwomen No. Rooms occupied. | No.Kitchens joccupied. Wood. | in W Inches. Feet. T. 'p 5 O PS < S w rS i I do hereby certify on honor, that the above return is correct and true. (Signed) Quarter Master. The Deputy Quarter Master General will please to issue cords of Firewood, agreeably to the above return. (Signed) Commandant. N. B. Fuel Returns for the Hospital, must be signed by the Surgeon and Commanding Officer. An ACT making further provision for filing the Ranks of the Regular Army , encouraging Enlistments and authorizing the Re-Enlistment for longer periods > of Men whose temns of Service are about to expire. Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America , in Con - gress assembled^ That in order to complete the present military establishment to the full number authorized by law, with the greatest possible despatch, there shall be paid to each effective, able-bodied man, who shall, after the first day of February next, be enlisted into the army of the United States, to serve for the term of five years or during the war at his election, in lieu of the bounty in money and of three month’s pay at the expiration of the service, now allowed by law, the sum of one hundred and twenty-four dollars ; fifty dollars of which to be paid at the time the recruit is enlisted—fifty dollars when he shall be mustered and have joined some military corps for service—and twenty-four dollars when he shall be discharged from service ; and the wife and children, and if he leave no wife or children, the parents of such non¬ commissioned officer or soldier, enlisted as herein before directed, who may be killed in action, or die in the ser¬ vice of the United States, shall be allowed and paid the said sum of twenty-four dollars. And after the said first day of February next, so much of the fourth section of the act, entitled “ an act for the more perfect organization of the army of the United States,*’ passed the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, as allows to each able-bodied man, enlisted into the ser¬ vice of the United States, in the manner therein stated, an advance of twenty-four dollars on account of his pay, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That the sum of eight dollars shall be paid to any non-commissioned offi¬ cer, soldier or citizen, who shall, after the first day of February next, furnish and procure to be enlisted, accord¬ ing to law, an able bodied man, to serve for the term of five years or during the war. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That every non¬ commissioned officer, musician and private, who has-been recruited in the regular army of the United States, under the authority of the act of the eighth of April, one thous¬ and eight hundred and twelve, entitled “ an act in addi¬ tion to the act, entitled