■#«».. SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE LIBRARY. Section DC J i \ n '"""' \ , iri No. 113, No.fo- W. U.S. G.O. 1 ROM LAST DATE u. s. '"I 7AinT -* t AJ Iff. MILITARY LAWfe, 3MJLES AIJ BEGULATIGK* THE .AJBJtfF THE UNITED STATE So Adjutant and Inspector BeneraVs Office, September, 1816. p*:'t -tt?t> Courts of inquirv, by whom or- dered - - 78 organization of - - ib. powers and duties of - ib. Cowardice - - - - f>5,75 Climes capital in civil law - 69 to be tried by regimental court martial 69 Crimes, disorders, and neglects— all kinds to be tried and punish- ed .....81 / Dvwam:, of public property, and arms, &c. - - '61,02,112 Death, sentence of - - - 69 requires two-thirds of a court . . 7G of absentees to be report- ed to commanding officer of the compa ny - - - Debts of soldiers - Depositions 142 35 73 56 51 34 ib. T7, 92 Desertion advising - enticing - Deserters to make good time lost liable to be tried after ex- piration of enlistment ib. harboring of - - ib. Descriptive lists 123,124,.129,130, ,< 142, 143/ Details of service Disabilities in the service Discharges Dismissal of officers Disobedience of orders - Distribution of ordnance - Divine service - Drivers - Double rations Drunkenness on duty Duelling 91 6, 33„#4 53, 145 53/169 51,58 : 'S 80 - 109 64 57, 58, 139 Due bills .... 109 Duty by detail ... 91 of soldiers ... 64 Duties of adjutants general - 91 inspectors general 93,107 engineer corps - - 96 topographical engineers 97 quartermaster geir.T.d it- I INDEX. Page. Kities of commissary general of purchases - - 106 paymasters 8, 106,107 ordnance officers - 110 conductors of artillory 110 Effects of deceased officers - 79 of soldiers - - 80, 142 Embezzlement, punishment for 62 Enemy, relieving or harboring of 66 corresponding, with - 6~ stores of - - - ib. Engineers, corps of - - - 3, 14 privileges and duties 63, 90 topographical 7 duties 97 Enlistment, term of - 32, 52, 56 of minors - - 32, 129 to be taken in duplicate 127 Enticing to desert - - 25,57 Escape of prisoners 74 Estimates of quartermasters - 10U of paymasters - - 108 purchasing department 107 of ordnance department 22 Evidence, oath of - - 72,79 by deposition Extra service,claims for ?5, 139 allowance for, to soldiers 142 False alarms - - - 65 certificate - - 54 i!iu«ters - - 54, 55 returns 55 'arriers and saddlers of light ar- tilh-ry .... 41 F\ies - - - - 49, 50, 7 Forage - - - - 12, 102 Foir.s^ masters 43 FjOivin^ safe guard 66 -Fraud ----- 75 Fuel, allowance of - - 100, 105 Furloughs - 53, 13S, 142, 149 ^enkrat. re••.•juts mardal. See Courts. frener;;! st:.fF, duties of - - 90 uniform - - - 131 Governors saluted - - 88 Guardian or parent. See JMmors. Guards, detail for 91 posting and designating ^94, 9.i absence from - - 05 \ Page. Guards, abandoning 65 shall prevent duels - 57 to receive, be accounta- ble for, and report all prisoners - 74 drunkenness on - 64 Half pat, to invalids, widows and orphans - - - 33,44 Half yy.-wly confidential reports 95 muster rolls - - 93 returns of quartermaster generals 99 reports of ordnance de- partment - - 23 Harboring an- enemy ... 66 deserters 56 Hired persons 80 Hiring duty •• - - 64 conniving at - - 64 Horsesj number allowed - 102 subjects of inspection 94 Hospitals, general - - - 121 regimentnl - - 123 stewards and ward-mas- ters- - - 122 [ttPRTSOXMENT 70 Infantry organization 4 uniform - 135 Inspection returns- 94 Inspector general, duties of - 93 Instruction of troops - - 92 Invalids - - - 6, 33, >44 discharge of - - 143 Judge advocates ... 8 special 35 duties of - - 70,77 oath of ... 72 Keepers of arsexals 22 Light artiiiest, organization 3, 37 appointment 41 uniform ... 133 Loss of arms, C-cc. - 62, 63, 119 Ma.tor gtxerals 4 Marches, disorders and abuses on 59, 66 Marine officers - - 68,70 Markets - - - - 95 Marshal, provost 74 Medical department . - - 121 INDEX. Pitge.\ Medicine chests ... 104 Menacing words or gestures - 73 Military academy - - 15,17,18 correspondence - 94 storekeepers - 10,13*; Minors, eulistmcnt of - 32,129 Mitigation of punishment - 76 Misapplication of public property or money - - - 61,62 Misbehaviour in a place of wor- ship 49 before an enemy - 65 before a court martial 7o Monthly reports, sick and wound- ed - - - - 122, 125 Monthly returns - - 55, 92 Musters 32, 54, 55, 93, 107, 122, 129 of attendents on hospital 122 Muster rolls - - 34,93 Mute prisoners - - - 72 Mutiny.....51 knowledge of - - ib. Navy officers, relative rank of 87 to be saluted - - 88 Nurses -. - 122,124,140 Oaths, profane - - - 50 of recruits - 35, 52 of members of courts martial - - 71 of members of courts of inquiry - - 79 of witnesses - - 72 of judge advocates 72, 79 Officers, rank of - - - 85 Officers to report themselves 138 Offence, not to be tried a second time for the same - - 70 Ordnance department - 21,110 Parades, absence from inspection of Parent or guardian. See .Win Parole, giving it Fay of military academy of engineers of light artillery to discharged officers soldiers of artillery of infantry of general staff - of ordnance . 63 - 95 rs. . 60 16, 17 1-i . 38 and - U 30 . ib. 11 42 . 24 Pager.-. Pay of brevets - - 26, 8ft-- arrears of - - 32; stoppages of 62- Paymaster general •< - 8,10 duties ot - - - 11 Paymasters, regimental and batta- lion - - - 4, 8 to serve as district pay- masters - - 8 duties of - - 9, 11, 107 of engineers - - 16 Tensions, rates of - 6, 33, 44 certificates, in cases of 143, 152 Plans of military positions - 97 Platoon, absence from - - 65 Plunder or pillage - - ib. Police, superintendence of - 94 of hospitals - - 121 Post, abandoning - - - 65 sentinel, quitting - 64 Postage - - 44,45 Premiums for recruiting 32, 129"- President of United States, honors to be paid to 88, 89 decision in courts mar- tial - 31, 69, 77 Prisoners to be reported - 74 Professors of military academy 17 Promotion, rules of >. - - 87 Provoking speeches - - 57 Provost marshal 74 Punishment, corporeal - prohibited Purchases by quartermaster's'de- partment by ordnance department Purchasing department - - 100 Purchasing soldiers arms - 54 Qitarrels, all officers to quell 5W, Quarterly accounts - 98,106 t reports to and from me- dical 'direntcr - 121 Quartermaster jtenorals 7, -52 ' duties of ... «'7 purchases by - - 98 to appoint forage, wagon, and barrack masters 43 Quartermasters, regimental, to consolidateprovisiuu p-turns 140 Q iarters, allowance of - lt'i; i ll^ULjAm Page. R/S* OF m.^lMEVTS 85 of officers - 68,81,85 principles governing in deciding - - 86 between army and navy officers - - - 87 Lation, component parts of - 30 price of - - . 40 double - - - 109 Reconnoitring ... 97 Recruiting regulations - - 1°6 Recruits, their oath - - 35 their age - - 32,129 term of enlistment 32, 127 -Redress for inferiors - - 61 to citizens — - 59 Reinlistment, without a discharge 56 Regimental surgeons and mates, duties of - - 123 hospital - 124 Regulations, ordnance - 110 medical - • - 121 recruiting - - 126 miscellaneous - - 138 ■Relieving an enemy - - 60 "iteports of prisoners - - 74 of sick and wounded 122, of efficers travelling 138 of officers of engineers 9 7 confidential - - 95 of incapacity in recruiting 127 Reproachful speeches - - 57 Requisitions for fuel and straw 102, 105 for clothing - - 107 for ordnance - - 113 1 for small arms - 114,118 1 for ammunition 113,118 for medicines, &c. 121, 120 ji for recruiting service 127 for rations - - 140 ' Uctreat beating 63 'Returns .... go monthly ... 55 inspection - - 94 recruiting - - 128 to ord nance depatmen t 118 false ... 55 Riflemen, organization 4 uniform - - 136 Rules and articles of war - 49 Rules in promotion 87 detail for duty - 91 Running from an enemy - 65 Poge, Saddlers asd FARRiERBof light artillery 41 Safeguard, forcing - - - 66 Salutes.....89 Sappers and miners, company of 17 Secretary of war, honors to be paid.....88 Sentence of courts martial - 76 mitigation of - - ib. Servants, private - - 12,102 Sick, to be provided for first 14') returns of - - 122, 125 Sleeping out of camp - - 6.5 on post ... 64 Soldiers not to go one mile from camp - - G3 not to lie out of their quarters - - ib. to retire to their quar- ters atretreat beating C3 dying in the service, their effects to be taken care of - - 80 death of absentees from their company, to be reported to the com- manding officer - 42 allowance, when dis- charged - - 36 not to be arrested for debt 35 Speeches, provoking - - 57 inducing others to run 65 Spies ----- 62 Spoil, waste, or destruction of pri- vate property ... 60 Staff, general, their rank - 42 duties - 92 to 120 may be taken from the line or citizens 12 Stationery, allowance of - 103 Stewards, hospital - 4 duties of 122 Stoppage of pay 62 Stores taken from an enemy 67 Storekeepers • - 10, 138 Straw, allowance of - - 104 Striking superiors - - 51 Subsistence of commissioned offi- cers may be drawn in money 29 Summary statements of quarter- masters - - - - 9S Superintendent general of milita- ry supplies - - 46,141 INDEX Page. Superintendent of the recruiting service .... 126 Suppression of mutiny - 51 Surgeon, hospital and mate - 8 duties of - - 121 regimental and mates i, 37 duties of - - - 123 post 12 duties of - - 120 Surrendering to an enemy 65, 67 Suspension from command - 75 -of punishment - - 77 Sutling - - - 58,59 Sutlers and retainers, subject to orders - - - 67 Swearing, profane - - 50 Teachers of French and drawing 16 Topographical engineers - 7 their duties - - 97 Transportation, allowance of 103 by quartermaster gene- ral's department 97 Transfer of officers - - 87 of non-commissioned and privates - 130, 142 Trials, never twice for same of- fence nor after two years to be held between 8 A. M. and 3 P. M. may take place after ex- piration of service proceedings sent to adju- tant and inpector ge- neral party entitled to copy Page. Uniform, pi^Hl*";'- to prescribe M of the army, generally 130 of general staff - - 131 oi"light artillery - 133 of artillery - - 134 ofinf'aitiy - - 135 of riflemen - - 136 of cadets - . ib. Vice president of United States, honors to be paid - - 88 Violence to citizens - 60, 6i Votes in courts martial - - 72 Wagox masters 43 Waiters, private - - 12, 102 Wardmasters ... 4 duties of - I22 Waste of ammunition - - 62 W aste or spoil, committed on pri- vate property - - - 66 Watchword, making known ib. Whipping ... 76, 82 Widows, orphans of officers Witnesses, oath of - allowance to Women, number allowed to com- pany - 30, 140 to hospitals « - - 140 not to draw rations in certain cases - - 140 Words, menacing - - - '** Wrongs by superior*. 33 72 139 LAWS, fy-. - 'An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States. [3d March, 1815] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled, That the military peace establish- notloexS* ment of the United States shall consist of such ' ID8n' proportions of artillery, infantry, and riflemen, not exceeding, in the whole, ten thousand men, as the President of the United States shall judge proper,* and that the corps of engineers, as at present established,^ be retained. \ Sec. .2. And be it further enacted, That the 3^SSSk> corps of artillery shall have the same organiza-ry" tibn as is prescribed by the act passed the thir- tieth of March, one thousand eight hundred and t + i u • c T- i -n i. Lieht wtilk" 'fourteen;.}: and the regiment or light artillery the *r- * By general orders of 17th May, 1815, the corps of ar- tillery consists of 3 > companies, or 8 battalions, making 3,200 men; the light artilltry of ten companies, or one regiment, mak- ing 660 men; the infantry of eighty companies, or eight regi- ments, making 5,440 men; and the riflemen of ten companies, •r one regiment, making 0(50, f See page 14 to 2* t See page 41. 4 same organization as is prescribed by the act passed the twelfth day of April, one thousand i„f9mrr and eight hundred and eight;* and that each regiment riflemen. of ;nfantry and riflemcn, shall consist of one co- lonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one ad- jutant, one quartermaster, one paymaster, one surgeon, and two surgeon's mates, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, two principal musicians, ard ten companies; each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and one second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corpo- rals, two musicians, and sixty-eight privates. Gonerai and Sec« 3' And be lt further enacted, That there staffoflkers. ^sM be two major generals, and four brigadier generals; the major generals to be entitled to two ai-' -de-camp, and the brigadier generals to one aid-de-camp, each, to be taken from the subalterns of the line; fur brigade inspectors, and four bri- gade quartermasters,^ and such number of hos-/ pital surgeons and surgeons* mates, as the service may require, not exceedingjft>£J: surgeons and jtf- teen% mates, with one steward and one wardma*- ter, to each hospital. The brigade inspector^ appointed under this act, shall be taken from the line; and the brigade quartermasters,^ the adju- * See page 37. J Repealed by act of 24th April, 18)6. t The number of hospital surgeons and mates increased, by act of 24th April, 1816, to four surgeons and eight mates, for o»ch division. See page 8. Missing Pages P. 5-6 7 twelfth April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, entitled " An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force;" and that the bounty to the recruit, and compensation to the re- cruiting officer, shall be the same as are allowed by the aforesaid act of twelfth of April, one thou- sand eight hundred and eight* [Approved, March 3, 1815.] \n act for organizing the general staff, and making further provision for the army of the United States. [24th April, 1816.} Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled, That in addition to the act pro- viding for a military peace establishment, the pro- visions of the act of March the third, one thou- sand eight hundred and thirteen, for the better organization of the general staff,"f" be, and the same are hereby so far established, that the gene- Number ami description of ral staff shall in future consist of one adjutant and J^e,'eral inspector general of the army, and one adjutant general, one inspector general, three topographi- cal engineers, and one quartermaster general, with one deputy quartermaster general, to a di- vision; and an assistant of each to every brigade, which shall supersede the brigade quartermasters * Twelve dollars bounty, and two dollars premium. See page 3ft • O ._____Art 8 and inspectors now existing; and that the apothe- cary general, as heretofore: authorized,* be allow- ed two assistant aporhrcaries-t Hospital snr- Sec. 2. And be it further rjiacted, That the me- lons and l u I mates. dical staff shnU be .«<> extend) k. that there shall be four hospital surgeons m d eight hospital sur- Po»tsurgeons.gi.ous' mates, to i-.'. t divit-'on, with as many post surg' ons as the s< rvice may ttunde. not exceed- ing twelve to each division," who shall receive the same pay and emon-fne.-its as hospital surgeons' ca1-f'.?,av°" mat est- an(i ih-' there be thv-^ judge advocates dupiaini. to r ;(.h c|:vj.,ion< aiKi one t >>;., ;.,m to each brigade of th«. atmv. who shall rec-'hf the pay and emo- lu'Pentsof major, as heretofore allowed.|| Pav depart- fcec. 3. And. be it further exacted, That the pay menu , , ,. . r drpsM-tu eiit-hall consist of one paymaster tj.ne- r.l it t^e arm v. w'vh i«r annual salary of two thousand fiv- ii.ndn. d , ollars, and ih.it in addi- r. .niienta! fe .jon to retii mental pay mi-uers. there b.- appointed *su,^-i«1iay'one paymaster to t;u.h battalion of die < orps of »..sius. artillery, w';-«o, a.-> veil as dw le^nncnud pus mas- ters, in addition to the iegid:ir and punctual ;.:;y- ment of their respet;ivt rej-;n;> nis or corps, sl-ill discharge the duties ol district \>:\\ ;nasteis, with- * See page 13 f By the act of 30th ?■ ,rch, 1M4, it was provided that as- sistant apothecaries should leceivu the same pa) and emolu- ments as a regimental surgeon's mate. ^ bi e page 38, || The pav and tmolun.t nrs cf a major of infantry. S«e gage 40 and 41. 9 in such district as shall, from time to time, be as- signed them by the paymaster general, under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That regimental and battalion paymasters may be takea either from the subalterns of the army, or citizens, and appointed by the President of the United States: Provided also, That regimental and bat- talion paymasters shall receive the pay and emo- luments of major, and shall each be allowed a ca- pable non-commissioned officer as clerk, who, , while so employed, shall receive double pay, and the actual expense >f transportation, while travel- ling under orders, in the discharge of his duty. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall Duties of the. regimental 8c be the duty of the regimental and battalion pay- bataiionpay- J ° . master. masters to pay all the regular troops; and to en- sure punctuality and responsibility, correct re- ports shall be made to the paymaster general, once in two months, showing the disposition of the funds previously transmitted, with accurate estimates for the next payment of such regiment, garrison, or department, as may have been assign- ed to each: and whenever any paymaster shall fail to transmit such estimate, or neglect to render his vouchers to the paymaster general, for settle- ment of his accounts, more than six months after receiving funds, he shall be recalled, and another appointed in his place. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the pur- piIrchn?inr chasing department shall consist of one commis- ^'M 10 sary general of purchases, as heretofore autho- rized, with the annual salary of three thousand dollars, and one deputy commissary to each di- vision, with the annual salary of two thousand dollars, and six assistant commissaries of issues, with the annual salary of one thousand three hun- dred dollars; and as many military storekeepers as the service may require, whose salaries shall be regulated by the Secretary of War, according to the duty they may perform: Provided, That the pay and emoluments shall not exceed that of a captain of infantry. offlcersofthe Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all offi- pay, comiuis- " Smtei^dr.cers °^ tne P3^' commissary, and quartermaster's gfve'boiids.10 department, shall, previous to their entering on. ■. the duties of their respective offices, give good and sufficient bonds to the United States, fully to account for all moneys and public property which ] they may receive, in such sum as the Secretary ft" subject to the of War shall direct. And all paymasters, com- mies and aiti- ' J des of war. missaries, and storekeepers, shall be subject to thje rules and articles of war, in the same manner as To be con- commissioned officers: Provided also. That all Itrmed by the ' Senate. officers of the pay and commissary's departments, . be submitted to the Senate, for their confirmation, N in the same manner as the officers of the army. ThePrt.id.nt Sec- 7 • ^nd be it further enacted, That the Pre- j l^quamS sident of the United States be, and he hereby is, anil kind of , . ■ -it • * \ . , ^ oio;hingfor authorized to prescribe the quantity and kind of clothing to be issued annually to the troops of the 11 United States: Provided, That whenever more than the authorized quantity is required, the va- Ex,ra avtlf]e, lue of the extra articles shall be deducted from from theUsoV the soldier s pay, and in like manner the soldiers allowance to 1 be made for shall receive pay according to the annual estimated artici« not is- value for such authorized articles of uniform as shall not have been issued to him in each year: Pro- vided also, That the manner of issuing and account- ing for clothing, shall be established in the general regulations of the War Department. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That in all Paymaster -' to paj for cases where a soldier of the regular army shall ^|"a"|^|. have been discharged from the service of thediers* United States, and clothing shall be due to said soldier, it shall be the duty of the paymaster ge- neral to cause the same to be paid for, according to the price paid in the seventh section of this act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the se- Pay and emo. . luraents of the veral officers of the staff, shall, respectively, re- «aff« ceive the pay and emoluments, and retain all the privileges, secured to the staff of the army, by the act of March third, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen,* and not incompatible with the pro- visions of this act; and that the regulations, in force before the reduction of the army, be recog- nized, as far as the same shall be found applicable to the service; subject, however, to such altera- * See page 42, 1£ tions as the Secretary of War may adopt, with the approbation of the President. stair officer, Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the provisionally ~- _ . . retained, made officers of the staff, provisionally retained by. the permanent. . l J J President, and in this act enumerated and made permanent, be recognized in service under this Gamson sur- act, and that the garrison surgeons and mates be ^f^0^^ hereafter considered as post surgeons: and here- after the staff of the army may be taken from the line of the army, or from citizens. Crinancede- Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the ordnance department be continued as at present organized, under the act of February the eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,* and that ordnance officers be assigned to their duties with the staff of the army, in the same manner as from the corps of engineers. Allowance for Sec ±2. And be it further enacted, That when •rage. forage is not drawn in kind by officers of the ar- my entitled thereto, eight dollars per month for each horse, not exceeding the number authorized by existing regulations, shall be allowed in lieu thereof: Provided, That neither forage nor mo- ney shall be drawn by officers, but for horses ac- tually kept by them in service: Provided also, Prirateser- That none, except company officers, shall be al- lowed to take, as servants or waiters, soldiers of the army; and that all officers be allowed, for each private servant actually kept in service, not ex- See page 21. pants. 13 ceeding the number authorized by existing regu- lations, the pay, rations, and clothing, of a private soldier, or money in lieu thereof, on a certificate, setting forth the name and description of the ser- vant or servants, in the pay account: Provided Additional ra. ; mi. 1 -i • • l'on t0 "ubal- also, 1 hat one additional ration be allowed to all «n* subaltern officers of the army. [Approved, Jpril 24,1816.] ACTS FOR ORGANIZING AND ESTABLISHING THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Extracted from the act fixing the military peace establishment, Passed 16th March, 1802. ©ionization Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That the •f the corps, president 0t the United States is hereby authoriz- ed and empowered, when he shall deem it expe- dient, to organize and establish a corps of engi- neers, to consist of one engineer, with the pay, rank, and emoluments of a major; two assistant engineers, with the pay, rank, and emoluments ~f a captain; two other assistant engineers, with pay, rank, and emoluments of first lieutenant; two other assistant engineers, with the pay, rank, and emoluments of second lieutenants; and ten cadets, with the pay of sixteen dollars per montfe and two rations per day: and the President of the Unittd States is, in like manner, authorized, when he shall deem it proper, to make such promotions in said corps,* with a view to paiticular merit, ij and without regard to rank, so as not to exceed • By the act of 29th April, 1812, the selection of commander of the corps is no longer so contined as to be made only from the corps. See page 20, Provision for its increase. 15 one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, four captains, four frst lieutenants, four second lieutenants,* and so that the number of the whole corps shall, at no time, exceed twenty officers and cadets. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That the Jf*^** said corps, when so organized, shall be stationed VomU at West Point, in the state of New York, and shall constitute a military academy; and the engineers, subjecttodo duty in such assistant engineers, and cadets, of the said corps, place a, the -* * President may shall be subject, at all times, to do duty in such dirett- places, and on such service, as the President of the United States shall direct. Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That the Principal en- ...• i*i*i i * ginser to be principal engineer, and in his absence the next in supt-riiiten- rank, shall have the superintendence of the said military acad- ' l einy. military academy, under the direction of the Pre- sident of the United States; and the Secretary of secretary of J War to pro- War is hereby authorized, at the public expense, f"^1***5 under such regulations as shall be directed by the President of the United States, to procure the ne- cessary bonks, implements, and apparatus, for the use and benefit of the said institution. * By the act of 29th April, 1812, the number was increased to six captains, six first lieutenants, and six second lieutenants. Se« page 16. 16 Extracted from an act passed 28th February, 1803. a t*t i .-of Sec 2« And be it further enacted, That the Pre- language.and sident of the United States be, and he is hereby, a teacher of . p drawingtobe authorized to appoint one teacher ot the French Appointed. x ' * language, and one teacher of drawing, to be at- tached to the corps of engineers, whose compen. sation shall not exceed the pay and emolument of a captain in the line of the army. An act making further provision for the corps of engineers Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Con- Additienai gress assembled, That there be added to the corps number of of- r • . . /• •. nctrsawho- ot engineers, two captains, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, with the usual pay and emoluments, according to their grades, respec-' tively, and one paymaster, to be taken from the 1 subalterns of engineers, with the pay and emolu- ments of a regimental paymaster; and that there be attached to the said corps, either from the troops now in service, or by new enlistments, as the President of the United States may direct, four sergeants, four corporals, one teacher of 17 music,four musicians, nineteen* artificers, and six- ty two* men; which non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and men, together with the artificrrs and men already b longing to the corps ofenginters,* shall be formed into a company, to be styled a company of bombardiers sappers company of and miners, and be officered from the corps of kTu *** engineers, according as the commanding officer *****' of that corps may, with the approbation of the President of the United States, direct; and the said non commissioned officer:, musicians, artifi- cers, and men, stall be allowed the same pay and emoluments as are allowed to the non-commis- sioned officers, rmiMt'iKns, artificers, and men, in the regiment of artillerists. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the organization, military academy shall consist of the corps of en- thefcfeS gineers, and the following profe-sors, in addition Ca'Staff' to the teachers of the French language and draw- ing already provided.f viz: one professor of natu- ral and experimental philosophy, with the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant colonel, if not an of- ficer of the corps, and if taken from the corps, then so much in addition to his pay and emolu- ments, as shall equal those of a lieutenant colo- nel; one professor of mathematics, with the pay • At this time there were attached to the engineers, one arti. ficer and eighteen men, which makes the company of bombar. diers sappers and miners consist of 2t) artificers and 80 jccejJ. t See act 28th February, 18U3, page 16. B 2 18 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 ot the foregoing professors to have an assistant profes- sor, which assistant professor, shall be taken from the most prominent characters of the officers 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, sepa- rate from the academy. cadetsnotto Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That the ca- dets heretofore appointed in the service of the United States, whether of artillery, cavalry, rifle. men, or infantry, or that may in future be ap- pointed as hereinafter provided, shall, at no time, exceed two hundred and fifty;* that they may be To be mttach attached, at the discretion of the President of the to the military United States, as students to the military acade. academy. J my, and be subject to the established regulations thereof; that they shall be arranged into compa- * By act of 16th March, 1808, twenty cadets were assigned to the light artillery. See page 37. 19 nies of non-commissioned officers and privates, To be fon«*j into corapa- according to the directions of the commandant ot nies. 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 musicians; and the said corps shall be trained and taught all the duties of a private, non-commis- sioned officer, and officer; be encamped at least three months of each year, and taught all the.du- ties incident to a regular camp: that the candi- A(,e and qua. . c lificmioiis for dates for cadets, be not under the age 01 fourteen, ^,p..,„tm(nt, as cadets. nor above the age of twenty-one vears; that each cadet, previously to his appointment by the Presi- dent of the United States, sh ill be well veised in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and that he shall sign articles, with the consent of his parent or guardian, by which he shall engaye to serve five years, unless sooner discharged; and all such ca- dets shall be entitled to, and receive, the p iy and emoluments now allowed by law to cadets in the corps of engineers. Sec. 4. An I be it further enacted, That when c,id* having . , r; ivivi-d m. de* anv cadet shall receive a regular degree from the Brw. ,«»*• * con-.; I red a academical staff, after going through all the cl.is,- "^j^ es, he shall be considered as among the candidates for a commission in any corps, according to the duties he may be adjudged competent to per- form; and in case there shall not, at the time, be a vacancy in such corps, he may be attached to it, ^^ •j e \ 11 •. i corps as a su- it the discretion of the President ot the Lnitea ptraumerwy. 2fl States, by brevet of the lowest grade, as a super- numerary officer, with the usual pay and emolu- ments of such grade, until a vacancy shall hap- pen: Provided, That there shall not be more than one supernumerary officer to any one company at the same time. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriat- ed, for erecting buildings, and for providing an apparatus, a library, and all necessary implements, and for such contingent expenses as may be ne- cessary and proper, in the judgment of the Presi- dent of the United States, for such an institution. Sec. 6. And be It further enac'ed, That so much of the twcntv-sixth section of the act, enti- tled " An act fixing the military peace establish- ment," passed the sixteenth March, one thou- sand eight hundred and two,* as confines the se- lection of the commarder of the corps of engi- neers to the said corps, be, and the same is here- by repealed. [Approved, April Id, 1812.] * See p£e li. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. An act for the better regulation of the ordnance department. 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 passage owmgto. of this act, the ordnance department shall consist wnt. of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, ten captains, ten first lieutenants, ten second lieu- tenants, and ten third lieutenants. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the co- The coion^ lonel, or senior officer of the ordnance depart cer^uthom- ment, is authorized to enlist, for the service of %££"* that department, for five years, as many master armorers, master carriage makers, master black- smiths, artificers, armorers, carriage makers, blacksmiths, and laborers, as the public service, in his judgment, under the directions of the Se- cretary for the Department of War, may require. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall ^;e'-^ be the duty of the colonel of the ordnance depart- ment, to direct the inspection and proving of all pieces of ordnance, cannon balls, shot, shells, small arms, and side arms, and equipments, pro- cured for the use of the armies of the Unked States; and to direct the construction of all cannon and carries, and every implement and appara- 22 tus for ordnance, and all ammunition wagons, tra- veiling forges, and artificers' wagons, the inspec- tion and proving of powder, and the preparation of all kinds of ammunition and ordnance stores. And it shall also be the duty of the colonel, or se- nior officer of the ordnance department, to fur- nish estimates; and, under the direction of the Secretary for the Department of War, to make contracts and purchases for procuring the neces- sary supplies of arms, equipments, ordnance, and ordnance stores. Artificers may Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the co- be attachei! to . regiments, lonel of the ordnance department, shall organize corps, or gar- * " risons. an(j attach to regiments, corps, or garrisons, such number of artificers, with proper tools, carriages, and apparatus, under such regulations and restric- tions, relative to their government and number, as, in his judgment, with the approbation of the Secretary for the Department of War, may be considered necessary. „ . Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the co- Srmor ord- u inanC-d^iiet lonel of the.ordnance department, or senior offi- (he'oXrs'of cer of that department, of any'district, shall exe- ofVaV, gene- cute all orders of the Secretary for the Depart- ment ot War; and, in time of war, the orders of any general, or field officer, commanding any ar- my, garrison, or detachment, for the supply of all arms, ordnance, ammunition, carriages, forges and apparatus, for garrison, field, or siege service. K^oVma. Sec< 6« Md be ^ further enacted, That the Sis'"£.a"t" keepers of all magazines and arsenals, shall, quar- S3 terly, or oftener, if so directed, and in such man- ner as directed by the colonel of the ordnance de- , •partment, make correct returns to the colonel or senior officer of the ordnance department, of all ordnance, arms, and ordnance stores, they may have in charge. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the ^&«-£- costs of repairs of damages done to arms, equip- j^*1-^ ments, or implements, in the use of the armies of'01 ,ei the United States, shall be deducted from the pay of any officer or soldier in whose care or use the said, arms, equipments, or implements, were, when the said damages occurred: Provided, The Proviso. said damages were occasioned by the abuse or ne- gligence of the said officer or soldier. And it is officers «onv hereby made the duty of every officer command- ^"eW^it? ing regiments, corps, garrisons, or detachments, ^Tea*0 , r • r the depart- tO make, once every two months, or ottener, it menu so directed, a written report to the colonel of the ordnance department, stating all damages to arms, equipments, and implements, belonging to his command, noting those occasioned by negligence or abuse, and naming the officer or soldier by whose negligence or abuse the said damages were , occasioned. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the ™Jr«^ colonel of the ordnance department, shall make, J^^JSS; half-yearly, to the War Department, or oftener, if the Secretary for that Department shall so direct, a correct report of the officers, and all artificers and 84 laborers in his department; also, of all ord.anc?. arms, military stores, implements, and apparatus, of every description, and in such form as the Se- cretary for the Department of War shall direct. Public armo- Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,. That to der the dhee- insure system and uniformity in the different tionoftheor- 111111 dnance de- public armories, they are hereby placed under the parUnent. r_ J J r direction of the ordnance department. And the colonel of the ordnance department, under the di- rection of the Secretary for the Department of War, is hereby authorized to establish depots of arms, ammunition, and ordnance stores, in such parts'of the United States, and in such numbers, as may be deemed necessary. coioneitopre- Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the co- iSmis forBthu" lonel of the ordnance department, under the di- department. , rection ot the Secretary tor the Department ot War, is hereby authorized to draw up a system of regulations for the government of the ordnance department; forms of returns and reports, and for the uniformity of manufactures of all arms, ord- nance, ordnance stores, implements, and appa- ratus, and for the repairing and better preserva- tion of the same. Payandemo- Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the luments of of- , ,, iicers.woik- pay, emoluments, ana allowances, for the officers men, and la- _ , borers. ot the ordnance department, shall be the same as the pay, emoluments, and allowances, now allow- ed to officers of similar grades respectively, in the , artillery of the United States. And that the £5 pay of a master armorer shall be thirty dollars per month, and one and a half rations per day; of a master carriage maker, thirty dollars per month, and one and a half rations per day; of a master blacksmith, thirty dollars per month, and one and a half rations per day. The pay of armorers, carriage makers, or blacksmiths, each sixteen dol- lars per month, and one and a half rations per day; the pay of artificers, thirteen dollars per month, and one ration per day; and the pay of laborers, «. nine dollars per month, and one ration per day; and to all of the said workmen, artificers, and la- borers, the same clothing, and other allowances, as are allowed to privates of infantry, in the army of the United States, except the master workmen, who are not allowed clothing. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the officers now President of the United States is hereby authoriz- men^may b»T, , , . ii. .. continued or ed to continue in the service, under this act, all transferred. the officers of the ordnance department, in service on the passage of the same, or to transfer them to other corps of the army of the United States. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the co- Allowance for lonel of the ordnance department is hereby allow- uonery^c!*" ed, at the rate of one thousand dollars per year, for clerks, and such books and stationery, as may be necessary to his department. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the act Formerac passed May the fourteenth, one thousand eight ^eI,ealw,• hundred and twelve, entitled " An act for the bet- c 36 ter regulation of the ordnance department," and the sections of any other acts, coming within the purview of any of the sections of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. [Approved, February 8,1815.] Extract of an act making further provision for the army of the United States. Passed 6th July, 1812. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Brevet rank. President is hereby authorized to confer brevet rank on such officers of the army, as shall distin- guish themselves by gallant actions or meritorious conduct, or who shall have served ten years in any one grade: Provided, That nothing herein con- tained, shall be so construed as to entitle officers Pay to brevet so brevetted, to any additional pay or emoluments, officers. a J j* •' except when commanding 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. APPENDIX To the foregoing Acts fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United States. Note. Those parts printed in italics have been superseded by the preceding laws. An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States. Passed 16th March, 1802. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the milita- Component ° , r , - parts of the ry peace establishment of the United States,from andajter the first establishment. 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 artiller- organization ists* shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, four majors, l ane adjutant, and twenty companies, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, two cadets, four sergeants, four corporals, four musicians, eight artificers, and fifty- j/x privates; to be formed into five battalions: 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 lieutenants re- quired; but that in proportion as vacancies happen therein, new ap- pointments be made to the grade of second lieutenants until their number amount to twenty: and each regiment of infantry shall con- Organization «*f of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, try. * The act passed 3d March, 1815, fixing the present peace esta- blishment, aftves to the artillery the organization prescribed in the »ct of 30th March, 1814. See page 41. 38 one sergeant major, two teachers of music, and ten companies; each company to consist of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeant*, four corporals, four musicians, and six- ty four privates. . . Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be one bri- Orgamzanon ' of the general gadier 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 paymaster of the army, seven paymasters 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 commissioned officers, who, in addition to their other duties, 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 ex- ceeding one to each military post; which assistants shall be taken from the line; two surgeons, twenty-five surgeons' mates, to be at- tached to garrisons or posts, and not to corps. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the monthly pay &c of tbege- of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pri- nera & sta . vates> j^g as f0nows> to wit: to the brigadier general, two hundred^ and twenty-five dollars* which shall be his full and entire compen- sation, without a right to demand or receive any rations, forage, travelling expenses, or other perquisite or emolument whatsoever, except such stationery as may be requisitefer the use of his depart- ment; to the adjutant and inspector of the army, thirty-eight dol- lars, in addition to his pay in the line, and such stationery as shall be requisite for his department; to the paymaster of the army, one hundred and twenty dollars, without any other emolument, except such stationery as mav be requisite in his department, and the use of the public office now occupied by him; to the aid-de-camp, in ad. * The compensation to a brigadier general, was subsequently al- tered to one hundred and four dollars per month, twelve rations per dav, and an allowance for forage. See act of 12th April, 1808, Vv>c 38. 29 dition to his pay in the line, thirty dollars;* to each paymaster, a?- tached to districts, thirty dollars, and each assistant to such pay- master, ten dollars, in addition to his pay in the line; to each mili- tary agent, seventy-six dollars, and no other emolument; to each as- sistant military agent, eight dollars, in addition to his pay in the Ibie, except the assistant military agents at Pittsburg 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 co- Monthly pay ^r , „ i. of the field, lonel, sixty dollars; to each major, fifty dollars; to each surgeon, regimental forty-five dollars; to each surgeon's mate, thirty dollars; to each pany 0gjcers/ adjutant, ten dollars, in addition to his pay in the line; to each captain, forty dollars; to each first lieutenant, thirty dollars; to each second lieutenant, twenty-five dollars; to each ensign, twenty dollars; to each cadet, ten dollars; to each sergeant ma- Monthly pay ... . • i i n u ofthenon- jor, nine dollars; to each sergeant, eight dollars; to each corpo- commissioned ral, seven dollars; to each teacher of music, eight dollars; to pnvatei!^ each musician, six dollars; to each artificer, ten dollars; and to each private, five dollars. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the commissioned Subsistence of . commissioned officers aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive, tor their daily sub- and non-com- .. ,. . , i- ■ c • ■ missioned offi- sistence, the following number of rations oi provisions: a co- cers anu p,.;. lonel, six rations; a lieutenant colonel, five rations; a major, four vates< rations; a captain, three rations; a lieutenant,! two rations; an ensign, two rations; 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 respective- ly, where the rations shall become due; and if at such post, sup- plies are not furnished by contract, then such allowance as shall be deemed equitable, having reference to former contracts, and the po- * The compensation to the aid-de-camp of a brigadier general, was subsequently altered to twenty dollars per month, in addition to his [>ay in the line, and an allowance for forage. See aet of 12th April, 1808, page 38. ■j- The subsistence for all subaltern officers increased to three ra- tions per day. See act of 24th April, 1816, page 13. C % 30 sition of the place in question;* and each non-commissioned offi- Addnional ra-cer, musician, and private, one ration; to the commanding offi- cers of each separate post, such additional number of rations as the President of the United States shall, from time to time di- rect, having respect to the special circumstances of each post; Rations to to the women who may be allowed to any particular corps, not camp women, * r matrons, and exceeding the proportion of four to a company, one ration eae*h; nurses. i to such matrons and nurses as may be necessarily employed in Private ser- 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 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, whiskey, 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. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following 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; and each surgeon's mate, six dollars | Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That every non-commis- sioned officer, musician, and private, of the artillery and infan- try, shall receive annually the following articles of uniform Component parts ee act of 12th April, 1808, page 40. ■j- The allowance for private servants is increased. See act of 2ith April, 1816, page 12. * The allowance for forage subsequently altered to ei»ht dollars per month, for eaeh horse actually kept in service. S ee act of 24di April, 1816, page 12. 31 clothing, to wit:* one hat, one coat, one vest, two pair qfwoolleii, and two pair of linen 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, (me blanket, one stock and clasp, and one pair of half gaithers: and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause to be furnished to the paymasters of the respec- tive 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 Corps to be United States cause to be arranged, the officers, non-commis- of those in ser- sioned 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 complete out ot the same, the corps aforesaid; and cause the supernumerary officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, to be discharged from the service of the United States, 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- To be g»wra- commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, of the said corps, aiKj anieksof, shall be governed by the rules and articles of war, which have war" been established by the United States, in congress assembled, or by such rules and articles as may be hereafter by law esta- blished: Provided 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 general officer, shall, with the whole of the proceedings of such cases, respec- tively, be laid before the President of the United States, who is hereby authorized to direct the same to be carried into exe- cution, or otherwise, as he shall judge proper.f * By the 7th section of the act of 24th April, 1816, the President of the United States is authorized to prescribe the kind and quan- tity of clothing. Seepage 10. f This proviso isallered, in part, by the 65th article of rules and articles of war. 33 Allowance to Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the commissioned recrumng of- officers who shaU be ernpioye(i ;n the recruiting service, to keep up, by voluntary enlistment, the corps as aforesaid, shall be en- titled 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 Minors notto the service: And provided also, That no person, under the age without con- of twenty-one years, shall be enlisted by any officer, or held in sent' the service of the United States, without the consent 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 which the person so recruited may have received from the pub- lic, to be deducted out of the pay and emoluments of such officer. Bounty to re- Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That there shall be al- lowed and paid to each effective able bodied citizen, recruited as aforesaid, to serve for the term of five years, a bounty of twelve dollars; but the payment of six dollars of the said boun- ty £hall be deferred until he shall be mustered, and have joined the corps m which he is to seive Manner of Sec. 13 And be it further enacted, That the said corps shall paymen. ^ pajj m such manner, that the arrears shall, at no time, ex- ceed two months, unless the circumstances of the case shall ren- der it unavoidable. Provision for Sec 14. And be it further enacted, That if any officer, non- dVsabUUin!1 commissioned officer, musician, or private, in the corps compos- ing 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 33 such rate of pay, and under such regulations, as may be directed by the President of the United States, for the time being: Pro- vided always, That the compensation to be allowed for such Rateofcom- J r peiisation to wounds or disabilities, to a commissioned officer, shall not ex- invalids. ceed, 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 lieute- nant colonel; and that the rate of compensation to non-commis- sioned officers, musicians, and privates, shall not exceed five dol- lars* per month: And provided also, That all inferior disabili- ties, 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 commission- Compensation , n. . ... « ,. , r , tt • , to widows and ed officer in the military peace establishment of the United orphans. 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 children shall be 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 expira- tion of the said term of five years, the half pay, for the remain- der of the time, shall go to the child or children of such deceas- ed officer: Provided always, That such half pay shall cease, on the decease of such child or children. Sec 16. And be it further enacted, That the paymaster shall Duties of the perform the duties of his office, agreeably to the direction of the President of the United States, for the time being; and before be 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; aud shall * The rate of compensation to subalterns, and to non-commis- sioned officers and privates, increased, by an act of 24th April, 1816. See page 44. 34 take an oath to execute the duties thereof with fidelity: and if shall, moreover, be his duty to appoint, from the line, with the ap- probation of the Preside/it of the United States, the several paymas- ters to districts, and assistants, prescribed by this act; and he is hereby authorized to require the said paymasters to districts, and' assistants, to enter into bond, with good and sufficient surety, for ths faithful discharge of tlxir respective duties. Duties of the Sec. 17. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of military ageui*. the military agents, designated by this act, to purchase, receive, and forward, to their proper destination, all military stores, and other articles, for the troops, in their respective departments, and all goods and annuities for the Indians, which they may be directed to pur- chase, or which shall be ordered into their care by the Department of War. They shall account with the Department of War, annu- ally, for all the public property which may pass through their hands, and all the moneys which they may expend, in discharge of the duties of their offices, rtspectively: previous to their entering on the duties of their offices, they shall give bonds, with sufficient sure- ties, in such sums as the President of the United States shall di- rect, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in them; and shall take an oath faithfully to perform the duties of their respec- tive offices. Deserters to Sec 18. And be it further enacted, That if any non com- thu time o." missioned officer, musician, or private, shall desert the service of amUiable'io*' the United States, he shall, in addition to the penalties men- punished'1"'1 tioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to serve for and a.ftertxpira.' -during- such a period, as shall, with the time he may have serv- tion of euli>t- or' j ment. et> previous to his desertion, amount to the full term of his en- listment; 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. Penalty for Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That every person who dwertiorflor sna11 procure or entice a soldier in the service of the United a\™h dolh- States to desert; or who shall purchase from any soldier his ing, &c. or arms, uniform clothing, or any part thereof; and every captain sorter. or commanding officer of any ship or vessel, who shall enter on 3*5 board such ship or vessel, as one of his crew, knowing him to have deserted, or otherwise carry aw a/ any such soldier, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the orders of his commanding officer, shall, upon legal conviction, be fined at the discretion of any court having cognizance of the same, in any sum not ex- ceeding three hundred dollars, or be imprisoned any term not exceeding one year. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That every officer, non- oath of en- commissioned officer, musician, and private, shall take and sub- lstment" scribe the following oath or affirmation, 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 1 will serve them honestly and faithfully against their ene- mies or opposers, whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the or- ders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war." Sec. 21 And be it further enacted, That whenever a gene- Dutics aml ral court martial shall be ordered, the President of the United compensation of special States may appoint some fit person to act as judge advocate, judye advo- who shall be allowed, in addition to his other pay, one dollar and twenty-five cents, for every day he shall be necessarily em- ployed in the duties of the said court; and in cases where the President shall not have made such appointment, the brigadier general or the president of the court, may make the same. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That where any com- Compensation missioned officer shall be obliged to incur any extra expense in pf|,se, in tra- travelhng and sitting on general courts martial, he shall be al- ^l[nn50an"d lowed a reasonable compensation for such extra expense actually «>»«» martial. incurred, not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per day, to officers who are not entitled to forage, and not exceed- ing one dollar per day to such as shall be entitled to forage. Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That no non commission- Soldiers notto ed officer, musician, or private, shall be arrested, or subject to deot, arrest, or to be taken in execution, for any debt under the sum x>f twenty dollars, contracted before enlistment, nor for any debt contracted after enlistment. 36 Officers and soldiers to be allowed pay and subsis- tence, from place of dis- charge to place of resi- dence. Extra pay to officers de- ranged. Repeal of foi me» atts. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That whenever any of- ficer 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 equivalent in money, for such term of time as shall be sufficient 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 enacted, That to each cornmis- sioned officer who shall be deranged by virtue of this act, there shall be allowed and paid, in addition to the pay and emolu- ments to which they will be entitled 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. Section 26, section 21, and section 28, relate solely to the corps of engineers, and may be found on pages It and 15. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That so much of any act " or acts, now in force, as comes within the purview of this act, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed; saving, nevertheless, such parts thereof as relate to the enlistments or term of service of any of the troops, which, by this act, are continued on the present military establishment of the United States. V [Approved, March 16, 1802.] Additional corps to be raised. An act to raise, for a limited time, an additionaljnilitary force. Passed 12th April, 1808. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That m addition to the present military establishment of the United States, there be raised five regiments of infantry, one regiment of riflemen, one re- giment of light artillery, and one regiment of tight dragoons, to be enlisted for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged. / 37 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said regiments of Organization infantry, rifiemen,and [light] artillery,* shall consist often com- wpfc'^'**1 panies each, and the regiment of light dragoons of eight troops; and the field and staff officers of each regiment, of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one adjutant, one quartermaster, one paymaster, one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, two principal musicians; and for the regiment of light dragoons, one riding master; each company of infantry and riflemen to consist of one captain, one first and on* second lieutenant, one ensign, two cadets, four ser- geants, four corporals, two musicians, and sixty-eight privates; each company of [light] artillery* of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, two cadets, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, eight artificers, and fifty eight matrosses; and each troop of light dragoons of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one cornet, two cadets, four sergeants, four cor- porals, two musicians, one saddler, one farrier, and sixty four privates. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when, in the opinion o/Brigade and l n ■ i r- , tt ;c .. . r , hospital staff the Jfrestaent of the United /States, a suitable proportion of the troops authorized by this act shall be raised, there may be appoint- ed two additional brigadier 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 quartermasters; and such num- ber of hospital surgeons and surgeons' mates, as the service may re- quire, but not exceeding five surgeons and fifteen mates, with one steward, and one wardmaster to each hospital: the brigade in- spectors appointed under this act, shall be taken fram the line; and the brigade quartermasters, the adjutants, regimental quartermas- ters, and paymasters, from the subalterns of the line. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, ar- tificers, and privates, authorized by this act, shall be, viz: to * The organization here given to the light artillery, is that re- cognized in the act of 3d March, 1815, fixing the present peace establishment See page 4. For the appointment of light artillery, see page 41. D 38 HPay, rations, each brigadier general, one hundred and four dollars per month, and forage,* , , ... , . of officers. twelve rations per day, or an equivalent in money, ana sixteen dollars per month for forage, when not furnished by the public; each brigade inspector, thirty dollars per month, in addition to his pay ir. the line; each brigade quartermaster and aid-de-camp, twenty dol- lars; and each adjutant, regimental quartermaster, and paymas- ter, ten dollars per month, in addition to their pay in the line, and to each six dollars per month, for for age, when not furnished as aforesaid; each hospital surgeon, seventy-five dollars per month, six rations per day, or an equivalent in money, and twelve dol- lars per month for forage, 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 stew- ard, twenty dollars per month, and two rations per day, or an equivalent in money; each wardmaster, 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 ration* ( per day, and for age 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 dollar* 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 for age for three horses; toeachlieutendht of light dragoons, ' thirty-three and one third dollars per month, two rations per day, and for age for two horses; to each cornet of light dragoons, twenty- six and two-thirds dollars per month, two rations per day, and forage for two horses; to the ridingmaster, twenty-six and two-thirds dol- lars per month, two rations per day, and forage 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 officers, ca- dets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and pri- i vates, authorized by this act, shall receive the like pay, clothing, rations, forage, and other emoluments, as the officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, < * The forage for all officers established by act of 24th April, 1816. Seepage 12. 39 of the present military establishment: Provided, The officers a,;* ridingmaster furnish their own horses and accoutrements, and ac- tually keep in service the aforesaid number of horses, to entitle them to the aforegoing allowance for forage, or its equivalent in money: And provided also, That the whole or any part of the regiment of light dragoons shall be liable to serve on foot, as light infantry, un- til, by order of the President of the United States, horses and ac- coutrements shall be provided to equip the whole or any part thereof as mounted di agoons. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the officers, cadets, Recognizing non commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, provisions con- raised pursuant to this act, shall be entitled to the like compen- i*1". j"t}£ sation, in case of disability by wounds and otherwise, incurred in ^ ^ ^ £• the service, as the officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, *™d ^''i s*c" ' ' nous of the musicians, artificers, and privates, in the present military esta- act of 16th . . March, 1802. bhshment, and with them shall be subject to the rules and arti- cles of war which have been established, or may be hereafter by law established: And that the provisions of the act, entitled " An act fixing the military peace establishment of the United States," relative to the widow, child, or children, of any com- missioned officer who shall die, while in the service of the Unit- ed States, by reason of any wound received in actual service of the United States, to courts martial, the regulation and compen- sation of recruiting officers,* the age, size, qualifications, and bounties, of recruits,* arrears of pay, the bonds and duties of paymasters, penalties for desertion, punishment of persons who shall procure or entice 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 commanding officer; to the oath or affirmation to be taken and subscribed, by officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates; to the allowance for extra expense to any commissioned officer, in travelling and sitting on general * This compensation was fixed by the act referred to, at two dol- lars for each recruit, aud the bounty at twelve dollars. Seepage 32. 40 courts martial; to arrests of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, for debts; to the allowance to soldiers discharged from service, except by way of punishment, in force, and applied to all persons, matters, and things, within the intent and mean- ing of this act, in the same manner as if they were inserted at large in the same. Price of r». Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That the subsistence ef the officers of the army, when not received in kind, shall be es- timated at twenty cents per ration. Chaplain. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That there shall be ap- pointed to each brigade, one chaplain, who shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a major in the infantry. President to Sec. 8 And be it further enacted, That in the recess ofthe Se- cers In rece« nate, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to ap- of the Senate.^.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ {he 0pf a colonel of infantry;! the assistant adjutants general, the as- ; See page 38. T See page 29 43 sistants inspectors general, deputy quartermasters general, and topographical engineers, shall have the brevet rank, and the pay and emoluments of a major of cavalry;* and the assistant topo- graphical engineers, and assistant deputy quartermasters gene- ral, shall have the brevet rank, and the pay and emoluments of a captain of infantry.1)- Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, There shsdl be an apo- Apothf-eary thecary general, with an annual salary of eighteen hundred dol- Sentral- lars, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed by the Presi- dent of the United States Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the forage, wagon, Appointment and barrackmasters, shall be appointed as heretofore,^ but each gon, and bar- quartermaster general, attached to any separate army, com- mand, or district, shall be authorized, with the approbation, and under the direction of the Secretary of the War Depart- ment, to appoint as many such officers, and to employ as many artificers, mechanics, and laborers, as the public service i-say require. , Sec 10. And be it further enacted, That every act, and eve- Former aeo ry part of any act of Congress, now in force, within the pur-1,,uea ■ view and meaning of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. * See page 38. \ See page 29. i 15y the act of 28th March, 1812, establishing a quarlermauer'*- department; which act was in force at the passing of" this act, the quartermaster general was authorized to appoint a principal wagon- master, and a principal forage master, who should tach be emitled to forty dollars per month, three rations per day, and forage; the former for one horse, the latter for two houses; and also to appoint as many assistant wagon in asters and foragemasters as i he service might require, not exceeding one to each brigwie, who should each be entitled to thirty dollars per month, two rations per day, and forage for one horse. And by an act of -2d M»«', 1812, in addition to the forementioned act, and which was also ir> force at the passing- off his act, the quartermaster general was authorized to appoint one principal barrack master, and as many deputy barrackmasters As might be necessary, not exceeding one to each separate bar- rack or cantonment. The principal, to receive the pay, rations, and emoluments, of a principal foragemaster—the deputies, the pay, rations, and emoluments, of a deputy foragemaster. 44 tetters freeof Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all letters and packets to and from the adjutant and inspector general, adju- tants general, inspectors general, quartermasters general, com- missary general of ordnance, and apothecary geneial, which re- late to their official duties, shall be free from postage. Extract of an act to increase the pensions of invalids, in cer- tain cases. Passed 24th April, 1M6. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of The pensions the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all of subaltern . . officers, and of Persons, of the ranks hereinafter named, who are now on the sionedofficers ^e military pension roll of the United States, shall, from and now 'orTt'hfc8' a^ter tne I)assage of this act, be entitled to, and receive, for dis- pension roll, abilities of the highest degree, the followine: sums, in lieu of to be incrcas- & t> > & > ed- those to which they are now entitled, to wit: a first lieutenant, sions.S° Pen" seventeen dollars; a second lieutenant, fifteen dollars; a third lieutenant, fourteen dollars; an ensign, thirteen dollars; and a non commissioned officer, musician, or private, eight dollars per month; and for disabilities of a degree less than the highest, a sum proportionably less. The foregoing Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That all persons of the slont to extend af°resa'd ranks, who may hereafter be placed on the military to persons pension roll of the United States, shall, according to their ranks hereafter to r ' ' a . be placed on and degrees of disabilities, be placed on at the aforesaid rates the pension •,<.,, roll. of pensions, in lieu of those heretofore established: Provided, Proviso. That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to lessen the pensions of any person, who, by special provision, is entitled to a higher pension than is herein provided. All laws re- Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That all laws and regula- s'-wns'ofdier^ tions> elating to the admission of the officers and soldiers of the IpplicaK'o reSular arrav- t0 be flaced °n the pension roll of the United ■t>e militia. States, shall, and they are hereby declared to relate equally to tlie officers and soldiers of the iniluia, whilst in the service of the United States. 45 Extracts of an act passed 28th March, 1812. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty £^s£*e of the commissary general of purchases, under the direction and SJ^J^^ supervision of the Secretary of War, to conduct the procuring his deputies. and providing of all arms, military stores* clothing, and, gene- rally, all articles of supply requisite for the military service of the United States; and it shall be the duty of the deputy com- missaries, when directed thereto, either by the Secretary of War, the commissary general of purchases, or, incase of neces- sity, by the commanding general, quartermaster general, or de- puty quartermasters, to purchase all sueh of the aforesaid arti- cles as may be requisite for the military service of the United States. Sec 10. And be it further enacted, That all letters and pack- Letters free of ets to and fiom the commissary general, shall be free from post-po'ag agef * Arms and military stores under the direction of the ordnance department. See act of 3d Febrti; ry, 1815, page *1Z. T By an act passed 22d May, 1812, it is provided, that neither the commissary general, nor any or either of his deputies or assistants, shall be concerned, directly or iii'lirectly, in the purchase or sale, for commercial purposes, oi' any article intended for makinga part of, or appertaining to, the department, exdpt for, and on account of, the United States; nor shall they, or either of them, take or ap- ply to his or their own use, any gain °l* emolument, for negotiating or transacting anv business in the department, other than what is, or may be, allowed by law. l?y an act of 3d March, 1813, it is pro- vided, that the assistant commissaries shall he attached to such army, or reside at such places respectively, as the Secretary for the "War Department may direct, for the purpose of receiving from the commissary general of purchases, or from his deputies, and of distributing to the regimental quartermasters, and to such offi- cers as may, by the Secretary aforesaid, be designated, the clothing and other supplies purchased by the commissary general aforesaid, or his deputies, and destined for the use of the troops belonging to the army, or in the vicinity of the place to which such assistant •omraissaries may respectively be attached. 46 Extract of an act the better to provide for the supplies of the army of the United States, and for the accountability of per- sons entrusted with the same. Passed March 3,1813. Officn-i to ac Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the commissary ge- count for „ . _. sioresandsnp- neral of purchases and his deputies, the several officers in the pVrmtend'ent1 quartermaster general's department, the regimental quartermas- u^rvsupplies* ter's> l^e commissary of ordnance, his assistant and deputies, the principal hospital surgeons and officers belonging to the hospi- tal and medical departments, and all other officers, agents, or persons who shall have received, or may be entrusted with any stores or supplies of any description whatever for the use of the army of the United States, and of the volunteers or militia in their service, shall render quarterly accounts.of the disposition and state of all such stores and supplies to the superintendent [general of military supplies] aforesaid; and shall also make such other returns respecting the same, and at such other times as the Secretary for the War Department may prescribe: Providedj however, That the accounts and returns thus rendered shall re- late to the articles of supply only, which may have beenreceived and disposed of, as may remain on hand, and shall not embrace the specie accounts for moneys disbursed by such officers, agents, or other persons; which specie accounts shall be rendered as heretofore, to the accountant for the War Department. ^„ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the officers. Officers to r.c- ' count for mo- agents, or other persons, who may receive moneys in advance nejs to the ac- countant of from the War Department, shall render quarterly accounts to the War De- , „ , . , _. partment. the accountant ot the said Department, of their specie receipts and disbursements, and shall moreover make such other monthly summary statements thereof to the Secretary for the said De- partment, as he may prescribe. And the quarterly accounts of supplies, or of moneys rendered as aforesaid, shall be re- spectively settled by the superintendent general of milita- ry supplies, and by the accountant of the War Department, according to their respective authorities, within three months after the time when such accounts shall have respectively been rendered to them. ) ARTICLES OF WAR. An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States. Be it enactad by the Senate and House of 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 ^■bftbeseUb United States, shall, in six months from the pass-rule'' ing of this act, and every officer who shall here- after be appointed, shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, subscribe these rules and regu- lations. Art* 2. It is earnestly recommended to all offi- Misbehaviour at a place of cers and soldiers diligently to attend divine ser- worsmP- vice; and all officers who shall behave indecently or irreverently, at any place of divine worship, shall, if commissioned officers, be brought before a general court martial, there to be publickly and severely reprimanded 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 deducted out of his next pay; for the second offence, he shall not only for- feit a like sum, but he confined twenty-four hours; B 50 and for every like offence, shall suffer and pay iu like manner; which money, so forfeited, shall be applied by the captain or senior officer of the troop or company, to the use of the sick soldiers of the company or troop to which the offender belongs. Profane oaths. Art. 3. Any non-commissioned officer or sol- dier who shall use any profane oath or execration, shall incur the penalties expressed in the fore- going article; and a commissioned officer shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offence, one dollar, to be applied as in the preceding ar- ticle. chaplainab- Art. *• Every chaplain, commissioned in the ^eTf/rom hi* army or armies of the United States, who shall absent himself from the duties assigned him, (excepting in cases of sickness or leave of ab- sence,) shall, on conviction thereof before a court martial, be fined not exceeding one month's pay, besides the loss of his pay during his absence; or be discharged, as the said court martial shall judge proper. Disrespectful ^rU 5" ^ny °^cer or soldier who shall use con- Ae^PreSt, temptuous or disrespectful words against the Pre- Se^sS* 'sident of the United States, against the Vice Pre- sident thereof, against the Congress of the United States, or against the chief magistrate or legisla- ture 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 mar- tial shall direct; if a non-commissioned officer or 51 soldier, he shall suffer such punishment as shall be inflicted on him by the sentence of a court mar- tial. Art. 6. Any officer or soldier who shall behave Disrespect of hir ..i ,. , , . commanding lmselt with contempt or disrespect towards his officer. commanding officer, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence, by the judgment of a court martial. Art. 7. Any officer or soldier who shall be- Mutiny, gin, excite, cause, or join, in any mutiny or sedi- tion, in any troop or company in the service of the United States, or in any party, post, detach- ment, or guard, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as by a court martial shall be inflicted. Art. 8. Any officer, non-commissioned officer, Knowledge of i , ■ i , • . intended rau- or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or tiny. sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to sup- press the same, or coming to the knowledge of any intended mutiny, does not, without delay, give information thereof to his commanding offi- cer, shall be punished by the sentence of a court martial with death, or otherwise, according to the nature of his offence. Art. 9. Any officer or soldier who shall strike striking or his superior officer* or draw or lift up any weapon, pcrior'officer. or offer any violence against him, being in the exe- cution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his supe- rior officer, shall suffer death, or such other punish- ment as shall, according to the nature of his of- 52 fence, be inflicted upon him by the sentence of * court martial. Th«e articles Art. 10. Every non-commissioned officer or wr'uits? t0 -soldier, who shall enlist himself in the service of the United States, shall, at the time of his so en- listing, or within six days afterwards, have the ar- ticles for the government of ^the armies of the United States, read to him, and shall, by the offi- cer who enlisted him, or by the commanding offi- cer of the troop or company into which he was en- listed, be taken before the next justice of the peace, or chief magistrate of any city or town cor- porate, not being an officer of the army, or, where recourse cannot be had to the civil magistrate, be- fore the judge advocate, and in his presence, shall rmhui°rf'he take the following oath or affirmation: " I, A B, do solemnly swear, or affirm, (as the case may be,) that I will bear true allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them ho- nestly 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 appointed over me, ac- cording to the rules and articles for the govern- ment of the armies of the United States." Which justice, magistrate, or judge advocate, is to give the officer a certificate, signifying that the man enlisted, did take the said oath or affirmation. ndn-conmiis- Art. 11. After a non-commissioned officer or and soidieu. soldier, shall have been duly enlisted and sworn, 53 he shall not be dismissed the service, without a discharge in writing; and no discharge granted to him shall be sufficient, which is not signed by a field officer of the regiment to which he belongs, or commanding officer, where no field 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 expired, but by or- der of the President, the Secretary of War, the commanding officer of a department, or the sen- tence of a general court martial; nor shall a com- missioned officer be discharged the service, but ^of by order of the President of the United States, or by sentence of a general court martial. Art. 12. Every colonel, or other officer com- Furloughs to non-commis- manding a regiment, troop, or company, and act- sloped officer* ually quartered with it, may give furloughs to non-commissioned officers or soldiers, in such numbers, and for so long a time, as he shall judge to be most consistent with the good of the service; and a captain, or other inferior officer, com- manding 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 exceeding twenty days in six months, but not to more than two persons to be absent at the same time, excepting some extraordinary occasion should require it. E 2 54 certificate re- Art. 13. At every muster, the commanding of. specting those r r , ., who are an- ficer of each regiment, troop, or company, there sent at time of , . r muster. present, shall give to the commissary ot musters, or other officer who musters the said regiment, troop, or company, certificates, signed by himself, signifying how long such officers as shall not ap- pear at the said muster, have been absent, and the reason of their absence. In like manner, the com- manding officer of every troop, or company, shall give certificates, signifying the reasons of the ab- sence of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers; which reasons, and times of absence, shall be inserted in the muster rolls, opposite the name of the respective absent officers and soldiers. The certificates shall, 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 of the place will admit. Falsecertifi- Ait. 14-. Every officer who shall be convicted ingeab»eiiKesl 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. raise musters, Art. 15. Every officer who shall knowingly make a false muster of man or horse, and every officer or commissary of musters, who shall wil- lingly sign, direct, or allow the signing of muster- rolls, wherein such false muster is contained, shall, upon proof made thereof, by two witnesses, 55 before a general court martial, be cashiered, and shall be thereby utterly disabled to have or hold any office or employment in the service of the United Scates. Art. 16. Any commissary of musters, or other Mustering of- officer, who shall be convicted of having taken $f™>]$>. money, or other thing, by way of gratification, on *»«*■*•«•• mustering 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 ser- vice of the United States. Art. 17. Anv officei- who shall presume to mus- Mustorinj»any J ' person not a ter a person as a soldier, who is not a soldier, -»wi«* shall be deemed guilty of having made a false muster, and shall suffer accordingly. Art. 18. Every officer who shall knowingly ra-se returns. make a false return to the Department of War, or to any of his superior officers, authorized to call for such returns, of the state of the regiment, troop, or company, or garrison, under his.com- mand, or of the arms, ammunition, clothing, or other stores thereunto belonging, shall, on con- viction thereof before a court martial, be cash- iered. Art. 19. The commanding officer of every re- Monthly rei ° # turns to be giment, troop, or independent company, or garri- om^ son, 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 56 regiment, troop, independent company, or gar- rison, under his command, specifying the names of the officers then absent from their posts, with 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 according to the nature of his crime, by the judgment of a general court martial. Desertion. Art. 20. All officers and soldiers who have re- ceived pay, or have been duly enlisted in the ser- vice of 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. Absence with- Art. 21. Any non commissioned officer or sol- um !ea\e. _ J dier who shall, without leave from his command- ing officer, absent himself from his troop, com- pany, or detachment, shall, upon being convicted thereof, be punished according to the nature of his offence, at the discretion of'a court martial. Noptron Art. 22. No non-commissioned officer or sol- stiHll .einlist , without first dier snail enlist himself in anv other reeiment. ^obtaining a J £> •*.••», re^urdis- troop, or company, without a regular discharge from the regiment, troop, or company, in which he last served, on the penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in case any officer si all knowingly receive and entertain such non-commissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, 57 immediately confine him, and give notice thereof to the corps in which he last served, the said offi- cer shall, by a court martial, be cashiered. Art. 23. Any officer or soldier who shall be Advising de- i- • 11 sertion. convicted of having advised or persuaded any other officer or soldier to desert the service of the United States, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted upon him by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 24. No officer or soldier shall use any re- Reproachful proachful or provoking speeches or gestures to s'eec another, upon pain, if an officer, of being put in arrest; if a soldier, confined, and of asking pardon of the party offended, in the presence of his com- manding officer. Art. 25. No officer or soldier shall send a chal- Duelling. lenge to another officer or soldier, to fight a duel, or accepts challenge, if sent, upon pain, if a com- missioned officer, of being cashiered; if a non- commissioned officer or soldier, of suffering cor- poreal punishment, at the discretien of a court martial. Art. 26. If any commissioned or non-commis- officers com- nianding sioned officer, commanding a eruard, shall know- guards,suffer- ' cj u jng persons to ingly or willingly suffer any person whatsoever, to ^h,°r^°alj0 go forth to fight a duel, he shall be punished as a ^l^'prin? challenger; and all seconds, promoters, and car-c,pas riers of challenges, in order to duels, shall be deemed principals, and punished accordingly. And it shall be the duty of every officer command- 58 commanding ing an army, regiment, company, post, or detach- officei- to ar- . ,11 1 • • r«t aii per- ment, who is knowing to a challenge being given sons intending . to fight a duel, or accepted, by any officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier, under his command, or has reason to believe the same to be the case, imme- diately to arrest and bring to trial such offenders, ah officers to Art. 27. All officers, of what condition soever, part,and quell quarrels and have power to part and quell all quarrels, trays, and disorders, though the persons concerned should belong to another regiment, troop, or com- pany; and either to order officers into arrest, or non-commissioned officers or soldiers into con- finement,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 punish- ed at the discretion of a general court martial. officer or soi- Art. 28. Any officer or soldier who shall up- ing another braid another for refusing a challenge, shall him- for refusing to - , , rr npht,to be pu-self be punished as a challenger; and all officers nulled as a ' ° challenger. anc[ soldiers are hereby discharged from any dis- grace, or opinion of disadvantage which might arise, from their having refused to accept of chal- lenges, as they will only have acted in obedience to the laws, and done their duty as good soldiers, who subject themselves to discipline. sutlers keep- Art. 29. No sutler shall be permitted to sell any ing open shops l • at improper kind of liquors or victuals, or to keep their houses times. r or shops open, for the entertainment of soldiers, after nine at night, or before the heating of the re- 59 veilles, or upon Sundays, during divine service or sermon, on the penalty of being dismissed from all future sutling. Art. 30. All officers, commanding in the field, f^^g"^ forts, barracks, or garrisons, of the United States, at'reasoiiaw* are hereby required to see that the persons permit-1>ric< ted to sutle, shall supply the soldiers with good and wholesome provisions, or other articles, at a reasonable price, as they shall be answerable for their neglect. Art. 31. No officer, commanding in any of the officers not t« garrisons, forts, or barracks, of the United States, fir any exae- ° tions on sut- shall exact exorbitant prices for houses or stalls, '■•".nortobe r > int< rested in let out to sutlers, or connive at the like exactions a'.?;*££ibr,n, in others; nor by his own authority, and for his sofdim.0 e private advantage, lay any duty or imposition upon, or be interested in, the sale of any victuals, liquors, or other necessaries 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 quar- officPrs {om. ters, garrisons, or on the march, shall keep good "eep'go&'o^1 order, and, to the utmost of his power, redress all abuse?'grie*" i j- i i • • , ... ances, and dis- abuses or disorders, which may be committed by orders. 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 markets, or of committing any kinds of riots, to the disquieting of the citizens of , 60 the United States, he, the sairj commander, who shall refuse or omit to see justice done to the of- fender 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 otherwise punish- 1 ed, as a general court martial shall direct. officers or Art. 33. When any commissioned officer or soldiers aecus- , ,. i-ii_ J r •» i • r ed of crimes soldier shad be accused ot a capital crime, or of or of offences , , . against citi- having used violence, or committed any offence ! zensofthe ° J tobe^ebv""' aSamst tne persons or property of any citizen of SphStionw any of the United States, such as is punishable by t trate.ma£ls" the known laws of the land, the commanding offi- cer, and officers of every regiment, troop,-or com- pany, to which the person or persons, so accused, shall belong, are hereby required, upon applica- tion 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 assisting 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 com- manding 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 apprehending such per- son or persons, the officer or officers, so offending, _ shall be cashiered. 61 Art. 3-*. If any officer shall think himself wrong- compiainuof J - officers think- ed bv his colonel, or the commanding officer of ing themselves J ' " wonged, to the regiment, and shall, upon due application*™™^ being made to him, be refused redress, he may nTr"?.1"6 ge' complain to the general commanding in the state or territory where such regiment shall be station- ed, in order to obtain justice; who is hereby re- quired to examine into the said complaint, and take proper measures for redressing the wrong complained of, and transmit, as soon as possible, to the Department of War, a true statement of such complaint, with the proceedings had thereon. Art. 35. If any inferior officer or soldier, shall complaints oi think himself wronged by his captain, or other of- ingthemwlves ficer, he is to complain thereof to the commanding examined Into — r ■, - i-ii by regimental officer ot the regiment, who is hereby required to courtsmaitia). summon a regimental court martial, for the doing justice to the complainant; from which regimen- tal court martial, either party may, if he thinks himself still aggrieved, appeal to a general court martial. But if, upon a second hearing, the ap- peal shall appear vexatious and groundless, the person, so appealing, shall be punished at the dis- cretion of the said court martial. Art. 36. Any commissioned officer, storekeep- Embezzie- er, or commissary, who shall be convicted at a ge- o^neglecfoi neral court martial, of having sold, without a pro-p"rty? pr°" per order for that purpose, embezzled, misapplied, or wilfully, or through neglect, suffered any of the provisions, forage, arms, clothing, ammunition, or i\* Neglect or waste of am- munition. 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 sol- dier, who shall be convicted at a regimental court martial, of having sold, or designedly, or through neglect, 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. 38. Every non-commissioned officer or soldier, who shall be convicted before a court mar- tial of having sold, lost, or spoiled, through ne- glect, his horse, arms, clothes, or accoutrements, shall undergo such weekly stoppages (not exceed- ing the half of his pay) as such court martial shall judge sufficient, for repairing the loss or damage; and shall suffer confinement, or such other corpo- real punishment as his crime shall deserve. Embezzle- Art. 39 Every officer who shall be convicted application of before a court martial, of having embezzled, or public mo- , . neys- misapplied, any money with which he may have been entrusted, for the payment of the men under his command, or for enlisting men into the ser- vice, or for other purposes, if a commissioned of- ficer, shall be cashiered, and compelled to refund the money; if a non-commissioned officer, shall be reduced to the ranks, be put under stoppages 63 until the money be made good, and suffer such corporeal punishment as such court martial shall direct. Art. 40. Every captain of a troop, or company, captains of companies ac- is charged with the arms, accoutrements, ammu- countable for o ' the arms, &c. nition, clothing, or other warlike stores belonging °™>™«°m- 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. il. All non-commissioned officers and Non-commjs- soldiers who shall be found one mile from the and soldiers' . . r . . found one camp, without leave in writing, from their com-mile from 1 ' " camp, without manding officer, shall suffer such punishment as m-j"i^per" shall be inflicted upon them by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 42. No officer or soldier shall lie out of no officer or . . . . . , r soldier to He his quarters, garrison, or camp, without leave lrom out of his . . . quarters with- his superior officer, upon penalty of being punish-out leave, ed according to the nature of his offence, by the sentence of a court martial. Art. i.;. Every non-commissioned officer and Non commis- ,,..,,. , . , sioned officers soldier shall retire to his quarters or tent, at the and soldiers to retire to beating of the retreat: in default of which he shall quarters at ° ' retreat beat- be punished according to the nature of his offence. "'£• Art. ii- No officer, non-commissioned officer, offi<,erjorsol. or soldier, shall fail in repairing, at theYune fixed, ?ngrt0napl*ar % i r i r ' t on Parade or to the place of parade, ot exercise, or other ren- exercise, or quitting the dezvous, appointed by his commanding officer, if same without not prevented by sickness, or some other evident 64 necessity; or shall g© from the said place of ren- dezvous, without leave from his commanding of- ficer, before he shall be regularly dismissed or re- lieved, on the penalty of being punished accord- ing to the nature of his offence by the sentence of a court martial. Drunkenness Art. 45. Any commissioned officer who shall be found drunk on his guard, party, or other duty, shall be cashiered. Any non-commissioned of- ficer or soldier so offending, shall suffer such cor- poreal punishment as shall be inflicted by the sen- tence of a court martial. sleeping on Art. 46. Any centinel who shall be found sleep- post. * r ing upon his post, or shall leave it before he shall be regularly relieved, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be inflicted by the sen- tence of a court martial. solder h- n J^rt* ^' "^° so^a'ier belonging to any regiment, his0dmy.t0 d° trooPs or company, shall hire another to do his duty for him, or be excused from duty, but in cases of sickness, disability, or leave of absence; and every such soldier found guilty of hiring his duty, as also the party, so hired to do another's duty, shall be punished at the discretion of a re- gimental court martial. officers and J^rt' 48, -^nd every non-commissioned officer, sloS'edoffice'rs, conniving at such hiring of duty aforesaid, shall or allowing,' be reduced; and every commissioned officer, hiring of # according to the rules and discipline of received. war> or shall presume to give a parole or watch word different from what he received, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be order- ed by the sentence of a general court martial. officers and Art. 54. All officers and soldiers are to behave haveeorderr^ themselves orderly in quarters, and on their not to commit , , , i n waste in in- march; and whosoever shall commit any waste, closures, or in- .... . ,. r , jure property or spoil, either in walks ot trees, parks, warrens, of inhabitants r r of the united fish-ponds, houses, or gardens, cornfields, enclo- sures of meadows, or shall maliciously destroy any property whatsoever, belonging to the inhabi- tants of the United States, unless 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 na- ture and degree of the offence, by the judgment of a regimental or general court martial. Art. 55. Whosoever, belonging to the armies forcing safe . ?uard. 0f the United States, employed in foreign parts, shall force a safe guard, shall suffer death. Art. B6. Whosoever shall relieve the enemy l'neroy!D^an with money, victuals, or ammunition, or shall knowingly harbor or protect an enemy, shall suf- Relieving or 87 fer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial. Art. 57. Whosoever shall be convicted of hold- Holding cor- . . . ... respondence ing correspondence with, or giving intelligence to, ««h,«'£*- the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suf-||ce\„,\he fer 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 pUb«c stores •'•*• » „ token from camp, towns, forts, or magazines, whether of ar- £™™J& tillery, ammunition, clothing, forage, or provi-^tusn-"* sions, shall be secured for the service of the Unit- ed States; for the neglect ot which, the command- ing officer is to be answerable. Art. 59. If any commander of any garrison, compelling a fortress, or post, shall be compelled, by the offi-officer to give 1 . up to the cers and soldiers under his command, to give up enemy. to the enemy, or to abandon it, the commissioned officers, non-commissioned 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 sutlers and retainers to the camp, sutler* andre- , . , ., lainers to the and all persons whatsoever, serving with the ar- camp> ,Ubject . /«iiii to orders. mies of the United States, in the field, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders, ac- cording to the rules and discipline of war. Art. 61. Officers having brevets, or commis-^^ Md sions of a prior date to those of the regiment in j££D,c,om" which they serve, may take place in courts mar- 68 tial and on detachments, when composed of dif- ferent corps, according to the ranks given them in their brevets, or dates of their former commis- sions; 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 detach- ments, which shall be composed only of their own corps, according to the commissions by which they are mustered in the said corps. Biffcrem Art. 62. If upon marches, guards, or in quar- Se^ters, different corps of the army shall happen to esUn rank'to join, or do duty together, the officer highest in command. J „.../-, rank, of the line of the army, marine corps, or mi- litia, by commission, there on duty, or in quar- ters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless other- wise specially directed by the President of the United States, according to the nature of the case. Art. 63. The functions of the engineers being then-pnviie- jrenerallv confined to the most elevated branch of ges and du* ° , - •■ |,es# military science, they are not to assume, nor are they subject to be ordered on any duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by the special order of the President of the United States; but they are to receive every mark of re- spect, to which their rank in the army may enti- tle them respectively, and are liable to be tranfer- red, at the discretion of the President, from one corps to another, regard being paid to rank. 69 Art. 6i. General courts martial may consist of General . c courts martial. any number of commissioned officers, trom five to thirteen inclusively; but they shail not consist of less than thirteen, where that number can be con- vened without manifest injury to the service. Art. 65. Anv general officer commanding an General . army, or colonel commanding a separate depart- ment, may appoint general courts martial when- ever necessary. But no sentence of a court mar- tial shall be carried into execution, until after the whole proceedings shall have been laid before the officer ordering the same, or the officer command- ing the troops for the time being, neither shall any sentence of a general court martial, in time of peace, extending to the loss of life, or the dismis- sion of a commissioned officer, or which shall, either in time of peace or war, respect 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 Presi- dent of the United States, for his confirmation or disapproval, 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. Art. 66. Every officer commanding a regiment Regimental J . courts martial. or corps, may appoint, for his own regiment or corps, courts martial, to consist of three commis- sioned officers, for the trial and punishment of of. 70 Powers of re* fences, not capital, and decide upon their senten- ces. For the same purpose, all officers command- ing any of the garrisons, forts, barracks, or other places, where the troops consist of different corps, may assemble courts martial, to consist of three commissioned officers, and decide upon their sen- tences. Art. 67. No garrison or regimental court mar- jimentai ^\a\ shan have the power to try capital cases, or courts martial. r - i » commissioned officers, neither shall they inflict a fine exceeding 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 Marine offi- . cers may be and necessary to the public service, the officers of associated J • cTi'couitsmaXtne marines shall be associated with the officers of tia'' 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 officer, of either corps, who may be present, and duly au- thorized, shall be received and obeyed. Duties of ^rt' C^* ^he Jua"Se advocate, or some person w.t«.ailvc* deputed by him, or by the general, or officer com- manding the army, detachment, or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the United States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the pri- soner, the answer to which might tend to crimi- 71 nate himself; and administer to each member of the court, before they proceed upon any trial, the following ooth, which shall also be taken by all members of the regimental and garrison courts martial. " You, A B, do swear, that you will well and oath of the J members 01 a truly try and determine, according to evidence, £°am'tma1'" the matter now before you, between the United States of America and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly administer justice, accord- ing to the provisions of " An act establishing rules and articles for the government of the ar- mies of the United States,'' without partiality, favor, or affection; and if any doubt shall arise, not explained by said articles, according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war in like cases; and you do fur- ther swear, that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be published by the pro- per authority; neither will you disclose or disco- ver the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court martial, unless required to give evi- dence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God." And as soon as the said oath shall have been ad- ministered to the respective members, the presi- dent of the court shall administer to the judge ad- vocate, or person officiating as such, an oath in the following words: oath of judge " You, A B, do swear, that you will not dis- advocatu. close or discover the vote or opinion of any par- ticular member of the court martial, unless re- quired to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in due course of law; nor di- vulge the sentence of the court to any but the pro- per authority, until it shall be duly disclosed by the same. So help you God." Prisoner re. Art. 70. When a prisoner, arraigned before a phad. general court martial, shall, from obstinacy and deliberate design, stand mute, or answer foreign to the purpose, the court may proceed to trial and judgment, as if the prisoner had regularly plead- ed not guilty. Phaiiengetoa Art. 71. When a member shall be challenged member. , . , . . by a prisoner, he must state his cause of challenge, of which the court shall, after due deliberation, determine the relevancy or validity, and decide accordingly; and no challenge to more than one member at a time, shall be received by the court. Members to Art. 72. All the members of a court martial Selmcy7and are to behave with decency and calmness; and in in giving . . , . . . . . votes to begin giving their votes, are to begin with the youngest youngest. in commission. Art. 73. All persons who give evidence before a court martial, are to be examined on oath or affirmation, in the following form: " You swear, or affirm, (as the case may be) Oath of a wit- v J ' ««• the evidence you shall give in the cause now in 73 hearing, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God." Art. 74. On the trials of cases not capital, be-Deposition of w i t n cs s6 s • fore 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 evi- dence; provided the prosecutor and person accus- ed are present at the taking the same, or are duly notified thereof. Art. 75. No officer shall be tried, but by a ge- officers notto ' ° be tried, but neral court martial, nor by officers of an inferior J^f^™^. rank, if it can be avoided. Nor shall any pro- j&Hik ceedings or trials be carried on, excepting be- Detw«ne8/pt tween the hours of eight in the morning, and three p.'m.' ' in the afternoon, excepting in cases which, in the opinion of the officer appointing the court martial, require immediate example. Art. 76. No person whatsoever shall use any no person » J shall use me> menacing words, signs, or gestures, in presence „ gefture^or of a court martial, or shall cause any disorder orSartw?wur* 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 charg- Arrot&ofeffi J CMS, ed with a crime, he shall be arrested and confined in his barracks, quarters, or tent, and deprived ef his sword, by the commanding officer. And any officer who shall leave his confinement before G 74 he shall be set at liberty by his commanding offi- cer, or by a superior officer, shall be cashiered. Arrest or con* Art. 78. Non-commissioned officers and sol- finement of . , ^™£Kdiers, charged with crimes, shall be confined un- arwidiers. til tried by, a court martial, or released by proper authority. Person* in ar* Art. 79. No officer or soldier who shall be put rest, not to be , kept in con* m arrest, shall continue in confinement more than finement more ' than s days, e-^t days, or until such time as a court martial can be assembled. oncer of» Art. 80. No officer commanding a guard, or v^manfaTto provost martial, shall refuse to receive or keep keepvpriw- anv prisoner committed to his charge by an offi- ners. J * . 0 cer belonging to the forces of the United States; provided the officer committing shall, at the same time, deliver an account in writing, signed by himself, of the crime with which the said prisoner is charged. prisoners not Art. 81. No officer commanding a guard or withontpro- nrovost martial, shall presume to release any per authority, r , , . , • i person committed to his charge, without proper authority for so doing, nor shall he suffer any per- son to escape, on the penalty of being punished for it by the sentence of a court martial. saraesofpri- Art. 82. Every officer or provost martial, to ported to whose charge prisoners shall be committed, shall, the command- „ c i - * we o««cr. within twenty-four hours alter such commitment, or as soon as he shall be relieved from his guard, make report in writing, to the commanding offi- cer, of their names, their crimes, and the name* of the officers who committed them, on the penal- ty of being punished for disobedience or neglect, at the discretion of a court martial. Art. 83. Any commissioned officer, convicted conductunbe- coming an of< before a general court martial of conduct unbe-fim',anda ° gentleman. coming an officer and a gentleman, shall be dis- missed the service. Art. 84. In cases where a court martial may suspension, think it proper to sentence a commissioned officer to be suspended from command, they shall have power also to suspend his pay and emoluments for the same time, according to the nature and heniousness of the offence. Art. 85. In all cases where a commissioned T.Q „„„„.. The name and officer is cashiered for cowardice or fraud, it shall «r™ecash!er. be added in the sentence, that the crime, name, ice or frauds," and place of abode, and punishment of the delin-edinthenews- papers. quent, be published in the newspapers, in and about the camp, and of the particular state from which the offender came, or where he usually re- sides, after which it shall be deemed scandalous for an officer to associate with him. Art. 86. The commanding officer of any post Caseswnere or detachment, in which there shall not be a num- Hfficien?01 * ■ <•• rr> i i- i number of of- ber ot officers adequate to torm a general court ficers to form martial, shall, in cases which require the cogni- court martial. zance of such a court, report to the commanding officer of the department, who shall order a court to be assembled at the nearest post or detachment, and the party accused, with necessary witnesses, to be transported to the place where the said court shall be assembled. ■jentences of Art. 87. No person shall be sentenced to suffer death, '.o have r rJlnceoftwo- death, Dut by the concurrence of two-thirds of memberj.the the members of a general court martial, nor ex- cept in the cases herein expressly mentioned; nor shall more than fifty lashes be inflicted on any of- fender, at the discretion of a court martial;* and no person to no officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, cond time for or follower of the army, shall be tried a second the same of- J fence. time for the same offence. Nopersonto Art. 88. No person shall be liable to be tried betriedforof- ■,.,,, fence commit, and punished by a general court martial for anv ted more than i j a * 'wo vears. offence which shall appear to have been commit- ted more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless the person, by reason of having absented himself, or some other mani- fest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice within that period. offictrsamho. Art. 89. Every officer authorized to order a ge- a court mar- neral court martial, shall have power to pardon or rial, may par- . . r don, mitigate, mitigate any punishment ordered by such court, •r suspend, its " •' * » ' sentences, except the sentence of death, or of cashiering an officer; which, in the cases where he has authority * Punishment by stripes "or lashes abolished. See section 7, act of May 16,1812, page 83. 77 (by article 65) to carry them into execution, he may suspend, until the pleasure of the President of the United Statesman be known; which suspen- sion, together with copies of the proceedings of the court martial, the said officer shall immediate- ly transmit to the President for his determination. And the colonel or commanding officer of the re- giment or garrison, where any regimental or gar- rison court martial shall be held, may pardon or mitigate any punishment ordered by such court to be inflicted. Art. 90. Every judge advocate, or persons of- ^fofgene- ficiating as such, at any general court martial, ltfai'to trans-1" shall transmit, with as much expedition as the op- ingsandsen- 1 * tences to the portunity of time and distance of place can admit, secretary of the original proceedings and sentence of such court martial, to the Secretary of War; which said original proceedings and sentence shall be care- fully kept and preserved in the office of said Secre- tary, to the end that the persons entitled thereto may be enabled, upon application to the said of- fice, to obtain copies thereof. The party tried by any general court martial, f^J^ shall, upon demand thereof, made by himself, or J^wrfiS, by any person 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 com-courts of in. _ , c . quiry. manding officer may order a court ot inquiry to E % 78 examine into the nature of any transaction, accu- sation, or imputation, against any officer or sol- dier, the said court shall consist of one or more officers, net exceeding three, and a judge advo- cate, or other suitable person, as a recorder, to reduce the proceedings and evidence to writing, all of whom shall be sworn to the faithful perform- ance of their duty. This court shall have the same power to summon witnesses as a court mar- tial, and to examine them on oath. But they shall not give their opinion on the merits of the case, excepting they shall be thereto specially re- quired. The parties accused shall also be per- mitted to cross-examine and interrogate the wit- nesses, so as to investigate fully the circumstances in question. courts of in- Art. 92. The proceedings of a court of inqui- ry, 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 dismis- sion of an officer, provided that the circumstances are such, that oral testimony cannot be obtained. Prohibited, But as courts of inquiry may be perverted to dis- edby the Pre-honorable purposes, and may be considered as en- sident, or de- r r » j «cu»ed.bylheSmes °f destruction to military merit, in the hands of weak and envious commandants, they are 79 hereby prohibited, unless directed by the Presi- dent of the United States, or demanded by the accused. Art. 93. The judge advocate, or recorder, shall administer to the members the following oath: " You shall well and truly examine and inquire oath of mem* J bers of court according to your evidence, into the matter now ofinquir>. before you, without partiality, favor, affection, prejudice, or hope of reward. So help you God." After which the president shall administer to the judge advocate, or recorder, the following oath: " You* A B, do swear, that you will, according oath of the ' ... recorder. to your best abilities, accurately and impartially record the proceedings of the court, and the evi- dence to be given in the case in hearing. So help you God." The witnesses shall take the same oath as wit- oath of wit- ness. nesses sworn before a court martial. Art. 94. When any commissioned officer shall An inventory J of the effects die or be killed in the service of the United States, ^""^j^ the major of the regiment, or the officer doing the E^iE-J^ major's duty in his absence, or in any post or gar- office." rison, the second officer in command, or the as- sistant military agent, shall immediately secure all his effects or equipage, then in camp or quarters, and shall make an inventory thereof, and forth- with transmit the same to the office of the De- Office. 80 partment of War, to the end, that his executors or administrators may receive the same. An inventory Art. 95. When any non-commissioned officer ofany non- or soldier shall die or be killed in the service of tommissioned . i officer or soi- the United States, the then commanding officer of j dier who shaU ° midland tne trooP or company, shall, in the presence of [he'wa'r"*1t0 two other commissioned officers, take an account of what effects he died possessed of, above his arms and accoutrements, and transmit the same to the office of the Department of War; which said effects are to be accounted for, and paid to the representatives of such deceased non-commis- sioned officer or soldier. And in case any of the officers, so authorized to take care of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers, should, before i they have accounted to their representatives for ■ the same, have occasion to leave the regiment or post, by preferment, or otherwise, they shall, be- fore they be permitted to quit the same, deposite in the hands of the commanding officer, or of the assistant militarv agent, all the effects of such de- ceased nou-commissioned officers and soldiers, in order that the same may be secured for, and paid to, their respective representatives. $ aii persons •^rt" 96' ^ officers, conductors, gunners, ma- jjiJhewtiner? trosses, drivers, or other persons whatsoever, re- |^eltnmr'' ceiving pay or hire, in the service of the artillery iLtWefc**8 or corps of engineers of the United States, shall | be governed by the aforesaid rules and articles, 31 and shall be subject 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, Mm*;.,, and whether militia or others, being mustered and in of'the united pay of the United States, shall, at all times, and in to tu«e «■*« and articles- all places, when joined, or acting in conjunction, by'mimia'of- with the regular forces of the United States, be ficcr5' governed by these rules and articles of war, and shall be subject to be tried by courts martial, in like manner with the officers and soldiers in the regular forces; save, only, that such courts mar- tial shall be composed entirely of militia officers. Art. 98. All officers, serving by commission Miiitiaofficew from the authority of any particular state, shall, nexTafter'Tu on all detachments, courts martial, or other duty, samTgVade fa wherein they may be employed in conjunction with the regular forces of the United States, take rank, next after all officers of the like grade in said regular forces, notwithstanding the commis- sions of such militia or state officers may be elder than the commissions of the officers of the regular forces of the United States. Art. 99. All crimes, not capital, and all dis or-crimes, not ders and neglects which officers and soldiers may S?1?"aiid" U *i r , ... - , neglects, tho' be guilty ot, to the prejudice of good order andnothTOi'1 ... • j o mentioned,to military discipline, though not mentioned in the %£££*• 82 foregoing articles of war, are to be taken cogni- zance of by a general or regimental court martial, according to the nature and degree of the offence, and be punished at their discretion. resident to Art. 100. The President of the United States uniform. shall have power to prescribe the uniform of the army. These articles Art. 101. The foregoing articles are to be read to be read eve- ° ° ry six months. an(j published once in every six months, to every garrison, 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. Persons.not gec, 2. And be it further enacted, That in citizens, lurk- ing as spies, time of war, all persons not citizens of, or owing allegiance to, the United States of America, who shall be found lurking as spies, in or about the for- tifications or encampments of the armies of the United States, or any of them, shall suffer death, according to the law and usage of nations, by sen- tence of a general court martial. Repealing 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 resolves of congress thereunto annexed, and respecting the same, shall henceforth be void and of no effect, except so far as may relate to any S3 transactions under them, prior to the promulga- tion of this act, at the several posts and garrisons respectively, occupied by any part of the army of the United States. [Approved, April 10,1806.] Extract from an act passed16th Mayy 1812; Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That so punishment much of the " Act for establishing rules and arti- huhe?ato.or cles for the government of the armies of the Unit- ed States," as authorizes the infliction of corpo- real punishment, by stripes or lashes, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 1 ARMY REGULATIONS, Revised, conformably to the act of 2\th April, 1816. War Office, September, 1816, RANK OF REGIMENTS. 1st. The light artillery. 2d. The light dragoons. 3d. The foot artillery. 4th. Th* infantry. ? According to the num- 5th. The riflemen. \ bers of. l*e reS"*ents 3 respectively } According to the num- bers given to them re- spectively by the gene- ral commanding. This regulation is confined to parades. On all other occa- sions, 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 artillery, infantry, or rifle- men, will command. Where a controversy concerning rank shall arise, from the sameness oi date in commissions, it shall be determined by refe- rence to former commissions in the regular service. Brevet rank gives no command, except on detachments; nor will 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. Where oificers of different regiments of inlantry, or other corps, meet as members of the same court martial, brevet rank H 86 will be exercised} and the same rule will apply to officers on detachment (conformably to the 61st article of the rules and ar- ticles of war) which extends to temporary service only, and not to the regular command of departments, permanent posts, and garrisons; but brevet command may be exercised therein by the assignment of the commanding general, upon special and tem- porary occasions In all cases where officers are retained in service, with lower commissions in the line, than those holden during the late war, former commissions can only be exercised under the foregoing regulation. Commissions in the general staff confer no rank to officers of the line, when they cease to exercise staff duties, by virtue of such commissions. There is no precedence between staff departments. The officers assigned to these, will take rank from the brevets they hold. 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. Principles governing the decision of rank. 1st. Rank in actual service, when appointed. 2d. Former rank and service m the army, or marine corps, of the United States. 3d. Lottery—among such as have not before been in the mi- litary service of the United States. When controversies arise, on the interpretation and applica- tion of the rules and regulations for the government of the ar- my, in relation to rank, the commanding officer of the division or department where such controversy may occur, is authorized and directed to institute a court of inquiry, or board of officers, whose duty it shall be to examine and report opinions on the cases respectively coming before the ,1; which opinions will be transmitted to the Adjiitant and Inspector General's Office, for the approval of the War Department. 87 RULES WITH REGARD TO PROMOTION AND TRANSFER. 1. Original vacancies will be supplied by selection; accidental vacancies by seniority, excepting in extraordinary cases. 2. Promotions to the rank of captain, will be made regimen- tally; to that of field appointments, by line; the light artillery, artillery, infantry, and riflemen, being kept always distinct. 3. No officer will be entitled to the pay, rations, or emolu- ments annexed to any office, until he shall have notice of his ap- pointment thereto from the War Department; or from a general officer, with respect to appointments in the gift of generals. When an officer is officially advised of promotion, he may re- ceive the difference of pay and emoluments from the date of his piomotion. The transfer of officers will only be made by the War Depart- ment, in general orders, on the mutual application of officers, and in no case will an officer of any regiment or corps be put into another, where the transfer would prejudice the rank of any officer in such regiment or corps. RANK BETWEEN ARMV AND NAVY OFFICERS. Commodores of squadrons, be- ing captains,..... Brigadier generals. Captains........ Colonels. Masters commandants, . . . Majors. Lieutenants,...... Captains. The rank and precedence of sea officers, as above stated, will take place according to the seniority of their respective com- missions. Captains, not having an actual command as commo- dores, will rank only as colonels; and if commanding a vessel of inferior class than that to which they are by law entitled, will rank only as majors, unless the combined force, under the com- mand of any such captain, shall equal that to which a captain in the navy is entitled, in which case he shall rank as a co- lonel. This arrangement is not to give any pretence to land officers to command any part of the naval force of the United States, 88 nor to sea officers to command any part of the army of the Unit- ed States; nor shall either have a right to demand the compli- ments due to their.respective rank. Commodores of the flotilla. service will have the rank of colonels only. COMPLIMENTS TO BE PAID BY THE TROOPS, The highest military honors are payable to the President and Vice President of the United States, whether in uniform or not. To the Secretary of War, to major generals commanding dis- tricts, 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 cavalry will not be dropped in saluting. All other major generals are entitled to three ruffles of the drum, with presented arms, and to the dropping of all colors other than the standards. Brigadier generals commanding districts, or corps of the ar- my, are entitled to the honors payable to major generals 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, thay only 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 regii ment, their own quarter guards pay them the compliments 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 genera!, or other officer, entitled to a salute, shall pass guards while in the act of relieving, both guards will sa- lute, 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 relative rank. m All guards are to be under arms when an armed-party ap- proaches their posts, and to parties commanded by a commis- sioned officer, they will present arms and beat a march, and the officers will salute. The colors of a regiment, passing any guard, will be saluted, the drums of the regiment saluting in turn. When two regiments meet on a march, the regiment of infe* rior rank will halt, form, and salute the other, which proceeds on its march, with swords drawn, bayonets fixed, trumpets sounding, drums beating,.and colors flying, until it shall have cleared the front of the latter regiment. All regiments, marching with standards or colors, have claim to the compliments of any regiment they may meet on their march, not having standards or colors, without regard to the rank of the particular corps. SALUTES. The national salute shall be conformable to the number 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 President, 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 salutcshall be returned gun for gun, notice being given No salutes shall be fired to public armed vessels of the Unit- ed States, under the rate of a frigate, and to these only in re- turn, gun for gun, notice being given. At one o'clock, on the fourth day of July, of each year, a na- tional salute will be fired from all the military posts and forts in the United States. Salutes shall not be fired from guns «f higher caliber than twelve pounders. H 2 30 jVAFF OF THE ARMY. i'he general orders of the Executive, and the military corres- pondence of the War Department, relative to details of service, will be through the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office; and ill communications connected with army detail, the recruiting service, reports, returns, courts martial, rank of officers, fur- loughs, discharges, and the redress of grievances, will be made to the Department in the same way. 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 manuel exercise, and the evo- lutions and arrangement of them when brought into action; and Direction of the military correspondence. 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 re- corded, in a book kept for that purpose, whence, at an hour which shall have been previously assigned, they will be tran- scribed by the aids-de-camp of general officers, by the adjutants of. all separate corps, by a deputy or assistant deputy quarter- master general, by a surgeon's mate, detailed for that duty by the senior surgeon, and some commissioned officer from each corps of engineers; and when so transcribed, they will be carried, without delay, to the corps to which these officers re- spectively belong, and be there promulgated, under the orders of the officers commanding the corps, and become to them a rule of Conduct. 91 2. Detail* 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 prac- ticable, the troops are to act by companies, battalions, or regi- ments. 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 precedence for com- mand; subject to deviations under the orders of the commanding general. In details the following gradations will govern: 1. Reconnoitring parties, and corps of observation. 2. Foraging before the enemy. 3. Detachments and outposts. t. Guards of trenches. ">. Van guards in approaching an enemy. 6. Rear guards in retiring from an enemy. 7. General courts martial. S. 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 routine of duty, the law of detail will always 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 relieved, and the tour on which he is, be passed to his credit. 93 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, hut 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 general 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 in- quiry, or courts martial, will be made through the adjutant ge« general of division or department. All returns, intended to ex- hibit the strength of corps, made agreeably to the 19th article of war, and accounting for the absent non-commissioned offi- cers, musicians, and privates; reports of the hospital and of the quartermaster's departments; and of ordnance and of ordnance stores, attached to the army, will also be addressed to the adjutant general of division, of which he will make out a ge- neral return, agreeably to the forms.prescribed, to be transmit- ted monthly to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, for the information of the War Department. These returns will exhibit regiments and detachments of regiments and corps, separately; by number, if regiments, and by name, if corps, and also the strength of each post and garrison within the division. Returns of ordnance and ordnance stores, will be made agree- ably to forms furnished by the colonel of ordnance. Departures from forms, and inattention to regulations, will be regarded and punished as acts of positive disobedience. The original proceedings of all general courts martial, ordered by the War Department, will be transmitted to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, by the judge advocate of the court. Whenever a court martial is appointed by a general or other officer commanding an army or district, the judge advocate will lay before the officer ordering the same, the whole proceedings of the court; and it is made the duty of the adjutant general, or officer doing 93 that duty, to transmit all such original proceedings to the Ad- jutant and Inspector General's Office, as soon as practicable, with a copy of the order of confirmation or disapproval. On application (for that purpose,) a suitable non-commissioned offi- cer or private will be detailed as a clerk to the judge advocate of any general court martial. DUTIES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. These will be divided under the following heads, viz: Mustering and inspecting troops of the line, and militia de- tachments serving with them. Selecting places of encampment, and posting guards. Superintending the police of the camp, and of the march. Inspecting parades; and Making half-yearly confidential reports to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, for the information of the War De- partment, of the state of the army, division, or detachment, to which they belong. 11 Mustering and inspecting the troops of the line, and militia de- tachments. Troops of all descriptions shall be mustered once in two months, for payment, nor shall any payment be made but upon muster-rolls, signed by an inspector general, or his assistant, or in the absence of these, by some officer of the army of the United States, especially assigned to this duty by the general or other officer, commanding the department in which the said troops, so mustered, shall be. Two muster rolls of each company, or detachment ef a com- pany, are to be furnished to the paymaster; and none except the semi-annual muster rolls, to be made on the 30th of June, and 3lst of December, in each year, showing all casualties which have occurred within the time tor which ihe muster is made, will be forwarded to the Adjutant and Inspector General's 0.ffice. iH An officer of each regiment, station, garrison, or post, will be designated in department orders, to muster the men, and sign the rolls at the regular periods, when no inspector is present for that purpose. A copy of the order, designating the time for such musters, will be furnished to the regimental and battalion paymasters, assigned to pay the troops. Whenever a muster shall be made of any company, or de- tachment, di" a company, of the regular army, for the purpose of pay (which musters are directed to take place every two months, and which shall show the place and 'date of muster) an inspection will at the same tim? be made of such company or detachment, and a return, agreeably to the form prescribed, will be transmitted, to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. Inspections of the troops are of two kinds—stated and occa- sional. The former shall take place monthly, and (when prac- ticable) on the last day of each month; the latter as often as the general, or other officer, commanding the department may think proper. The general object of both, shall be, to ascertain the exact state of the arms, equipments, and cloth- ing, and of every other circumstance tending to show the actual condition of the troops so inspected. All horses bolonging to the public, will also be subjects of in- spection; those unfit for service, will be branded in the presence •f the inspecting officer, with the letter C, and immediately transferred to the quartermastr general's department, lor public sale; nor shall any horse, so branded, be thereafter accepted by any inspecting officer. Returns of cast horses will be made quarterly. 2. 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 otherwise; to examine and report the several cases to the commanding general; and to take his or* deis in relation to iheir future disposal; to inspect the state of tents, barracks, and hospitals; to punish any want of care 01 95 cleanliness therein; to regulate all sutlers and markets, within any camp, cantonment, or garrison; 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 service 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 detachnvnts will there be embodied and marched to the ground of division parade, accompanied by the adjutant of the day, un- der command of the senior officer; the whole will then be march- ed as aforesaid, to the ground of general parade, where they will be received by an inspector, 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 com- manding general; and the inspector, in performing it, shall call to his aid an officer from each corps of engineers. 5. Making half-yearly confidential reports for 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 of division, and shall receive from him his remarks, in writing, before they are transmitted to the Adjutant and In- spector General's Office 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 practice of the troops; in habits of obedience, and of attention to personal appear- ance, adhering to the prescribed uniform, and to the rules of interior economy. 2d. Whether the field and company officers respectively know their duty, and are able and willing to perform it? whether the subalterns are severally sober, active, and industrious, careful to acquire knowledge, and to communicate it to the 96 non-commissioned officers and privates? whether the adju- tant, quartermaster, and paymaster, are competent to the duties assigned to them? whether the regimental books are kept with accuracy and regularity? and whether the non- commissioned officers perform their duty with promptitude and effect? 3d. Whether the meat and bread furnished by contract, are of good quality? and whether these and other articles, com- posing the ration, are regularly issued? 4th. Whether the forage be good, and of sufficient quantity! Sth. Whether the hospital supplies and regulations be suffi- cient, and regularly dispensed, in the one case, and observed in the other? 6th. Whether there has been any irregularity in the proceed- ings of courts martial, or in the execution of sentences pro- nounced by them? and 7th. The state of the ordnance and ordnance stores generally; whether the quantity of ammunition in store is suffi- cient, and well secured, and whether the ordnance de- partment, the arms and equidments are in proper order? On each of these heads there will be a special report, and in what may be said on the second, all possible frankness is ex- pected. One motive the more to this, will be found in the so- lemn declaration of the government; that, while it shall be its in- variable practice to distinguish and to reward merit, of every description, and in every grade, all pretentions, not having that foundation, however propped and patronised by names, will be utterly disregarded. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. The functions of the engineers being generally confined to the most elevated branch of military science, they are not to as- sume, nor are they subject to be ordered on any duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by special authority through the War Department; and when so arranged, to other duties, either on detachment or otherwise, they will have prece- dence according io their commissions; which, at all times, enti- tle them to every mark of military respect. Whenever an officer of engineers is sent to any military de- partment, fortress, garrison, or post, a duplicate of his orders will be sent to the commanding officer, by the Adjutant and In- spector General, when the order is given by the War Depart- ment, and by the chief ef engineers when the order is given by, or through him. On his arrival, the engineer shall communicate his orders, and will receive the necessary facilities for the ac- complishment of the same, from the commanding officer. While so on duty, without being, specially put under the direction of the commanding officer, the senior engineer present will be fur- nished with copies of all orders and regulations of the command, relative to etiquette and police, and will be regularly served with the countersign of the post, or garrison, when quartered within the chain of sentinels. When leaving the limits of the department, or command, under orders, the engineer will report the same to the commandant. DUTIES OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. To make such surveys, and exhibit such delineation of these, as the commanding general shall direct; to make plans of all mi- litary positions, (which the army may occupy,) and of their re- spective vicinities, indicating the various roads, rivers, creeks, ravines, hills, woods, and villages, to be found therein; to ac- company all reconnoitring 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 varie- ties of ground, of buildings, 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. I 98 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. 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, and constructing and re- pairing 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 receive from the departments of purchase and of ordnance, all clothing, eamp equipage, arms, ammunition, and ordnance; to transport the same to the place of destination, and there to make distribu- tion thereof, agreeably to the direction given to the articles by the commissary general of purchases, and to the orders of the general commanding the district to which they are destined. Quartermasters, in the intermediate districts, between the places of receipt and delivery, will be held responsible for the safe and prompt transportation of all articles through their re- spective districts. Articles for conveyance by this department, shall be trans- ported in bulk, as much as possible, and with each quantity of stores conveyed, the quartermaster 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 quartermaster 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 transport* ed and issued agreeably to regulations 6 To provide good and sufficient storehouses, for provisions deposited under contract, between individuals and the govern- ment, and to appoint storekeepers (for the custody of the said provisions, or other articles, the property of the public, which may be placed there) who shall give security for then- safe keep- ing and delivery, under the orders of the commanding general of the district, or of the quartermaster general; and to find means 99 of transporting the same, when so required by the engagements of the government. 7. To make returns, half-yearly, to the Secretary of War, of all horses and draft oxen, or horses and oxen on hire, in public service, showing their number, employment, and condition; and a similar return of all other articles, the property of the public, of which the department may be possessed. 8. To make and transmit to the Secretary of War, monthly summary statements of the accounts of the department, and quarterly accounts thereof, agreeably to the forms which shall be prescribed, to the accountant of the War Department, and the superintendent of military supplies. 9. All moneys drawn for the use of the department, within any military district; shall be drawn and accounted for by the senior officer of the department within such district. No purchases, on public account, will be made by the quarte: master's department, but of the following articles: 1st. Of forage. 2d. Of fuel. 3d. Straw for soldiers' bedding. 4th. Articles of stationery. 5th. Dragoon and artillery horses; and horses, oxen, wagons, and carts, for the transportation of baggage; boats for the same; and 6th. Boards, planks, nails, and other materials, for construc- ting and repairing barracks, hospitals, and bridges. In all cases in which gun carriages and artillery wagons 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 quartermaster 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 quartermaster of the post or of the party succeeding to them, shall, in the one case, have the quarter* cleansed, and in the otuer, repaired; and the expense of so doing, shall be deducted from the pay of the officers command- l'OO ing the party which immediately preceded m the occupation of the buildings so cleansed and repaired; where thisshall not have been done, the last occupyer shall be considered re- sponsible. Where private lands and buildings are occupied by the troops of the United States, a reasonable compen- sation shall be made to the proprietor by the quartermaster of the district or post: and when the rate of compensation cannot be satisfactorily agreed on, discreet and disinterested persons shall be appointed, by the quartermaster and proprie- tor, to appraise the rent, which will be settled by the quarter- master, and the damage repaired, as before provided. " Every officer of the army, whose duty requires him to be on horseback, in time of action, and whose horse shall be killed in battle, shall be allowed a sum not exceeding two hundred dol- lars, on making satisfactory proof of the loss and value of the horse so killed; the proof reqaired shall be by affidavit of the quartermaster of the ..corps to which the owner may belong, or of two other credible witnesses." The quartermaster's department will adjust and settle all claims conformably to the above provisions. Annual estimates. It shall be the duty of this department, to make out and trans- mit to the War Department, on or before the first day of No- vember, in each year, annual estimates of the forage, fuel, straw for bedding, articles of stationery, dragoon and artillery horses, exen, wagons, and carts, for transportation of baggage, £;c. and qf all other articles, the furnishing of v.! ;ich appertains to the said department. 101 Regulations which will govern in tlte allowance of quarters,fuel,forage, servanu, stationery, and the transportation of baggage to officers, and fuel and bedding to troops. 1. Of quarters and fuel. Quarters. To a major general, three rooms and a kitchen -------- To a brigadier general, two rooms and a kitchen........ To a colonel and every other officer, having the rank of field officer, one room and a kitchen - - - To each captain, judge advocate, chaplain, hospital surgeon, regi- mental surgeon, post surgeon, re- gimental and battalion paymaster, and to two hospital surgeons' mates, or two regimental surgeons' mates, one room...... To the commanding officer of a depart- ment or separate post, and to tne principal officer of each branch of the division staff, one room as an office....... For all other commissioned officers, one room to every two officers - - To each mess of six or more officers, one room as a kitchen - - - - At posts where there are less than six officers, fuel for a kitchen 6hall be allowed. Monthly allowance of wood to officers. From May! From Nov 1 1, to Oct. 31 to April 30. Cords. Cords 1 G 1 44 1 3 2 H i i 2 103 The senior officer shall, in every instance, have the choice oi quarters. At all posts, garrisons, or cantonments, north of the 40th de- gree of latitude, the allowance of fuel may be increased one- fourth, during the months of December, January, and February. No compensation in money to be made for allowances 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 quartermas- rer attached thereto; and any overplus of fuel beyond what has been used, or may be necessary for use, at such post, shall re- vert to the United States. Coal may be issued, in proportion to the cost of wood, in lieu thereof. In requisitions for fuel, officers will state that they are on duty for the time, and at the place, where the fuel is required. No quarters or fuel will be allowed officers whilst on_fur» lough. 2. Of forage. To all horses in actual service, there shall be allowed 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 ac- tual service, in the field, where their duties require them to be mounted, for the number of horses they actually keep in service, not exceeding the following rates: Major generals, seven. Brigadier generals, five. Colonels, four. Lieutenant colonels and majors, three. All other officers, entitled by law to receive money in lieu of forage, when the same shall be drawn in kind, two each; but 103 forage will not be drawn in kind by officers stationed at a.:y permanent garrison or fort. 3. Of servants. Officers will be entitled to private waiters, as follows, viz: Major generals, four. Brigadier generals, three. Colonels, lieutenants colonels, majors, and hospital surgeons, two. All other commissioned officers, one each, except company officers, while serving with their company, when they will be allowed only a soldier of the line, each, as a waiter. The pay account of the officer, must set forth the name and description of each private servant charged, on which the officer will certify that he was actually kept and employed in service accordingly. 4. Of stationery. To a major general, or other officer, commanding a division or department, so much stationery as may be necessary for the discharge of his public duties. To every other general officer, or officer commanding bri- gade, twenty four quires of paper per annum. To a colonel, or other officer, commanding a regiment, or battalion for the use of the regiment or battalion, eighteen quires per annum, and a blank book of three quires. For the use of every company, whether in garrison or other- wise, twelve quires per annum, and a blank book of three quires. For the use of every permanent hospital, twelve quires per annum, and a blank book of three quires. For the use of every other commissioned officer in the army of the United States, three quires per annum. A proportion of other stationery, at the rate of 25 quills, as many wafers, and a paper of ink powder, to each six quires. 104 5. Of transportation. When officers are ordered to distant commands, the following rates are to govern, in the allowance made to them for the transportation of their baggage, at two dollars per hundred pounds per hundred miles. To a Major general, - - 1,250 lbs. Brigadier general, - 1,000 ditto. Colonel, ■ 750 ditto. Lieutenant colonel, - 600 ditto. Major, - 500 ditto. Hospital surgeon, . 750 ditto. Captain, . 400 ditto. Surgeon, . 400 ditto. Subaltern, - 300 ditto. Surgeon's mate, - - 300 ditto. Cadet, - 200 ditto. The most direct post route will determine the distance, for the amount of transportation, whether performed by land or water. To every officer, ordejed on general courts martial, temporary commands, or on other duties, where there is a direct stage route, there will be allowed, if he so elect, in lieu of the transportation of his baggage, his stage hire: no delay being ad- mitted on the road. Receipts from the stage offices, or certifi- cates, on honor, of the performance of the duty, will be re- quired. No allowance for transportation of baggage, to officers fulfill- ing the first order after appointment. Officers, prisoners of war, are allowed for transportation of baggage, from the places where they are paroled, to their re- spective homes, unless transportation is provided by the enemy, or the government. A two horse wagon shall be allowed to each regimental hos- pital, in which shall be conveyed a medicine chest of 200 or 105 ,,oo weight, and three other che6ts, under lock and key,'tor blankets and bed sacks, cooking utensils, and hospital stores. Each company or a detachment of seventy-eight men, shall be allowed one four horse wagon and team, or two, two horse wa- gons and teams, for the conveyance of baggage and camp equi- page, consisting of one common tent, one iron kettle, and two tin pans, for every six men, to include the baggage of company officei s when marching with their company. 6. Of fuel and straw for non-commissioned officers and privates. Every six noncommissioned officers and privates will be al- lowed a half cord of wood per month, from the 1st of May to the 31st cf October, and one cord per month, from 1st Novem- ber to 30th April, of each year. This allowance to be increased in the same'proportion, and under the same restrictions, as that of commissioned officers. The allowance of wood for the quarters of the sick, will be regulated by the commanding officer and surgeon. One truss of straw weighing thirty-six pounds, is allowed for every two men. At the expiration of sixteen days, each truss is to be refresh- ed with eight pounds. At the expiration cf 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 six- teen and thirty-two days. The same quantity of straw is allowed for servants, or bat- men, not soldiers, or for washerwomen, in the proportion 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 senior surgeon., Requisitions for fuel or straw, must state the number of non-commissioned officers, privates, servants, batmen, and washerwomen, for whom it may be demanded, and certified by the commandant of the regiment, garrison, or recruiting ren- •di-ivous. 106 TCRCHASlNG DEPARTMENT. The commissary general of this department, and his de- puties, will purchase, upon the orders and estimates of the War Department, all clothing, dragoon saddles and bridles, tents, tent poles, camp kettles, mess pans, bed sacks, medicines, surgi- cal instruments, hospital stores, and all other articles required for the public service of the army ot the United States; except. ing, only, such as are directed to be purchased by the ordnance and quartermaster general's departments. 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 quar- termaster general'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, accompanied by an invoice of the ar- ticles contained in the said parcels. The commissary general of purchases, and h'13 deputies, shall severally make and transmit summary statements, to the Secretary of War, and quarterly accounts of the pur- chases and deliveries, made by them, respectively, to the ac- countant of the War Department, and the superintendent gene- ral of military supplies, with the necessary vouchers, and agree- ably to the forms which shall be prescribed, Deputy purchasing commissaries shall not, unless specially ordered by the commissary general, or by the War Department, make any issues of clothing to regiments or parts of regiments. The clothing department is subject only to the orders of the War Department, and the commissary general of purchases. Requisitions of paymasters not being considered in the nature of orders, are not affected by these regulations. To enable the War Department to furnish the orderAnd estimates, as provided by the foregoing regulation, the com- 107 manding officer of each regiment or battalion shall make and transmit, on or before the 1st day of November, in each year, to the commissary general of purchases, an estimate of all such clothing, and camp epuipage, as may be necessary for the supply of the regiment or corps for the ensuing year; with a return of the articles on hand, and a report of the condition in which they are On these the commissary general will make out his annual estimates for the War Department. PAY AND CLOTHING OF THE TROOPS. The value of the annually estimated quantity of clothing, conformably to the act of April 24,1816, which will be publish- ed to the army at the beginning of every year, in general orders, will be added to the soldier's pay, from which his clothing will be deducted at the cost of each article. At each muster and inspection for payment, which shall be regularly every two months, it shall be the duty of the inspec- tor to ascertain and report, on the roll of each company or de- tachment, for the guide of the paymaster, what clothing is re- quired for each man. The articles of clothing shall be distinctly stated on the mus- ter roll, opposite to the name of each man, in the hand writing, and signed by the inspector. If the paymaster is not present at each regular muster and inspection, to pay the men, the muster roll will be left with the commanding officer of the company, or detachment of a compa- ny, who will have charge of the clothing on hand, for which he will be accountable to the paymaster, and will issue the articles required for each, by the inspector, taking the receipt of the soldiers, and the paymaster shall deduct the amount from the pay. Regimental and battalion paymasters shall alone have autho- rity to make, requisitions lor clothing. In each department there shall be a depot of clothing m 103 charge of an issuing commissary, or storekeeper appointed by the commissary general, from whom clothing shall be drawn by ] requisitions of the several paymasters, in favor of the com- manding officers of companies, who are responsible to the pay- i masters for the same; and the clothing shall be charged to the paymaster, supported by his orders, and the receipts of the com- manding officers of companies. The account of clothing, kept by the issuing commissary or storekeeper, shall specify the cost of the same, according to the annually estimated value, and shall be immediately sent, with the vouchers, to the superintendent general of military supplies, and a copy of the account, unaccompanied by the re- quisition and receipt, shall, at the same time, be sent to the accountant of the War Department, through the paymaster ge- neral, to correct the estimates. The regimental and battalion paymasters will be charged , with the amount of clothing, so drawn, in the books of the ac- countant's office, and on the official report of the superintendent general of military supplies. The sale of the clothing to the soldiers, and the articles on hand, will always balance these ac? ) counts against the paymasters. -' Regimental and battalion paymasters, in addition to the re- gular and punctual payment of regiments and corps, are to be considered distirct paymasters, and make individual, and suah other payments as may be regularly required of them within their departments. 1 k, ensure punctuality and responsibility, correct reports shall be made 10 the paymaster general, once in two months, show- ing the disposition of the funds previously transmitted, with ao curate estimates, for the next payment of such regiment, gar. rison, or department, as may have been assigned to each; and shall, at the same time, render his accounts and vouchers of the last payment to the accountant of the War Department, through the paymaster general. If the statements of expenditures, thus made, are found cor- 109 rect, and the estimates are approved and signed by the paymas- ter general, funds will be transmitted for the next payment. Whenever paymasters shall fail to transmit estimates, and render their vouchers to the accountant through the pay- master general, for settlement, the provisions of the law will be enforced, and the army relieved from such embarrass- ment. Generals commanding divisions, officers commanding milita- ry departments, and all officers while in the actual command of permanent posts and garrisons, separate from the stations «f commandants of departments, which subject them to the addi- tional expense of independent commands, are allowed double ra- tions. The pay account in which such charge is made, must be supported by the officer's certificate, stating the post or garrison, and that he was actually commanding during the time charged. No regimental or battalion paymaster will make payment of any supposed arrears of pay, or bounty, to soldiers discharged by the civil authority. The times for regular musters and inspections of troops at the several posts, and hospitals and infirmaries, will be communi- cated to the paymasters assigned to pay the same, by the com- mandants of departments; when this is distinctly known, there can be no excuse for neglect in the paymasters; and all defi- ciencies will be promptly reported to the Office of the Adju- tant and Inspector General. No paymaster will issue due bills for the pay of the troops, nor take receipts where payment has not actually been made; and if any paymaster or other officer shall, either directly or in- directly, be accessary to the purchase of any non-commissioned officer's musician's, or private's certificate, or evidence of pay due, such certificate, receipt, or evidence of pay, will not be re« • ceived as a voucher in settling pay accounts at the accountant's office; and on proof of the fact, such officer shall be dismissed the service. K 110 Regimental and battalion paymasters will regularly pay all Stewards, wardmasters, nurses, attendants, and patients, on the proper musters and inspections for that purpose, at the esta- blished hospitals and infirmaries within the districts or depart- ments assigned them. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. The duties of the officers of the ordnance department will consist in providing, distributing, and preserving, the various articles coming under the denomination of ordnance and ord- nance stores, and in supplying the troops, posts, and garrisons, conformably to the regulations, and according to the exigencies, of the service. Under the general denomination of ordnance and ordnance Stores, will be comprehended:— 1. Cannon, howitzers, and mortars, for the land service, gun carriages, and their equipments, caissons, travelling forge's, pon- toons, and their carriages, and all machines and apparatus, des- tined to the service and manoeuvres of artillery in garrison and in the field, together with the materials for their construction and repairs. 2. Small arms and accoutrements for the artillery, cavalry, infantry, and riflemen. 3 Ammunition for cannon and small arms, and all stores of expenditure, for the service of the artillery. 4. Materials, utensils, and stores, for the laboratories 5. Intrenching and miner's tools, armorers' tools, and artifi- cers' tools, of every description, required for the use of the army. Ordnance stores may be provided by purchase, fabrication, or contract, as may be judged most advantageous to the public ser- vice; but no contracts can be considered valid, except such as Shall be made by the chief of the ordnance department, under the direction of the Secretary of War. Ill The artillery for field service will be distributed into divisions and subdivisions Each company of the corps of artillery, serving in the field, having attached to it six pieces of ordnance, and the proper allt'.ment of stores, will constitute a division of artillery. The six pieces of ordnance allotted to a division, shall con- sist either of four pieces of cannon of the same caliber, and two howitzers, or of six pieces of cannon, all of the same caliber. A subdivision of artillery will consist either of two pieces of cannon of the same caliber, or two howitzers. To ensure greater simplicity and uniformity, in future, in the calibers, and patterns of cannon, &c. the cannon, howitzers, and mortars, to be provided hereafter for the land service, will be as follows: For the field— C Light G pounders, Cannon < Ditto 12 ditto C. Medium 18 ditto Howitzers S^.P^ders, (_o inch. For sieges (including, also, field pieces of the foregoing de- scriptions:) C annon heavy 21 pounders, C8 inch, Mortars < 10 do C 13 do For the fixed batteries on the seaboard and forts in the inte- rior, (including also field pieces of the foregoing descriptions.) Cannon heavy 24 pounders, ■*-■• £!°S All ordnance to be provided hereafter of any of the natures and calibers above expressed, are to be invariably of the same pattern; and it will be the duty of the ordnance department to adopt proper measures for ensuring uniformity in the ordnance hereafter, by gradually abolishing and replacing the guns of other calibers than the foregoing, which have been introduced IIS into the service, as well as guns of patterns different from those which have, or may be established, so as eventually to bring all the guns of anyone caliber to a uniform pattern. Whenever guns of a larger caliber than 24 pounders shall be demanded for the fixed batteries on the seaboard, or the forts in the interior, it shall be the duty of the ordnance department to provide cannon of such calibers and patterns as may be even- tually established for the naval service. To guard against the embezzlement of ordnance stores, the articles shall, as far as practicable, be distinctly and permant- ly marked, previously to their being sent from the arsenals, so as to identify them, as being the public property of the United States. Whenever any person, in the military service of the United States shall fraudulently sell, or otherwise dispose of any arms, ammunition, or other ordnance stores, or convert the same to his own use, or deface their marks, for the purpose of conceal- ing them, or wilfully waste and destroy them unnecessarily, it shall be the duty of any military officer, to whom the facts shall be known, or credibly reported, to communicate the circum- stances to the ordnance office, at the seat of government. Whenever a commissioned officer shall receive from any ar- senal or depot, or otherwise obtain, or be possessed of, any swords, pistols, rifles, or other small arms or accoutrements, the property of the United States, for his personal use and ser- vice, it shall be the duty of the ordnance department (credi- ble evidence thereof appearing) to charge against such officer the value of such arms, at the contract, or other just price of the same, and shall transmit to the office of the paymaster gene- ral a copy of such charge, to the intent the amount may be stopped from the pay of such officer. When it shall become necessary, or expedient, to sell any arms, timber, gunpowder, or other ordnance stores, whether on account of their being damaged or the inconvenience of their removal, or from any other valid reason, it shall be the duty cf the officer in command, or having charge of the same, to cause 113 a survey to be taken by two or more commissioned officers, one of whom to be of the ordnance department, if convenient, or by two or more respectable inhabitants, in the absence of offi- cers, who shall make an accurate account and schedule of the articles proposed to be sold, and report their state and condition, together with their own opinion of the expediency of their being sold, with their reasons therefor, pro or con, which survey and opinion shall be transmitted to the ordnance office, at the seat of government, whereupon an order may be sent to dispose of such stores, it being understood that the sales in such cases shall be made at public vendue, with suitable previous notice, unless otherwise expressly directed. The marks in such cases must be cancelled or obliterated, previously te the sale. In time of peace no ordnance or ordnance stores, in the charge or custody of an officer, storekeeper, clerk, or agent, of the ord- nance department, shall be delivered from an arsenal or depot, except by virtue of a direct authority from the ordnance office, at the seat of government—cases of extreme danger or necessi- ty being alone excepted. Any general officer who may require authority in time of peace to call, at his discretion, for arms, artillery, ammunition, and other ordnance stores, from the arsenals and depots within the extent of his command, will make applisation for that pur- pose to the Secretary of War, who will, if it be judged expedient, direct the ordnance office to give to such general officer an un- limited control over the arms, artillery, ammunition, and other ordnance stores, at the several arsenals and depots within the extent of his command. All requisitions for artillery, ammunition, and other ordnance stores, for the use of any post, garrison, or corps, of troops in time of peace, shall be regularly transmitted to the general offi- cer within whose immediate command such post, garrison, or corps may be situated, who will sanction, countermand, or mo- dify such requisition, at his discretion, and after due examina- tion, will transmit the same to the ordnance office, at the seat of government, from whence the necessary order will be sent K 2 114 for the supply of the articles embraced by such requisition: However, in case there may be danger of great loss of time, or Other manifest inconvenience in transmiting the requisitions through the general officer immediately in command, it will be permitted to send the requisitions directly to the ordnance office, duplicates thereof being, at the same time, forwarded to the ge- neral, for his examination and sanction. Any general officer may change the route or destination of any ordnance or ordnance stores, issued on his own requisition, Or on that of any officer under his command; in other cases, no general or other officer will be permitted to vary the route, or divert the whole or any part of a convoy of ordnance stores from the destination given to it by the ordnance department,— cases of extreme danger and necessity being alone excepted. Requisitions for arms and accoutrements for recruits, must be made by the officer superintending the recruiting service, and will distinctly express the regiment, or the particular battalion of the corps of artillery to which the recruits belong. The officer requiring the arms and accoutrements will give a receipt on the delivery; and such arms and accoutrements will be charged, on the books of the ordnance office, to the proper re- giment or battalion, to the end that distinct and separate ac- counts may be kept with the several regiments and batta- lions. When several companies of artillery shall be assembled per- manently in garrison, the officer highest in rank among the con- ductors of artillery, shall have the special charge and custody of the ordnance and ordnance stores, and shall keep the accounts of their expenditure. He will be aided in that duty by the other conductors of artillery. The quarterly returns of ord- nance and ordnance stores, for the garrison, will be prepared Under his direction, and be signed and transmitted by him. It is to be understood, the charge and custody of all ordnance and ordnance stores, (except small arms and accoutiements,) and the task of preserving and accounting for the same while in ac- 115 t'jal use and service belongs to the officers of artillery, and the conductors of artillery; and such charge and accountability will not cease, until such ordnance and ordnance stores shall have been regularly returned to the arsenals or depots, or shall have been regularly delivered over to an ordnance officer, acting with an army in the field, and stationed in charge of the main depot of the artillery of reserve belonging to such army. At posts and garrisons where no regular conductor of artille- ry shall be serving, nor can be obtained without great loss of time, or manifest inconvenience, the commanding officer, if he shall judge it to be necessary, for the good of the service, may select and recommend a suitable person, not belonging to the army, to serve as an ordnance storekeeper, whose duties shall be similar to those of a conductor of artillery in garrison. To ensure dispatch and regularity, the recommendations may be transmitted, in the first instance, to the ordnance office, at the seat of government. Should such tecommendation and selec- tion meet the approbation of tne Secretary of War, and the per- son so recommended be appointed as a storekeeper, he will be considered entitled to the pay and emoluments of a conductor of artillery, from the period he may have entered upon the duties. Storekeepers, so appointed, will be always considered subordi- nate to the regular conductors of artillery, and not subject to be removed from the station to which they may have been as- signed An officer of the ordnance department who may be attached to an army in the field, shall be stationed at, and have the prin- cipal charge and direction of, the main depot of ordnance and ordnance stores, lor the supply of such army. Orders and re. quisitions for ordnance and ordnance stores, shall regularly be transmitted to him, through the commanding general, or the senior officer of artillery, aciing with such army: with the latter, the officer of the ordnance department, having charge of the depot, will constantly correspond, t > as to ascertain the actual and probable wants of the army, relative to his department, and be prepared to furnish all supplies at the shortest notice, Hs 116 will also correspond with the ordnance officer, and with the officers of that department, at the nearest arsenals and laborato- ries, so as to anticipate, if possible, and provide for all the wants of the army in his department. He will, at the depot, cause the gun carriages to be put in order and repaired, the can- non to be remounted, the ammunition to be provided and pre- pared, the ammunition wagons to be replenished, the damaged arms and accoutrements to be taken care of, and undergo the necessary repairs. For these purposes, he is not only to be fur- nished with all proper aid by the commanding general, but is to employ any extra aid of artificers, armorers, and laborers, which the service may require. The general commanding will, Irom time to time, communi- cate to him such instructions and information as may be deemed proper, and will indicate the locations and transfers of the de- pots, which are, on no account, to be changed, except by his or- ders, or from absolute necessity- Duties of the Conductors of Artillery. The conductors of stores attached to the divisions or comp> nies of artillery, aided, when necessary, by a trusty non com- missioned officer of each division, will have charge of, and be accountable for, the ordnance and ordnance stores attached to their respective divisions, in camps, on marches, and in detach- ed posts- The drivers, harness, and horses, of the artillery, will also be under their particular charge. Besides the ordnance, ammunition, and stores, appropriated to each division of artillery, the senior officer of that corps, in command, with the army, will apportion to the respective divi* sions, according to his judgment, the spare arms, ammunition, &c destined for the infantry; also the artifiqers', intrenching, and miners' tools, the laboratory stores and utensils; the spare gun carriages, equipments, &c. At the periods of such distri- butions, inventories ought to be taken by the conductors of stores, of every thing attached to their respective divisions.— 117 Suitable books are to be furnished by the ordnance department to the conductors of stores, to enable them to keep their ac- counts. r- The conductors of stores will issue ammunition and stores of ' expenditure for their respective divisions, on the orders, written or verbal, of the commanding officers of the respective divisions, or on their own responsibility. No receipts shall be exacted on such issues, but the quantities and kinds of articles delivered, shall be entered'in the books of accounts of the conductors of stores, together with the name of the officer ordering the same. Ammunition and stores are not to be delivered by the conductor • of one division for the use of another, except by the order of a general officer, or of a field officer of artillery, or the command- ing officer of the post. In such cases, besides the proper en- tries in the books, receipts for the articles shall be passed. The conductors of stores will receipt to the officers oftheord- i". nance department for all ordnance, ordnance stores, arms, ac- Jt. coutrements, ammunition, &c. received from the arsenals and W depots, and keep correct accounts of their expenditure. Quar- f terly abstracts of these accounts are to be transmitted to the It ordnance office, exhibiting the species of articles received, W those remaining on hand, and those expended or delivered over. bg, . The conductors of stores will, from time to time, as opportu- Hnities may offer, and under the direction of the senior officer of artillery in command, disencumber the divisions of the empty ammunition wagons, carriages needing repairs, damaged arms, &c. and, in general, of all ordnance and ordnance stores which may be deemed unserviceable or superfluous; which are to be sent either to the depot, or an adjacent arsenal, and delivered to an officer of the ordnance department, who will receipt for the same The conductors of stores will keep the senior officer of the corps of artillery in command, acquainted with the state of the ordnance and stores of their respective divisions, in order that prompt measures may be taken to obtain from the depot at neighboring arsenals, the requisite supplies. 118 Musket cartridges and flints, shall be issued by the conduct- ors of stores, on the orders of the commanding officer, or of any general officer; if to regiments, by the requisitions of the colonels or other field officers commanding them; if to detach- ments, by the requisitions of their commanding officers; if to posts or garrisons, by the requisitions of such persons as may be designated by the orders. Intrenching and artificers' tools, &c. shall be issued by the requisitions of the officers respectively commanding the working parties, to whom tickets shall be furnished, containing lists of the tools delivered; the same tickets to be handed to the reliev- ing officers, and finally, to be returned with the tools on the dis- charge of the working parties; in case of loss or damage, beyond ordinary wear and tear, it shall be the duty of the conductors of stores to report to the commanding officer, in order that the loss or damage may be made good. Regulations relative to the distribution of small arms and accoutre' ments, and the mode in which they are to be accounted for. Small arms and accoutrements shall, in time of peace, be is- sued from the arsenals and depots only on the requisitions of the colonels, or other field officers actually commanding the re- giments, and the officer superintending the recruiting service, for each regiment, battalion, and corps; which requisitions shall not exceed the effective strength of the regiments respectively, and of the recruits to be raised. The receipts of the colonels, &c. shall be given for the arms, &c. when delivered to an officer of the regiment appointed by him to receive them; which receipts shall be transmitted to the ordnance office, where an account shall be opened with each regiment, for arms, ike and the commanding officer of the regiment shall be held strictly accountable, during his command, for the arms, &c. charged to the regiment: and shall transmit quarterly returns to the ordnance office, by which he shall strictly account for the arms delivered to the regiment; failing whereof, his name shall be reported to the superinten- dent general of military supplies for further enquiry. Dtipli- 119 cates of such quarterly returns shall regularly be entered in the regimental book, and ? [articular inspection and examination be made, in the event of a change of command. The colonels shall distribute to the captains or subalterns com- manding the companies, the arms, &c. received for the use of the regiment, taking their receipts for the same; and shall par- ticularly see that the arms, &c of each company be strictly ac- counted for afterwards in the inspection returns. The captain or subaltern, commanding a company, shall dis- * tribute to the non-commissioned officers and privates the arms received for the company, the distribution must be witnessed by a non commissianed officer of the company, and be recorded in the company book, as conclusive evidence to hold the soldiers accountable for the arms, &c. so distributed. Surplus arms may be returned, if in good order, to the con- ductors of stores, who shall grant receipts to the colonels for the same: which receipts, being transmitted to the ordnance of- fice, by the colonels, the regiments shall respectively have cre- dit for the arms so returned. In case of arms, &c. being lost or damaged by unavoidable ac- gjcidents, a certificate, on honor, under the hand of a commission- ed officer, shall be furnished to the conductor of stores, distin- guishing those totally lost, from such as may be merely da- maged; the latter being delivered up to the conductor of stores, who, besides transmitting such certificate to the ordnance office, shall be bound to make further inquiry, and report the circum- stances, if he have reason to distrust the accuracy of the certi- ficate. The regiments shall respectively have credit on the books of the ordnance office, for all arms, &c. lost or damaged by unavoidable accidents. Arms damaged or lost, by negligence or misconduct, shall have their value exacted from the delinquent; for which the co- , lonel or field officer commanding the regiment shall be respon- sible. W He shall require the captain or subaltern commanding a com- pany, to charge in the company bool£ to the soldiers in fault, 120 the amount of all arms, Ike so lost or damaged, noting the same amount on the pay rolls, to be deducted from their pay. The damaged arms to be returned to the conductors of stores, with minutes of the amount charged for the same, specifying the name of the individual to whom charged, together with that of the company and regiment; and the conductors of stores shall transmit quarterly abstracts of such charges to the ord- nance office For arms, &c. thus accounted for, as charged to individuals, the conductors of stores shall grant receipts to the colonels of the regiments, distinguishing arms totally lost, from such as may be merely damaged; which receipts being transmitted to the ordnance office, the regiment shall have credit for such arms. Small arms and accoutrements, for the use of the corps of ar- tillery, shall be issued to the field officers of that corps com- manding battalions, in the same mode, and subject to the same regulations, for the respective battalions, as are provided above for the regiments of infantry. The component parts of the musket and accoutrements, are valued as follows, viz: Stand of Arms. The Bayonet,......S "■ 25 Ramrod, ------- 75 Lock, - - - - • - - -3 25 Stock,.......1 75 Barrel,.......4 00 Mounting, - .....2 00 Stand of arms complete, total, - - - g 13 00 Accoutrements. The Cartouch box and belt, C ~) bayonet, scabbard and 1 £ » J* , { 2 M belt, mi. J Brush and pricker,.....6 Ball screw, - "%*......25 Screw driver, .... .25 131 MEDICAL DEPARTMBNi. Hospital Surgeons and Mates. The senior hospital surgeon shall be, ex officio, director of the medical staff, in the army or department to which he may be attached. It shall be his duty to examine, and (if he ap- proves) countersign, all requisitions, for hospital stores, medi- cines, and surgical instruments, of the surgeons or mates in his department; to inspect the hospitals or infirmaries, under his di- rection, as often as he may deem it necessary, and as often as he shall be required by the commanding general; to correct all abuses, and to prescribe and enforce such regulations and rules for the government of the attending surgeons and mates, as may be considered most conducive to the comfort of the sick, and the interest of the service, with the approbation of the ge- neral commanding the army or department. It shall be his duty to consolidate the reports of the sur- geons and mates in his department, and to transmit a copy thereof, quarterly, to the commanding officer of the depart- ment; to keep a book, in which shall be registered all the re- ports transmitied to him; and to make, from time to time, such remarks on meteorological phenomena, and the appearance of epidemicks, as may be deemed useful in promoting medical science. It shall be the duty of the hospital mates to observe the di- rections of the medical director; to have the police rules of the hospital or infirmary, written in a legible hand, and hung up in some conspicuous part thereof, for the information and go- vernment of the patients; to assign to each patient an appropri- ate ward; to keep a register of all patients admitted, and a diary, in which shall be recorded the history of every impor- tant or interesting case of disease. It shall be the duty of the senior attending surgeon, at every hospital, infirmary, or post, to make requisitions for such medi- cines, hospital stores, &c. as may be considered necessary for I. V22, the comfort of the sick; and to submit the same to the director, for his approbation. They shall make Monthly and Quarterly reports to the direc- tor, agreeably to the forms prescribed. It shall also be their duty to communicate freely and frequently with the director, and to consult him in all cases, wherein his advice may be deemed necessary. There shall be kept at every hospital and infirmary, under the direction and supervision of the senior surgeon, a book, in which shall be entered the name and description oi every pa- tient, to be taken from his descriptive list, when admitted, and his disease. To which will be added, the date of his dis- charge from the hospital, and the disposition made of him. When a soldier is returned to his corps, furloughed, or furnish- ed with a certificate to obtain a discharge for inability, his de- scriptive list shall be returned with him, having been carefully kept in the hospital for that purpose, noting on the same, the payments which have been made at the hospital. Under the direction of the commanding officer of the army ot department, the senior attending surgeon shall make out regular muster rolls of the stewards, wardmasters, nurses, attendants, * and patients attached to his hospital or infirmary, and deliver them to the inspector who shall correct and sign the same for the guide of the paymaster, as in all other cases of musters and inspections for payment. Hospital Stewards and IVardmasters. It shall be the duty of the steward, under the direction of the surgeon, to provide for the hospital, to receive and take charge of all hospital stores, furniture, utensils, &e. to keep an accu- rate account of all issues, and specify not only for whom, but by whom, ordered. The surgeon's certificate shall be his voucher. The stewards are authorized to draw from contractors any of the component parts of the ration which may be necessary to 123 the supply of hospitals, and which the said contractors are obliged to furnish. The component parts of the ration not ac- iulUk employed as food in the hospital, may be sold, and the avails applied to the purchase of vegetables, &x. &c. as directed by the superintending surgeon The wardmaster shall be under the direction of the steward. He shall receive the arms, accoutrements, and clothing, of eve- ry patient admitted into the hospital. He shall see that the cloths are immediately washed, numbered, and labelled, with the name, regiment, and comjiany, of the patient, and putaway in a place provided for that purpose. If the arms and accou- trements are not brought with the patient, the wardmaster shall so report. He shall be responsible for the cleanliness of the patients and the wards; shall call the roll every morning and evening, and report all absentees. He shall be particularly cute- ful in the proper construction of the close stools, and see that they have always a proper quantity of water or charcoal in thtm, and that they are cleansed at least three timss a day. He shall see that the beds and bed cloths are properly aired and exposed every fair day to the sun, that the straw in each bed sack is changed at least once in every month, and that each patient is washed and his hair combed every morning. When a patient has died, or been discharged, he shall see that the bed and bed cloths are properly cleaned, and the straw burned, and that the nurses and attendants are kind and attentive to the sick and wounded. All the attendants shall be considered as under his immediate direction, and he shall be responsible for the faithful performance of the duties assigned them. No non-commissioned officer or private shall be removed from the situation of nurse or attendant without the consent of the senior attending surgeon. Regimental Surgeons and Males. The surgeon shall be responsible for the order, regular- ity, and cleanliness, of the regimental hospital, or infiraa- IJi-t .y, as wcii as for the comfort and convenience of all other sic!. nn n confided to his care. He shall send as few patients as possible to the gcneraUh^* pital, and these shall be confined to the wounded, and chronic i.ases; excepting when the sick are ordered to be left behind on a march. In that event, a'l cases may be sent to the general hospital, unless otherwise provided for by the director. When a patient is to be sent to the general hospital, the surgeon shall ■;end with him a descriptive list, together with a certificate con- taining the name, regiment, and company of the patient; the symptons and duration of his disease, with some general re- marks on the mode of treatment pursued. He shall, likewise, send with him his clothes, arms, and accoutrements. He shall keep a strict record of all cases sent to the general hospital. When the troops are in permanent encampments or canton- ments, he shall provide some suitable place for the reception of the sick. In this regimental infirmary, the common camp dis- eases, such as inflammatory and typhus fevers, diarrhoeas, and dysenteries, shall be attended. He shall be careful to have the infirmary well ventilated, and shall not crowd his patients. He shall use every precaution to prevent the origin of conta- gion, and should it appear, he shall immediately report it to the commanding officer, and make every exertion to counter- act it, by paying a strict attention to the personal cleanliness and frequent changes of the linen and bedding of the sick, &c. &c. The surgeon shall, with the consent of the commanding offi- cer of the regiment or corps, select a capable and careful non- commissioned officer, who shall act as steward and wardmaster; and such number of men as may be necessary to attend upon the sick, who are to be considered as attached to the medical staff, and not to be removed but by the consent of the surgeon. The surgeon shall frequently inspect the provisions furnished to the troops, and report the same, when unsound, to the com- manding officer, as well as every thing in diet, dress, or situa- tion, which can affect the health of the troops. 125 He shall require of the orderly sergeant of each company, a written and daily report of the sick, and shall report all cases of feigned sickness to the commanding officer of the companies to which they belong. He shall examine each case reported, at least once a day, and all dangerous cases more frequently. He shall attend at the commencement of a march, and desig- nate such men as should be permitted to ride, or have their knapsacks transported in the wagons He shall attend all musters and inspections and report such men as are unfit for service, assigning the cause of their ina- bility. He shall have on hand a sufficient supply of medicines, in- struments, dressings, and hospital stores, and be always ready to render services in case of an engagement. He shall see that the mates are attentive to their duties, and endeavor to afford them every opportunity of improvement. He shall keop a daily journal and prescription book, wherein shall be recorded an account of all cases of sickness, the na- ture of the complaints, and the means used to effect a cure, toge- ther with the result. He shall make out a morning report of the sick and conva- lescent, and deliver it to the commandant of the regiment or corps. He shall make out monthly and quarterly reports, agreeably to the forms prescribed,which he shall forward to the medical director of the department. In the absence of the surgeon, the mate oldest in commis- sion shall act as surgeon. When the surgeon is present, it shalk be the duty of the mate or mates to prepare his prescriptions, see that they are regularly taken, and to attend to the directions of the surgeons in all cases. They shall have charge of all medicines and instruments, and be held responsible to the sur- geon for their good condition. They shall be attentive to the order and cleanliness of the regimental infirmary, and see that the patients are keprclean in their persons, linen, and bedding. 1 % 128 Post Surgeons. The duties of these officers are the same as those prescribed for the hospital and regimental surgeons and mates, and have their rank with the mates when serving together. Apothecary General, and hit Assistants. The apothecary general, and his assistants, will receive and1 take charge of all hospital stores, medicines, surgical instru- ments, and dressings, bought by the commissary general of pur- chases, or by his deputies, or by any other person under the di- rection of the said commissary or deputies, and shall account to the superintendent general of military supplies for all expendi- tures of the same. The apothecary general, and his assistants, will compound and prepare all officinals, and put up and issue medicines, &c. in. chests, or. otherwise, conformably to requisitions signed by the director, or senior surgeon of a department. Returns are to be made to the apothecary general, quarterly, by the assistant apothecaries, suigeons, and mates, or any one having charge of instruments, medicines, hospital stores, or hospital equipments of any description. The forms of these returns will be regulated by the apothe- cary general, under the direction of the superintendent general of military supplies, to whom one copy of the returns will be. sent. RECRUITING REGULATIONS. Recruiting districts will be assigned for regiments and corps,. conformably to arrangements of the War Department. The colonel or commanding officer of each regiment and corps, will, when required, select from his regiment or corps,. a field officer, or captain, to superintend the recruiting thereof, and a competent number of platoon officers, non-commissioned 127 •(fleers, and musicians, will be .placed under his command for this service A surgeon's mate will also be detailed with such party, subject to the orders of the superintending officer. The officer charged, with the superintendence of the re- cruiting service, will distribute the parties within the dis- trict assigned for the recruiting of his regiment or corps, as he shall find most advantageous for this service. He will often visit the different parties, supply the officers with funds, and see that they attend to the duties assigned them; and whenever re- cruits are not obtained, from any cause, other than the fault of the officer, the station will be changed; but if it appear to arise from the fault of the officer, he will be reported to the com- manding officer of the regiment, and recalled. So soon as the recruiting station of a regiment or corps is fixed, the superintending officer will make his authorized requi- sitions, for clothing and camp equipage, to the commissary ge- neral of purchases, at Philadelphia, and his requisitions for arms and equipments to the ordnance department, Washington Ci- ty; and at the same time will give notice to the contractor to supply rations. He will also transmit copies of those estimates and requisitions, with an estimate for recruiting funds, direct to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. In making enlistments, officers will be particularly careful to adhere strictly to the prescribed forms. They will see that the recruit has a perfect understanding of the period of time for which he engages to serve, and that such period of time be written at large in his enlistment All enlistments must be accompanied by the certificate of the examining surgeon, and the receipt of the recruit for the boun- ty he has received. Enlistments will, in all cases, be taken in duplicate; one will be kept by the recruiting officer, as a voucher in the settlement of his accounts; the other he will forward to the officer super- intending; who will, at the end of every month, forward direct- to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, such duplicate enlistments, accompanied with a roll containing the names of all 128 recruits enlisted within the morith, and by whom they were en^ listeti, also a re.urn, in the prescribed form, of all recruiting par- ties under his superintendence, with the names, timei, and places, of :dl desertions and deaths, within the month, and he will, at the same time, forward to the commanding officer of the regiment a duplicate of such return. And whenever recruits shall be enlisted at the station of any re- giment, corps, company, or aetachment, the commanding offi- cer of the regiment or battalion, as superintendent, will require of the enlisting officer the like duplicate enlistments, and will himself forward direct to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, such duplicate enlistments, roll of recruits, returns, &.C. as are above required of the superintendent. Superintendents of the recruiting service will transmit monthly accounts and vouchers for bounties and premiums and monthly accounts and vouchers for contingencies, to the accountant of the War Department; and quarterly accounts and vouchers for clothing, arms, accoutrements, and camp equipage, to the superintendent general of military supplies, at the City of Washington. As soon as practicable, every recruit will take and subscribe the necessary oath, agreeably to the tenth article of " the rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States." If any recruit, after having received the bounty, or part thereof, shall abscond, he is to be pursued and punished as a deserter. Every officer superintending the recruiting service, where there shall be no quartermaster, will procure the necessary transportation, forage, fuel, straw, and stationery, taking the requisite vouchers. No party shall be detailed on the recruiting service, unac- companied by a commissioned officer, unless by special permis- sion of the superintending officer. All recruiting officers are expressly forbidden to enlist any man having ulcerated legs, scalded head, rupture, or scurvey, 129 or an habitual drunkard, or one known to have epileptic fits, or other iniirmity, which unfits him for the active duties of the field; and any olT.cer who shall enlist such man, and any sur- geon or surgeon's mate who shall certify his fitness for service, shall, on proof thereof, be dismissed the service. Surgeons are to be particularly attentive to the examination of recruits, and shall not suffer any man to pass who has not, at his examination, been stripped of his clothes, to the end that it be ascertained, as far as possible, that he is fit for active ser- vice in the field. All free male persons, above eighteen and under thirty-five years, who are able bodied, active, and free from disease, may be enlisted; and whenever a recruit, who is underage, shall have a parent, guardian, or master, his consent, shall be obtained, in writing, and accompany the enlistment, which is sent to the Adjutant and Inspector General. Any loss accruing from a non observance of this rule, will be borne by the recruiting officer. The limitation of age does not apply to soldiers who may leinlist. Recruits shall not be mustered, for payment, until they join their regiments or corps. The premium of two dollars to the recruiting officers is to be paid after the recruit has been mustered, and is in compensa- tion for extra expense. The bounty of twelve dollars to the recruit will be paid, the one-half when he shall have signed his enlistment, the other half when lie shall have been mustered and joined his regiment or corps. Officers superintending the recruiting service, may, when- ever they think the good of the service will be promoted there- by, direct the recruits, or any part of them, to be sent to the principal rendezvous: and whenever a party of recruits shall be so sent, they will be accompanied by a perfect descriptive list and account of bounty, clothing, Sec agreeably to the pre- scribed form: and whenever the numbers at any principal ren- dezvous 'Jiail authorize the measure, a company shall be organ- 130 /ed from the same, the proper descriptive roll and accounts be made out, and the company be put in march, with a competent number of officers, for the head quarters of the regiment or corps. Every superintending officer of recruiting service will be held strictly responsible for the order, discipline, and good conduct of the parties under his command. No recruiting officer shall be liable to orders, for other duties, until he shall be regularly relieved from the recruiting service. Soldiers enlisted by the officers of any particular regiment, shall be given over to that regiment, and no transfer of soldiers, > ■ from one corps to another, will be made, without the assent of the officers commanding both corps, or by the orders of the War Department.' And whenever any transfer of soldiers shall be made, the commanding officer of the company or detachment to which they belong, shall furnish a complete descriptive list, and account of pay, bounty, clothing, &c. of every soldier, so transferred. Every departure from these rules, and every neglect in mak- ing the prescribed returns, will be considered a positive diso- '*■ hedience of orders, and punished accordingly. All communications for the War Department, relating to .1 the recruiting service, will be addressed to the Adjutant and , J Inspector General. THE UNIFORM OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. The coat of the infantry and artillery shall be uniformly blue, no red collars or cuffs: and no lace shall be worn by any grade, excepting in epaulets and sword knots. 4 All officers will wear coats of the length of those worn by -& field officers. 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 substituted for felt, and worsted or cotton pompons for feathers. , General officers, and all others of the genera' staff, not other- wise directed, shall wear cocked hats without feathers, yelluv. gilt bullet buttons, and button holes in the herring bore form 131 The epaulets of major generals will have on the gold ground of each strap, two silvered stars. The epaulets of brigadiers will have on each strap one star. The uniform of the 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. Undress uniform, and all other dresses resembling the mili- tary, without conforming to regulations, are prohibited, except- ing that black cockades, with yellow eagles, will always be worn by all officers of the army. Pattern buttons for all corps, will be furnished by the commissary general. Cap, for the non-commissioned officers and privates of all corps, the same as that worn by the infantry, with white pom- pons, black cockades, and yellow eagles; the other ornaments of the cap to correspond with the trimmings of the corps. Dirks will never be worn in lieu of swords by officers of the army. 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. Standing collar to be united in front to the edge of the breast of the coat, not to rise higher than the tip of the ear, and always as high in front as the chin will permit, in turning the head. 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 On the collar one blind hole, five inches long, with a button on each side 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. 132 Blind holes (in the like form) to proceed from four buttons, placed lengthwise, on each skirt. A gilt star, on the centre of the bottom, two inches from the edge. The cult's to be indented within one and a half inch of the edge, with four buttons lengthwise on each sleeve, and holes to the three upper buttons, corresponding with the indentation of the cuff, on the centre of which is to be inserted the lower button. All general officers will be permitted to embroider the button holes. The adjutants general, inspectors general, quartermasters ge- neral, and their assistants and deputies, will be permitted to embroider the button holes of the collar and cuffs only. Vest, breeches, and pantaloons—White, (or buff for general of- ficers,) Vests, single breasted, without pocket flaps.—Blue pantaloons may be worn in the winter, and nankeen in the summer. Breeches, with four buttons on the knees, and gilt knee buckles—or pantaloons. 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 seventeen and a half inches from point to point, bound round the edge with black binding, an half inch wide. Button and loop, black. 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 quartermaster general's departments, sabres; for all others, straight swords. Waist belts—of black leather. No sashes. Epaulets—of gold; according to rank. Officers of the corps of engineers will wear the uniform al- ready established for that corps. 133 The uniform of the ordnance department, will be the same as that of the corps of artillery, except, in the buttons, which will have an appropriate device. The dress of the hospital staff will conform, as to fashion, to the uniform of the staff, except that they will wear pocket flaps and buttons placed across the cuffs, four to each, and co- vered buttons, in all instances, of the color of the coat, (black.) Chaplains, judge advocates, commissaries, storekeepers, and ■ paymasters, are to wear cockades only. Of the Light Artillery. Coatee, of dark blue cloth, single breasted; three rows of but- tons, nine in each. Button holes worked, diagonally, in blue twist. Standing collar; the height of the collar not to ex- tend beyond the tip of the ear; the button holes of blue twist. Cuffs blue; with three buttons placed vertically upon the sleeve; the button holes worked with twist. Pocket flaps, dia- gonal, with three buttons, worked as the sleeve, two buttons at the waiste, the skirts sloping from the hip. Wings, instead of epaulets, yellow bullion. Vest—white cassimere or doe skin; (for the winter;) plain white jean, or nankeen, (for summer,) single breasted, with nine ^"yellow buttons. Pantaloons—white cassimere or doe skin; (for parade;) dark blue cloth (for service ) Roots—hussar. Stock—black, leather, ribbed. Spurs—shanks, one inch. Cap and ornament—black, seven inches high, the crown eight and a half inches diameter, the visor two and a half inches broad, lined with stiff leather, a gold band and tassel falling from the crown of th_" cap on the right side, gilt plate in front, plume white; length, six inches. Buttons—yellow, half inch diameter. Surgeon and mates—same uniform as described, except the cape, which is of black velvet; cocked hat. M 134 Cloak—-hussar, blue cloth, cape eight inches large. Equipment—plain saddle. Housing—scarlet cloth, extending eight inches from the sad- dle, and brought to a point on the flank of the horse. Medical staff—blue housing. Holsters—bearskin, with double flaps. Bridle—double bit, (yellow mounted,) reins, martingal, etc. black leather. Portmanteau—black leather, two feet long, nine inches di- ameter. Armament—sabres, gilt scabbards, black belt two inches broad, gilt plate in front with the eagle in relief; belt worn over the sash, which is red, and tied on the right side; the sabre sus- pended by a chain. Pistols—caliber of the cavalry, yellow mounted. Dress of non-commissioned officers and privates—the same as that prescribed for the officers, with the exception of worsted being substituted for gold band and tassel, and other trimmings. Of the Artillery. Co«f—-of the same general description with that of the staff. Pocket flaps, cross indented below, not less than two and a half, 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 quarter inch on each side, the centre two inches from the bottom of the coat. The blind holes on either side of the front, with the coat but- toned close to the collar, accurately to form lines with the cor- responding ones opposite, from the top to the bottom, i. e. not to represent herring bone- The cuffs with four blind holes, extending from four buttons placed across on each. One blind hole on the collar, five inches long, with one but- ton on each side. 135 Gilt buttons, of the size and insignia furnished the commissa- ry 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 first and second particular articles. Stti.i: and chapeaus—of the same general description with those of the general staff. Button and loop of the chapeau, yellow. Black ccckade of leather, four and a half inches diameter, with a gold eagle in the centre. A white feather to rise eight inches. Swords—cut and thrust, yellow mounted, with a black or yellow gripe. Waist belts—of white leather two inches wide, yellow oval plate of the same width. Sashes—to be worn only on a tour of duty, and round the waist; the knot tied a little within the left hip, the end to hang over the left thigh. Epaulets—of gold, (bullion and strap,) according to rank. The adjutant, quartermaster, and paymaster, to wear a coun- terstrap on the opposite shoulder. Post surgeons will wear the same uniform, except the cape, which is of blaok velvet. Of the Infantry. The same as that pointed out for the officers of artillery, with the following exceptions: The sword of the sabre form, and with mounting silver or plated. For the medical staff, small swords. 'Epaulets, buttons, spurs, buckles, and trimmings, silver or plated, and caps may be worn on duty. The light infantry companies of regiments are allowed 'wings. 136 Of the Riflemen. The uniform for the non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, of the rifle regiments, will, hereafter, be as follows, viz: A short coat, of grey cloth, single breasted, flat yellow buttons, which shall exhibit a bugle, surrounded by stars, with the number of the regiment within the curve of the bugle; one row of ten buttons in front, three on each sleeve, and three on each skirt, lengthwise, with blind button holes of black twist, or braid, in herring bone form. A waistcoat of grey cloth, with sleeves of the same. Panta- loons of grey cloth. The Jefferson shoe, rising two inches above the ankle joint, and not higher. For field or active service, the officers will wear uniforms like those of the privates, excepting as to the quality. On other occasions, they are permitted to wear the uniform of the artillery, except as to the buttons, the position of them, &.c. which shallbe the same with the field coat. Epaulets of gold. Yellow mounted sabres for officers and non-commissioned officers. Of the Cadets. A coatee, of grey sattinett, single breasted, three rows of eight yellow gilt bullet buttons in front, and button holes of black silk cord in the herring bone form, with a festoon turned at the back end; a standing collar to rise as high as the tip of the ear: the cuffs four inches wide, the bottom of the breast and the hip burtons to range On the collar one blind hole of cord, formed like that of the breast, four inches long, with a button on each side. Cord holes in the like form to proceed from three buttons placed lengthwise on jthe skirts with three buttons down the pleats. The cuffs to be indented, with three buttons and cord 137 holes lengthwise, on each sleeve, corresponding with the inden- tation of the cuff, in the centre of which is to be inserted the lower button Vest—Grey cloth, for winter, single breasted, yellow gift bul- let buttons, and trimmed with black silk lace. For summer, white vest, single breasted, with white buttons, but without trimmings. Pantaloons—Grey cloth, for winter, trimmed down the sides with black silk lace, and the Austrian knot in front; no buttons on the sides or at the bottom, but made with understraps. Russia sheeting, or white jean for summer, without trimmings, the form the same as for winter. The Jefferson shoe, rising above the ankle joint under the pantaloons. Black silk stock. Common round hat. Cockade, black silk, with yellow eagle, to be worn at all times. Sword, cut and thrust, yellow mounted, with a black gripe, in a frog belt of black morocco, and worn over the coat. No dress resembling the military, without conforming to the regulation, will be worn on any occasion, excepting that, when attached to corps, cadets will wear the uniform of the company officers, without epaulets. Note. Qualifications necessary for admission to the Military Academy.—Each cadet, previous to his being admitted a mem- ber of the military academy, must be fourteen years of age, be able to read distinctly, and pronounce correctly; to write a fair legible hand, and to perform with facility and accuracy the va- rious operations of the ground rules of arithmetic, both simple and compound; of the rules of reduction; of single and com- pound proportion; and also of vulgar and decimal fractions. M2 138 MISCELLANEOUS RULES; Generals will appoint their own aids-de-camp, who must, in all cases, be taken from the subalterns of the line Major ge- nerals are allowed two aids-de camp, and brigadier generals one aid-de-camp, each. No more than three aids-de-camp will be taken from the corps of artillery stationed in either division, and not more than one aid-de-camp from a regiment No officer shall be permitted to hold two staff appointments at the same time. The appointment of all aids-de-camp, and adjutants and quartermasters of regiments and battalions, will be forthwith reported to the Adjutant and Inspector General. Whenever a storekeeper is required by the commissary gene- ral of purchases, or the ordnance department, the circumstan- ces rendering such appointment necessary, will be reported to the War Department, by whom the appointment will be made, if deemed necessary. 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 the commanding officer, by written notice, if the officer arriving be elder in rank, and per- sonally if he be younger in rank than the officer commanding. All officers arriving at the sent of government will, in like manner, report to the Adjutant and Inspector General No furlough shall be given during a campaign, but by the ge- neral commanding the district or army, and for the cause of disability, which disability 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 regiment, post, or garrison, to which they may belong. No order shall be given to officers seeking a furlough for their own convenience, which shall have the effect of en- titling them to an allowance for transportation of baggage Any commissioned officer of the army of the United States; 139 who shall send or accept a challenge to fight a duel, or who, knowing that any other officer has sent or accepted, or is about to send or accept a challenge to fight a duel, and who does not immediately arrest and bring to trial the offenders in this case, shall be dismissed the service of the United States No claims lor extra services will be allowed oa account of at- tendance on courts martiaU whether as members or as witnesses, if performed by officers on furlough, or on duty, at the post or place where such court is held. Citizens who attend courts martial as witnesses, will be al- lowed all necessary expenses on the road, and two dollars and fifty cents per day, for the time necessarily taken up in going to, at, and returning from, the court. All claims of allowance for extra services, and contingent ac- counts requiring the special sanction of the Secretary of War to the accounting officers, must be rendered within six months after the services, or expenditures, where it may have been with- in the power of the officer to comply with the regulation- No surgeon of the army shall be engaged in private practice. When medical or surgical aid is required, if no surgeon or mate of the army be aror near the post or place, the senior of- ficer shall have authority to obtain such by special agreement in writing, under the following rules, viz: Where the number of sick does not exceed twenty, the compen- sation shall not exceed two hundred dollars per annum; for more than twenty, and less than thirty, three hundred dollars; for any number of sick, more than thirty, the rate of compensation shall not exceed the pay and emoluments of a surgeon's mate of the army Whenever it becomes necessary to employ a citizen surgeon, the circumstances of the case will be immediately reported to the commanding officer of the department, and to the Adjutant and Inspector General No candidate will hereafter be appointed in the medical de- partment of the army who shall not have received a diploma from some respectable medical school or college, without first passing the examination of an army medical board. 140 Whenever a body of troops shall arrive at any military sta- tion, accommodations for the sick will be first provided, and subsequently those for officers and privates who are well, and to accomplish this, all artificers and mechanics shall be instanta- neously put in requisition. Every hospital and infirmary, shall be supplied with one or more female attendants, at the discretion of the senior surgeon. It shall be the business of these to scour and cleanse the bunks and floors, to wash the blankets, bed sacks, and clothes of the patients, to cook the victuals of the sick, and to keep clean and in good order the cooking utensils. The pay of nurses shall not exceed six dollar* per month, and one ration per day, to be established by the senior attending sur- geon, and made up and certified by him in the hospital muster rolls. Women infected by the venereal disease shall, in no case, nor on any pretence, be allowed to remain with the army, nor to draw rations. More than four women shall not be allowed to a company when organized and completed agreeably to the establishment. Nor shall any be allowed to accompany recruiting parties which shall be fewer than seventeen men, nor shall more than one ac- company parties of that number No contractor or commissary shall be justified in issuing ra- tions to women, who are followers of the army, beyond the number allowed. Quartermasters of regiments, or of corps, will cause the com- pany provision returns to be consolidated and carried to the commanding officers of regiments and of detachments or bri- gades, for their signatures. Abstracts of these, furnished and presented by the contractors, will be signed by officers com- manding brigades, (or separate posts,) and will thus become vouchers for the contractors. No officer, commissioned or non-commissioned, shall be the agent of a contractor. Whenever a requisition is made at any cantonment, garrison, or post, for rations to troops on a march, or other than the re- 141 gular command of the officer who signs the abstracts, the ori- ginal general requisition shall be annexed to the abstract, and make part of the voucher in the settlement of the contractor's account. No charge for extra issues of whiskey will be allowed to con- tractors or commissaries, unless made upon the written order of the commanding officer of the post or detachment, specifying the cause and daily amou«t of such issues, and the time that they shall be continued. A copy of such order will be trans- mitted without delay to the accountant of the War Department, by the contractor or commissary; in default of which, the charge will be disallowed. No order issued subsequent to the expendi- ture will be received as a voucher. When it becomes necessary to purchase provisions, in conse- quence of the failure of contractors to supply, according to con- tract, the officer executing this duty shall immediately transmit, to the accountant of the War Department, a duplicate copy .of the bills of purchase, accompanied with his deposition, that the articles have been procured at the lowest price that the state of the market would permit; and no bill of exchange, or draft upon the War Department, on account of such purchase, will be ac- cepted, until this regulation is complied with. It is made the duty of the superintendent general of military supplies, to keep accounts of all supplies, of every description, purchased or distributed for the use of the army, and of the volunteers and militia in the service of the United States, to prescribe the forms of all returns and accounts of such stores and supplies purchased, on hand, distributed, used, or sold, by officers, agents, or persons who shall have received, distributed, or been entrusted with the same; and it is further made the du- ty of all officers, agents, or persons who shall have received, or may be entrusted with supplies of any description whatever, for the use of the military service, to render quarterly accounts of the disposition and state of all such stores and supplies to the superintendent aforesaid. Whenever a commanding or other officer, charged with the safe keeping of public property, is removed from a garrison, 142 post, or army, he shall deliver over to the officer who succeed:, him in the duties of his department, all such public property as may be in his possession or custody, and take duplicate receipts for the same, one of which lie shall forthwith transmit to the superintendent general of military supplies, and one of all ord- nance, ordnance stores, arras and equipments, to the ordnance office, Washington City. Whenever public property is delivered over to any officer or agent, duplicate receipts will be taken for the same, one of which will be transmitted to the office of the superintendent ge- neral of military supplies. Non-commissioned officers and privates employed at work, on fortifications, in surveys, in cutting roads, and other con- stant labor, will be allowed fifteen cents and an extra gill of whiskey, per day, while so employed, which will be paid by the officer, or agent disbursing the contingent expenses of the work or expedition, Whenever soldiers are transferred from one corps to another, (which can only be done by the consent of commanding officers, or by the War Department,) or ordered on distant command, or furloughed, or sent to the general hospital, or left sick, dis- tant from the regiment or detachment, the officer commanding the company or detachment to which such men belong, will furnish a complete descriptive list and account of bounty, pay, f^c. agreeably to the prescribed forms. Whenever a soldier sick in hospital, or absent from his com- pany from any other cause, shall die, the senior surgeon of such hospital, or the officer under whose immediate charge or com- mand he may then be, shall immediately report the fact in writing to the commanding officer of his .company, stating the time, place, and cause of his death; to what time he was last paid, and the money or other effects in his possession at the time of his decease; and such report will be noted on the next inspection return of the company. Whenever a soldier is rendered incapable of performing mi- litary duty, by reason of wounds or injuries received in the ser- vice, while in the line of his duty, his commanding officer shall 143 certify the time and manner of receiving such wound or disabi- lity; and the senior surgeon of the hospital, regiment, or corps, shall furnish such disabled soldier with a certificate, on which the proper discharge shall be made by the inspector general, officer doing that duty, or commanding officer of the post. ; All discharges which shall be given to non-commissioned of- k ficers, musicians, or privates, shall specify the date and term of 1 enlistment, and the cause of discharge; the personal descrip- ' tion, place of birth, trade or occupation, and place of discharge. Whenever the proper authority shall direct that any non-com- commissioned officer, musician, or private, shall be discharged, on account of the expiration of enlistment, surgeon's certificate of wounds or disability, or other cause, the commanding officer of the company to which he belongs, shall make and furnish him with duplicate certificates, setting forth the date and term ' of his enlistment, where and by whom enlisted; his personal description, occupation, and place of birth; the bounty paid, and the bounty which is due him; to what time, and by whom he ' was last paid; and, also, whether he has, or has not, drawn I the pay and subsistence allowed him to the place of his enlist- ment. These certificates will be given to the paymaster I who shall settle with him, as vouchers; but no paymaster will I take from the soldier his original discharge. ^ To prevent embarrassment and delay, in settling the clothing K accounts of paymasters, the commanding officer of every com- ^ pany will be constantly in possession of a company receipt book, d in which shall be entered all requisitions of paymasters for f clothing, and a copy of all receipts given to commissaries and storekeepers, in consequence thereof, in which shall also be tak- i en the individual receipts of the men for articles delivered. When a captain leaves the company, this book will of course come to the custody of the officer succeeding him in the com- mand, who will give a receipt for all articles on hand, to be en- i tered in like manner in the company book, and duplicates de- livered to the officer from whom the book and clothing is receiv- ed; one of which shall forthwith be transmitted to the regimen* J 44 *al or battalion paymaster. The company receipt book shall al- ways be open to the examination of paymasters and inspectors, as well as the commanding officers of regiments, corps, and bat- talions, whose duty it is at all times to report any deficiency in the clothing and the disposition of the same. All military communications intended for the War Depart- ment, and not of a confidential nature, except from command- ing generals, and where the delay would defeat the object, will be made through the office of the adjutant general of division, or the commanding officer of the department, and transmitted to the Adjutant and Inspector Geneial's Office, ex- cept in cases where a different mode is pointed out by regula- tion or special instructions. Articles of clothing allowed to each non-commissioned officer, mu- sician, and private soldier, for and during the periods stated, viz: r To last 2 years and a half, One leather cap, •with plate A or 2, during the period * of enlistment. {To each soldier, during the usual period of en- listment. [5 yearB.] One pompon, one cap band, and tassel Annually. One coat .... Ditto. One roundabout grey jacket, with sleeves, in lieu of a vest - Ditto. Two pair ot'linen overalls - Ditto. Two pair of woollen do. - - Ditto. One fatigue frock - - Ditto. One pair fatigue trowsers - - Ditto. Three pair of shoes (best kind) Ditto. Two flannel shirts - - Ditto. Two cotton shirts - - Ditto. Two pair of socks ... Ditto. Two pair of half stockings - Ditto. One leather stock . - - Ditto. One | iHii of hall" gaithers (black cloth) Ditto. .Mittens to be furnished, and woollen or list mockasins, at the rate of 8 pair for every company, annually; and two knapsacks, and two haversacks to each soldier, during the period of his enlistment (5 years.) WM. H. CRAWFORD, Sec. of War. FORMS, &c. FORM OF ENLISTMENT. State of Town of this day of 181 I, born in in the state of 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 of * unless sooner discharg- ed, by proper authority: do also agree to accept such bounty, pay, rations, and clothing, as is or may be established by law. And $1^ do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and al- legiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve themhonestly and faithfully against all 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 l&l before I certify that the above named recruit is free from bodily defects, and is qualified to perform the duties of a soldier. Surgeon. Received of of the United States' army, this Jay of 181 dollars, in part, of my bounty for enlisting into the army of the United States, for Signed duplicate receipts. Dulls. Cts. Witness '■ The period must, in all cases, be written at full length. N =33 MONTHLY RETURN of the recruitiag parties belonging to the tendence of for the month of regiment of 181 under the superin.- Rank. Recruiting station. Strength of the parties. c S •2'= ^ ° « c f 413 Alterations since last return. ■= S Names of recruiting officers. s 3 4. 1 * I o u i s S3 9h i ISent to prin-cipal ren-dezvous. i s a s & c OOP. Remarks. At the principal ren-dezvous Total • -----. _--- —-- A. B. niperintending the recruiting service, m fur the regiment of OS JVJMHES of recruits enlisted since last return. NAMES of men dead, o • deserted since last return. By whom. No. Names. « Name. Died, or de-serted. Date. Remarks. r By lieutenant A^ I By lieutenant B*J 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 A. B. superintending the recruiting service, for the regiment of The duplicate enlistments required to be sent to the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, must be filed and num- bered, corresponding with the numbers on the above list; those of each officer kept distinct, and in all cases accompanying this return. Where, minors arc enlisted, the writteu consent of parents, masters, or guardians, will accompany such duplicate enlistments. j Shoes. | Stockings. | Socks. | Gaithers. | Blankets. | Greatcoats. | Epaulets. I Knapsacks. I1 <3. a S S 1 Muskets. | > 3 » 3 S3 o c d 3 re 3 3" O § | Bayonets. | Cartridge box St belt. Scabbard iSc belt. Brushes and picks. | Worms. | Flints. j Cartridges. > 1 W CD 2' ^ [^1______ IS?! 3 re 1 Rank. j Age. | Feet. I Inches. Complex- ion. Eves. Hair. Town. County. State. Occupation. When. Where. Bv whom. For what term. Paid. Due. | Caps. | Cords. | Pompons. | Plates. | Cockades. j Slocks. J Coats. j Jackets. | L. overalls. | W.overalls. | F. shirts. | C. shirts. | Frocks. | ^ J TrowsersJ •"* FORM of Furlough for non-commissioned officers,musicians, and privates. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: a of captain company, regi- ment of aged years, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, hair, and by profession a born in in the state of and enlisted at in the state of on the day of eighteen hun- dred and % to serve for the period of years; is hereby furloughed for the period of that he may visit the town of in the state of for the [here insert the cause of furlough, viz: whether to visit his friends; for the recovery of his health, or other cause."] At the expiration of the term of furlough above mentioned, he will rejoin his company or regiment, at or wherever it then may be, .or in failure thereof, be considered a deserter. No excuse will be taken for such failure, but that of sickness, preventing him from travelling; which fact must be certified on the back of this furlough, by some surgeon or mate of the army; or, in absence of these, by some reputable physician, of the place where he then may be. Given under my hand, at this day of 181 Place for the. signature of the officer granting the furlough. Note.—-A transcript of pay, &c. taken from the muster rolls, will he noted on the furlough and signed by the commanding officer of the company. N 3 1 Rank. Age. Feet. 3" re Inches. Complexion. re o ■5' 5° 3 Eyes. Hair. Town. 3-re re g 3 County. State. Occupation. When. B 3 re 3 Where. By whom. For what term. Paid. w o s 3 Due. By whom and to what time last paid, a transcript from the muster rolls. I 'Muskets. •s'i U ?? | Bayonets. | Cart, box & belt | Scabbard & belt | Brushes et picks | Worms. | Flints. 1 Cartridges. c3. S 3 5 -i> § ^ FORM of certificate to be given to soldiers at the time cf their discharge- I hereby certify, that a of captain company, regiment of born in in the state of aged years, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, hair, and by profession, a was enlisted by at on the day of eighteen hundred and to serve for years; and having served honestly and Jaithfully* to this present date, is now enti- tled to a discharge, by reason of [expiration of his term of en- listment; surgeon's certificate setting forth, £S?c. or other cause, an the case may be.] The above named has received dollars of his bounty, and dollars thereof is now due. He was last paid by paymaster, to include the day of eighteen hundred and and has pay and allowance for clothing due him from that time to this present date, and he is entitled to pay and subsistence to the place of his enlistment, and whatever other allowances are authorized by law, to soldiers so discharged. ttiven in duplicate, at , this day of 181 A. B. captain commanding the company. • The words honestly and faithfully, trill be erased where the conduct of the soldier has not been such as to entitle him to anhon- orable discharge. FORM OF SURGEON'S CERTIFICATE, IN PEN SION CASES. It is hereby certified, That a in captain company of regiment of United States is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds, or other injuries, inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, viz: By satisfactory evidence, and accurate exami- nation, it appears that on the day of in the year being engaged at or near a place called in the state, district, or territory of he received in his and he is thereby not only incapacitated for mili- tary duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is disabled from obtaining his sub- sistence by manual labor. Given at this day of 181 A. B, surgeon. The blank, in the last line but one, is to be filled up wih the pro- portional "degree" of disability—for example: "three-fourths"-— "one half"—"one-third," etc. etc. or, "totally," as the case may be. This certificate must, in all cases, accompany the discharge, when presented at the War Office, to entitle the soldier to his pen- sion. And for the better security in such cases, the surgeon will always make duplicates, one of which he will transmit to the Adju- tant and Inspector General's Office. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Know ye, That a of captain company re- , ciment of who was enlisted the dav of one thousand eight hundred and to serve is hereby honorably* discharged from the © army of the United States [Here insert whether for expiration of enlistment, surgeon's ^ certificate, or other cause, as the case may bc.~\ © Said was born in in the state of is years y of age, feet inches high, complexion, eyes, hair, and by co occupation, when enlisted, a Giveq at this day of 181 Q A. B. inspector general far officer commanding department, regiment, or post._) * "Where the officer commanding th company has nof certified that the soldier served honestly and faithfully, the word honorably will be striken out. Monthly Report of sick, •wounded, &c. in the trader *Ae command of ./ or q 11 te-i « o.t; — a. !•§ en .a »3 33 > o u 2 o H Remarks. Corps. tnflam Typh. 1 To C. D. medical director of military department. Monthly Report of sick, l$c. received into the general hospital at division of the under the command of A. B. surgeon. in the • military department for the month of ^ Remaining las t report. Received into tlie hospital during the month. Discharged. Remaining. en 5 u 3 Fevers. f s a i 3 1> 3 •5 ■a 8> SS < "5 3 r1 i 3 •8 3 "5 *" is o en c V :» c o O 5 Remarks. Corps, Inflam Typh. A. B. hospital surgeon. Note. The same/jj-mr are to be observed in all the quarterly reports, (except in that of the medical director to the commanding officer of his department,) changing only the words '' mombl;," and *' month," where they occur, lor *' quarterly," and " quarter.' d M o > » o H ^^m Qituiiaij Report of sick and wounded, from the medical director of the of the for the quarter ending military department divisic Consolidation of regimenlal and garrison reports. Consolidation of general hospital reports- Remaining last report. Taken ill during the quarter. Result. Rem's Remain' last re-port. Admitted during the quarter. Discharged. Remain Post or place. Regt. or corps. Mo. en "a as Fev. .3 H 3 o ■^ V -a o < c o ! 3 "3 Cm 60S O g* "* o c~ en e ■c'J 5 ■« ■n o y £ 71 -3 P Fev. 5 a -6 p I 5 y 3 = 3 fa 3 1 "en s c c y o r* General re-marks. Baltimore Ft.. Washington Artillery Infantry Jan. Feb. Mar. Jan. Feb. Mar. - ^Jgregaits Jan. Wb. Mar. | A. B. hospital surgeon director of the departmen' 156 2 50 U2 Cost of Clothing for the Army of the United States, for the year 1817. Clothing, in common, for all non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates: Cap, leather - - - ' S 1 95 Plate ..- - 20 Band and tassel - 07 Pompon - - - - - 20 Cockade and eagle - - 08 1- Cap complete . ■ ■ Jacket ■with sleeves - - - - 3 122 Woollen overalls, -white, for sergeants, per pair 2 £2 Ditto, do. do. for privates do. 2 o-2 Ditto, do. grey, for sergeants, do. 2 70 Ditto, do. do. for privates, do. 2 44 Linen, do. for sergeants, do. 1 >>"•■ Ditto, do. for privates, do. 1 22 Cotton shirts, for sergeants, each - ] ] r' Ditto, do. for privates, do. - - - 1 j/8 Flannel shirts, each - - 1 6S Fatigue frocks, ilo. - - 1 28 I'Viaue trowsers, per pair - 1 11 Shoes, per pair - - 1 49 Short stockings, do. - - +9 Blankets, domestic each - - 2 90 Leather stocks, do. - - ^1-2 Epaulets, cotton, do. - - W 1- Blaek cloth gaithers, per pair - 1 28 Socks, do. 10 Great coat • 9 51 Coats for Light Artillery: Sergeants - - - - " § 7 ^ Musicians * m Privates.....6 88 Coats for the Corps vf.lrtiUery: Sergeants.....Sjj '-j Musicians - - - • " " fn Privates - - -' - " 5 *° Coats for Infantry: Sergeants.....^r la Musicians - - - ■ - " 6 j? Privates - - - - ' ■ - 5 *° Coatefor the Light Companies of Infantry, -with -wings: Sergeants - - - - - g G 47 Musicians -... - - - - '^ 22 Privates - - - - - s '"- 157 Coat*for Riflemen: * Sergeants . Musicians - Privates - Frock fringed, in lieu of fatigue frock Overalls fringed, in lieu of fatigue trowsers Commissart Gexehal's Office, Philadelphia, Sept. 1816. CALLENDER IRVINE, Com. Genl. of Pur. fonthly allowance for clothing to each non-commissioned officer, musician, and private for 1817. g6 95 6 95 6 20 2 48 2 50 Light artillery. .Artillery. Infantry. Light infantry of regts. Riflemen. ■{ Sergeants Musicians Privates Sergeants Musicians Privates Sergeants Musicians Privates Sergeants Musicians Privates Sergeants Musicians Privates 3 37 3 35 3 22 3 25 3 22 1-2 3 10 3 25 3 22 1-2 3 10 3 27 1-2 3 25 3 13 3 53 3 34 1-2 3 38 The preceding regulations having been approved by the President, are published for the government of the army, and the officers and agents connected with the military service of the United States. By order, Adjt. 8c Insp. Genl's. Office, Sept. 1816. Adj. & Ins. General O ly and Subsistence of the Arniyi ^ 00 8 8 Rank or grade. • g c If Remarks. Major general SS 200 15 Aid-de-camp to a ma- jor general 24 - In add. to pay, &c. as a in line. subaL Brigadier general AkCde-camp to briga- dier general Adj. and insp. general Adjutant general Inspector general Quartermaster gen. Assistant adjutant gen. Assist, inspector gen. Deputy qr. mas. gen. Topographical eng. Assistant do. do. Asst. dy. qr. mas. gen. Judge advocate Chaplain Hospital surgeon Tlosp. surgeon's mate Post surgeon . Hospital steward Ward master Colonel of ordnance Lieut, colonel of do. Major of do. Captain of do. First lieutenant of do. Second lieut. of do. Third lieutenant of do. Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Second lieut. as con- ductor of art. Third lieutenant Adjutant (regt. & bat.l Quartermaster (ditto) lOi 20 90 1" ^-60 J ^40 ^50 12 75 c 40 2 40 2 20 2 16 2 90 6 75 5 60 4 50 3 33 US 3 331-3 3 30 3 75 6 60 5 50 4 40 3 30 3 25 3 10 . 23 3 10 . to • Do. do. do. Rank and pay of brig. gen. ^Colonel. ^Major. J •Captain. Of engineers, light artille- ry, artillery, infantry and riflemen. Pay and Subsistence,—continued. Rank or grade. Remarks. Paymaster (regt. and battalion) Regimental surgeon Regl. surgeon's mate Sergeant major Quartermaster sergt. Principal musician Sergeant Corporal Musician Private Artificer of light art. Principal wagon mast. Assistant wagon mast. Principal forage mast. Assistant forage mast. Principal barrack mast Deputy barrack mast. Master armorer Master carriage maker Master blacksmith Armorer Carriage maker Blacksmith Artificer Laborer Paymaster general Com. gen of purch. Deputy commissary Assistant commissary of issues Military storekeeper Apothecary general Asst apothecary 50 45 SO 9 9 8 8 7 6 5 10 40 30 40 30 40 30 30 30 30 16 16 16 13 9 3 2 3 2 3 2 11-2 11-2 1 1-2 11-2 1 1-2 11-2 1 • 1 Of engineers, light art ille- > ry, artillery, infantry, and rifle'meu. X Of the quartermaster gcne- r ral's department. Of the ordnance depart- ! ment. J jg 2,500 per aim. 3,000 ditto. 2,000 ditto. 1,300 ditto. Salary not to exceed the pay and emoluments of a captain of inf. g> 1,800 per ann. The pay and emoluments of a regimentalsurgeon's mate. Pay and Subsistence,—continued, 8 (3 Rank or grade. Remarks, I5 ,o *, Ri •*» MILITAIlY ACADEMY. Profes. of natural St-) ~\ The pay cc emoluments experimental phil- ?■ - - 5* lieut. col. ofensr. osophy J J Assistant ditto . - Do. do. captain. Profes. of mathematics . - Do. do. major. Assistant do. do. . - Do. do. captain. Profes. of engineering - - Do. do. major. Assistant do. do. - - Do. do. captain. Teacher of French language - Do. do. captain. Teacher of drawing - Do. do. captain Master of the sword 26 2-3 2 Cadet 16 2 * ■ r. *2 ■/sal ■; ■ ■ fiUUS