commandant of any regiment, squadron, or battalion shall accept the resignation of any regimental, squadron, or battalion staff-officer: Provided, also, That the brigadier-general may accept the resignation of his staff-officers; and in all cases when a resignation is accepted, the cause of such resignation shall be indorsed by the officer accepting the same, on the back of the commission so resigned; but the command of such officer shall not cease until the officer accepting such resignation shall have indorsed his acceptance.
Sect. 18. To each brigade there shall be one brigade-major - to serve as brigade inspector - two aides-de-camp, one brigade quarter-master, one brigade engineer, one brigade judge advocate, one brigade surgeon, and one brigade chaplain, which brigade staff shall be appointed by the commander-in-chief. To each regiment or battalion of artillery, rifle, light infantry, or infantry, there may be one chaplain, one adjutant, one quarter-master, one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one sergeant major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one drum-major, and one fife-major, to be appointed by the commandant of such regiment or battalion. To each regiment or battalion of cavalry there shall be one adjutant, one quarter-master, one paymaster, one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one quartermaster-sergeant, one sergeant-major, and two regimental or squadron buglers, which shall be appointed by the commandant of such regiment or squadron.
Sect. 19. The staff-officers herein enumerated shall rank as follows, namely, the quartermaster-general and adjutant-general as brigadier-generals; the paymaster-general, engineer in chief, judge advocate general, and aides-de-camp to the commander-in-chief, as colonels; the aides-de-camp to brigadier-generals, chaplains, and surgeons, as captains; company ensign, adjutants, quarter-masters, paymasters, surgeon's mates of regiments, battalions, and squadrons, as lieutenants; and all other regimental or squadron staff, as non-commissioned officers.
Sect. 20. The uniform of the respective officers herein mentioned shall be the same as the uniform of the officers in the United States army.
Sect. 21. Each company shall muster as often as twice in each year, independent of the general muster.
