THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 169. 1855. 639 Sec. 3. And be it fart/ter enacted, That the provisions of an act Claim of J. M. entitled *‘An act for the payment of the civil officers employed in the W“hmgt°“' Territory of New Mexico, while under military government," approved July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, be, and the same are 1g5b °l‘· 8°· hereby, extended to embrace the case of Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Washington, deceased, late of the army, for and during the period of his appointment and service as military governor of New Mexico, ex-oliicio superintendent of Indian affairs, and commander of the troops, prior to the formation of the civil government. Sec. 4; And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty thousand Camel; and dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be expended under d'°’“d““°’· the direction of the War Department, in the purchase and importation of camels and dromedaries, to be employed for military purposes. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the nrst sec- Exim pay fe tion of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of §f§;’g;i’;° £]‘Q`°,0 the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight the escort of the hundred and fifty-one," approved September twenty-eight, eighteen hun- M°Xi°”* l2°‘¥“d· dred and fifty, granting extra pay to the officers and enlisted men of the u{8§g5gl}s?§?°' army serving in Oregon and California, be extended to the officers and men composing the garrison of the post of Fort Laramie, on the Oregon route, for the same period of time as was allowed by the sixth section of 1853 h 98 the act [of ] third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, to the officers ’°` and men of the two companies of regiment of mounted ritlemen that garrisoned Fort Laramie; and that the provisions of the same section of the same act be also extended to the officers and men composing the escort to the Mexican boundary commission, while they were serving as such escort. Sec. 6. And be itfnrther enacted, That the laws granting extra pay EXW P9}' of to officers and soldiers who had served in California, apply to chaplains who were attached to the army in California during the period embraced 1850, cn. 78. by such laws. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the annual distribution of arms Disiiiimiiou of to the several States, under the act approved April twenty-third, eighteen arms to the hundred and eight, entitled “An act making provision for arming and Stigfé 6h_ 5B_ equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States," shall be here- ' after made according to the number of their representatives and senators in Congress, respectively; and that arms be distributed to the Territories and the District of Columbia, in such quantities and under such regulations as the President, in his discretion, may prescribe: Provided, That Proviso. the Secretary of War shall first equalize, as far as practicable, the number of arms heretofore distributed and now in possession of the several States, so that each State which has received less than its pro rata share shall receive a number sufficient to make an equal pro rata proportion for all the States, according to the present number of their representatives and senators in Congress, respectively. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That there shall be added to the _Addifi¤¤¤l r¤~ army two regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry, organized fégggfs t° b° as in the existing force ; and there shall be appointed by the President, Ame, 5 2. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one brigadier-general, and that the officers and men authorized by this act shall be entitled to the same provisions for wouiids and disabilities, and the same provisions Pensions. for widows and children, and the same allowances and benents, in every respect, as are allowed to other troops composing the army of the United States. They shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and the men shall be recruited in the same manner as other troops, and with the same conditions and limitations. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That to enable the President of Appropriation the United States to carry into effect the provisions of so much of fl1iS ggigzgzgona act as relates to the employment of an additional military force, such sum of money, not exceeding two millions five hundred thousand dollars, as
