416 THIRTY-—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. RES. 67. 68, 75,76. 1864. our armed defenders and the masses of the people that courage, power of resistance, and endurance necessary to secure that result; to implore Him in His infinite goodness to soften the hearts, enlighten the minds, and quicken the consciences of those in rebellion, that they may lay down their arms, and speedily return to their allegiance to the United States, that they may not be utterly destroyed, that the effusion of blood may be sta ed, and that unit and fraternity may be restored, and peace estab- Y Y lished throughout all our borders. Approved, July 2, 1864. July 2* 186* [N0. 67.] Joint Resolution in Relation tolghc Professors of the Militmy Academy at West aint. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States p,.,,,-,,,,,,,,, of of America in Congress assembled, That the thirty-first section of the act, the military . entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for mldemy “Wm other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, §§;,i5ng,b8 or the eleventh section of "An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the 1$6¥]»°l}; 76i $33;}- United States army, and for other ·purposes,” approved June twentieth,
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- hp‘M5' eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not be construed to abridge the
§ l1_ ’’ privileges usually allowed to the professors of the military academy, of An¢¢.p· 145- being absent during the suspension of the ordinary academic studies of that institution. Armzovsn, July 2, 1864. July 2, 1864. [N0. 68.] _A Resolution explanatory of an Act entitled "An Act to increase the Pay of
Soldiers in geelgfnilzd _Sta;es Army, and jbr other Purposes," approved, June twentieth,
Am, p_-1 eng teen un r a mtg- our. 1 _ Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ci;Z°§dn;€£%:_ of America in Congress assembled, That the word “ musicians ” in the clude, &,,_ first section of an act entitled “An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is not to be construed to include musicians, (other· than leaders,) employed as members of brigade and regimental bands ; but such members of bands shall be paid as heretofore, one fourth of the members of each band thirty-four dollars per month, one fourth of them twenty dollars per month, and the remaining half of them seventeen dollars per month. Ar1>1t0vE1>, July 2, 1864. Jul? *s 1864- [N0. 75.] A Resoluttbn to increase the Compensation of Matrons in the Hospitals. _ Resolacd by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States mpsllgtgglglsilfw of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of increased} July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, hospital matrons shall be entitled to and shall receive ten dollars per month and one ration. Approved, July 4, 1864. July 4, 1864. [N0. 76-] Joint Resolution _/b1` the gaginzzqagsgy a late Accnlent at the U S. A ,0 ,.,,,,0,, WHEREAS nearly thirty persons, mostl females, were terribl in'ured, pp p_ _ Y Y J grthegrehefgf nineteen of them fatally, by an explosion in the cartridge factory at the th: ZECQQE all United States arsenal in Washington, D. C., on the seventeenth day of the Washington June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and whereas all of the wounded are
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have been deprived of the power to earn their living, and are without the
