46 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS; Sess. I. Ch. 53, 54. 1864. April 9, 1864. Cntr. LIII.—An Act to amend Section nine of the Act approved Lily seventeenth, qq],.
f teen hundred and sixty-two, entitled An Act to define the Pay and Emotuments of pertain
5 g_ · Ojicars of the Army, and far other Purposes. V°]'xu'p' 5% Be it enacted by the Senate and House cy" Representatives of the Umm ghapiagnsgn States of America in Congress assembled, That the rank of chaplain the volunteer ser- without command, in the regular and volunteer service of the United Egg; muk’ pay’ States, is hereby recognized. Chaplains shall be borne on the field and staff rolls next after the surgeons, and shall wear such uniform as is or may be prescribed by the army regulations, and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as other officers of the army. They shall be entitled to draw forage for two horses, and, when assigned to hospitals, posts, and forts, they shall be entitled to quarters and fuel within the hospitals, posts, or forts, while they are so assigned, without the privilege 0f commutation, subject to the same conditions and limitations as are now by law provided in the case of surgeons. When absent from duty with leave, or on account of sickness or other disability, or when held by the enemy as prisoners, they shall be subject to no other diminution or loss of' pay and allowances than other officers in the military service are under like circumstances. And chaplains who have been absent from duty, by reason of wounds or sickness, or when held as prisoners in the hands of the enemy, shall be entitled to receive full pay without rations during such absence. In all other respects, the pay of chaplains shall be the same as now provided by law. _ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act approved July fourch§;§£;’;S m teenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled, ‘i An- act to grant pen- 1862’ch_166_ sions," is hereby so amended as to include chaplains m the regular and VoI.xii. p, 566. volunteer forces of the army: Provided, That the pension to which a. chaplain shall be entitled for a total disability shall be twenty dollars per month, and all the provisions of the act to which this section is an amendment shall apply to and embrace the widows, children, mothers, and sisters of chaplains of the land forces who have died since the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall die of wounds or disease contracted in the service of the United States, and while such chaplains are or shall be in the line of their duty. Cha ‘ _ t 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of chapmake Eazyé}; lams in the military service of the United States to make monthly reports reports, to the adjutant-general of the army, through the usual military channels, of the moral condition and general history of the regiments, hospitals, or posts to which they may be attached; and it shall be the duty of all i commanders of regiments, hospitals, and posts to render such facilities as will aid in the discharge of the duties assigned to them by the govern- ment. s Religious Sm Spc. 4. And beet further enacted, That all chaplains in the military vices by chap- service of the United States shall hold appropriate religious services at i lam- the burial of soldiers who may die in the command to which they are assigned to duty, and it shall be their duty to hold public religious ser- vices at least once each Sabbath when practicable. l Approved, April 9, 1864. ·———-··· I APFH 9; 1864- CHAP. LIV. —An Act to appoint an Appraiser and Assistant Appraiser for the Port Q]" ortland, and far other Purposes. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uizited 8s$5g;Q‘S:;pQ;£_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the gr at pqrmmd, United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint E Maw- an appraiser and assistant appraiser for the port of Portland, Maine, l whose duties shall be the same as those of similar officers in other ports; 1822 ch 107 and the ninth section of the act of Congress passed May seventh, one g §9_ ’’ thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, entitled “An act further t0 Vol. iii. p. 695. establish the compensation of officers of the customs and to alter certain _
