862 r1FrY-1~111v1*11 conoanss. sm. 11. on. ar:. 1907. ances of a brigadier-general. as provided in section one of this Act; fourteen colonels; fourteen lieutenant-colonels; forty-two majors; two hundred and ten captains; two hundred and ten first lieutenants, and two hundred and ten second lieutenants; and the captains and lieutenants provided for in this section not required for duty with companies shall be available for duty as staff olhcers of the various coast artillery commands and for such other details as may be authorized by law and regulations; twenty-one sergeants—major with the rank, pay, and allowances of regimeutal sergeants-major of infantry; twenty-six master electricians; sixty en `neers; seventy-four electrician-sergeants, first class; seventy-four ehzlctrician-sergeants, second class; forty-two sergeantsmajor with the rank, pay, and allowances of battalion sergeants- · Burnin major of infantry; forty-two master gunners; sixty firemen; one hundred and seventy companies, and fourteen bands, organized as now provided for by law for artillery corps bands. p_g,?}Q’°°***°“°‘°°“*‘ Sec. 6. That each company of coast artillery shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, two cooks, two mechanics, two musicians and such number of sergeants, corporals, and privates as may be fixed by the President in accordance with the requirements of the service gow- I a to which it may be assigned: Provided, That the total number of sormen. geants and co rals in the coast artillery, so fixed, shall not exceed one thousand ltheee hundred and sixt and two thousand and forty, respectively, and that the total enlisted strength of the coast artillery, as provided under this Act, shall not exceed nineteen thousand one hundred and forty-seven, exclusive of master electricians, electriciansergeants, first class, and electrician-sergeants, second class. ¤§‘;},m‘f““°" °"‘ Sec. 7. That the field artillery shall consist of six regiments, each organized as follows: One colonel, one lieutenant-colone , two majors, eleven captains, thirteen first lieutenants, and thirteen secondlieutenants; two veterinarians, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one commissary-sergeant, two battalion sergeants-major, two bat- Dmu of Omen talion quartermaster-sergeants, two color-sergeants, one band, and six batteries organized into two battalions of t ree batteries each. Of the officers herein provided the captains and lieutenants not required - for duty with batteries shall be available for detail as regimental and battalion staff officers, and for such other details as maybe authorized by law and regulations. Battalion adjutants shall be detailed Band, from the captains, and battalion tjuartermasters and commissaries _ from lieutenants. Each held artil ery band shall be organized as moimmtcd provided by law for cavalry bands: Provided, That the President in enema. is discretion may increase by nine mounted orderlies the regimental com it] n of mm strength herein authorized. rei-ies.p°° ° Sec. 8. That each battery of field artillery shall consist of one captain, two first lieutenants, two second lieutenants, one first sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, one stable sergeant, one chief mechanic, six sergeants, twelve corporals, four mechanics, three cooks, two musicians, and one hundred and two privates, the commissioned Pr _ officers to be assigned from among those hereinbefore authorized for M'£;'}{’{f,`°;,,;,.,,,,.,,,,,,- the regiment: Provided, That the President in his discretion may ’“****‘*°°“°”°€”·°‘°· increase the number of sergeants in any battery of field artillery to eight, the number of corporals to sixteen, the number of mechanics _ to seven, the number of musicians to three, and the number of pri- ¤’”*‘· vates to one hundred and forty-nine: Provided further, That nothing contained in this Act shall increase the total number of enlisted men vol 31 757 in the line of the Army, together with the native scouts, as authorized ‘ "‘by section thirty-six of the Act of Congress approved February second, nineteen hundred and one, entitled “An Act to increase the gflicieney of the permanent military establishment of the United tates. ’
