18 TWENTY—N IN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 29. 1846. assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, one assistant commissary, with the rank of captain, one surgeon, and one assistant surgeon, for each regiment; the said quartermasters and commissarles, assistant quartermasters and assistant commissaries, to give bonds, with good and sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of their duties; and they and the said surgeons and assistant surgeons to perform such duties as the President shall direct: Provided, That the‘sa1d officers shall be Pay, are. allowed the same pay and emoluments as are now allowed to officers of the same descriptions and grades in those departments, respectively; that they be subject to the rules and articles of war, and continue Tl,,,,, ,,l· m, in service only so long as their services shall be reqmred, in connecvicc- tion with the militia and volunteers. _ Assistant adju- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Presrdent of the
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G appommadditional assistant adjutant-generals, not exceeding four, as the service may require; who shall be appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in the same manner, have the same brevet rank, pay, and emoluments, and be charged with the same duties, as those now authorized by law: Provided, that these additional appoint- Time Ol- m_ ments shall continue only so long as the exigenoies of the service may vice. IGI1d8x' necessary. p,.,,,,,,,ll,,,,,, and Sec. 7. And be itfurtlwr enacted, That promotion, in the quarterappointments. master’s department, to the rank of major, shall hereafter be made from the captains of the army ; and that appointments in the line, and in the general staff, which confer equal rank in the army, shall not be held by the same officer at the same time; and when any officer of the staff who may have been taken from the line shall, in virtue of seniority, have obtained or be entitled to promotion to a grade in his regiment equal to the commission he may hold in the stan] the said officer shall vacate such staff commission, or he may, at his option, vacate his commission in the line. Aids-de-camp, Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the aids-de-camp of the
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' from the line, without regard to rank; and the aids-de-camp allowed to other major-generals and brigadier-generals may be taken from the grade of captain or subaltern; and that the commanding or highest Mlllmy Sem, general in rank may, while in the field, appoint a military secretary WY- from the subalterns of the army, who shall have the pay and emoluments of a major of cavalry for the time being. All,,,,,,,,,,,,, l-,,, Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the allowance for clothing clothing. to each non-commissioned officer, musician, and private, of volunteers, shall be three dollars and fifty cents per month, during the time he shall be in the service of the United States. Subsistence and Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the non-commissioned forage of voiun- officers, musicians, and privates, of volunteers and militia, when called lem and ¤¤h*i¤· into the service of the United States, shall be entitled to receive fifty cents, in lieu of subsistence, and twenty-five cents in lieu of forage for such as are mounted, for every twenty miles, by the most direct route, from the period of leaving their homes to the place of general rendezvous, and from the place of discharge back to their homes. Enlmmenul-0, Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the colonel or senior ordnance depart- officer of the ordnance department is authorized to enlist, for the serm°“”“*h°“’°d· vice of that department, as many master arrnorers, master carriagemakers, master blacksmiths, artificers, armorers, carriage-makers, blacksmiths, and laborers, as the public service, in his judgment, under the directions of the Secretary for the Department of War, may require. Approved, June 18, 1846.
