United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 16
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XVI.—An Act to authorize the President to receive into service certain volunteer corps.
Services of certain volunteers may be accepted by the President.
Act of Feb. 6, 1812, ch. 21.
Act of July 6, 1813, ch. 138.
Volunteers to engage to serve five years.
Their bounty, pay, and emoluments.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to receive into service of the United States such proportion of the volunteers authorized by the act of sixth February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the act supplementary thereto, of the sixth July, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and accepted under the authority of said acts, as in his judgment the public service may require: Provided, That the volunteers so received shall engage to serve for five years or during the war, unless sooner discharged.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the volunteers which shall be taken into service under the authority of the preceeding section, shall be entitled to the same bounty, pay, rations, clothing, forage, and emoluments of every kind, and to the same benefits and allowances as the regular troops of the United States.
Act of March 30, 1814, ch. 37, sec. 21.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of corps of volunteers which shall be taken into service, shall rank according to grade and the rates of their commissions or appointments with other officers of the army.
Approved, February 24, 1814.