United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 67
Chap. LXVII.—An Act providing for the organization of the ordnance department.[1]
Ordnance department to consist of, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the ordnance department shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, and ten captains, and as many enlisted men as the public service may require, not exceeding two hundred and fifty.
Ordnance sergeants.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be authorized to select from the sergeants of the line of the army, who shall have faithfully served eight years in the service, four years of which in the grade of non-commissioned officer, as many ordnance sergeants as the service may require, not to exceed one for each military post; whose duty it shall be to receive and preserve the ordnance, arms, ammunition, and other military stores, at the post under the direction of the commanding officer of the same, and under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, and who shall receive for their services five dollars per month, in addition to their pay in the line.
Act of Feb. 8, 1815, ch. 38.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the act passed on the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, entitled “An act for the better regulation of the ordnance department,” and so much of the second section of the act, entitled “An act to reduce and fix the military peace establishment of the United States,”Act of March 2, 1821, ch. 13. passed the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, as provides for one supernumerary captain to each regiment of artillery, to perform ordnance duty, and so much of the fourth section of the same act as merges the ordnance department in the artillery, and reduces the number of enlisted men, be, and the same are hereby repealed:Proviso. Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to divest the President of the United States of authority to select from the regiments of artillery such number of lieutenants as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the ordnance department.
Government and pay.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all officers and enlisted men authorized by this act, shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and that the officers shall receive the pay and emoluments now allowed, or which may hereafter be allowed, to artillery officers.
Approved, April 5, 1832.
- ↑ For notes of the acts relating to the ordnance department, see vol. ii. p. 732.