receive such certificate or warrant, or a treasury scrip1 for one hundred dollars; and such scrip, whenever it is preferred, shall be issued by the secretary of the treasury to such person or persons as would be authorized to receive such certificates or warrants for lands; said scrip to bear an interest of six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, redeemable at the pleasure. of the government. And that each private, non-commissioned officer, and musician, who shall have been received into the service of the United States, since the commencement of the war with Mexico, for less than twelve months, and shall have served for such term or until honorably discharged, shall be entitled to receive a warrant for forty acres of land, which may be subject to private entry, or twenty-five dollars in scrip, if preferred; and in the event of the death of such volunteer during his term of service, or after an honorable discharge, but before the passage of this act, then the warrant for such land or scrip shall issue to the wife, child, or children, if there be any, and, if none, then to the father, and, if there be ho father, then to the mother, of such deceased volunteer: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed to give bounty land to such volunteers as were accepted into service, and discharged without being marched to the seat of war.

SEC. 10. That it shall and may be lawful for the President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to appoint, from the officers of the army, four quartermasters of the rank of major, and ten assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

[Approved, February 11, 1847.]

1 Chap. 59, 3 March, 1847, vol. 9, p. 183, requires that it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to issue treasury scrip, provided by this section, on the certificate of the secretary of war, showing the claimant entitled thereto, and not otherwise; and that the stock thus issued shall bear interest from the day of presenting to the treasury department such certificate of the secretary of war in due form, &c.

2 Repealed 22 March, 1853, chap. 19, sec. 4.

3 See 2 March, 1821, chap. 13, sec. 7.

For further increase, see sec. 3, chap. 42, 3 Aug. 1861, which shows the present organization of the quartermaster-general's department.

CHAPTER 61-Approved, March 3, 1847.-Vol. 9, p. 184.

An Act making provision for an additional number of general officers, and for other

purposes.

1. The ten regiments authorized by the act of 11 February, 1847, chap. 8, to be organized. Major generals and brigadier-generals to be appointed. Proviso, 2. Three assistant adjutant generals to be appointed. 6. 1847, chap. 8. How officers shall take rank. 9. Teamsters for the regiments of dragoons, artillery. and mounted riflemen. 10. Lieutenants holding the appointments of adjutant and regimental quartermaster. 1×27, chap. 42. 12. Two deputy paymastergenerals and ten pay masters to be appointed. Proviso, 13. Rank of officers of pay department. Proviso. 14. Paymasters of volunteers to be nominated to the senate. 15. Bounty to the regiment of dragoons. 1847, chap. 8. 16. Inerease of ordnance department. 17. Brevets to non-commissioned officers. Proviso, 18. Two companies to be added to each of the regiments of artillery. Additional companies of light artillery. 19. Pay of light artillery. 20. Allowance of additional rations for the adjutant general and the quartermaster-general. 21. Deficient regiments to be consolidated, and supernumerary officers discharged. Proviso. 22. When the officers and forces authorized by this act shall be discharged.

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to organize the ten regiments to be raised by virtue of the act of the eleventh of February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, into brigades and divisions, either by allotting por tions of the same to the brigades and divisions of the regular army or volunteer forces in the service of the United States, and, if the efficiency of the service shall require it, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, such number of additional brigadier-generals, not exceeding three, and majorgenerals, not exceeding two, as the organization of the said forces may require: Provided, That each brigade shall consist of not less than three regiments, and each division of not less than two brigades: And provided, further, That the said general ofheers shall be immediately discharged from the service of the United States at the close of the war with Mexico?

SEC. 2. That there shall be added to the adjutant general's department one assistant adjutant-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and two assistant adjutants-general, with the brevet rank, pay, and emoluments of a captain of cavalry, to be appointed by the

1 Ree 19 July, 1848, chap 104 see 1, which repeals all in italics The staff in this sest n is within the 224 tn Fr further increase, see sec. 3. chap 12, 3 August, 1×61, and sec, 22, chap. 200, 17 July, 1×62

President, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, in the same manner, and be charged with the same duties as those authorized by existing laws.1

SEC. 3. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept the services of such of the volunteers now in Mexico as in his opinion the state of the public service may require, and who may, at the termination of the present term, voluntarily engage to serve during the present war with Mexico, and to organize the same into companies, battalions, and regiments, agreeably to the existing laws, and to commission the officers for the

same.

SEC. 4. That in addition to the pay and allowances provided for the volunteers now in the service of the United States, under existing laws, each volunteer who shall re-enter the service under the provisions of this act, in Mexico, immediately after the close of his present term of service, shall be entitled to a bounty of $12, to be paid as soon as the company shall have been duly mustered and received by the mustering and inspecting officer.

SEC. 5. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept the services of individual volunteers to fill vacancies which may occur by death, discharge, or other cause, in the volunteer regiments or corps now in the service of the United States, or which may be received during the existing war with Mexico.

SEC. 6. That all the officers to be appointed in the ten regiments to be raised and organized under the "Act to raise for a limited time an additional military force, and for other purposes," shall take rank, in case of equal grade, in such manner as the President of the United States may direct, without regard to priority of appointment.

SEC. 7. That to each company of said ten regiments there may be appointed the same number of subaltern officers as are provided by existing faws for the companies of volunteers whose term shall expire as provided in the fifth section of the acts of 11 February, 1847.

SEC. 8. That the provisions of the act approved May 13, 1846, entitled "An act to authorize an increase of the rank and file of the army of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the regi ment of mounted riflemen authorized by the act of the 9th (19th) of May, 1846.5

SEC. 9. That to each regiment of dragoons, artillery, and mounted riflemen, in the regular army, there shall be added one principal teamster, with the rank and compensation of quartermaster-sergeant, and to each company of the same two teamsters, with the compensation of artificers.

1 By chap. 200, sec. 22, 17 July, 1862, the rank of captain in the adjutant general's office is abolished, and thereafter all vacancies in the grade of major to be filled from captains in the army.

3

2 Chap. 8.

4 Chap. 17, which was repealed by 14 August, 1848, chap. 173.

Chap. 8. • Chap. 22.

SEC. 10. That the proviso to the second section of the act approved March second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, entitled "An act giving further compensation to the captains and subalterns of the army of the United States in certain cases," shall be so interpreted as not to include lieutenants who hold the appointments of adjutant and regimental quarter

master.

SEC. 11. That so much of any army regulation as gives to any sutler a lien upon any part of the pay of the soldiers, or a right to appear at the pay-table to receive the soldier's pay from the paymaster, shall be, and the same is hereby, abrogated; and all regulations extending the rights and privileges of sutlers beyond the rules and articles of war shall be, and hereby are, abrogated.

SEC. 12. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to add to the pay department of the army two deputy paymaster-generals, with the pay and allowances, each, of a deputy quartermaster-general, and ten paymasters, with the pay and allowances, each, of a pay master of the army; and the officers so appointed shall give such bonds as the President shall, from time to time, direct: Provided, That the deputy paymaster-generals shall, in addition to paying troops, superintend the payment of armies in the field.

SEC. 13. That the officers of the pay department shall have rank corresponding with the rank to which their pay and allowances are assimilated: Provided, That paymasters shall not in virtue of such rank be entitled to command in the line, or other staff departments of the army: Provided, also, That the right to command in the pay department, between officers having the same rank, shall be in favor of the oldest in service in the department, without regard to the date of commission under which they may be acting at the time.

Sc. 14 That all pay masters hereafter to be appointed by the President for the volunteer service of the United States shal be nominated to the senate for confirmation to such office

1 Chap 42, 2 Mar b, 1×27.

* Repeated by see 5, chap. 1-6, 12 June, 1× ×, but reinstated by see 3, chap 4, 24 December, 1**] but see char 47, July, 1-2

3 nce & Mar h, 1849, chap. so

Which is that if a major f cavalry, by 2 Man h. 1×21, chap. 13, sec 1.

Of a major of infantry, 24 April, 1816

• T› be renewed every far years by Mar 1949, hip so

by auth rity of chap 16., Dec

SEC. 15. That the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the regiment of dragoons authorized to be raised by an act entitled "An act to raise for a limited time' an additional military force, and for other purposes," shall receive the same bounty as is allowed to the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the other regiments authorized to be raised by said act.

SEC. 16. That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to add to the ordnance department, whenever he shall deem it expedient to increase the same, two captains and six first lieutenants, who shall be entitled to receive the same pay and allowances as officers of those grades, respectively, now belonging to that department, to be disbanded' at the close of the war.

SEC. 17. That when any non-commissioned officer shall distinguish himself, or may have distinguished himself, in the service, the President of the United States shall be, and is hereby, authorized, on the recommendation of the commanding officer of the regiment to which such non-commissioned officer belongs, to attach him by brevet of the lowest grade of rank, with the usual pay and emoluments of such grade, to any corps of the army: Provided, That there shall not be more than one so attached to any one company at the same time; and when any private soldier shall so distinguish himself, the President may in like manner grant him a certificate of merit, which shall entitle him to additional pay at the rate of two dollars per month.

SEC. 18. That there shall be added to each of the regiments of artillery two companies, to be organized in the same manner, and who shall receive the like pay and allowances in every respect, as authorized by existing laws; and in addition to the four companies authorized by the act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, to be equipped as light artillery, the President is hereby empowered, when he shall

1 Chap. 8.

2 See 2 March, 1821, chap. 13, sec. 4, and 5 April, 1832, chap. 67, and 5 July, 1×358, chap. 162, and 19 July, 1848, chap. 104; and sec. 3, chap. 42, 3 August, 1861, for further increase.

3 See 22d section of this act.

4 See 4 August, 1854, chap. 247.

5 See 2 March, 1821, chap. 13, sec. 2, and 17 June, 1850, chap. 20, and sec. 22 of this act. Chap. 13.