infantry, or artillery,' in such numbers as the exigencies of the public service may, in his opinion, demand, to be organized as authorized by the act of the twenty-second of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one: Provided, That the number of troops hereby authorized shall not exceed five hundred thousand.

SEC. 2. That the volunteers authorized by this act shall be armed as the President may direct; they shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and shall be upon the footing, in all respects, with similar corps of the United States army, and shall be mustered into the service for "during the war."

SEC. 3. That the President shall be authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for the command of the volunteer forces, such number of major-generals and of brigadier-generals as may, in his judgment, be required for their organization.

[Approved, July 25, 1861.]

CHAPTER 21.-Approved, July 27, 1861.—Vol. 12, p. 276.

An Act to indemnify the States for expenses incurred by them in defence of the United States.4

That the secretary of the treasury be, and he is hereby, directed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to the governor of any state, or to his duly authorized agents, the costs, charges, and expenses properly incurred by such state for enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying, arming, equipping, paying, and transporting its troops employed in aiding to suppress the present insurrection against the United States, to be settled upon proper vouchers, to be filed and passed upon by the proper accounting officers of the treasury.

See sec. 1, chap. 9, 22 July, 1861, and sec. 2, chap. 34, 31 July, 1861.

2 This was not intended to authorize more than 500,000 men in all.

3 Limited to forty major-generals and two hundred brigadiers, by sec. 1, chap. 133, 5 July, 1862.

4 For same during Mexican war, see Res. 7, 3 March, 1847, and chap. 60, 2 June, 1848, sec. 1. See also Res. 16, 8 March, 1862, post, declaring the meaning of this act.

CHAPTER 24.-Approved, July 29, 1861.-Vol. 12, p. 279.

An Act to increase the present military establishment of the United States. 1. Increase of military establishment. Organization of infantry regiments. Battalions. Companies. Cavalry regiments. Squadrons. Artillery regiments. Batteries. 2. Field and staff, commissioned and non-commissioned officers. Infantry regiments. Cavalry regiments. 3. Four major-generals and six brigadiergenerals added to the army. 4. Pay of officers and men of regimental bands, of saddler and other sergeants of battalion, adjutant and quartermaster and commissaries. 5. Term of enlistment. 6. This increase to last during rebellion; in one year after to be reduced to twenty-five thousand men. 7. Provision for disbandment. Officers of regular army to be restored to army. 8. Enlistments to be in charge of officers appointed from civil life. Other officers to be on duty in the field.

That there shall be added to the regular army, as now authorized by law, nine regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artillery; each regiment of infantry to consist of not less than two nor more than three battalions, as the exigencies of the public service may, in the opinion of the President of the United States, demand; each battalion to consist of eight companies; each company to consist of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, and as many privates, not exceeding eighty-two, as the President of the United States may, according to the requirements of military service, direct. The regiment of cavalry hereby authorized shall consist of not more than three battalions of not more than two squadrons each; and each squadron shall consist of two companies, each company to be composed of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, two farriers, one saddler, one wagoner, and as many privates, not exceeding seventy-two, as the President of the United States may, according to the requirements of the military service, direct. The regiment of artillery hereby authorized shall consist of not more than twelve batteries; and each battery shall consist of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster-sergeant, four sergeants, eight

1 The regular army will now consist of 30 regiments, viz.: 19 of infantry, 6 of cavalry, and 5 of artillery.

2 For cavalry organization, see sec. 11, chap. 201, 17 July, 1862.

corporals, two musicians, two artificers, one wagoner, and as many privates, not exceeding one hundred and twenty-two, as the President of the United States may, according to the require. ments of the military service, direct. And there may be added to the aforesaid battery organization, at the discretion of the President, having due regard to the public necessities and means, one first and one second lieutenant, two sergeants, and four corporals.

SEC. 2. That the field and staff commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the regiments herein before authorized shall be as follows: To each regiment of infantry, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one regimental adjutant, one regimental quartermaster and commissary, one drum-major or leader of the band, and two principal musicians; and to each battalion of infantry, one major, one battalion adjutant, one battalion quartermaster and commissary, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster-sergeant, one commissary-sergeant, and one hospital steward; the regimental and battalion adjutants, and quartermasters and commissaries, to be taken from the lieutenants of the regiments and battalions, respectively: To the regiment of cavalry, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one regimental adjutant, one regimental quartermaster and commissary, and two chief buglers ; and to each battalion of cavalry, one major, one battalion adjutant, one battalion quartermaster and commissary, one sergeant-major, one, quartermaster-sergeant, one commissary-sergeant, one hospital steward, one saddler sergeant, and one veterinary sergeant; the regimental adjutant and the regimental and battalion quartermasters and commissaries to be taken from the lieutenants of the regiments and battalions, respectively. To the regiment of artillery, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one major to every four batteries, one adjutant, one regimental quartermaster and commissary, to be taken from the lieutenants of the regiment, one sergeantmajor, one quartermaster-sergeant, one commissary-sergeant, two principal musicians, and one hospital steward; and the bands of the regular regiments shall consist of not more than twenty-four musicians for each regiment of infantry and artillery, and sixteen musicians for each regiment of mounted troops. SEC. 3. That there shall be added to the army of the United

1 For cavalry organization, see sec. 11, chap. 201, 17 July, 1862.

States the following general officers, namely: Four major-generals, with three aids-de-camp each, to be taken from captains or lieutenants of the army, and six brigadier-generals, with two aids-de-camp each, to be taken from the lieutenants of the army.

SEC. 4. That the officers and enlisted men raised in pursuance of the foregoing sections shall receive the same pay, emoluments, and allowances, and be on the same footing, in every respect, with those of corresponding grades and corps now in the regular service. The regimental bands will be paid as follows: onefourth of each, the pay and allowances of sergeants of engineer soldiers; one-fourth, those of corporals of engineer soldiers; and one-half, those of engineer soldiers of the first class. The drummajor, or leader of the band, the pay and emoluments of a second lieutenant of infantry. The saddler sergeants, veterinary sergeants, company quartermaster-sergeants, and drum-majors, will receive the pay and allowances of sergeants of cavalry. The battalion adjutant and battalion quartermasters and commissaries will receive the emoluments now provided by law for regimental adjutants.

SEC. 5. That the term of enlistments made and to be made in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in the regular army, including the force authorized by this act, shall be for the period of three years, and those to be made after January one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be for the term of five years, as at present authorized, and that the men enlisted in the regular forces, after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be entitled to the same bounties, in every respect, as those allowed or to be allowed to the men of the volunteer forces."

SEC. 6. That the increase of the military establishment created or authorized by this act is declared to be for service during the existing insurrection and rebellion; and within one year after the constitutional authority of the government of the United States shall be re-established, and organized resistance to such authority shall no longer exist, the military establish

1 One before.

2 Three before.

3 $100 at end of enlistment; and see sec. 6, chap. 9, 25 July, 1861; and see chap. 201, sec. 3, 17 July, 1862.

ment may be reduced to a number not exceeding twenty-five thousand men, unless otherwise ordered by Congress.

SEC. 7. That the President of the United States shall cause regiments, battalions, and companies to be disbanded, and officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates to be discharged, so as to reduce the military establishment as is provided by the preceding section: Provided, That all of the officers of the regular army who have been or may be detached or assigned to duty for service in any other regiment or corps shall resume their positions in the regular army, and shall be entitled to the same rank, promotion, and emoluments as if they had continued to serve in their own regiments or corps.

SEC. 8. That the enlistments for the regiments authorized by this act shall be in charge of the officers detailed for that purpose who are appointed to said regiments from civil life; and that in the mean time the officers appointed to the same from the regular army shall be detailed by the commanding general to such service in the volunteer regiments now in the field, as will, in his judgment, give them the greatest military instruction and efficiency; and that the commanding general may, in his discretion, employ said officers with any part of the regular forces now in the field, until the regiments authorized by this act shall have been fully recruited, and detail any of the officers now in the regular army to service with the volunteer regiments now in the field, or which may hereafter be called out, with such rank as may be offered them in said volunteer regiments, for the purpose of imparting to them military instruction and efficiency.

[Approved, July 29, 1861.]

CHAPTER 25.-Approved, July 29, 1861.—Vol. 2, p. 281.

An Act to provide for the suppression of rebellion against, and resistance to, the laws of the United States, and to amend the Act entitled “An Act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union," &c., passed February twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five.2

1 President may call forth the militia and use the land and naval forces. 2. He is to command, by proclamation, the insurgents to disperse. 3. Militia to be sub2 Chap. 36.

1 This was intended to be obligatory.