CHAPTER 44.-Approved, March 3, 1795.-Vol. 1, p. 430.

An Act for continuing and regulating the Military Establishment of the United States, and for repealing sundry Acts heretofore passed on that subject.1

That the present military establishment of the United States, composed of a corps of artillerists and engineers, to consist of nine hundred and ninety-two non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, and of a legion to consist of four thousand eight hundred non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, be, and the same is hereby, continued.

SEC. 2. That the said corps of artillerists and engineers be completed, conformably to the act of the eighth [ninth] of May last, establishing the same, and prescribing the number and term of enlistments, and the methods of organization.

SEC. 3. That the legion of the United States be also completed, to the number of four thousand eight hundred non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, by voluntary enlistments, for the term of three years; and that the sub-legions composing the same be organized in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct. Provided, nevertheless, That no such enlistment shall be made after three years from the passing of this act.

SEC. 4. That it shall be stipulated as a condition in the enlistments for the cavalry, that they shall serve as dismounted dragoons, when ordered so to do, and that in all cases of enlistments of the troops of every description, there be expressly reserved to the government a right to discharge the whole, or any part thereof, at such times, and in such proportions, as may be deemed expedient.

SEC. 5. That the commissioned officers who shall be employed in the recruiting service, shall be entitled to receive, for every able-bodied recruit duly enlisted and mustered, of at least five feet six inches in height, and not under the age of eighteen, nor above the age of forty-six years, the sum of $2.

SEC. 6. That there shall be allowed and paid to each soldier now in the service of the United States, or discharged therefrom subsequent to the 3d day of March last, who shall re-enlist, a bounty of $16: And to each person not now in the army of the United States, or discharged as above, who shall hereafter enlist, a bounty of $14: but the payment of $4 of the bounty of each and every man so enlisting, shall be deferred until he shall have joined the corps in which he is to serve.

SEC. 7. That every non-commissioned officer, private, and musician, of the artillery and infantry, shall receive, annually, the following articles of uniform clothing, to wit: one hat or helmet, one coat, one vest, two pair of woollen and two pair of linen overalls, four pair of shoes, four shirts, two pair of socks, one blanket, one stock and clasp, and one pair of buckles. And that there be furnished to the cavalry and riflemen, such clothing as shall be the most suitable and best adapted to the nature of the service, having regard therein, as nearly as may be, to the value of the clothing allowed, as above, to the infantry and artillery.

SEC. 8. That every non-commissioned officer, private, and musician, shall receive, daily, the following rations of provisions, to wit: one pound of beef, or three-quarters of a pound of pork, one pound of bread or flour, half

1 Repealed and supplied by act of 30 May, 1796, chap. 16.

a gill of rum, brandy, or whiskey, and at the rate of one quart of salt, two quarts of vinegar, two pounds of soap, and one pound of candles, to every hundred rations, or the value thereof at the contract price, where the same shall become due; and if, at such post, supplies are not furnished by contract, then such allowance as shall be deemed equitable, having reference to former contracts, and the position of the place in question.

SEC. 9. That to those in the military service of the United States, who are, or shall be, employed on the western frontiers, there shall be allowed, during the time of their being so employed, two ounces of flour or bread, and two ounces of beef or pork, in addition to each of their rations, and a half-pint of salt in addition to every hundred of their rations.

SEC. 10. That the monthly pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, on the military establishment of the United States, be as follows, to wit: General staff: a major-general, $166; a brigadiergeneral, $104; a quartermaster-general, $100; adjutant-general, to do also the duty of inspector, $75; chaplain, $50; surgeon, $70; deputy quartermaster, $50; aid-de-camp, in addition to his pay in the line, $24; brigademajor, to act also as deputy inspector, in addition to his pay in the line, $24; principal artificer, $40; second artificer, $26. Regimental: lieutenant-colonel commandant, $75; major of artillery, and major of dragoons, $55; major of infantry, 850; paymaster, adjutant, and quartermaster, in addition to their pay in the line, $10; captains, $40; lieutenants, $26; ensigns and cornets, $20; surgeons, $45; surgeon's mates, $30; sergeant-majors, and quartermaster-sergeants, $8; senior musicians, $7; sergeants, $7; corporals, $6; musicians, $5; privates, $4; artificers allowed to the infantry, light dragoons, and artillery, $9; matrons and nurses in the hospital, $8.

SEC. 11. That the commissioned officers aforesaid shall be entitled to receive, for their daily subsistence, the following number of rations of provisions, to wit: A major-general, fifteen rations; a brigadier-general, twelve rations; a lieutenant-colonel commandant, and quartermaster-general, each, six rations; a major, four rations; brigade-major, and aid-decamp, four rations; a captain, three rations; a lieutenant, ensign, or cornet, two rations; a surgeon, as well hospital as regimental, three rations; a surgeon's mate, two rations; a deputy quartermaster, two rations; a principal, and second, artificer, each, two rations; a chaplain, two rations; or money in lieu thereof, at the option of the said officers, at the contract price, at the posts, respectively, where the rations shall become due.

SEC. 12. That the officers hereinafter described shall, whenever forage shall not be furnished by the public, receive at the rate of the following enumerated sums, per month, instead thereof, to wit: The major-general, $20; the brigadier-general, $16; lieutenant-colonel, $12; quartermastergeneral, adjutant-general, and surgeon-general, each, $12; major, $10; aid-de-camp, brigade-major, and surgeon, each, $10; captain of cavalry, $8; chaplain and surgeon's mate, each, $6; deputy quartermaster and subalterns of cavalry, each, $6; principal artificer, paymaster, adjutant, and regimental quartermaster, each, $6.

SEC. 13. That if any officer, non-commissioned officer, private, or musician, aforesaid, shall be wounded or disabled, while in the line of his duty, in public service, he shall be placed on the list of the invalids of the United States, at such rate of pay, and under such regulations, as shall be directed by the President of the United States for the time being: Provided always, That the rate of compensation to be allowed for such wounds or disabilities, to a commissioned officer, shall never exceed, for the highest disability, half the monthly pay of such officer, at the time of his being so dis

abled or wounded; and that the rate of compensation to non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, shall never exceed $5 per month: And provided also, That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled to receive an allowance proportionate to the highest disability,

SEC. 14. That the officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, aforesaid, shall be governed by the rules and articles of war, which have been established by the United States in Congress assembled,' as far as the same may be applicable to the constitution of the United States, or by such rules and articles as may hereafter by law be established.

SEC. 15. That every officer, non-commissioned officer, private, and musician, aforesaid, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: “I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) to bear true allegiance to the United States of America, and to serve them, honestly and faithfully, against all their enemies or opposers whomsoever, and to observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war."

SEC. 16. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to arm the troops aforesaid, whether riflemen, artillerists, dragoons, or infantry, as he shall think proper; and that it be also lawful for him to forbear to raise, or to discharge after they shall be raised, any part thereof, in case events shall, in his judgment, render his so doing consistent with public safety, and general convenience and economy.

SEC. 17. That every person who shall procure, or entice a soldier in the service of the United States to desert, or who shall conceal such soldier, knowing him to have deserted, or who shall purchase from such soldier his arms, or his uniform clothing, or any part thereof, and every captain or commanding officer of any ship or vessel, who shall enter on board such ship or vessel, as one of his crew, knowing him to have deserted, or otherwise carry away such soldier, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the orders of his commanding officer, shall, upon legal conviction, be fined, at the discretion of the court, in any sum not exceeding $300, or be imprisoned, for any term not exceeding one year.

SEC. 18. That the several acts, entitled "An act for regulating the military establishment of the United States;"2 "An act for raising and adding another regiment to the military establishment of the United States, and for making further provision for the protection of the frontiers;" "An act for making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and also so much of any act or acts of the present session, as comes within the purview of this act: Provided always, That nothing in this section contained shall be so construed as to vacate the commissions which have been issued, or any appointments or enlistments which have been made, in pursuance of the acts herein repealed.

[Approved, March 3, 1795.]

1 Ante, 20 Sept. 1776, and 14 April, 1777; 27 May, 1777; 18 June, 1777, and 31 May, 1786.

2 Chap. 10, 30 April, 1790.

4 Chap. 14, 17 March, 1792.

3 Chap. 9, 5 March, 1792.

[Chap. 8, March 23, 1796, provided pensions for militiamen wounded or disabled in service before 4 March, 1789, if application therefor were made one year after the then ensuing session of Congress.]

CHAPTER 25.-Approved, May 12, 1796.-Vol. 1, p. 463.

An Act allowing compensation for horses killed in battle belonging to officers of the army of the United States.1

That every officer in the army of the United States, whose duty requires him to be on horseback in time of action, and whose horse shall be killed in battle, be allowed a sum not exceeding $200, as a compensation for each horse so killed.

SEC. 2. That the provision contained in this act shall have retrospective operation, so far as the 4th day of March, in the year 1789: Provided, That no person shall receive payment for any horse so killed, until he make satisfactory proof to the secretary of war, that the horse, for which he claims compensation, was actually killed under such circumstances as to entitle him to this provision, in all cases which have heretofore taken place, within one year after the end of the present session of Congress; and in all cases which may take place hereafter, within one year after such horse shall have been killed.

SEC. 3. That the proof of the value of such horse shall be by the affidavit of the quartermaster of the corps to which the owner may belong, or of two other credible witnesses.

CHAPTER 39.-Approved, May 30, 1796.-Vol. 1, p. 463.

An Act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States.2

That the military establishment of the United States, from and after the last day of October next, be composed of the corps of artillerists and engineers, as established by the act entitled "An act providing for raising and organizing a corps of artillerists and engineers;" two companies of light dragoons, who shall do duty on horse or foot, at the discretion of the President of the United States; and four regiments of infantry, of eight companies each; the company of dragoons shall consist of one captain, two lieutenants, one cornet, four sergeants, four corporals, one farrier, one saddler, one trumpeter, and fifty-two privates; and shall be armed and accoutred in such manner as the President of the United States may direct. SEC. 2. That each regiment of infantry shall consist of one lieutenantcolonel commandant, two majors, one adjutant, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one surgeon, two surgeon's mates, eight captains, eight lieutenants, eight ensigns, two sergeant-majors, two quartermaster sergeants, two senior musicians, thirty-two sergeants, thirty-two corporals, sixteen musicians, and four hundred and sixteen privates: Provided always, That the Pre

1 See chap. 10, 9 April, 1816, and 3 March, 1849.

* See act of 3 March, 1797, and 16 July, 1798; also act of 16 March, 1802.

sident of the United States may, in his discretion, appoint an additional number of surgeon's mates, not exceeding ten, and distribute the same, according to the necessity of the service.

SEC. 3. That there shall be one major-general, with two aids-de-camps; one brigadier-general, who may choose his brigade-major from the captains or subalterns of the line; which brigade-major shall receive the monthly pay of $24, in addition to his pay in the line, be entitled to four rations of provisions for his daily subsistence; and, whenever forage shall not be furnished by the public, to $10 per month in lieu thereof; one quartermaster-general; one inspector, who shall do the duty of adjutant-general; and one paymaster-general: and that the adjutants, quartermasters, and paymasters of regiments, shall be appointed from the subalterns of their respective regiments.

SEC. 4. That the President of the United States cause to be arranged, the officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, of the legion of the United States, and light dragoons, in such manner as to form and complete out of the same the four regiments aforesaid, and two companies of light dragoons: And the supernumerary officers, privates, and musicians, shall be considered, from and after the last day of October next, discharged

from the service of the United States.

SEC. 5. That the corps of artillerists and engineers be completed, conformably to the act of the 8th day of May, 1794, establishing the same, and prescribing the number and term of enlistments, and the method of organization.1

SEC. 6. That the commissioned officers, who shall be employed in the recruiting service, to keep up by enlistments the corps of artillerists, infantry, and dragoons aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive, for every able-bodied recruit, duly enlisted and mustered, of at least five feet six inches in height, and not under the age of eighteen, nor above the age of forty-six years, the sum of $2.

SEC. 7. That there shall be allowed and paid to each soldier now in the service of the United States, or discharged therefrom subsequent to the 3d day of March, 1794, who shall re-enlist for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged, a bounty of $16; and to each person not now in the army of the United States, or discharged, as above, who shall hereafter enlist for the term aforesaid, a bounty of $14; but the payment of $4 of the bounty of each and every man so enlisting, shall be deferred, until he shall have joined the corps in which he is to serve.

SEC. 8. That every non-commissioned officer, private, and musician, of the artillery and infantry, shall receive, annually, the following articles of uniform clothing, to wit: one hat, one coat, one vest, two pair of woollen and two pair of linen overalls, four pair of shoes, four shirts, four pair of socks, one blanket, one stock and clasp, and one pair of buckles.

SEC. 9. That suitable clothing be provided for the dragoons, adapted to the nature of the service, and conformed, as near as may be, to the value of the clothing allowed to the infantry and artillery.

SEC. 10. That every non-commissioned officer, private, and musician, shall receive, daily, the following rations of provisions, to wit: one pound of beef, or three-quarters of a pound of pork, one pound of bread or flour, half a gill of rum, brandy, or whiskey; and at the rate of one quart of salt, two quarts of vinegar, two pounds of soap, and one pound of candles, to every hundred rations.

1 See chap. 24, 9 May, 1794.