The Military Laws of the United States

in the army of the United States.................................................................................................................. 248

" August 2. Chap. 40. An act to provide for the widows and orphans of

the militia slain and militia disabled in the United States................. 248

" August 2. Chap. 41. An act explanatory of an act entitled "An act to

raise ten additional companies of rangers".....

"August 2. Chap. 45. An act to authorize the appointment by the Pre-

sident of certain officers during the recess of the senate...................................................... 243

" August 2. Chap. 50. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act

for the better regulation of the ordnance"..............................................

249

250

THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-6 Dec. 1813-18 April, 1814.

1814, Jan. 27. Chap. 7. An act making further provision for filling the ranks

of the regular army, encouraging enlistments, and authorizing the

re-enlistments, for longer periods, of men whose terms of service are

about to expire........

..... 250

Jan. 28. Chap. 9. An act authorizing the President of the United States

to cause certain regiments therein mentioned to be enlisted for five

years, or during the war............................................................

...............

251

252

Feb. 10. Chap. 11. An act to raise three regiments of riflemen............. 251

March 30. Chap. 37. An act for the better organizing, paying, and sup-

plying the army of the United States.................

"April 18. Chap. 67. An act fixing the salary of the paymaster of the

army of the United States, and allowing a sum for the employment of

additional clerks in his office, for the year one thousand eight hundred

and fourteen, and providing for the appointment of assistant district

paymasters.....

April 18. Chap. 78. An act to provide for the collection and preservation

of such flags, standards, and colors as shall have been, or may hereafter

be, taken by the land and naval forces of the United States, from their

...... 256

"April 18. Chap. 80. An act in further addition to an act entitled "An

act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing

an uniform militia throughout the United States".

April 18. Chap. 82. An act in addition to the act entitled "An act to

provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union,

suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now

in force for these purposes".

257

258

1814, April 18. Chap. 84. An act concerning the pay of officers, seamen, aud

marines in the navy of the United States.........

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258

THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, Third Session.-19 Sept. 1814-3 March, 1815.

1814, Dec. 10. Chap. 10. An act making further provision for filling the ranks

of the army of the United States

260

Dec. 13. Chap. 13. An act directing the staff officers of the army to

comply with the requisitions of naval and marine officers, in certain

...........................

1815, Feb. 8. Chap. 38. An act for the better regulation of the ordnance de-

partment.........................................................

262

263

March 3. Chap. 79. An act fixing the military peace establishment of

the United States....

266

RESOLUTIONS.

1814, Nov. 3. Res. 5. Resolutions, expressive of the sense of Congress of the

gallantry and good conduct with which the reputation of the arms of

the United States has been sustained by Major-General Brown, Major-

General Scott, Major-General Porter, Major-General Gaines, Major-

General Macomb, and Brigadiers Ripley and Miller................................
267

1815, Feb. 27. Res. 10. Resolutions expressive of the thanks of Congress to

Major-General Jackson, and the troops under his command, for their

gallantry and good conduct in the defence of New Orleans.........

FOURTEENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-4 Dec. 1815-30 April, 1816.

1816, April 16. Chap. 55. An act making further provision for military services

during the late war, and for other purposes..............................................................

268

269

April 20. Chap. 64. An act concerning field officers of the militia......... 271

"April 24. Chap. 68. An act to increase the pensions of invalids in certain

cases; for the relief of invalids of the militia; and for the appoint-

ment of pension agents in those states where there is no commissioner

of loans.........

"April 24. Chap. 69. An act for organizing the general staff, and making

271

272

further provision for the army of the United States..........

"April 27. Chap. 127. An act to provide for cases of lost military land

warrants, and discharges for faithful services........
..... 276

"April 29. Chap. 135. An act concerning the annual sum appropriated

for arming and equipping the militia.......................................................................................................... 277

66 April 29. Chap. 140. An act supplementary to an act making alterations

in the treasury and war departments, passed the eighth day of May,

one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two...............

"April 29. Chap. 142. An act to increase the compensation of the super-

intendents of the manufactories of arms at Springfield and Harper's

Ferry....

RESOLUTION.

278

1816, April 29. Res. 7. Resolution authorizing the President of the United

States to employ a skilful assistant in the corps of engineers............... 278

FOURTEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-2 Dec. 1816-3 March, 1817.
1817, March 3. Chap. 45. An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public

"March 3. Chap. 96. An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act

further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation

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279

283

of the treasury, war, and navy departments"....

"March 3. Chap. 107. An act to amend an act entitled "An act making

further provision for military services during the late war, and for other

purposes".

283

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-1 Dec. 1817-30 April, 1818.

1818, March 18. Chap. 19. An act to provide for certain persons engaged in

the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary

284

An act to establish the flag of the United States...... 284

An act regulating the staff of the army...

An act regulating the pay and emolument of brevet

287

An act to defray the expenses of the militia when

66 April 20. Chap. 84.

marching to places

"April 20. Chap. 88. An act in addition to the "Act for the punishment

of certain crimes against the United States," and to repeal the acts

therein mentioned...........

"April 20. Chap. 101. An act to increase the pay of the militia when in

actual service, and for other purposes.......................................................................................................................... 293

"April 20. Chap. 102. An act respecting the organization of the army,

and for other purposes..........................

294

RESOLUTION.

1818, April 4. Res. 12. Resolution directing medals to be struck, and, together

with the thanks of Congress, presented to Major-General Harrison and

Governor Shelby, and for other purposes.........

294

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-16 Nov. 1818-3 March, 1819.

1819, March 2. Chap. 45. An act to regulate the pay of the army when

employed on fatigue duty..

"March 3. Chap. 60. An act extending the term of half-pay pensions to

the widows and children of certain officers, seamen, and marines who

died in the public service..........

"March 3. Chap. 81. An act regulating the payments to invalid pen-

"March 3. Chap. 88. An act authorizing the sale of certain military

sites.......

295

"March 3. Chap. 99. An act concerning invalid pensions.........

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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-6 Dec. 1819-15 May, 1820.

1820, May 1. Chap. 52. An act in addition to the several acts for the establish-

ment and regulation of the treasury, war, and navy departments......... 296

"May 1. Chap. 53. An act in addition to an act entitled "An act to pro-

vide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the

United States in the revolutionary war," passed the eighteenth day of

March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.........

299

May 8. Chap. 75. An act further to regulate the medical department of

the army.........................

299

May 12. Chap. 97. An act to establish an uniform mode of discipline

and field exercise for the militia of the United States.........

"May 15. Chap. 102. An act to limit the term of office of certain officers

therein named, and for other purposes.

300

May 15. Chap. 107. An act providing for the better organization of the

treasury department............

...... 301

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-13 Nov. 1820-3 March, 1821.

1821, March 2. Chap. 13. An act to reduce and fix the military peace establish-

ment of the United States......

306

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-3 Dec. 1821-8 May, 1822.

1822, May 7. Chap. 88. An act to repeal the fourteenth section of "An act to

reduce and fix the military peace establishment," passed the second

day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one............... 310

May 7. Chap. 90. An act further to amend the several acts relative to

the treasury, war, and navy departments.......

310

......

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-2 Dec. 1822-3 March, 1823.

1823, Jan. 23. Chap. 5. An act to continue the present mode of supplying the

army of the United States........

.......

310

Jan. 31. Chap. 9. An act concerning the disbursement of public money.. 311

66 March 1. Chap. 37. An act in addition to the act entitled "An act for

the prompt settlement of public accounts," and for the punishment of

the crime of perjury.....

66 March 1. Chap. 59. An act supplementary to the acts to provide for

certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United

States in the revolutionary war.....

312

..... 313

March 3. Chap. 71. An act to establish a national armory on the

western waters...................................

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-1 Dec. 1823-26 May, 1824.

1824, April 30. Chap. 46. An act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and

estimates upon the subject of roads and canals.......

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-1 Dec. 1824-3 May, 1825.

1825, March 3. Chap. 18. An act for arming the militia of the District of

Columbia......

313

314

1825, March 3. Chap. 93. An act to authorize the sale of unserviceable ordnance,

arms, and military stores...........

NINETEENTH CONGRESS, First Session.-5 Dec. 1825-25 May, 1826.

1826, May 4. Chap. 30. An act to exempt the professors, tutors, stewards, and

students of the different seminaries of learning, in the District of

Columbia, from militia duty...........

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314

"May 18. Chap. 74. An act regulating the accountability for clothing

and equipage issued to the army of the United States, and for the better

organization of the quartermaster's department.........
..... 315

"May 20. Chap. 82. An act concerning the United States arsenal in

Georgia..

316

"May 20. Chap. 88. An act to authorize the secretary of the war depart-

ment to purchase a site for an arsenal at St. Louis, in the state of Mis-

souri, and to provide for the erection of an arsenal on the same.......... 316

RESOLUTION.

1826, May 18. Res. 3. Resolution directing a system of cavalry tactics, and a

system of instruction for artillery, to be prepared for the use of the

cavalry and artillery of the militia.....

317

NINETEENTH CONGRESS, Second Session.-4 Dec. 1826-3 March, 1827.

1827, March 2. Chap. 42. An act giving further compensation to the captains

and subalterns of the army of the United States, in certain cases......... 317

66 March 3. Chap. 80. An act authorizing the establishment of an arsenal

in the town of Augusta, in Maine.........

317

TWENTIETH CONGRESS, First Session.-3 Dec. 1827-26 May, 1828.

1828, January 25. Chap. 2. An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the

disbursing agents of the government, and for other purposes............... 317

"May 15. Chap. 53. An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and

soldiers of the army of the revolution......

TWENTIETH CONGRESS, Second Session.-1 Dec. 1828-3 March, 1829.

1829, March 2. Chap. 28. An act making provision for the payment of pen-

sions to the widows or children of pensioners, in certain cases, and for

other purposes....

318

320

March 2. Chap. 38. An act providing for the printing and binding sixty

thousand copies of the abstract of infantry tactics, including man-

œuvres of light infantry and riflemen, and for other purposes............. 320

"March 2. Chap. 42. An act to continue the present mode of supplying

the army of the United States.......

TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS, First Session.-7 Dec. 1829-31 May, 1830.

1830, May 29. Chap. 179. An act to alter and amend the sixty-fifth article of

the first section of an act entitled "An act for establishing rules and

321

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