dred privates, the whole to form a battalion, and be commanded by a major. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said non-commissioned officers and privates shall arm and equip themselves, unless otherwise ordered by the President, and provide their own horses, and shall be allowed each one dollar per day as a full compensation for their services and the use of their arms and horses. The commissioned officers shall receive the same pay and emoluments as officers of the same grade in the army of the United States; and the officers shall be allowed forage for their horses, and be entitled to the same rations as those of the same grade in the army of the United States respectively. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, raised pursuant to this act, shall be entitled to the like compensation, in case of disability, by wounds, or otherwise, incurred in the service, as has heretofore been al lowed to officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates in the military establishment of the United States, and shali be subjected to the rules and articles of war, and such regulations as have been or shall be established according to law for the government of the army of the United States, as far as the same may be appli cable to the said rangers within the intent and meaning of this act, for the protection and defence of the northwestern frontier of the United States. [7] [Laws of the U. S., Statutes at Large, vol. 5, page 127*.] CHAP. 362. An act granting half pay to widows or orphans, where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States in certain cases, and for other purposes. 1. Five years' half pay to widows and orphans of those who have died in the service of the United States since 20th April, 1818. 2. Benefit of the act of 7th June, 1832, extended to widows or children under certain circumstances. 3. Extended to widows in other cases. 4. Transfers of any claim under this act declared void. 5. Secretary of War to adopt forms. APPROVED, JULY 4, 1836. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That when any officer, non-commissioned officer, musician or private of the militia, including rangers, seafencibles, and volunteers, shall have died while in the service of the United States, since the twentieth day of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, or who shall have died in consequence of a wound received whilst in the service, since the day aforesaid, and shall have left a widow, or, if no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age, such widow, *This act is inserted, entire, in the order of its date-ante, No. [178] or if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death or receiving such wound, for and during the term of five years; and in case of the death or marriage of such widow before the expiration of said five years, the half pay for the remainder of the time shall go to the said decedent: Provided, That the half pay aforesaid shall be half the monthly pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates of the infantry of the regular army, and no more: Provided, also, That no greater sum shall be allowed to the widow or to the child or children of any officer, than the half pay of a lieutenant colonel. * * * * * * |