form the duties of the said respective offices u appointed, or until such absence or inability

cease.

[Approved, May 8, 1792.]

CHAPTER 1.-Approved, January 13, 1

An Act making an alteration in the fla

That from and after the first day of May of the United States be fifteen stripes, alter Union be fifteen stars, white, in a blue field

CHAPTER 9.-Approved, Marci

An Act to provide for the defence of certai

That the following ports and har the President of the United States, a judge necessary, to wit: Portland. in the state of New Hampshir Boston, in the state of Massachi Island; New London, in the state Wilmington, in the state of D).! land; Norfolk and Alexandria. and Ocracock Inlet, in the Georgetown, in the state of Sor in the state of Georgia.

SEC. 2. That it shall be la employ, as garrisons, in the troops on the military estab necessary; and to cause to each, to carry a ball of t! cannon, of a calibre, ea together with the carria carriages with the nece cannon, with two hundred

SEC. 3. That it shall States to receive from a cession of the lan said, with the nece to be erected; or

1 First fixed by resul 1818, chap. 1

si ned shall ms; and Lige anted to

med officers, e corps of mated the Er of the said andred and

ran mentioned, ne surgeon ; and paymaster, ⚫st of one capand rations of a sappers, and

TC musicians.

-commissioned

-irected to be raised, nects, as the troops -l also be governed or may be, by law

ar of war to provide, at e directed by the Preinstruments, and ap

es shall cause such proporrontiers, or in the fortifient with the public service.

arrison in the said fortification, provide cannon ye, from the state of Maryland, a cession of the fortification, and its necessary buildings, may be → sec nd and third sections of the act to which this

, 9, 1794.]

R 52.-Approved, June 7, 1794.-Vol. 1, p. 390.

tion to the " Act for making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States."2

if any commissioned officer in the troops of the United States while in the service of the United States, die, by reason of is received in actual service of the United States, and shall leave a w, or if no widow, shall leave a child or children under age, such ow, or if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to, and ive, the half of the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at e time of his death, for and during the term of five years: and in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the said term of five years, the half pay, for the remainder of the term, shall go to the child or children of such deceased officer, while under the age of sixteen years, and, in like manner, the allowance to the child or children of such deceased, where there is no widow, shall be paid no longer than while there is a child or children under the age aforesaid: Provided, That no greater sum shall be allowed, in any case, to the widow or to the child or children of any officer, than the half pay of a lieutenant-colonel.

SEC. 2. That the army be in future paid in such manner that the arrears shall at no time exceed two months.

SEC. 3. That to such of the troops as are, or may be, employed on the frontiers, and under such special circumstances as, in the opinion of the President of the United States, may require an augmentation of some parts of their rations, the President be authorized to direct such augmentation as he may judge necessary, not exceeding four ounces of beef, two ounces of flour, and half a gill of rum, or whiskey, in addition to each ration, and half a pint of salt to one hundred rations.

1 Chap. 9, 20 March, 1794, ante.

2 The 1st and 2d sections of this act were superseded and supplied by act of 16 March, 1802, sec. 13 and 15. The 3d was continued with some modification by acts of 3 March, 1795, and 30 May, 1796, sec. 9, but formally repealed by act of 3 March, 1797.

form the duties of the said respective offices until a successor be appointed, or until such absence or inability by sickness shall

cease.

[Approved, May 8, 1792.]

CHAPTER 1.-Approved, January 13, 1794.-Vol. 1, p. 341.

An Act making an alteration in the flag of the United States.

That from and after the first day of May, Anno Domini 1795, the flag of the United States be fifteen stripes, alternate red and white. That the Union be fifteen stars, white, in a blue field.1

CHAPTER 9.-Approved, March 20, 1794.-Vol. 1, p. 345.

An Act to provide for the defence of certain ports and harbors in the United States.

That the following ports and harbors be fortified, under the direction of the President of the United States, and at such time or times as he may judge necessary, to wit: Portland, in the district of Maine; Portsmouth, in the state of New Hampshire; Gloucester, Salem, Marblehead, and Boston, in the state of Massachusetts; Newport, in the state of Rhode Island; New London, in the state of Connecticut; New York; Philadelphia; Wilmington, in the state of Delaware; Baltimore, in the state of Maryland; Norfolk and Alexandria, in the state of Virginia; Cape Fear river, and Ocracock Inlet, in the State of North Carolina; Charleston and Georgetown, in the state of South Carolina; and Savannah2 and St. Mary's, in the state of Georgia.

SEC. 2. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to employ, as garrisons, in the said fortifications, or any of them, such of the troops on the military establishment of the United States as he may judge necessary; and to cause to be provided one hundred cannon, of a calibre, each, to carry a ball of thirty-two pounds weight, and one hundred other cannon, of a calibre, each, to carry a ball of twenty-four pounds weight, together with the carriages and implements necessary for the same, and carriages with the necessary implements for one hundred and fifty other cannon, with two hundred and fifty tons of cannon shot.

SEC. 3. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to receive from any state (in behalf of the United States) a cession of the lands on which any of the fortifications aforesaid, with the necessary buildings, may be erected, or intended to be erected; or, where such cessions shall not be made, to pur

1 First fixed by resolution of 14 June, 1775; altered and established by act of 4 April, 1818, chap. 34.

2 And Annapolis, 29 May, 1794, chap. 25.

chase such lands, on behalf of the United States: Provided, That no purchase shall be made where such lands are the property of a state.1

[Approved, March 20, 1794.]

CHAPTER 14.-Approved, April 2, 1794.-Vol. 1, p. 352.

An Act to provide for the erecting and repairing of arsenals and magazines, and for other purposes.2

That for the safe keeping of the military stores, there shall be established, under the direction of the President of the United States, three or four arsenals, with magazines, as he shall judge most expedient, in such places as will best accommodate the different parts of the United States. Either, or both, of the arsenals heretofore used at Springfield and Carlisle, to be continued as part of the said number, at his discretion: Provided, That none of the said arsenals be erected, until purchases of the land, necessary for their accommodation, be made, with the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same is intended to be erected.

SEC. 2. That there shall be established, at each of the aforesaid arsenals, a national armory, in which shall be employed one superintendent, and one master armorer, (who shall be appointed by the President of the United States,) and as many workmen as the secretary for the department of war shall, from time to time, deem necessary, so that the whole number, at all the armories, shall not exceed one hundred. And the said superintendents shall, each, receive, as a compensation, $70 per month, and the said master armorers, each, $50 per month.5

4

SEC. 3. That there shall be employed an officer, whose duty it shall be, (under the direction of the department of war,) to superintend the receiving, safe keeping, and distribution of the military stores of the United States, and to call to account all persons to whom the same may be intrusted; he shall receive, for his compensation, at the rate of $125 per month, and shall be appointed by the President of the United States.

6

SEC. 4. That a sum not exceeding $59,000 be appropriated for the erecting and repairing of the arsenals and magazines aforesaid; and a sum not exceeding $22,865 for defraying the expense of the national armories, for one year; and the further sum of $340,000, to be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, in the purchase of arms, ammunition, and military stores; which said several sums shall be paid out of the duties on imports and tonnage, to the end of the present year.

SEC. 5. That an annual account of the expenses of the national armories be laid before the legislature of the United States, together with an account of the arms made and repaired therein.

1 See the Constitution, art. 1, sec. 8, clause 16.

2 See 4 May, 1798, chap. 25, making further provisions for procuring arms, &c.

3 See act of 23 April, 1808, sec. 1.

And three rations per day, 7 May, 1800, chap. 46, sec. 1. The office at Springfield abolished 23 Aug. 1841, chap. 186.

5 See act of 7 May, 1800, sec. 4.

6 Section 3, repealed 3 March, 1813, chap. 48, sec. 1.

CHAPTER 24.-Approved, May 9, 1794.-Vol. 1, p. 366.

An Act for raising and organizing a Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.1

That the number of seven hundred and sixty-four non-commissioned officers, privates, and artificers, to serve as privates, and musicians, shall be engaged for the term of three years, by voluntary enlistments; and that the proper proportion of commissioned officers shall be appointed to command the same.

SEC. 2. That the aforesaid commissioned and non-commissioned officers, privates, artificers, and musicians, shall be incorporated with the corps of artillery now in the service of the United States, and denominated the corps of artillerists and engineers; and that the entire number of the said corps, exclusively of the commissioned officers, shall be nine hundred and ninety-two.

SEC. 3. That the organization of the said corps be as herein mentioned, to wit: one lieutenant-colonel commandant, one adjutant, one surgeon; four battalions, each to consist of one major, one adjutant and paymaster, and one surgeon's mate; and four companies, each to consist of one captain, two lieutenants, two cadets, with the pay, clothing, and rations of a sergeant, four sergeants, four corporals, forty-two privates, sappers, and miners, and ten artificers to serve as privates, and two musicians.

SEC. 4. That the additional commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, artificers, and musicians, by this act directed to be raised, shall receive the same pay and allowances, in all respects, as the troops already in the service of the United States; and they shall also be governed by the same rules and articles of war, which have been, or may be, by law

established.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the secretary of war to provide, at the public expense, under such regulations as shall be directed by the President of the United States, the necessary books, instruments, and apparatus, for the use and benefit of the said corps.

SEC. 6. That the President of the United States shall cause such proportions of the said corps to serve in the field, on the frontiers, or in the fortifications on the sea-coast, as he shall deem consistent with the public service.

CHAPTER 25.-Approved, May 9, 1794.-Vol. 1, p. 367.

An Act supplementary to "An Act to provide for the defence of certain ports and harbors in the United States."

That the port and harbor of the city of Annapolis be fortified, in such manner, and at such time or times, as the President of the United States may direct; and that it shall be lawful for the President of the

- Continued by acts of 3 March, 1795, chap. 44, and 30 May, 1796, chap. 39. An additional regiment provided by act of 27 April, 1798, chap. 33. Repealed and supplied by act of 16 March, 1802, chap. 9, sec. 1, 2, 26, 27, 28, and 29.