made. The chaplain so appointed must be a regular ordained minister of a Christian denomination, and shall receive the pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry,' and shall be required to report to the colonel commanding the regiment to which he is attached, at the end of each quarter, the moral and religious condition of the regiment, and such suggestions as may conduce to the social happiness and moral improvement of the troops.

SEC. 10. That the general commanding a separate department or a detached army is hereby authorized to appoint a military board or commission of not less than three nor more than five officers, whose duty it shall be to examine the capacity, qualifications, propriety of conduct, and efficiency of any commissioned. officer of volunteers within his department or army, who may be reported to the board or commission, and upon such report, if adverse to such officer, and if approved by the President of the United States, the commission of such officer shall be vacated Provided, always, That no officer shall be eligible to sit on such board or commission whose rank or promotion would in any way be affected by its proceedings, and two members, at least, if practicable, shall be of equal rank of the officer being examined. And when vacancies occur in any of the companies of volunteers, an election shall be called by the colonel of the regiment to fill such vacancies, and the men of each company shall vote in their respective companies for all officers as high as captain, and vacancies above captain shall be filled by the votes of the commissioned officers of the regiment, and all officers so elected shall be commissioned by the respective governors of the states, or by the President of the United States.2

SEC. 11. That all letters written by soldiers in the service of the United States may be transmitted through the mails without prepayment of postage, under such regulations as the PostOffice Department may prescribe, the postage thereon to be paid by the recipients.

SEC. 12. That the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to introduce among the volunteer forces in the service of the United States the system of allotment tickets now used in the navy, or some equivalent system,

1 $148.50 per month; but see sec. 8 and 9, chap. 200, 17 July, 1862.

2 All in italics repealed by sec. 3, chap. 57, 6 August, 1861.

by which the family of the volunteer may draw such portions of his pay as he may request.1 [Approved, July 22, 1861.]

[By chap. 15, July 24, 1861, vol. 12, p. 273, $11,500 appropriated to pay certain musicians and soldiers stationed at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, for losses of private property sustained by them in removing from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, 26 December, 1860.]

CHAPTER 16.-Approved, July 24, 1861.-Vol. 12, p. 274.

An Act for the relief of the Ohio and other volunteers.

Whereas the War Department has decided that the term of service of the ninety days' volunteers, called out under the act of seventeen hundred and ninety-five, commenced only on the day when they were actually sworn into the service of the United States; and whereas the troops now in service of the United States from the state of Ohio were not sworn into said service until some days after their organization and acceptance as companies by the governor of said state, and that for such period, under existing laws, no payment can be made: Therefore, That the proper disbursing officer compute and pay to the said volunteers compensation from the day of their organization and acceptance as companies by the governor of the state of Ohio, as aforesaid, until the expiration of their term of service.

SEC. 2. That where the militia of other states are situated similarly with those of Ohio, the War Department pay them according to the provisions of the foregoing section. [Approved, July 24, 1861.]

CHAPTER 17.-Approved, July 25, 1861.—Vol. 12, p. 274.

An Act in addition to the "Act to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws and protecting public property," approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.2

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept the services of volunteers, either as cavalry,

1 See chap. 4, 24 Dec. 1861.

2 Chap. 9

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.2

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.

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 hereinbefore 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.