twenty-five cents for each coat, eight cents for each vest, and for each pair of overalls or breeches.

SEC. 24. That it shall be lawful for the secretary of war to cause to be provided, in each and every year, all clothing, camp utensils, and equipage, medicines, and hospital stores, necessary for the troops and armies of the United States, for the succeeding year, and for this purpose to make purchases, and enter, or cause to be entered, into, all necessary contracts or obligations for effecting the same.

SEC. 25. That whenever any officer or soldier shall be discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offence, he shall be allowed his pay and rations, or an equivalent in money, for such term of time as shall be sufficient to travel from the place where he receives his discharge to the place of his residence, computing at the rate of twenty miles to a day.

SEC. 26. That there shall be allowed to the inspector-general, in addition to his allowance as major-general, and in full compensation for extra services and expenses in the execution of his office, the sum of $50 per month, and that he shall be allowed a secretary, to be appointed by himself, with the pay and emoluments of a captain.

[Approved, March 3, 1799.]

CHAPTER 9.-Approved, Feb. 20, 1800.—Vol. 2, p. 7.

An Act to suspend, in part, an Act, entitled "An Act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes."

That all further enlistments under the second section of an act, entitled "An act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes," shall be suspended until the further order of Congress, unless, in the recess of Congress, and during the continuance of the existing differences between the United States and the French Republic, war shall break out between the United States and the French Republic, or imminent danger of invasion of their territory, by the said republic, shall, in the opinion of the President of the United States, be discovered to exist.

CHAPTER 26.-Approved, April 22, 1800.—Vol. 2, p. 38.

An Act to fix the compensation of the paymaster-general, and assistant to the adjutantgeneral.2

That the paymaster-general of the army of the United States shall receive $120 per month, with the rations and forage of a major, in full com

1 See the act here partially suspended, 16 July, 1798.
Repealed by act of 16 March, 1802, chap. 9.

pensation for his services and travelling expenses, to be computed from the commencement of the time of his actual residence at the seat of government, any thing in the "Act for the better organizing of the troops of the United States, and for other purposes,' 291 to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. That the pay of the assistant of the adjutant-general, in addition to his pay and other emoluments in the line of the army, shall be $40 per month, which shall be in full compensation for his extra services and travelling expenses, to be computed from the time of his entering upon actual service.

[Approved, April 22, 1800.]

CHAPTER 46.-Approved, May 7, 1800.-Vol. 2, p. 61.

An Act for the regulation of public arsenals and magazines.2

That the several officers who now are, or hereafter may be, employed in the armories of the United States, shall be entitled to, and shall receive, the following compensations, in addition to their pay as established by law, to wit: A superintendent of such armory, three rations per day, or an equivalent in money; and a master armorer,3 two rations per day, or an equivalent in money.

SEC. 2. That if any person shall procure, or entice, any artificer, or workman, retained or employed in any arsenal, or armory of the United States, to depart from the same during the continuance of his engagement, or avoid or break his contract with the United States, or who after due notice of the engagement of any such workman or armorer, in any arsenal or armory, shall, during the continuance of such engagement, retain, hire, or in any wise employ, harbor, or conceal, such artificer or workman, the person so offending shall, upon conviction, be fined, at the discretion of the court, not exceeding $50, or be imprisoned, for any term not exceeding three months. SEC. 3. That if any artificer, or workman, hired, retained, or employed, in any public arsenal or armory, shall, wantonly and carelessly, break, impair, or destroy, any implements, tools, or utensils, or any stock, or materials for making guns, the property of the United States; or shall, wilfully and obstinately, refuse to perform the services lawfully assigned to him, pursuant to his contract, every such person shall forfeit a sum, not exceeding $20, for every such act of disobedience or breach of contract, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction thereof.

SEC. 4. That all artificers, and workmen, who are or shall be employed in the said armories, shall be, and they are hereby, exempted, during their term of service, from all military service, and service as jurors in any court.

13 March, 1779.

2 See chap. 14. 2 April, 1794.

3 Superintendent of Springfield and Harper's Ferry abolished 23 Aug., 1842.

CHAPTER 69.-Approved, May 14, 1800.-Vol. 2, p. 85.

An Act supplementary to the Act to suspend part of an Act, entitled “An Act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes.”

That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to suspend any further military appointments under the act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes, and under the ninth section of the act for the better organization of the troops of the United States, and for other purposes, according to his discretion, having reference to economy and the good of the service.

SEC. 2. That the President of the United States shall be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered to discharge, on or before the 15th day of June next, all such officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, as have heretofore been appointed, commissioned, or raised, under and by virtue of the said acts, or either of them, except the engineers, inspector of artillery, and inspector of fortifications: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize any reduction of the first four regiments of infantry, the two regiments of artillerists and engineers, the two troops of light dragoons, or of the general and other staff, authorized by the several laws for the establishing and organizing of the aforesaid corps.3

SEC. 3. That to each officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, who shall be discharged from service by virtue of this act, there shall be allowed and paid, in addition to the pay and allowances to which they are now entitled by law, a sum of money equal to three months' pay of such officer, non-commissioned officer, and private, respectively.

CHAPTER 9.-Approved, March 16, 1802.-Vol. 2, p. 132.

An Act fixing the Military Peace Establishment of the United States.

4. Monthly pay. Stationery, adjutant and inspector. Paymaster. Aids of brigadier. Pay of officers and men. 5. Rations to be furnished in proportion to rank. The President to allow additional rations. Rations to women. Matrons and nurses of hospitals. 7. Money in lieu of forage. 16. Paymasters to act by directions of the President. To give bond. Oath of office. To appoint paymasters, and authorized to require bonds. 26. Corps of engineers organized. Of whom.

1 See 16 July, 1798, chap. 76.

23 March, 1799, chap. 48, and 11 July, 1798, chap. 72.

3 This proviso superseded by the act of 16 March, 1802, chap. 9.

The provisions of this act in regard to pay, subsistence, clothing, allowances for wounds and disabilities, and benefits and allowances generally, are adopted by act of 3 March, 1815. The residue may be considered as repealed and supplied by that act, and those therein referred to.-See act 3 March, 1815, sections 4 and 7; see also acts additional to this act, 28 February, 1803, 26 March, 1804, 12 April, 1808, 24 December, 1811, 23 August, 1842.

Cadets, and pay of. Promotions. 27. The corps of engineers to be stationed at West Point, and to be a military academy, but to do duty when required. 28. The principal engineer to superintend the academy. The secretary of war to procure books, &c. 29. Repeal of laws.

That the military' peace establishment of the United States, from and after the 1st of June next, shall be composed of one regiment of artillerists, and two regiments of infantry, with such officers, military agents, and engineers, as are hereinafter mentioned.

SEC. 2. That the regiment of artillerists shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, four majors, one adjutant, and twenty companies, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, two cadets, four sergeants, four corporals, four musicians, eight artificers, and fifty-six privates; to be formed into five battalions: Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to retain, with their present grade, as many of the first lieutenants, now in service, as shall amount to the whole number of lieutenants required; but that, in proportion as vacancies happen therein, new appointments be made to the grade of second lieutenants, until their number amount to twenty; and each regiment of infantry shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenantcolonel, one major, one adjutant, one sergeant-major, two teachers of music, and ten companies; each company to consist of one captain, one first and one second lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, four musicians, and sixty-four privates.

SEC. 3. That there shall be one brigadier-general, with one aid-de-camp, who shall be taken from the captains or subalterns of the line; one adjutant and inspector of the army, to be taken from the line of field officers; one paymaster of the army, seven paymasters, and two assistants, to be attached to such districts as the President of the United States shall direct, to be taken from the line of commissioned officers, who, in addition to their other duties, shall have charge of the clothing of the troops; three military agents, and such number of assistant military agents, as the President of the United States shall deem expedient, not exceeding one to each military post; which assistants shall be taken from the line; two surgeons, twentyfive surgeon's mates, to be attached to the garrisons or posts, and not to corps.

SEC. 4. That the monthly pay of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, be as follows, to wit: to the brigadier-general, two hundred and twenty-five dollars, which shall

1 See, for reorganization of the military establishment, the 3 March, 1815, chap. 79, and the 2 March, 1821, chap. 13.

2 The artillery corps was reorganized, by the 3 March, 1814, chap. 37, secs. 1 and 2, and the 2 March, 1815, chap. 13.

3 The infantry were reorganized by the 2 March, 1815, chap. 13. as respects the men, and again by the 23 August, 1842, chap. 186, sec. 1, which supplies the 5 July, 1838, chap. 142, sec. 1.

4 There were four brigadiers by the 3 March, 1815, chap. 79, sec. 3, and two by the 2 March, 1821, chap. 13, and two additional added by the 18 June, 1846, chap. 29, sec. 1, and were to be reduced to two, on vacancies, by 19 July, 1813, chap. 104, See acts of July, 1861, for increase.

sec. 1.

5 Military agents were abolished by the 28 March, 1821, chap. 46, sec. 18, post, 6 See, for surgeons, the 2 March, 1821, chap. 13, sec. 10, and note.

be his full and entire compensation,' without a right to demand or receive any rations, forage, travelling expenses, or other perquisite or emolument whatsoever, except such stationery as may be requisite for the use of his department; to the adjutant and2 inspector of the army, thirty-eight dollars in addition to his pay in the line, and such stationery as shall be requisite for his department; to the paymaster of the army, one hundred and twenty dollars, without any other emolument, except such stationery as may be requisite in his department and the use of the public office now occupied by him; to the aid-de-camp, in addition to his pay in the line, thirty dollars; each paymaster attached to districts, thirty dollars, and each assistant to such paymaster, ten dollars, in addition to his pay in the line; to each military agent, seventy-six dollars and no other emolument; to each assistant military agent, eight dollars, in addition to his pay in the line, except the assistant military agents at Pittsburg and Niagara, who shall receive sixteen dollars each, in addition to their pay in the line; to each colonel, seventy-five dollars; to each lieutenant-colonel, sixty dollars; to each major, fifty dollars; to each surgeon, fortyfive dollars; to each surgeon's mate, thirty dollars; to each adjutant, ten dollars, in addition to his pay in the line; to each captain, forty dollars; to each first lieutenant, thirty dollars; to each second lieutenant, twenty-five dollars; to each ensign, twenty dollars; to each cadet, ten dollars; to each sergeantmajor, nine dollars; to each sergeant, eight dollars; to each corporal, seven dollars; to each teacher of music, eight dollars; to each musician, six dollars; to each artificer, ten dollars; and to each private, five dollars.

The brigadier's pay, $104, by the 12 April, 1808, chap. 43, sec. 4, and confirmed by the 3 March, 1815, chap. 79, sec. 4, and re-enacted by the 8 January, 1812, chap.

14, sec. 6.

2 For adjutants and inspectors general, see the 2 March, 1821, chap. 13, sec. 6, and notes, by which they are to have the rank and emoluments of colonels of cavalry.

3 Paymasters had forage and rations of a major, by the 2 April, 1800; see for the paymaster-general's salary, the 24 April, 1816, chap. 69, sec. 3. Paymasters, as to pay and emoluments, are put on the footing of majors of infantry, by the 25 April, 1816, chap. 69, sec. 3.

For the pay of the officers of the dragoons, see the 12 April, 1808, chap. 43,

sec. 4.

5 The parts in italics as to the pay of non-commissioned officers and men, is supplied by the 5 July, 1838, chap. 162, sec. 16, and 7 July, 1838, chap. 194, and see chap. 55, 21 Feb., 1857, for increase of officers pay.

6 Seven dollars to each private, by the July, 1838, chap. 194; thirteen dollar to each enlisted man, by sec. 1, chap. 63, 6 Aug. 1861.