APPROPRIATION, to defray expenses incident to
the act of 1812, to authorise à dé- tachment of the militia of the United States, &c. ch. CXLV 336, 337.
Of $2,500,000 for building four seventy-four and six forty-four gun ships, ch. CXLVIII s. vi.
-Of $2,000,000 for military esta- blishment and navy during 1813, ch. CLIII 346.
-Of $ 50,000 for compensating the members of Congress, officers, and attendants s. ii. 346. -Of $ 10,000 to defray contingent expenses of the House of Repre- sentatives, s. ii. 347.
-Of $ 40,000 for paying commis- sions to agents employed in loan of $ 16,000,000, &c. ch. CLXIII s. iii. 368, 369.
-Of $25,000 to pay agents' com- mission for selling Treasury notes, ch. CLXIX s. vi. 379. -Of $ 40,000 to defray the expen- ses incident to the issuing Trea- sury notes for 1813, ch. CLXIX s. xi. 382.
Of $8,000 for compensation to the superintendent of military supplies and his clerks for 1813, ch. CXC s. vii. 419.
Of $10,000 to carry into effect. the act concerning new certificates of registry, ch. CXCII s. ii. 422. -Of $125,000 to the officers and crews of the Constitution and Wasp, ch. CXCIII 422, 423. -Of $900,000 for increasing the navy, ch. CXCVI s. iii. 429. -Of $100,000 for a deck yard, s, iv. 429.
APPROPRIATION, for the support of the navy for 1813, s. i. ii. ch. CXCVII 430, 431, 432.
-Of $ 5,500 for alterations and re- pairs in the Capitol, ch. CXCVIII s. i. ii. 432.
-For support of the military esta- blishment and volunteer militia, &c. &c. for 1813, ch. CXCIX s. i. ii. 433, 434, 435.
For the support of the govern- ment for 1813, ch. CC s. i. ii. 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449.
ARMY, the existing military establishment to be imme- diately completed, ch. X s. i. 11; a bounty of $16 to each able bodied man recruited for five years, s. ii. 11; payment of one half thereof de- ferred till the recruit is mustered, ib.; bounty of three months additional pay, and one hundred and sixty acres of land to non-commissioned of- ficers and soldiers who have faithfully perform- ed their duty, s. ii. 12; heirs and representatives of non-commissioned officers and soldiers killed in action entitled to bounty, ib. Additional military force to be raised, ch. XIV s. i. 16; to consist of 10 regiments of infantry, 2 of artillery, and 1 of light dragoons, to be enlisted for five years, unless sooner discharged, ib.; a regiment of artillery to consist of 20 captains, 20 first lieu- tenants, 20 second lieutenants, 40 cadets, 80 ser- jeants, 80 corporals, 160 artificers, 40 musicians, and 1,440 privates, to form 2 battalions of 10 companies each, s. ii. 16, 17; a regiment of cavalry to consist of 12 captains, 12 first lieuten- ants, 12 second lieutenants, 12 cornets, 24 ca- dets, 48 serjeants, 48 corporals, 12 saddlers, 12 farriers, 12 trumpeters, and 960 privates, to form 2 battalions of 6 companies each, ib.; a regiment of infantry to consist of 18 captains, 18 first lieutenants, 18 second lieutenants, 18 ensigns, 72 serjeants, 72 corporals, 36 musicians, and
1,800 privates, to compose 2 battalions, of 9 companies each, s. ii. 16; the officers to each re- giment to consist of 1 colonel, 2 lieutenant colo- nels, 2 majors, 2 adjutants, 1 quartermaster, 1 paymaster, 1 surgeon, 2 surgeon's mates, 2 serjeant majors, 2 quartermaster serjeants, and 2 senior musicians, s. iii. 17; 2 major gene- rals, and 5 brigadiers to be appointed, s. iv. 17; major generals allowed 2 aids from the commis- sioned officers of the line, ib.; brigadier generals allowed a brigade major and an aid from the captains and subalterns of the line, ib.; inspec- tor general, to have the rank, pay, and emolu- ments of a brigadier general, ib.; allowed two assistants from the line of the army, each to re- ceive the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant co- lonel, ib.; adjutant general, to have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general, ib.; allowed assistants, not exceeding three, from the line of the army, with the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant colonel, ib.; hospital surgeon's mates, and steward, to be appointed, s. iv. 18; officers detached to serve as brigade major, or aid, or as assistants to the adjutant and inspector general, not to lose their rank, s. v. 18; aids-de- camp to major generals entitled to $24 monthly, additional to their pay in the line, $10 monthly, for forage, and 4 rations, s. vi. 18; major gene- rals entitled to $200 monthly pay, $20 month- ly, for forage, and 15 rations per day, ib.; bri- gadier generals entitled to $ 104 monthly pay, 12 rations per day, and $ 16 per month for fo- rage when not found by the public, ib.; all other officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, mu- sicians, artificers, and privates, to receive the same pay, &c. as those of the previously exist- ing military establishment, s. vii. 18; each ration to consist of 11lb. of beef, or 3 lb. of pork, 18 ozs. of bread, or flour, 1 gill of rum, whis- key or brandy, and at the rate of 2 quarts of salt, 4 quarts of vinegar, 4lbs. of soap, and 1 lb. of candles, to every 100 rations, s. vii. 18, 19; each
non-commissioned officer, musician, and private of the artillery and infantry, to receive annually the following articles of clothing, viz.: 1 hat, 1 coat, 1 vest, 2 pair of linen and 2 pair of woollen overalls, 1 coarse linen frock and trowsers, 4 pair of shoes, 4 shirts, 2 pair of socks, 2 pair of short stockings, 1 blanket, 1 stock and clasp, and 1 pair of half gaiters, s. ix. 19; the Secretary of War to cause the paymasters to be furnished with surplus clothing, ib.; surplus clothing to be furnished to the soldiers at contract prices, and accounted for out of the arrears of monthly pay, ib.; additional military force subject to the rules and articles of war, s. x. 19; officers employed in recruiting service entitled to receive for each effective recruit, $ 2, s. xi. 19; no person under 21 to be enlisted without written consent of pa- rent, guardian, or master, s. xi. 20; officers en- listing persons without such consent, to forfeit and pay bounty and clothing, ib.; bounty of $ 16 to recruits for five years, s. xii. 20; payment of one-half thereof deferred till the recruit is mus- tered, ib.; three months' additional pay and 160 acres of land to such as faithfully perform their duty, ib., arrears of pay at no time to exceed two months, s. xiii. 21; pensions to officers, non- commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, disabled by wounds, s. xiv. 21; inferior disabili ties entitle persons to a proportionate allowance, ib.; widows and children of commissioned of- ficers dying of wounds received in the public service, are entitled to half pay, s. xv. 21, 22; deserters to make good the term of their enlist- ment, s. xvi. 22; may be tried and punished although the term of their enlistment may have elapsed, ib.; persons enticing soldiers to desert, subject to a fine of $300, and imprisonment not exceeding one year, s. xvii. 22, 23; masters of vessels entering them as part of the crew, or re. fusing to deliver them up, liable to fine and im- prisonment, s. xvii. 22, 23; arms and uniform not to be purchased from soldiers under penalty
of $300 and 1 year's imprisonment, ib.; form of the oath or affirmation to be taken and subscrib- ed by officers, non-commissioned officers, musi- cians, and privates, s. xviii. 23; a judge advocate to be appointed for each division, s. xix. 23; entitled to the pay and emoluments of a major in the infantry, ib.; if taken from the line enti- tled to $ 30 additional pay, and the same allow- ance for forage as a major of infantry, ib.; extra expenses, actually incurred, allowed to commis- sioned officers travelling and sitting on general courts martial, not exceeding $1 25 cts. per diem to officers not entitled, and $1 per diem to officers, entitled to forage, s. xx. 23; non-com- missioned officers, musicians, and privates, can- not be arrested, during the term of their service, on mesne process, nor taken or charged in exc- cution for debts under $20 contracted before enlistment, s. xxi. 23, 24; nor for debts, of any amount, contracted after enlistment, zb.; pay and rations allowed to officers and soldiers, honorably discharged, to defray travelling ex- penses from the place of discharge to the place of residence, s. xxii. 24; the value of a ration estimated at 20 cents, s. xxiii. 24; a chaplain to be appointed to each brigade, s. xxiv. 24; entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a major in the infantry, ib.; general, field, and staff officers in the additional military force not to receive pay till called into ser- vice, nor for a longer time than they remain therein, s. xxv. 24. The light artillery may be mounted when deemed expedient by the Pre- sident, ch. XXXI s i. 49, 50; horses and ac- coutrements to be provided for them, ib.; offi- cers furnishing their own horses and accoutre. ments, entitled to forage, ib; when ordered to be mounted, a saddler and farrier to be provided, s. ii. 50; pay of farrier, ib.; and saddler, ib.The non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the light dragoons to be clothed as the artillery and infantry,
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