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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Conzrefs of the United
t> J i
States.
At the firfb Seflion, begun and
held at the City ofWafhing
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7th
of December, 1801.
An AC T fixing the military peace
ef.bli foment cf the United
FATES.
7 ■ E it enabled by the Senate and
IIJ fbvjc of Reprejentatives of
the United States cf America, in
Congrefs ajfembled , That the
military peace eftablifhment cf ;
the Unit d States, from and ;
after tne firfl of June next, fliall
be coinpofed of one regiment
of arnllerifb and two regiments
of infantry, with fuch officers,
military agents, and engineers,
as are herein after mentioned.
Sec. 2. And belt further en
abled, That the regiment of ar
tilleries fhall con fill of one
colonel, one lieutenant-colonel,
four majors, one adjutant, and :
twenty companies, each com
pany to confifi of one captain,
one firfb lieutenant, one fecond
lieutenant, two cadets, four
ferjeants, four corporals, four
muficiahs, eight artificers, and
fifty-fix privates ; to be formed
into live battalions: provided
always, that it fhall be lawful for
the Prefident of the United
States to retain, with their pre
fent grade, as many of the firfl
lieutenants, now in Service, as
fhall amount to the whole num
ber of lieutenants required;
but that in proportion as vacan
cies happen therein, new ap
pointments be made, £0 the
grade of fecond lieutenants un
til their number amount to
twenty: and each regiment of
infantry fhall confifi of one co: >-
ncl, one lieutenant-colonel, one
major, one adjutant, one
jeant-major, two teachers a
mufic, and ten
each company to confifi of one
captain, one firfi and one fecond
lieutenant, oneenfign, tour fer
jeants, pour corporals, four
rntificians, and fixty-iour pa-
q cc. 7. And le it further r>
etflcdy 1 hat there fhall be one
brigadier general, with one aid
de-camp, who fliall be taken
from the captains or fubaltcrns
of the line; one adjutant and
I infpcflor of the army, to be
taken from the line of field
officers; one pay-maflcr of the
army, (even pay-maflers and two
affifiants, to be attached to fuch
diflridls as the Prefident of the
L T nired States fhall diredl, to
be taken from the line of com
miffioned officers, who, in ad
edition to their other duties,
fhall have charge of the cloth
ing of the troops; three rmli
! tary agents, and fuch number
of affiflant military agents as the
Prefident of the United States
full deem expedient, not ex
ceeding one to each military
pofi; which affiilants (hall be
taken from the line; two fur
geons; twenty-five furgeon’s
mates, to be attached to gar
riibns or polls, and not to corps.
Sec. 4. And be it further en
abled, That the monthly pay
of the officers non commifTioncd
officers, muficians and privates,
• be as follows, to wit: to the bn
j *
, gadier general, two hundred and
twenty five dollars, which fliall
be his full nod entire compen
-1 fenfation, without a right to de
mand or receive any rations,
forage, travelling expenfes, or
other ptrquifite or emolument,
whatsoever, except fuch flation
ary as may be requifite for the
irfe of his department; to the
adjutant and infpedor of the
army, thirty eight dollars in ad
dition to his pay in the line, and
fuch flationary as fnail be re
quifite for his department ; to
the pay mafic r of the army,
one hundred and twenty dol
lars, without any other emolu
ment, except fuch fiadonary as
may be requifite in his depart
ment, and the ufe of the public
office now occupied by him;
to the aid-de-camp, in addition
to his pay in the line, thirty dol
lars; to eacii paymafier attached
to diflrifts, thirty dollars, and
each affiflant to fuch paymafier,
ten dollars, in addition to his
pav in the line ; to each milita
ry agent, fe verity fix dollars,
and no other emolument; to
each affiflant military agent,
eight dollars, in addidon to Ids
pay in the line, except tne al
fiilant military agents at Pitcf
bu g and Niagara, who fhall
receive fixteen dollar, each, in
, addition to their pay in the line;
to each colonel, feventy five j
dollars ; to each lieutenant co
lonel, fixty dollars; to each
major, fifty dollars; to each
furgeoni forty five do-.ors; to
each furgeciTs mate, thirty
dollars; to cadi adjutant, ten
dollars, in addition to his pay
fin the line; to each captain,
j forty dollars; to each firfl lieu
■ tenant, thirty dollars; to each
1 fecond lieutenant,twenty five dol
lars; to each enfign, twenty dol- I
lars; to cadi cade r, ten dollars; to
each feqcaiu-major,nine dollarsj
Co each lerjeant eight dollars; to
each .corporal, fevcn dollars; to
each teacher of mufic, eight
dollarc; to each mufician, fix
dollars; to each adficer, ten
dollars; and to each private,
five dollars.
Sec. 5. And he it further en
abled, T hat the comnnffioned
officers afore fa d fhall be en
titled to receive, for thor daily
flihfiftance, the follow n 5/ num
her of rations of provifions: a
colonel, fix rations; a litute
nant-colonel, five rations; a i
major, four rations; a captain, j
three rations; a lieutenant, two |
rations , an enfign, two rations;
a fupgeon, three rations ; afur
geon’smate, two rations; a ca
det, two rations; or money in
lieu thereof at the option of the
faid officers and cadets at the
polls refpe&ively where the
rations fhall become due ; and
if at fuch polls fop plies are
not furnifhed by contrail, then
fuch allowance as fliall be deem
ed equitable, having reference
to former contrails and the po
fition of the place in queftion ;
and each non-commifTioncd of
ficer, mufician and private, one
i ration; to the comnnding of-
J ftcer of .each feparate pofi,fuch
i additional number cf rations as
the Prefident of the United
States fhall, from time to tunc,
dircil, having relpcil to the
fpeciai circumflances of each
pofi; to the women who may
be afiowed to any particdUr
corps, not exceeding the proS
portion of four to a company,
. one ration each; to fuch ma
trons and nurfes as may be ne
- cefTanlyemployed in the hofpi
taJ, one ration each; and to
every commifTioncd officer who
fnail keep one fervant, not a
foldier of the line, one addi
tional ration.
See. 6. And he it f arther en
abled, T hat each ration fhall
confill cf one pound and a
quarter of beef, or three quar
ters of a pound of pork, e-gh
teen ounces of bread or fl )ur,
one gill of rum, whifkey or
brandy, and at the rate of two
quarts of fait, four quarts of •
vinegar, four pounds of 1 jzp,
and one pound and an half of can
dies, to every hundred rations.
Sec 7. And be it further en
abled t That me folio*vl' g
ficcrs (hall, whenever forage is
not furniffied by the public, re
ceive at the rate of the follow
ing iums per month, in lieu
thereof: each colonel, twelve
dollars ; each lieutenant colonel,
eleven dollars; each major, ten
( dollars* each adjutant, fix dol
lars; each furgeon, ten dollars j
and each furgeon’s mate, fix
dollars.
Sec. 8. And he it further nt*
fi'ef 1 hat every non-com
milfioned officer, mufirian, and
private of the artillery and in
fantry, fnall receive annually/
the following articles of uniform
clothing, to wit: one hat, one
coat, one veil, two pair of
woollen and tvv < pair of linen
overalls, one coarfc linen frock
■ and trowfers for fatigue cloth
ing, four pair of /hoes, four
Ihirrr, two pair of locks, two
pair of Ihorc flocking , one
i blanker, one (lock and clafp,
1 and one pair of half gaidurs:
! and the fecrcrary of war is here
by authonfed to caufc to be tut -
niihed to the pavmafers of
the rcfpeflive diftri&s, fuck
furplns of clothing as he may
deem expedient, which cloth
ing Hi ill under his dircclmn,
furnidled to the foldier , when
neccfury, n the contra# prices,
a;id a* counted for by them ouc
of their arrears of monthly pay.
Sec. o. And he it further en
acted, That the Prefufentnf the
Umred States caufc Co he ar
ranged, the officers, non-com
miffioned officers, niuficians and
privates of the feveral corps of
troops now in the fervicc of die
United States, in fuch manner
as to form and complete, out of
the fame, the corps afore Paid ;
and caufc the fupernumerary of
ficers, non-commiffioncd offi
cers, muficians and privates to
be difehafged from the fervict
of the Umred States from and
after the lirft day of April next,
or as foon thereafter as circum
fiances may permit.
Sec. io. And be it fart I r en
able That the officer., non
commiffioned officers, muflclaris
and privates of the faid corpr,
fhall be governed by the rules
and articles of war, which have
been cftabiifhed by the United
Stages in Congreft aflomblal, or
by fuch rules and articles as map
be hereafter, by Jaw, efhabliffi
ed; provided neverthclcfs,* that
the fen ten :e of gncral courts
martial, extending to the lolk
cf life, the (iifrniflion (f f
con miffioned officer, or whicfc
{ball rdpeft the general
fi.’i, v. ith the whole of
proceedings of fuch ca'es, re
ipecliveiy, b* laid before th<s
Tfcf.dcat of die United dtaic^
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