TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 162. 1838.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act passedthe twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve,entitled “An act making further provision for the corps of engineers,”as provides that one paymaster shall be taken from the subalterns of thecorps of engineers, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that thepaymaster so authorized and provided be attached to the pay depart-ment, and be in every respect, placed on the footing of other paymas-ters of the army.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the corps of topographicalengineers shall be organized and increased by regular promotions in thesame, so that the said corps shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenantcolonel, four majors, ten captains, ten first lieutenants, and ten secondlieutenants.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That vacancies created by saidorganization, over and above those which can be filled by the presentcorps, shall be taken from the army, and from such as it may bedeemed advisable of the civil engineers employed under the act ofthe thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-four ; that the payand emoluments to the officers of said corps shall be the same as areallowed to officers of similar rank in the regiments of dragoons.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the authority to employ civilengineers, in the act of the thirtieth of April, eighteen hundred andtwenty-four, be and the same is hereby repealed after the passage of thisact.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates shall be and he is hereby, authorized to appoint so many assistantadjutants general, not exceeding two, with the brevet rank, pay, andemoluments of a major, and not exceeding four, with the brevet rank,pay and emoluments of a captain of cavalry, as he may deem necessary;and that they shall be taken from the line of the army, and in additionto their own, shall perform the duties of assistant inspectors generalwhen the circumstances of the service may require.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the officers to be taken fromthe line and transferred to the staff, under the last preceding section,shall receive only the pay and emoluments attached to their rank in thestaff; but their transfer shall be without prejudice to their rank and pro-motion in the line, according to their said rank and seniority; whichpromotion shall take place according to usage, in the same manner asif they had not been thus transferred.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be and he is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and con-sent of the Senate , to add to the quartermaster’s department not ex-ceeding two assistant quartermasters genera] with the rank of colonel,two deputy quartermasters general, with the rank of lieutenant colonel,and eight assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain; that theassistant quartermasters now in service shall have the same rank as isprovided by this act for those hereby authorized; and that the pay andemoluments of the officers of the quartermaster’s department, shall bethe same as are allowed to officers of similar rank in the regiments ofdragoons: Provided, That all appointments in the quartermaster’s de-partment shall be made from the army, and when officers taken for suchappointments hold rank in the line, they shall thereupon relinquish saidrank, and be separated from the line of the army; and that promotionin said department shall take place as in regiments and corps.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the quartermaster generalbe and he is hereby authorized from time to time, to employ as manyforage-masters and wagon-masters as he may deem necessary for theservice, not exceeding twenty in the whole, who shall be entitled to re-ceive each forty dollars per month, and three rations per day, and forageVoi.. V.—33 w2

Act of April29, 1812, ch. 72.

Paymaster tobe attached topay dep’t., &c.

Corps of topo-graphical engi-neers.

Vacancies in,how to be filled.

Act of April30,1824, ch. 46.Pay and emo-luments.

Authority giv-en in act of 30thApril, 1824, ch.46, to employcivil engineers,repealed.

The Presidentauthorized toappoint so manyassistant adju-tants general ashe may deemnecessary, &,c.

Pay and emo-luments of offi-cers taken fromthe line andtransferred tothe staff.

Their rankand promotion.

The Presidentauthorized toadd to the quar-termaster’s de-partment.

Rank.

Pay and emo-luments.

Proviso

Qr. Mr. Gen.authorized toemploy forage-masters and wa-gon-masters.