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

Increase of thecommissariat ofsubsistence.

Pay of stew-ards of hospitals.

The Presidentauthorized to in-crease the ord-nance dep’t.

Pay and emo-luments.

Constructionto be given to4th sec. act 5thApril 1832, ch.67.

Proviso.

All commis-sioned officers,&c. to receivean additional ra-tion for everyfive years’ ser-vice.

Proviso.

Period of en-listments.

Pay of non-commissionedofficers and sol-diers.

Proviso.

Allowance ofsugar and coffeein lieu of spiritor whiskey.

for one horse; and neither of whom shall be interested or concerned,directly or indirectly, in any wagon or other means of transport em-ployed by [the] United States , nor in the purchase or sale of any pro-perty procured for or belonging to the United States , except as an agentfor the United States .

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there be added to the com-missariat of subsistence one assistant commissary general of subsistence,with the rank, pay and emoluments of a lieutenant colonel of cavalry ;one commissary of subsistence with the rank, pay and emoluments of aquartermaster of the army; and three commissaries of subsistence withthe rank, pay and emoluments of assistant quartermasters.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the stewards of hospitalsat posts of more than four companies be hereafter allowed the pay,clothing and rations of a sergeant of ordnance, and, at all other posts,the pay, clothing and rations of the first sergeant of a company of in-fantry.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates , be and he is hereby authorized to add to the ordnance depart-ment, whenever he may deem it expedient to increase the same, by andwith the advice of the Senate , two majors, and that he be further au-thorized to transfer ten first lieutenants and ten second lieutenants fromthe artillery to the ordnance department, and that the pay and emolu-ments of the officers of the said department shall be the same as thoseallowed to the officers of the regiment of dragoons.

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fourthsection of the act passed fifth of April eighteen hundred and thirty-twofor the organization of the ordnance department, as authorizes the offi-cers of ordnance to receive the same pay and emoluments now allowedartillery officers, shall be construed to include the ten dollars per monthadditional pay to every officer in the actual command of a company, ascompensation for the duties and responsibilities with respect to clothing,arms, and accoutrements of the company, under the authority of thesecond section of the act passed second of March eighteen hundred andtwenty-seven, giving further compensation to the captains and subalternsof the army of the United States in certain cases: Provided, That theofficers of the ordnance department claiming the compensation for suchduties and responsibilities shall have been actually in the command ofenlisted men of the ordnance equal to a company of artillery, and there-by incurred the aforesaid responsibilities.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That every commissioned officerof the line or staff exclusive of general officers shall be entitled toreceive one additional ration per diem for every five years he may haveserved or shall serve in the army of the United States : Provided, Thatin certain cases where officers are entitled to and receive double rations,the additional one allowed in this section shall not be included in thenumber to be doubled.

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That from and after the pass-ing of this act, all enlistments in the Army of the United States shallbe for five years, and that the monthly pay of non-commissioned officersand soldiers shall be as follows: to each sergeant major, quartermastersergeant, and chief musician, seventeen dollars, to each first sergeantof a company, sixteen dollars; to all other sergeants, thirteen dollars;to each artificer, eleven dollars; to each corporal, nine dollars; and toeach musician and private soldier, eight dollars; Provided, that two dol-lars per month of said pay be retained until the expiration of his termof service.

Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the allowance of sugarand coffee to the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, inlieu of the spirit or whiskey component part of the army ration, now