The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 278
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
SEc. 5. And be it further enacted, That so much of the aforesaid act, approved
twenty-second July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as authorizes each regiment of
volunteers in the United States service to have twenty-four musicians for a band,
and fixes the compensation of the leader of the band, be, and the same is hereby,
repealed; and the men composing such bands shall be mustered out of the service
within thirty days after the passage of this act.
(The provisions of this section will be forthwith carried into effect.
But in mustering the regimental bands out of service all enlisted men
who have been detached from companies to serve in them, but were
not originally mustered in as members of the bands, will be returned
to duty in their companies. Not having been enlisted as musicians
they are not entitled to discharge as such. With their own consent
musicians of regimental bands, instead of being discharged, may be
transferred on their present enlistment to form the brigade bands
authorized by section 6 of this act, at the discretion of the brigade
commanders.)
SEc. 6. And b.e it further enacted, That each brigade in the volunteer service may
have sixteen musicians as a band, who shall receive the pay and allowances now
provided by law for regimental bands, except the leader of the band, who shall
receive forty-five dollars per month, with the emoluments and allowances of a quar-
termaster-sergeanit.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of the present rate of mileage allowed
to officers of the Army when traveling on public duty, where transportation in kind
is not furnished to them by the Government, not more than six,cents per mile shall
hereafter be allowed, unless where an officer is ordered from a station east of the
Rocky Mountains to one west of the same mountains, or vice versa, when ten cents
per mile shall be allowed to him; and no officer of the Army or Navy of the United
States shall be paid mileage except for travel actually performed at his own expense
and in obedience to orders.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of section nine of the aforesaid act,
approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and section seven
of the "Act providing for the better organization of the military establishment,"
approved August third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as defines the qualifications
of chaplains in the Army and volunteers, shall hereafter be construed to read as fol-
lows: That no person shall be appointed a chaplain in the United States Army who
is not a regularly ordained minister of some religious denomination, and who does
not present testimonials of his present good standing as such minister, with a recom-
mendation for his appointment as an army chaplain from some authorized ecclesi-
astical body, or not less than five accredited ministers belonging to said religious
denomination.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the compensation of all chaplains
in the regular or volunteer service or army hospitals shall be one hundred dollars
per month and two rations a day when on duty; and the chaplains of the permanent
hospitals, appointed under the authority of the second section of the act approved
May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall be nominated to the Senate
for its advice and consent, and they shall, in all respects, fill the requirements of the
preceding section of this act relative to the appointment of chaplains in the Army
and volunteers, and the appointments of chaplains to army hospitals heretofore
made by the President are hereby confirmed; and it is hereby made the duty of each
officer commanding a district or post containing hospitals, or a brigade of troops,
within thirty days after the reception of the order promulgating this act, to inquire
into the fitness, efficiency, and qualifications of the chaplains of hospitals or regi-
ments, and to muster out of service such chaplains as were not appointed in con-
formity with the requirements of this act, and who have not faithfully discharged
the duties of chaplains during the time they have been engaged as such. Chaplains
employed at the military posts called "chaplain posts" shall be required to reside
at the posts, and all chaplains in the United States service shall be subject to such
rules in relation to leave of absence from duty as are prescribed for commissioned
officers of the United States Army stationed at such posts.
SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fifth section of the act
approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as allows forty cents
per day for the use and risk of the horses of company officers of cavalry, and the
tenth section of the aforesaid act, approved August three, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That whenever an officer shall be put under
arrest, except at remote military posts or stations, it shall be the duty of the officer
by whose orders he is arrested to see that a copy of the charges on which he has been
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