mentioned, may under the authority of the act of the eighth of April one vates, &c. enlist thousand eight hundred and twelve, entitled "An act in ed under the acts addition to the act, entitled An act to raise an addi be reensted for five years, or durtional military force, passed January eleventh, one thou- ing the war. sand eight hundred and twelve," may be re-enlisted for the term of five years, or during the war; and that every non-commissioned officer, musician, and private, recruited under authority of the act of the twenty-ninth of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, entitled "An act in addition to the act, entitled 'An act to raise an additional military force, and for other purposes," may be re-enlisted for five years, or during the war. listed under the tion, entitled to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the non com- Soldiers re-enmissioned officers, musicians, and privates, re-enlisted preceding seeunder the authority of the preceding section, shall be the bounty, &c. entitled to the bounty allowed by this act to recruits for five years, or for the war. [Approved, January 27, 1814.] CHAPTER LXXXVII. An act authorizing the president of the United States to cause certain regiments therein mentioned to be enlisted for five years, or during the war. empowered to cause to be enlisted for five years. &e. the SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- The president presentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the president of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to cause to fourteen, legit ments of infantry be enlisted, for the term of five years, or during the authorized to be enlisted for one war, the fourteen regiments of infantry which are now year, &c. by law authorized to be enlisted for the term of one year, or such number of them, or of the troops composing the same, as in his opinion will best promote the public service. ed under this act men enlisted for SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each man en- Each man enlistlisted under the authority of this act, shall be allowed allowed the same the same bounty, in money and land, as is now by law bounty, &c. as allowed to men enlisted for five years or during the five years, &c, war; and that the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, shall receive the same pay, officers and sol· clothing, subsistence, and forage, be entitled to the diers to receive same benefits, be subject to the same rules and regula- clothing, &c. tions, and be placed, in every respect, on the same footing, as the other regular troops of the United States, [Approved, January 28, 1814.] the same pay, *See chapter 61. †See chapter 77. three regiments years, or CHAPTER LXXXVIII. An act to raise three regiments of riflemen.* SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re Not exceeding presentatives of the United States of America in Congress of riflemen to be assembled, That there be immediately raised such numraised for firing ber of regiments of riflemen, not exceeding three, as, in the opinion of the president, will best promote the military service, to serve for five years, or during the war, unless sooner discharged. the war. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each regiment Organization of shall consist of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, two each ragunent. majors, one adjutant, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one surgeon, one surgeon's mate, one sergeant-major, one quartermaster's sergeant; two principal musicians, and ten companies. Organization of SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, each comeach company. pany shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one third lieutenant, and one ensign, five sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, and ninety privates. Each man re lowed the same men enlisted for five years, &c. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That each man recruited &c. al-cruited under the authority of this act be allowed the bounty, &c. as same bounty, in land and money, as is allowed by law to men enlisted for five years, or during the war; and that the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, shall receive the same pay, clothing, subsistence, and forage, be entitled to the same provisions for Officers and sol- wounds or disabilities, the same benefits and allowances, diers placed on the same footing and be placed, in every respect, on the same footing, as the other regular troops of the United States. as other regular troops. Each company SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each company of riflemen au of the regiment of riflemen, authorized to be raised by act of 12th April, the act of April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and of 90 privates. eight, shall consist of ninety privates. thorized by the 1808, to consist The 1st, 2d, and [Approved, February 10, 1814.] CHAPTER LXXXIX. An act for the better organizing, paying, and supplying, the army of the SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re3d, regiments of presentatives of the United States of America in Congress *Superseded by the provisions of the act of 3d March, 1815, chapter 95, fixing the peace establishment, †So much of this act as relates to the organization of battalions and companies of the corps of artillery, is recognized by the act of 3d March, 1815, chapter 95, fixing the peace establishment The residue may be regarded as superseded by the provisions of that act. formed into one assembled, That the first, second, and third, regiments artillery to be of artillery be formed into one corps, and organized corps, and organ into twelve battalions, as follows, to wit: six lieuten-ized into 12 batant colonels, six majors, twelve adjutants, twelve quartermasters, and forty eight companies. talions, &c. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each com- Organization of pany shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, each company. two second lieutenants, one third lieutenant, five sergeants, one quartermaster's sergeant, eight corporals, four musicians, and one hundred privates. authorized to as two second lieu ductor of artillery; his duty, &c. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the president The president be authorized to assign one of the two second lieuten- sign one of the ants hereby provided for each company, as a conduc tenants as a con tor of artillery for said company, whose duty it shall be to receipt and account for all ammunition, implements, and cannon, furnished by the ordnance department for said company, and to do and perform such other ser810 per month vices as the war department may direct; and that, for extra pay to conthe performance of these services, they be allowed each tery. ten dollars extra pay per month. ductors of artil two regiments of reginet to SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in lieu of the In lieu of the two regiments of light dragoons now in service, there hight dragons, shall be organized one regiment, to consist of one colo-be organized, &c. nel, one lieutenant-colonel, two majors, one adjutant, one quartermaster, one surgeon, two surgeon's mates, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant, one principal musician, one principal farrier, and eight troops. each troop of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each troop Organization of shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one se-light dragoons, cond lieutenant, one third lieutenant, one cornet, five sergeants, eight corporals, one riding master, one master of the sword, two trumpeters or buglers, one farrier, one blacksmith, one saddler, and ninety-six privates. lery to receive SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the officers officers of arti!of the corps of artillery, and the regiment of light are same pay as tillery, shall, severally, receive the same pay as is provided for the light dragoons, now provided by law for the light dragoons in the ser. &c. vice of the United States; and the subalterns of all other Subalterns of all shall be allowed one ration in addition to the payloaddition, lowed ration corps authorized by existing laws. other corps al fencibles allowed, SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That there shall soldiers in be allowed, annually, to each non-commissioned officer, the corps of seamusician, and private, in the corps of sea-fencibles, one annually, one blanket, one knapsack, and one canteen. blanket, one knapsack, &c. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the president The president of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to prescribe the authorized to quantity and prescribe the quantity and kind of clothing to be issued to be issued to annually to the troops of the United States. kind of clothing the army to be the troops, &c. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, 'That, from and The officers of after the first day of June next, the officers of the entitled to wai- army shall be entitled to waiters agreeably to grade, as ters, agreeably to follows: a major general, four waiters; a brigadier geed, &c. heral, three; a colonel, two; the physician and surgeon grade, as specifi initted to employ general, two; a lieutenant-colonel, major, and hospital surgeon, each, one; the officers of each company, three; every commissioned officer who holds a staff appointment which gives the rank of captain, or any higher grade, one; and to every company officer who commands a separate post or detachment, one; any law or regulation heretofore existing to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That no officer No officer per- shall be permitted to employ as a servant any soldier 2 soldier from from the line of the army, and that the servants of officers, not exceeding the number allowed by the prevants to be mus ceding section, shall be mustered with some corps of the army, and that, on the muster rolls formed in consequence thereof, payments shall be made in money to the officers employing them in lieu of wages, subsistence, and clothing, by the paymasters of the several corps or districts where such servants are mustered, at the rate allowed to privates of infantry, which shall be published to the army annually, by the secretary for the department of war. the line as a ser vant, and ser tered, &c. authorized to ap SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the presiThe president dent of the United States be authorized to appoint so point assistant many assistant apothecaries as the service may, in his & judgment, require; each of whom shall receive the same pay and emoluments as a regimental surgeon's mate. apothecaries, &c. their pay, be made through the whole army, in its several SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That, from and Promotions may after the passing of this act, promotions may be made through the whole army in its several lines of light arfines, &c. tillery, light dragoons, artillery, infantry, and riflemen, respectively; and that the relative rank of officers of the same grade, belonging to regiments or corps already authorized, or which may be engaged to serve for five years, or during the war, be equalized and settled by the war department, agreeably to established rules; and that so much of the act, entitled "An act for the more perfect organization of the army of the United States,"* passed the twenty-sixth of June, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, as comes within the purview and *See chapter 72, section 5. meaning of this act, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. authorized. in case. c. to con regiments, and SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That, for the pur- The president pose of avoiding unnecesaary expenses in the military establishment, the president of the United States be, and solidate deficient he is hereby, authorized, in case of failure in filling the discharge superrank and file of any regiment or regiments, to consoli- uerary officers. date such deficient regiment or regiments, and discharge proviso: officers all supernumerary officers: Provided, That officers so discharged to be discharged shall be allowed, in addition to the mileage months already authorized by law, three months' pay to each. allowed three pay in addition, &c. ed officers and and privates of teer corps, &e. to pay, &c. dur SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That every non- Non-commissioncommissioned officer and private of the army, or officer,! privates of the non-commissioned officer, and private, of any militia or army, and officers volunteer corps, in the service of the United States, militia or volum who has been, or who may be, captured by the enemy, captured by the shall be entitled to receive, during his captivity, not- enemy, entiti withstanding the expiration of his term of service, the ing captivity, &c. same pay, subsistence, and allowance, to which he may be entitled whilst in the actual service of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall herein to entitle be construed to entitle any prisoner of war, of the mili- militia prisoners tia, to the pay and compensation herein provided, after the date of parole, the date of his parole, other than the travelling expenses allowed by law. Proviso; nothing to pay, &c. after &c. by the act men listed for the war, for five years,&e. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the five re- The five regi giments which, by the first section of an act, entitled mens authorized "An act to amend the act in addition to the act, entitled tioned to be en'An act to raise an additional military force, and for may be enliste other purposes, "* were authorized to be enlisted, at the discretion of the president of the United States, for and during the war, may be enlisted, at the option of the recruit, for five years, or for and during the war, unless sooner discharged; the provisions of the said act to the contrary notwithstanding. general of ord wrights, who are &c. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That the commis- The commissary sary-general of ordnance may employ in his depart- nance may emment, besides blacksmiths and wheelwrights, other me- des blackploy mechanics, chanics, such as the public service may require, who smiths and wheelshall, together with the said blacksmiths and wheel- to be mustered, wrights, be mustered under the general denomination of Artificers enlistartificers; and such artificers, being hereafter, or having ed to serve five been heretofore, enlisted to serve for the term of five led to the same years, or during the war, shall be entitled to the same clothing as solannual allowance of clothing as is or may be provided diers of the army, for the soldiers of the army. *See chapter 82, section 1. years, &c. enu allowance of |