Chapter CXXV. *providing for a necessary Increase and better Organization of the Medical and Hospital Department of the Army.* Aug. 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Four additional surgeons and eight assistant surgeons to b
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Chap. CXXV.— An Act *providing for a necessary Increase and better Organization of the Medical and Hospital Department of the Army.* Aug. 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Four additional surgeons and eight assistant surgeons to be appointed in the army. That there be added to the medical department of the army four surgeons and eight assistant surgeons, to be appointed in accordance with existing laws.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of War be,Steward hospital men to be appointed by Secretary of War. and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, from the enlisted men of the army, or to cause to be enlisted, as many competent hospital stewards as the service may require, not to exceed one for each military post. The said hospital stewards to be mustered and paid on hospital muster rolls, as non-commissioned staff officers, with the rank, pay, and emolumentsTheir rank, pay, &c. of a sergeant of ordnance, and to be permanently attached to the medical and hospital department, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That soldiers acting as cooks andSoldiers acting as cooks and nurses in hospitals to be allowed extra pay.1854, ch. 247, § 6.Vol. x. p. 576. nurses in hospitals, be and are hereby allowed the extra pay authorized to soldiers on fatigue duty, by “An act to increase the pay of the rank and file of the army,” approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CXXVI: for continuing the Improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, in the Mississippi River. 11 Stat. 51 1856-08-16 Chapter CXXVI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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- Chapter CXXIV*amend the Acte regulating the Fees, Costs, and other judicial Expenses of the Government in the States, Territories, and District of Columbia, and for other Purposes.* Aug. 16, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * T
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