Chapter LVII. *to promote the Efficiency of the Engineer and Topographical Engineer Corps, and for other Purposes.* August 6, 1861.1863, ch. 787*Post*, p. 743. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be added toIncrease of
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Chap. LVII.— An Act *to promote the Efficiency of the Engineer and Topographical Engineer Corps, and for other Purposes.* August 6, 1861.1863, ch. 787*Post*, p. 743. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be added toIncrease of field officers in corps of engineers and topographical engineers. each of the corps of engineers, and topographical engineers, by regular promotion of their present officers, two lieutenant-colonels and four majors.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall be added to theCompany of soldiers added to topographical engineers. corps of topographical engineers one company of soldiers, to be commanded by appropriate officers of said corps, to have the same pay and rations, clothing, and other allowances, and to be entitled to the same benefits in every respect as the company created by the act for the organ-318THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 57, 58, 59. 18611866, ch. 21. Vol. ix. p. 12.ization of a company of sappers and miners, and pontoniers, approved May *sixteenth,* [fifteenth] eighteen hundred and forty-six.
The said company shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and shall have the same organization as the companies of engineer soldiers attached to the corps of engineers. Sec. 3. Vacancies in commissioned officers of volunteers, how filled. *And be it further enacted,* That vacancies hereafter occurring among the commissioned officers of the volunteer regiments shall be filled by the Governors of the States respectively in the same manner as original appointments. And so much of the tenth section of the act approved 1861, ch. 9, § 10. *Ante*, p. 270.July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as is inconsistent herewith be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 4. Two additional inspectors-general authorized. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint two additional inspectors-genera) for the United States army; said inspectors-general to have the same rank and receive the same pay and allowances as now provided by law for inspectors-general. Sec. 5. Superintendents of national armories to be ordnance officers.1854, ch. 267, § 1Vol. x. p. 678. *And be it further enacted,* That so much of the first section of the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, as authorizes the appointment of civilians to superintend the national armories be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and that the superintendents of these armories shall be appointed hereafter from officers of the Ordnance Department.
Approved, August 6, 1861. Chapter LVIII: to authorize an Increase in the Corps of Engineers and Topographical Engineers. 11 Stat. 318 1861-08-06 Chapter LVIII 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. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 37 1 public
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Chapter LVII
*to promote the Efficiency of the Engineer and Topographical Engineer Corps, and for other Purposes.* August 6, 1861.1863, ch. 787*Post*, p. 743. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there shall be added toIncrease of
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