Chapter LXVIII. to authorize an Increase in the Number of Major-Generals and brigadier Generals for Forces in the Service of the United States
137 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-12/chapter-lxviii-3024967·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Chap. LXVIII.— An Act to authorize an Increase in the Number of Major-Generals and brigadier Generals for Forces in the Service of the United States.March 2, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That, in addition to the fourIncrease of major-generals and brigadiers. major-generals and nine brigadier-generals for the regular army, and the forty major-generals and two hundred brigadier-generals for the volunteer service, authorized by the existing laws, there may be appointed thirty major-generals and seventy-five brigadier-generals for forces in the service of the United States other than the regular army: *Provided,* That the officers to be appointed under this act shall be selected fromSelection. those who have been conspicuous for gallant or meritorious conduct in the line of duty.
Approved, March 2, 1863.