Chapter XII. *authorizing an Increase of the Clerical Force in the War and Navy Departments.* January 27, 1862 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That, in addition to the clericalAdditional clerks in the War Department. and other forc
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Chap. XII.— An Act *authorizing an Increase of the Clerical Force in the War and Navy Departments.* January 27, 1862 *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That, in addition to the clericalAdditional clerks in the War Department. and other force now authorized by law in the War Department and its bureaus, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to appoint as follows: In the office of the Secretary of War, four clerks of class one; in the office of the Adjutant Genera], eighteen clerks of class one, and two messengers;*Post*, pp. 362, 368. in the office of the Quartermaster General, ten clerks of class one, and one messenger; in the office of the Surgeon General, two clerks of class one, and one laborer; in the office of the Paymaster General, eight clerks of class one, and one messenger; in the office of the Chief of Engineers, one clerk of class one; in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, three clerks of class one; in the office of the Commissary General, three clerks of class one, and one laborer.
And the Adjutant General is authorized to employ in his office any number, not exceeding ten, of noncommissioned officers, to be selected by him from the army, in addition to his present clerical force. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the Secretary of the NavyIn the Navy Department. be authorized to employ four additional clerks of class one for that Department. Approved, January 27, 1862.