Chapter CXLV. *to provide for a temporary Increase of the Pay of Officers in the Army of the United States, and for other Purposes.* March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pay of army officers below the rank of major-genera
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CHAP. CXLV.— An Act *to provide for a temporary Increase of the Pay of Officers in the Army of the United States, and for other Purposes.* March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Pay of army officers below the rank of major-general to be increased one third for two years;of field and mounted officers ;Increased pay of non-commissioned officers and soldiers to be continued for three years from, &c.
That for two years from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, all officers of the army below the rank of major-general, including the professors at West Point, shall be paid an addition of thirty-three and one third per centum to their present pay proper; and the pay and emoluments of all field and other mounted officers shall hereafter be the same as is now provided by law for cavalry officers of like grades. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That section one of the act entitled “An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, continued in full force and effect for three years from and after the close of the rebellion, as announced by the President of the United States by proclamation, bearing date the twentieth 1864, ch. 145, § 1.
Vol. xiii. p. 144.day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That the provisions of the joint resolution approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, en- THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 145. 1867. 423 titled “A Joint Resolution in regard to rations of Union soldiers held asProvision as to commutation of rations to apply to enlisted men who died as prisoners of war, or after their release.*Ante*, p. 364.to whom to be paid. prisoners of war,” shall be extended so as to allow commutation of rations at cost prices in the settlement of the accounts of all enlisted men of the army, navy, and marine corps, who died while held as prisoners of war in the rebel States, or who, having been so held as prisoners of war, have died or may die subsequent to release; to be paid, however, only to the widow of such deceased person, if such widow remain unmarried, or in case there be no such widow then to the surviving children of the deceased; or if there be no such widow or children, then to the parent or parents of the deceased; or if there be no such widow, children, parent, or parents, then to the brothers and sisters of the deceased.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That section one of the “Act providingRepeal of act of 1861, ch. 42, § 1, authorizing an assistant secretary of war.Vol. xii. p. 287. for the better organization of the military establishment,” approved August third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, authorizing the President to appoint an assistant secretary of war, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted, *That so much of the act entitledPromotion of surgeons and assistant surgeons in the volunteer service.1866, ch. 299, § 17.*Ante*, p. 335.
“An act to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States,” approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as relates to the promotion of assistant surgeons after three years’ service, shall be amended so as to read “and persons who have served as surgeons or assistant surgeons three years in the volunteer force shall be eligible for promotion to the grade of captain.” Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted, *That the act entitled “An act moreThe word “white” stricken out of the acts relating to the militia.1792, ch. 33.Vol. i. p. 271. effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States,” approved May eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, and the several acts amendatory thereof, be, and they are hereby, amended by striking out the word “white.
” Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted, *That (excepting the ordnance storekeeperRank, pay, &c. of storekeepers of the army, except, &c.Post chaplains.Chaplains, how to rank.Tenure of office, allowances &c. of army chaplains. and paymaster at the Springfield Armory, who has the rank, pay, and allowances of a major of cavalry) all storekeepers of the army shall hereafter have the rank, pay, and allowances of captains of cavalry, and the post chaplains now in service, or hereafter to be appointed, shall be commissioned by the President, and all vacancies occurring in the grade of chaplain, which is hereby established to rank as captain of infantry, shall be filled by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and all army chaplains shall hereafter be on the same footing as to tenure of office, retirement, allowances for service and pensions, as now provided by law for other officers of the army.
Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted, *That in any case where a personIn applications for bounty, where discharge has been lost, what secondary proof is to be admitted of its issue, &c. entitled to receive payment of bounty, under the provisions of any law, shall make application therefor, or where such application shall be made by the proper representatives of such person, being deceased, and the discharge of such person has been lost, it shall be competent for the accounting officers to receive, in lieu of the actual production of such discharge, proof of the actual loss of the same and secondary proof of its issue and contents, together with proof of the identity of the claimant or person deceased, under such rules defining the character and form of the evidence as the paymaster-general shall prescribe.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted, *That section fifteen of the “Act toGeneral officers may receive an additional ration for every five years’ service.1838, ch. 162, § 15.Vol. v. p. 258.Officers on retired list. increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be amended so that general officers shall not hereafter be excluded from receiving the additional ration for every five years’ service; and it is hereby further provided that officers on the retired list of the army shall have the same allowance of additional rations for every five years’ service as officers in active service.
Approved, March 2, 1867.