Chapter 810. for the enlistment and pay and to define the duties and liabilities of “general-service clerks” and “general-service messengers” in the Army
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CHAP. 810.— An Act for the enlistment and pay and to define the duties and liabilities of “general-service clerks” and “general-service messengers” in the Army.July 29, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,General-service clerks and messengers.Secretary of War authorized to enlist.Limit. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be enlisted and mustered into the service of the United Stated for clerical service and messenger duty at the headquarters of the Army and at the several division, department, and district headquarters, at headquarters general service, at recruiting depots, and at West Point, New York, in the Army, a corps of men not to exceed one hundred and seventy, who shall be subject to the Articles of War and Army Regulations the same as enlisted men on duty in the line, but shall not be subject to be assigned to any other than clerical and messenger duty, as hereinbefore specified; nor shall this number be computed as a part of the numberNot included in Army limit.Classification.Clerks. at which the Army is now limited by law.
Sec. 2. That of the men so enlisted one hundred and twenty-five shall be “general-service clerks,” who shall be classified and paid as follows: Class one shall consist of ninety clerks, at one thousand dollars per annum; class two shall consist of twenty-five clerks, at one thousand one hundred dollars per annum; class three shall consist of ten clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars per annum; and the remaining forty-five of such men shall be “general-service messengers,” who shallMessengers. be paid at the rate of sixty dollars per month; and all of such men shall be mustered for pay monthly the same as enlisted men, and shall receiveNot to receive allowances. no other compensation, pay, or allowance, except when on duty, when necessity requires, they shall each be allowed for subsistence one ration in kind to be issued by the Commissary Department. 168 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Chs. 810, 811. 1886. Sec. 3. Retirement That the provisions of law relating to the retirement of enlisted men shall be construed to include “general service clerks” and “general service messengers” and, for the purposes of retirement, they will rank as follows: General service clerks of class three with first sergeants of the line. General service clerks of class two with sergeants of the line. General service clerks of class one with corporal of the line. General service messengers with privates of the line.
Approved, July 29, 1886.