Chapter CII. respecting the organization of the army, and for other purposes
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Chap. CII.— An Act respecting the organization of the army, and for other purposes. April 20, 1818. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That hereafter the company Act of March 22, 1821, ch. 13. Company officers of artillery. Company officers or light artillery. Conductor of artillery, &c. Extra pay to conductors of artillery.officers of the corps of artillery shall consist of one captain, two first lieutenants, and two second lieutenants; and in the corps of light artillery the company officers shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and two second lieutenants; and one of the second lieutenants in each company shall act as a conductor of artillery, as in the case of the corps of artillery, whose duty it shall be to receipt and account for all ammunition, implements, and cannon; and for the performance of these services they shall be allowed, each, ten dollars extra, per month.
One armorer to each regiment of infantry, riflemen, and to the artillery, &c. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That, to each regiment of infantry, riflemen, and to each battalion of the corps of artillery, and to the regiment of light artillery, there shall be attached one armorer, with the pay and emoluments allowed to armorers employed by the ordnance department. Where, in cases, &c. the pay, &c. of officers and soldiers has been delayed, &c. it is, on evidence, to be adjusted.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That, in all cases during the late war, where an officer or soldier has been delayed the receipt of his pay and emoluments, or any part thereof, by having been transferred from one corps to another, or omitted to be returned on the muster roll, pay roll, or receipt roll, or from any other cause whatever, upon a satisfactory evidence of the justice of such claim, the same shall be adjusted and paid. Approved, April 20, 1818.