Chapter 583. Directing the enlistment of cooks in the Regular and Volunteer armies of the United States
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Chap. 583.— An Act Directing the enlistment of cooks in the Regular and Volunteer armies of the United States. July 7, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of War be,Army.Enlistment of cooks. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be enlisted in each company, battery, and troop in the Regular and Volunteer armies of the United States, as a part of the authorized enlisted strength thereof, under rules to be prescribed by him, a competent person as cook, who shall take rank, as and be allowed the pay of a corporal of the arm of the service to which he belongs, and whose duties in connection with the preparation and serving of the food of the enlisted men of the company, battery, or troop, and with the supervision and instruction of enlisted men hereby authorized to be detailed to assist him, shall be prescribed in the regulations for the government of the Army.
Approved, July 7, 1898.