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pay, etc.

Schedule of
House

Aug. 30, 1842.

res.

433. That there be annexed annually hereafter to the Army Register an accurate schedule of the pay and emoluments, with the commutation value thereof, to which the various officers of the Army of each grade are entitled. House resolution, August 30, 1842. 434. The highest volunteer rank which has been held by Volunteer officers of the Regular Army shall be entered, with their names, respectively, upon the Army Register.

rank, etc.

Sec. 1226, R. S.

etc.

435. That in every Official Army Register hereafter Lineal rank, issued the lineal rank of all officers of the line of the Sec. 2. June 18, 1878, v. 20, p. 149. Army shall be given separately for the different arms of the service; and if the officer be promoted from the ranks, or shall have served in the volunteer army, either as an enlisted man or officer, his service as a private and noncommissioned officer shall be given, and in addition thereto the record of his service as volunteer. Sec. 2, act of June 18, 1878 (20 Stat. L., 149).

CHAPTER XI.

THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT-GENERAL
PROVISIONS OF ORGANIZATION-GENERAL
OFFICERS, AIDS, AND MILITARY SECRE
TARIES.

ORGANIZATION.

Par.

Composition of the Army of the United States.

Mar. 3, 1799, v. 1, p. 752; July 25, 1866, v. 14. p. 223; July 28, 1866, v, 14, p. 332; Mar. 3, 1869, v. 15, p. 318; July 15, 1870, v. 16, p. 318, ch. 131;

Par.

436. Composition of the Army of 440. Original number of, restored.

the United States.

Allowance for horses.

437. Commissions not to be va- 441. Lieutenant-General's

cated.

438. Number of enlisted men.

439. Indian scouts.

aids

and secretary.

442. Aids of major and brigadier

generals.

436. The Army of the United States shall consist of— One General.1

One Lieutenant-General."

Three major-generals.

This grade ceased to exist at the death of Gen. P. H. Sheridan on August 5, 1888. a This grade ceased to exist, as a grade of rank on the active list of the Army, at Mar. 3, 1875, v. 18, the retirement of Lieutenant-General Schofield on September 29, 1895. p. 419, ch. 142;

No

Mar. 3, 1875, v, 18, a This office was created by section 9 of the act of March 3, 1799 (1 Stat. L., 752), which p. 478; June 26, provided that "a commander of the Army of the United States shall be appointed and 1876, v. 19, p. 61: commissioned by the style of General of the armies of the United States.' Aug. 12, 1876, v. appointment was made to the office thus created, and the grade was abolished, by 19. p. 131: Feb, 27, implication, by section 3 of the act of March 16, 1802 (2 Stat. L., 133). It was revived 1877, v. 19, p. 241; by the act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 223), and recognized and continued by section July 24, 1876, v. 9 of the act of July 28, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 333). Section 6 of the act of July 15, 1870 19, p. 97. (16 Stat. L., 318), contained a provision, however, that "the offices of General and July 5, 1884, v. Lieutenant-General shall continue until a vacancy shall exist in the same, and no 23. p.109; July 29, longer; and when such vacancy shall occur in either of said offices, immediately 1886, v.24, p. 167; thereupon all laws and parts of laws creating said office shall become inoperative, Mar. 1. 1887, Y. and shall by virtue of this act from thenceforward be held to be repealed." The 24. p.435: June 20, office ceased to exist, as a grade of military rank, at the death of Gen. W. T. Sherman, 1890, v. 26, p. 167; on February 14, 1891. The act of March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. L., 434), authorized the May 9, 1892, V. appointment of a "General of the Army on the retired list," which was conferred 27, p. 27. upon Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and expired at the death of that officer on July 23, 1885. By the act of June 1, 1888 (25 Stat. L., 165), the grade of Lieutenant-General was discontinued and merged in that of General of the Army, which was to continue during the lifetime of the Lieutenant-General then in office, when it was to cease. See note 1, supra.

Sec. 1094, R. S.

Chief of staff to the General of the Army.--The office of chief of staff to the Lientenant-General was created by the act of March 3, 1865 (13 Stat. L., 500), which authorized the President to appoint a chief of staff to the Lieutenant-General of the Army with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general in the Army. Section 2 of the act of July 25, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 223), provided for the transfer of the office to the staff of the General of the Army. The office was abolished by the act of April 3, 1869 (16 Stat. L., 6).

Six brigadier generals.

Five regiments of artillery.

Ten regiments of cavalry.

Twenty-five regiments of infantry.
An Adjutant-General's Department.
An Inspector-General's Department.
A Quartermaster's Department.1
[A corps of Army service men.]2
A Subsistence Department.3
A Corps of Engineers.

A battalion of engineer soldiers.

An Ordnance Department.

The enlisted men of the Ordnance Department.

A Pay Department.

A Medical Department.

[A Hospital Corps.]*

[A Signal Corps.]5

[A Judge-Advocate-General's Department.]

[A Chief of the Record and Pension Office. J
Thirty post-chaplains. Four regimental chaplains.
One band, stationed at the Military Academy."

A force of Indian scouts, not exceeding one thousand, and the professors and corps of cadets of the United States Military Academy.

Provided, That when a vacancy occurs in the office of General or Lieutenant-General" such office shall cease and all enactments creating or regulating such offices shall, respectively, be held to be repealed.

Commissions
July 28, 1866, c.

not vacated.

299, s. 31, v. 14, p.

337.

437. None of the provisions of this Title, relating to the organization of the Army, shall be construed to vacate the commission of any officer now properly in the service, or borne on the Army Register as an officer retired from Sec. 1217, B. S. active service, or to require new appointments to fill the grades mentioned herein, which are now properly filled according to said provisions.

The corps of quartermaster-sergeants added by the act of July 5, 1884. a
The corps of Army service men added by the act of June 20, 1890. a

A force of post commissary-sergeants (b) added by section 1142, Rev. Stat.

The Hospital Corps added by the act of March 1, 1887, the hospital stewards previously authorized being merged in the corps so created.c

The Signal Corps reorganized by act of October 1, 1890 (26 Stats. L., 653). The Record and Pension Office created by the act of May 9, 1892 (27 Staf. L., 27). "Fifteen bands were authorized by section 7 of the act of July 28, 1866 (14 Stat. L., 332). By the act of March 3, 1889 (15 Stat. L., 318), they were required to be honorably discharged without delay, with the exception of the band stationed at the Military Academy.

This grade ceased to exist at the death of Gen. P. H. Sheridan on August 5, 1888. "This grade ceased to exist, as a grade of rank on the active list of the Army, at the retirement of Lieutenant-General Schofield on September 29, 1895.

a See the chapter entitled THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

b See the chapter entitled THE SUBSISTENCE DRPARTMENT.

c See the chapter entitled THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

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Number of en- 438. There shall not be in the Army at one time more

listed men.

July 15, 1870, c. than thirty thousand enlisted men.1

294, s. 2, v. 16, p.

317: June 16, 1874, c. 285, v. 18, p. 72; Mar. 3, 1875, c. 133, v. 18, p. 452;July 24, 1876, c. 226, v. 19, p. 97; Aug. 15, 1876, c. 301, v. 19, p. 204. Sec. 1115, R. S.

Indian scouts.

333.

439. The President is authorized to enlist a force of InJuly 28, 1866, c. 299, 8. 6, v. 14, p. dians, not exceeding one thousand, who shall act as scouts in the Territories and Indian country. They shall be dis charged when the necessity for their service shall cease, or at the discretion of the department commander.

Sec. 1112, R. S.

Original num

ber of, restored.

19, p. 131.

440. That so much of the Army appropriation act of Aug. 12, 1876, v. twenty-fourth July, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, as limits the number of Indian scouts to three hundred is hereby repealed; and sections ten hundred and ninety-four and eleven hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes, authorizing the employment of one thousand Indian scouts, are hereby continued in force: Provided, That a proportionate number of non-commissioned officers may be appointed. And the scouts, when they furnish their own Allowance for horses and horse-equipments, shall be entitled to receive forty cents per day for their use and risk so long as thus employed. Act of August 12, 1876 (19 Stat. L., 131).

horses.

Lieutenant

General's aids

GENERAL OFFICERS, AIDS, AND MILITARY SECRETARIES.

441. The Lieutenant-General may select from the Army and secretary. two aids and one military secretary, who [shall] have the 232, s. 2, v.14, p. rank of lieutenant-colonel of cavalry while serving on his 223; July 28,

July 25, 1866, c.

1866, c. 299, s. 9, staff.2

v. 14, p. 333; Feb.

27, 1877, c. 69, v. 19, p. 241. Sec. 1097, R. S.

Aids of major and brigadier generals.

442. Each major-general shall have three aids, who may be selected by him from captains or lieutenants of the

The acts of June 16, 1874 (18 Stat. L., 72), March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. L., 452), July 24, 1876 (19 Stat. L., 97), November 21, 1877 (20 Stat. L., 2), and June 18, 1878 (20 Stat. L., 146), contained a provision limiting the number of enlisted men in the Army to 25,000, including hospital stewards and Indian scouts. The act of June 23, 1879 (21 Stat. L., 30), contained the requirement that "no money appropriated by this act shall be paid for recruiting the Army beyond the number of twenty-five thousand enlisted men, including Indian scouts and hospital stewards; and thereafter there shall be no more than twenty five thousand enlisted men in the Army at any one time, unless otherwise authorized by law." This provision was repeated in the acts of May 4, 1880 (21 Stat. L., 110), February 24, 1881 (21 Stat. L., 346), June 30, 1882 (22 Stat. L, 117), March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 456), July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. L., 107), and March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. L., 357).

Sections 6 and 7 of the act of July 29, 1861 (12 Stat. L., 279), increasing the military establishment, declared such increase to be for the period of the existing rebellion and, unless otherwise ordered by Congress, authorized the military estab lishment to be reduced to a number not exceeding twenty-five thousand men "within one year after the constitutional authority of the Government of the United States shall be reestablished, and organized resistance to such authority shall no longer

exist."

The office of Lieutenant General was created by section 5 of the act of May 28, 1798 (1 Stat. L., 558), but was abolished by section 9 of the act of March 3, 1799 (1 Stat. L., 752), creating the grade of general. It was revived by joint resolution No. 9 of February 15, 1855 (10 Stat. L., 723), and conferred, by brevet, on Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott, and ceased to exist at the death of that officer on May 29, 1866. It was again revived by the act of February 29, 1864 (13 Stat. L., 11), and recognized and continued by section 9 of the act of July 28, 1866, subject to the provision embodied in section 6 of the act of July 15, 1870, above cited. By joint resolution No. 9, of February 5, 1895 (28 Stat. L., 968), the grade of lieutenant-general was revived for the third time, with the proviso that when the office had been once filled and had be come vacant, the resolution should expire and become of no effect." See note 2 to paragraph 506, ante.

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Army, and each brigadier-general shall have two aids, who, July 21, 1861,c. may be selected by him from lieutenants of the Army.1 280; July 28, 1866, c. 299, s. 9,

A major-general is allowed by law three aids, to be taken from captains or lieutenants of the Army. A brigadier-general is allowed two, to be taken from the lieutenants of the Army. An officer assigned to duty in accordance with his brevet rank as major-general or brigadier-general may, with the special sanction of the War Department, be allowed the aids of the grade. General officers may select their aids from officers serving in their commands, subject to the restrictions herein prescribed, but appointments as aids of officers serving without such limits must receive the approval of the Secretary of War. An officer will be appointed aid to a general officer only after he shall have actually served with troops for at least three of the five years immediately preceding such appointment. He will hold such appointment for no longer period than four years, except that, upon the request of a general officer whose retirement by reason of age will occur within one year, the tour of four years may be extended by the Secretary of War to the date of such retirement. (Par. 33, A. R., 1895.)

For statutory provisions and executive regulations respecting the staffs of general officers when assigned to commands see the chapter entitled RANK AND COMMANDTACTICAL AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

v. 14, p. 333.

Sec. 1098, R.S.

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