SEC. 3. That whenever an officer of the Army shall employ a soldier for his servant, he shall, for each and every month during which said soldier shall be so employed, deduct from his own monthly pay the full amount paid to or expended by the Government per month on account of said soldier.

SEC. 7. That in lieu of the present rate of mileage allowed to officers of the Army when travelling on public duty, where transportation in kind is not furnished to them by the Government, not more than six cents per mile shall hereafter be allowed, unless where an officer is ordered from a station east of the Rocky Mountains to one west of the same mountains, or vice versa, when ten cents per mile shall be allowed to him; and no officer of the Army of the United States shall be paid mileage except for travel actually performed at his own expense and in obedience to orders.

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SEC. 12. That whenever the name of any officer of the Army shall have been borne on the Army Register forty-five years, or he shall be of the age of sixty-two years, it shall be in the discretion of the President to retire him ; and the President is hereby authorized to assign any officer retired under this section or the act of August third, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, to any appropriate duty; and such officer thus assigned shall receive the full pay and emoluments of his grade while so assigned and employed.

March 3, 1863 (12–709).—Under section 42 the franking privilege was conferred on chiefs of bureaus or chief clerks, under regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster-General. The act of June 1, 1864, authorized franked matter to be conveyed free of postage without being indorsed "official business" or with the name of the writer.

June 11, 1864 (13-123).-Heads of bureaus prohibited from receiving pay for their services in any matter where the United States is a party.

Act of March 3, 1865 (13 Stats., 487)

AN ACT to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes.

That the measure of allowance for pay of an officer's servant is the pay of a private soldier as fixed by law at the time; that no noncommissioned officer shall be detailed or employed to act as a servant, nor shall any private soldier be so detailed or employed except with his own consent; that for each soldier employed as a servant by any officer there shall be deducted from the monthly pay of such officer the full monthly pay and allowances of the soldier so employed; and that, including any soldier or soldiers so employed, no officer shall be allowed for any greater number of servants than is now provided by law, nor be allowed for any servant not actually and in fact in his employ.

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Act of March 3, 1865 (13 Stats., 495).

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.1

SEC. 3. That from and after the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and during the continuance of the present rebellion, the commutation price of officers' subsistence shall be fifty cents per ration: Provided, That said increase shall not apply to the commutation price of the rations of any officer above the rank of brevet brigadier-general, or of any officer entitled to commutation for fuel and quarters.

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SEC. 5. That commissioned officers of the Army, serving in the field, shall hereafter be permitted to purchase rations for their own use on credit from any commissary of subsistence at cost prices, and the amount due for rations so purchased shall be reported monthly to the Paymaster-General, to be deducted from the payment next following such purchase. And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to issue such orders and regulations as he may deem best calculated to insure the proper observance thereof.

Act of July 13, 1866 (14 Stats., 90).

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes.

SEC. 8. That the allowance now made by law to officers travelling under orders where transportation is not furnished in kind shall be increased to ten cents per mile.

Act of July 28, 1866 (14 Stats., 332).

AN ACT to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States.

SEC. 25. (The Subsistence Department to sell, at cost, to the officers and men such articles as may be designated from time to time by the .inspectors-general of the Army) and if not paid for when purchased a true account thereof shall be kept and the amount due the Government shall be deducted by the paymaster at the payment next following such purchase: Provided, That this section shall not go into effect until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

SEC. 32. That officers of the Regular Army entitled to be retired on account of disability occasioned by wounds received in battle may be retired upon the full rank of the command held by them, whether in the regular or volunteer service at the time such wounds were received.

'Section 6 authorizes 1 pound of tobacco per month to be issued to enlisted men at cost prices exclusive of cost of transportation.

2 Repealed by act of June 10, 1872.

SEC. 35. That the third section of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six," shall continue in force for one year from the passage of this act: Provided, That no officer who is furnished with quarters in kind shall be entitled to receive the increased commutation of rations hereby authorized.

Act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stats., 422).

AN ACT to provide for a temporary increase of the pay of officers in the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.

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 shall be paid an addition of thirty-three and one-third per centum to their present pay proper;

SEC. 9. That section fifteen of the "Act to increase the present. military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes, approved June 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.

March 2, 1867 (14-434).-In computing length of service of any officer, he shall be credited with the time he actually served, continuously or at different periods, in the Regular Army, or in the volunteer service since April 19, 1861. First section of act of March 3, 1865, relative to pay of an officer's servant, not to be construed as retrospective or retroactive in its operation.

March 2, 1867 (14-517).-Brevet rank may be conferred on officers for gallant, meritorious or faithful conduct in the volunteer service prior to their appointment in the Regular Army.

Resolution of July 25, 1868 (15 Stats., 261).

A RESOLUTION granting permission to officers and soldiers to wear the badge of the corps in which they served during the rebellion.

That all who served as officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, or other enlisted men in the Regular Army, volunteer or militia forces of the United States during the war of the rebellion shall be entitled to wear on occasions of ceremony the distinctive army badge ordered or adopted by the army corps and division, respectively, in which they served.

March 1, 1869 (15-280).—Franking privilege can only be exercised by written autograph signature.

Act of January 21, 1870 (16 Stats., 62).

AN ACT relating to retired officers of the Army.

That no retired officer of the Army shall hereafter be assigned to duty of any kind, or be entitled to receive more than the pay and

allowances provided by law for retired officers of his grade; and all such assignments heretofore made shall terminate within thirty days from the passage of this act.

Resolution of April 6, 1870 (16 Stats., 372).

A RESOLUTION relating to officers of the Soldiers' Home.

That the law passed January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy, prohibiting the assignment of retired officers of the Army to duty shall not apply to officers selected by the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia, for duty at that institution, such selection being approved by the Secretary of War: Provided, That they receive from the Government only the pay and emoluments allowed by law to retired officers.

Act of July 15, 1870 (16 Stats., 315).

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes.

SEC. 4. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, at his discretion, to place on the retired list of the Army, on their own. application, any commissioned officers who have been thirty years in the service, and the officers who may be retired by virtue of this section shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as are now allowed, or may be hereafter allowed, to officers retired from active service.

SEC. 14. it shall be unlawful for any officer to use any enlisted man as a servant in any case whatever.

SEC. 24. That the pay of the officers of the Army shall be as follows: The pay of major-general shall be seven thousand five hundred dollars; the pay of brigadier-general shall be five thousand five hundred dollars; the pay of colonel shall be three thousand five hundred dollars; the pay of lieutenant-colonel shall be three thousand dollars; the pay of major shall be two thousand five hundred dollars; the pay of captain, mounted, shall be two thousand dollars;

the pay

of first lieutenant, mounted, shall be sixteen hundred dollars; the pay of second lieutenant, mounted, shall be fifteen hundred dollars; and there shall be allowed and paid to each and every commissioned officer below the rank of brigadier-general, including others having assimilated rank or pay, ten per centum of their current yearly pay for each and every term of five years of service: Provided, That the total amount of such increase for length of service shall in no case exceed forty per centum on the yearly pay of his grade as established by this act: And provided further, That the pay of a colonel shall in no case exceed four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, nor the pay of a lieutenant-colonel four thousand dollars per annum, and these sums shall be in full of all commutation of quarters, fuel, forage, servants' wages and clothing, longevity rations, and all allowances of every name and nature whatever, and

shall be paid monthly by the paymaster: Provided, That fuel, quarters, and forage in kind may be furnished to officers by the Quartermaster's Department, as now allowed by law and regulations: And provided further, That when an officer shall travel under orders, and shall not be furnished transportation by the Quartermaster's Department, or on a conveyance belonging to or chartered by the United States, he shall be allowed ten cents per mile and no more, for each mile actually by him traveled under such order, distances to be calculated according to the nearest post routes; and no payment shall be made to any officer except by a paymaster of the Army. Officers retired from active service shall receive seventy-five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which they are retired.

June 8, 1872 (17-283).-Franking privilege conferred on heads of bureaus; privilege to be exercised by written autograph signature; official communications addressed to them to pass free of postage. The act of January 31, 1873 (17-421), abolished the franking privilege after July 1, 1873, and the act of March 3, 1873 (17–530), provided for special stamps and envelopes for official business.

Act of June 10, 1872 (17 Stats., 378).

AN ACT relative to retired officers of the Army.

That all officers of the United States Army who may hereafter be retired shall be retired upon the actual rank held by them at the date of retirement, and the thirty-second section of the act to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States, approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, is hereby repealed.

May 8, 1874 (18-43).-Officers on duty west of north and south line through Omaha, Nebr., and north of line east and west upon southern boundary of Arizona, allowed 60 days' leave with pay when taken once in 2 years, 3 months' if once in three years, and 4 months' if once in 4 years.

Act of June 16, 1874 (18 Stats., 72).

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes.

That only actual traveling expenses shall be allowed to any person holding appointment under the United States, and all allowances for mileages or transportation in excess of the amount actually paid are hereby declared illegal;

AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes.

SEC. 2. That when any officer travels under orders, and is not furnished transportation by the Quartermaster's Department, or on a conveyance belonging to or chartered by the United States, or on any railroad on which the troops or supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge he shall be allowed eight cents a mile,

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