January 8, 1781.

Congress proceeded to the election of Adjutant-General, and, the ballots being taken,

Brigadier-General Hand was elected.

January 12, 1781.

Resolved, That the additional pay of.

brigade majors,

agreeably to the act of 27th May, 1778, be considered as fixed in specie; and that the same, from and after the 18th day of August last, be drawn in bills of the new emission.

July 14, 1781.-"Captain Robert Pemberton [is] appointed assistant adjutantgeneral, vice Dexter, promoted, and joined his regiment." (Orders, General Headquarters near Dobbs Ferry.)

August 19, 1781.-"Lieut. Col. Grosvenor is appointed to the duty of deputy adjutant-general of the troops placed under the immediate command of MajorGeneral Heath." (Orders, General Headquarters near Dobbs Ferry.)

October 2, 1781.—“Capt. John Carlisle, of Genl. Hazen's regt., is appointed an assistant to the Adjutant-General." (Orders, General Headquarters before York.)

June 28, 1782.

Resolved, That so much of the resolution of Congress of the 27th day of May, 1778, as relates to additional pay given to captains acting as brigade majors be, and is hereby, repealed. Resolved, That there shall be such additional pay and emoluments to the pay of captains. serving as brigade majors as shall make their pay and emoluments equal to the pay and emoluments of a major in the line of the Army.

August 1, 1782.

Resolved, That the Adjutant-General be appointed by Congress from the general officers, colonels, lieutenant-colonels, commandants, or lieutenant-colonels in the Army; his pay shall be 125 dollars per month; he shall receive four rations per day, and 25 dollars per month subsistence. The Adjutant-General shall also be allowed forage for four riding horses, and be furnished with two four-horse and one two-horse covered wagons for the transportation of his official papers, his own, his assistants', and clerk's baggage. He shall have two assistants and one clerk, to be appointed by himself, and approved of by the Commander in Chief. The assistants shall be majors or captains in the Army. The pay of each shall be 50 dollars per month, one ration and a half per day, 8 dollars per month for subsistence, and forage for two riding horses. The assistants shall be allowed each 63 dollars per month for servant's wages and the clothing and rations allowed to a private soldier. The clerk shall be a subaltern or volunteer in the Army; his pay shall be 40 dollars per month; he shall draw one ration per day, and receive 64 dollars per month subsistence.

That there be as many deputies adjutant-general of the rank of field officers as there may be separate armies in the United States that consist of one or more divisions, to be appointed occasionally by the commanding officer of such army, whose name shall be returned to the Commander in Chief for his approbation.

That the deputy adjutants-general shall each receive 75 dollars per month pay, two rations per day, and 12 dollars per month subsistence, forage for three riding horses, one four-horse and one two-horse covered wagons, for the transportation of their official papers, their own and assistants' baggage.

The deputy adjutants-general shall each appoint one assistant of the rank of major or captain, who shall be approved of by the commanding officer under whom they serve. The assistants appointed and approved as aforesaid shall each receive the same pay and allowances as are given above to an assistant of the Adjutant-General.

That there be one major of brigade to each brigade in the armies of the United States, whether of cavalry, artillery, or infantry, who shall be appointed by the Commander in Chief or commanding officer of a separate army as occasion may require, upon the recommendation of the Adjutant-General or deputy adjutant-general, as the case may be, and they shall each receive the same pay and allowances as is given to the assistants of the Adjutant-General by the foregoing resolutions.

That the provisions hereby made for the respective officers aforesaid shall be in full compensation for their services, and of all pay and allowances to which they may be entitled from their rank in the Army. These regulations shall take effect on the first day of January next, and from thenceforth that all acts, resolutions, pay, and appointments heretofore made in anywise respecting the Department of AdjutantGeneral and brigade majors shall cease, and are hereby repealed.

August 27, 1782.-"The Adjutant-General, having agreed to spare Capt. Carlisle, of Hazen's Regt., one of his assistants, to do the duty of brigade major to the corps of light infantry, he will immediately enter on that service." (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.)

Resolved,

October 23, 1782.

That the following be the proportion of wagons and bathorses to the different ranks of officers:

Adjutant General, two covered four-horse wagons; for the baggage of his assistant, clerks, and official papers, one two-horse wagon.

November 22, 1782.-"Capt. Jeremiah Fogg, of the 2nd New Hampshire Regt., is appointed brigade major of the New Hampshire Brigade from the 11th instant, vice Capt. Robinson." (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.)

December 31, 1782.

Resolved, That Brigadier-General Hand be, and he is hereby, continued in the office of Adjutant-General.

January 9, 1783.-"Captain Richard Cox, of the 1st Jersey Regiment, is continued in the office of major of brigade to the Jersey Brigade;

"Captain Benjamin Hicks, of the 1st New York Regiment, to the New York Brigade;

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"Captain Nathaniel Cushing, of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment, to the 1st Massachusetts Brigade;

"Captain Abraham Williams, of the 2d Massachusetts Regiment, to the 2d Massachusetts Brigade;

"Captain J. K. Smith, of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment, to the 3d Massachusetts Brigade, and

"Captain Jeremiah Fogg, of the 2d New Hampshire Regiment, to the (New) Hampshire Brigade." (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.)

January 12, 1783.-"Captain J, Walker, of the 3rd Connecticut Regt., is continued in the office of major of brigade to the Connecticut Brigade." (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.)

January 14, 1783.-"Captain John Carlisle, of General Hazen's Regt., is appointed asst. adjutant-general, to take place with the new arrangement." (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.)

March 1, 1783.-"Captain Aaron Ogden is appointed major of brigade to the Jersey Brigade, vice Cox promoted January 6th, 1783. (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.)

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April 8, 1783.-"Captain Simeon Lord (late of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment) is appointed assistant adjutant-general, his appointment to have effect from the first day of February last." (Orders, General Headquarters, Newburgh.) October 31, 1783.-Secretary of War reported that the following accepted the commutation of five years' pay in lieu of half pay for life: Adjutant-General and family, Brigadier-General Clinton.

STATUTES AT LARGE.

Act of March 3, 1791 (1 Stats., 222).

AN ACT for raising and adding another regiment to the military establishment of the United States and for making further provision for the protection of the frontiers.

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SEC. 5. That in case the President of the United States should deem the employment of a brigadier-general .. essential a brigadier-general so appointed may choose his brigade major from the captains or subalterns of the line.

to the public interest,

brigade major

should be

SEC. 6. That in case a appointed, their pay and allowances shall be, respectively, as herein mentioned: That the brigade major be entitled, including all allowances, to the same pay, rations, and forage as a major of a regiment.

Act of March 5, 1792 (1 Stats., 241).

AN ACT for making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States.

SEC. 7. That the monthly pay of the commissioned officers on the military establishment of the United States

shall be, in

future, as follows, free of all deductions, to wit: General staff: Adjutant, to do also duty of inspector, seventy-five dollars; brigade major, to act also as deputy inspector, in addition to his pay in the line, twenty-four dollars.

Act of March 3, 1795 (1 Stats., 430).

AN ACT for continuing and regulating the military establishment of the United States and for repealing sundry acts heretofore passed on that subject.

SEC. 10. That the monthly pay of the officers on the military establishment of the United States be as follows, to wit: General staff: Adjutant-General, to do also the duty of inspector, brigade major to act also as deputy

seventy-five dollars;

inspector, in addition to his pay in the line, twenty-four dollars.

SEC. 11. That the commissioned officers aforesaid shall be entitled to receive for their daily subsistence the following number of rations of provision, to wit: A lieutenant-colonel commandant, brigade major, . . four rations,

six rations;

or money in lieu thereof, at the option of the said officers, at the contract price, at the posts, respectively, where the rations shall become due.

SEC. 12. That the officers hereinafter described shall, whenever forage shall not be furnished by the public, receive at the rate of the following-enumerated sums, per month, instead thereof, to wit:

Act of May 30, 1796 (1 Stats., 483).

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

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SEC. 3. That there shall be one brigadier-general, who may choose his brigade major from the captains or subalterns of the line; which brigade major shall receive the monthly pay of twenty-four dollars in addition to his pay in the line, be entitled to four rations of provisions for his daily subsistence, and whenever forage shall not be furnished by the public to ten dollars per month in lieu thereof; one inspector, who shall do the duty of Adjutant-General,

SEC. 23. That the general staff, as authorized by this act, shall continue in service until the fourth day of next March, and no longer.

Act of March 3, 1797 (1 Stats., 507).

AN ACT to amend and repeal in part the act intituled "An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States."

SEC. 2. That there shall be one brigadier general, who may choose his brigade major from the captains and subalterns in the

The Inspector-General acting as Adjutant-General is entitled under this act to $25 in addition to his pay in the line, six rations per day, and $12 per month for forage.

line (to
whom there shall be allowed the monthly pay of
twenty-five dollars in addition to his pay in the line and two rations
extraordinary per day, and whenever forage shall not be furnished
by the public to ten dollars per month in lieu thereof).

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Act of May 22, 1798 (1 Stats., 557).

AN ACT to amend the act intituled "An act to amend and repeal in part the act entitled 'An act to ascertain and fix the military establishinent of the United States.'"

SEC. 1. That the brigadier-general who is now, or may hereafter be, in the service of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized from the commissioned officers to choose his brigade major in the line of the Army; and that so much of the second section of the act intituled "An act to amend and repeal in part the act entitled 'An act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States"" to the captains and as confines the choice of brigade major

subalterns of the line be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

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Act of May 28, 1798 (1 Stats., 558).

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AN ACT authorizing the President of the United States to raise a provisional army.

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SEC. 6. That whenever the President shall deem it expedient he is hereby empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Adjutant-General, who shall have the rank, pay, to appoint and the President is and emoluments of a brigadier-general; hereby authorized alone to appoint from time to time, when he shall judge proper, assistant inspectors to every separate portion of the Army, consisting of one or more divisions, who shall be deputy adjutant-generals thereof, respectively, and who shall be taken from the line of the Army, and allowed in addition to their pay eight dollars per month;

SEC. 7.

Provided, That in case the President shall judge
an Adjutant-General

it expedient to appoint
the recess of the Senate, he is hereby authorized to make
said appointments and grant commissions thereon which shall expire
at the end of the next session of the Senate thereafter.

SEC. 9. That the

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Adjutant-General

appointed by virtue of this act shall

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who may be continue in commission

during such term only as the President shall judge requisite for the public service.

SEC. 10. That no

staff officer who shall be appointed by virtue of this act shall be entitled to receive pay or emoluments until he shall be called into actual service, nor for any longer time than he shall continue therein.