Act of July 16, 1798 (1 Stats., 604).

AN ACT to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.

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SEC. 3. That there shall be

one Adjutant-General, with one or more assistant or assistants (to be taken from the line of the

Army),

SEC. 4.

The Adjutant-General shall be entitled to the rank,

pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general.

Act of March 3, 1799 (1 Stats., 749).

AN ACT for the better organizing of the troops of the United States, and for other

serve

SEC. 6. That when any officer shall be detached from a regiment to as an assistant to the Adjutant-General, by whatsoever name, the place of such officer in his regiment shall be supplied by promotion or new appointment, or both, as may be requisite; but the officer detached shall, nevertheless, retain his station in his regiment, and shall rank and rise therein in the same manner as if he had not been detached.

SEC. 7. That no officer shall be appointed

as an assistant

to the Adjutant-General who when appointed shall be of a rank higher than that of captain.

SEC. 14. That the Adjutant-General of the Army shall be ex officio assistant inspector-general, and that every deputy inspector-general shall be ex officio deputy adjutant-general, and shall perform the duties of adjutant-general in the army to which he shall be annexed.

Act of April 22, 1800 (2 Stats., 38).

AN ACT to fix the compensation of the Paymaster-General and assistant to the Adjutant-General.

SEC. 2. That the pay of the assistant of the Adjutant-General, in addition to his pay and other emoluments in the line of the Army, shall be forty dollars per month, which shall be in full compensation for his extra services and travelling expenses, to be computed from the time of his entering upon actual service.

Act of March 16, 1802 (2 Stats., 132).

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

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SEC. 3. That there shall be

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one adjutant and inspector of

the Army, to be taken from the line of field officers.

Under this act the offices of Adjutant-General and Inspector-General were united.

be as follows,

SEC. 4. That the monthly pay of the officers to wit: To the adjutant and inspector of the Army, thirtyeight dollars in addition to his pay in the line.

of the said officers

SEC. 5. That the commissioned officers aforesaid shall be entitled to receive for their daily subsistence the following number of rations of provisions: A colonel, six rations; a lieutenant-colonel, five rations; a major, four rations, or money in lieu thereof at the option at the posts respectively when the rations shall become due; and if at such posts supplies are not furnished by contract, then such allowance as shall be deemed equitable, having reference to former contracts and the position of the place in question; and to every commissioned officer who shall keep one servant, not a soldier of the line, one additional ration.

AN ACT to raise for a limited time an additional military force.

SEC. 8. That in the recess of the Senate the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint all or any of the officers, other than the general officers, proper to be appointed under this act, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate, at the next session, for their advice and consent.

SEC. 9. That every

staff officer to be appointed in virtue of this act shall be a citizen of the United States or some one of the Territories thereof.

SEC. 4. That there shall be appointed

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five brigadier-gen

erals, each of whom shall be allowed a brigade major, to be taken from the captains and subalterns of the line; and there shall also be appointed one Adjutant-General, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general. The said Adjutant-General shall be allowed one or more assistants, not exceeding three, to be taken from the line of the Army, with the same pay and emoluments as by this act are allowed to a lieutenant-colonel. SEC. 5. That when an officer is detached to serve assistant to the Adjutant-General.

general officer

SEC. 6.

as an

on the appointment of a he shall not thereby lose his rank. The brigadier-generals, respectively, shall be

entitled to one hundred and four dollars monthly pay, twelve rations per day, and sixteen dollars per month for forage when not found by the public.

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SEC. 25. That no

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

Act of May 16, 1812 (2 Stats., 735).

AN ACT making further provisions for the Army of the United States.

SEC. 4. That each brigade major provided by law shall be allowed twenty-four dollars per month, in addition to his pay in the line.

Act of July 6, 1812 (2 Stats., 782).

AN ACT respecting the pay of the Army of the United States.

That to the brigade majors, under the act passed January the eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, there shall be allowed for forage for one horse, or in lieu thereof ten dollars per month.

Act of July 6, 1812 (2 Stats., 784).

AN ACT making further provisions for the Army of the United States, and for other purposes.

[Authorizes the President to appoint two additional brigadier-generals] who shall each be entitled to the same number of brigade majors as are allowed to a brigadier-general under the act of Congress passed the eleventh of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. And the said brigade majors shall be entitled to receive the same pay and emoluments as are by law allowed to officers of the same grade.

who

SEC. 2. That to any army of the United States, other than that in which the Adjutant-General. shall serve, it shall be lawful for tho President to appoint one deputy adjutant-general, shall be taken from the line of the Army, and who shall each, in addition to his pay and other emoluments, be entitled to fifty dollars per month, which shall be in full compensation for his extra services. And that there shall be to each of the foregoing deputies such number of assistant deputies (not exceeding three to each department) as the public service may require, who shall, in like manner, be taken from the line, and who shall each be entitled to thirty dollars per month, in addition to his pay and other emoluments, which shall be in full compensation for his extra services: And provided also, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint of the officers named in this act during the recess of the Senate, to be submitted to the Senate at their next meeting, for their advice and consent.

any

SEC. 3. That all letters and packages to and from the Adjutant-General. shall be free from postage.

AN ACT making provision for an additional number of general officers.

That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint six brigadier-generals, who shall be allowed a brigade major to be taken also from the officers of the line.

SEC. 2. That the officers authorized by this act shall receive the same pay, forage, rations, and other emoluments as the officers of the same grade of the present military establishment.

Act of March 3, 1813 (2 Stats., 819).

AN ACT for the better organization of the general staff of the Army of the United

States.

That the Adjutant-General's departments shall consist of the following officers: That is to say, an Adjutant and Inspector General, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general, and not exceeding eight adjutants-general, sixteen assistant adjutantsgeneral,

SEC. 2. That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized, if he shall deem it expedient, to assign one of the brigadiers-general to the principal Army of the United States, who shall in such case act as Adjutant and Inspector General and as chief of the staff of such Army.

SEC. 3. That all the other adjutants-general shall have the brevet rank and the pay and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry. The assistant adjutants-general. shall have the brevet rank

and the pay and emoluments of a major of cavalry. SEC. 4. That the assistant adjutants-general

from line. The adjutants-general

shall be taken

may be taken from the

line or not, as the President may deem expedient.

SEC. 11. That all letters and packets to and from the adjutant and inspector general, adjutants-general, which relate to their

official duties, shall be free from postage.

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May 17, 1815. And the President of the United States has further judged proper, that, in addition to the provision for a general staff, which is specifically made by the act of Congress, certain officers shall be retained, under the special authority given by the act, until circumstances will permit of their discharge, without material injury to the service; and that the following shall be the

One adjutant and inspector general and two adjutant-generals, to be provisionally retained.

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(General Orders, A. and I. G.'s Office.)

Act of April 24, 1816 (3 Stats., 297).

AN ACT for organizing the general staff, and making further provisions for the Army

of the United States.

That in addition to the act providing for a military peace establishment, the provisions of the act of March the third, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, for the better organization of the general staff, be, and the same are hereby, so far as established, that the general staff shall in future consist of one adjutant and inspector general of the Army and one adjutant-general.

Act of March 2, 1821 (3 Stats., 615).

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

SEC. 5. That there shall be one major-general, with two aids de-camp, two brigadier-generals, each with one aid-de-camp; and that the aids

de-camp be taken from the subalterns of the line, and, in addition to their other duties, shall perform the duties of assistant adjutantgeneral.

SEC. 6. That there shall be one adjutant-general, rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cavalry.

with the

AN ACT amendatory of the act regulating the Post-Office Department.

the Adjutant-General,

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be author

ized to frank, and to receive letters and packets by post free of postage.

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Act of July 5, 1838 (5 Stats., 256).

AN ACT to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes.

SEC. 7. That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint so many assistant adjutants-general, not exceeding two, with the brevet rank, pay, and emoluments of a major, and not exceeding four, with the brevet rank, pay, and emoluments of a captain of cavalry, as he may deem necessary; and that they shall be taken from the line of the Army, and in addition to their own, perform the duties of assistant inspectors-general when the circumstances of the service may require.

SEC. 8. That the officers to be taken from the line and transferred to the staff, under the last preceding section, shall receive only the pay and emoluments attached to their rank in the staff, but their transfer shall be without prejudice to their rank and promotion in the line, according to their said rank and seniority; which promotion shall take place according to usage, and in the same manner as if they had not thus been transferred.

Act of March 3, 1839 (5 Stats., 352).

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers," passed April 16, 1818.

That from and after the passing of this act the act entitled "An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, be, and the same shall be, so construed as to include the case of the Adjutant-General of the United States.

Act of June 18, 1846 (9 Stats., 17).

AN ACT supplemental to an act entitled "An act to provide for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico," and for other purposes.

SEC. 6. That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized to appoint as many additional assistant adjutant-generals,