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 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 24, 25. 1861. 281 and to be made in the years eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, in the regular army, including the force authorized by this act, shall be for the period of three years, and those to be made after January one, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall be for the term of five years, as at present authorized, and that the men enlisted in the regular forces, after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be entitled to the same bounties, in every respect, as those allowed or to be allowed to the men of the volunteer forces. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the increase of the military _ Increaseqfmilestablishment created or authorized by this act is declared to be for ser- Q;';;; iii1g2s2Q_ vice during the existing insurrection and rebellion; and within one year ing rebellion ; after the constitutional authority of the Government of the United States whe" *° bi "°· shall be re»established, and organized resistance to such authority shall no gi? to 20900 longer exist, the military establishment may be reduced to a number not exceeding twenty-five thousand men, unless otherwise ordered by Coness. grSec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United provision {0, States shall cause regiments, battalions, and companies to be disbanded, <1iSb¤¤<1m¤¤¢· and officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates to be discharged, so as to reduce the military establishment as is provided by the preceding section: Provided, That all of the officers of the regular army Omcm of mgwho have been or may be detached or assigned to duty for service in any ¤l¤¤‘ Mm? i¤ other regiment or corps shall resume their positions in the regular army, ;°g:’,,§§?Ség_’°' and shall be entitled to the same rank, promotion, and emoluments as if i they had continued to serve in their own regiments or corps. Sec. 8. Andbe it further enacted, That the enlistments for the regi- E{¤liS¤¤¢¤¥·S *0 ments authorized by this act shall be in charge of the officers detailed for ggcgls fagitgg that purpose who are appointed to said regiments from civil life; and that from civiilllle. in the mean time the officers appointed to the same from the regular army Other Omcmto shall be detailed by the commanding general to such service in the volun- be ¤¤ duty in the teer regiments now in the field as will, in his judgment, give them the fwd` greatest military instruction and efliciency; and that the commanding general may, in his discretion, employ said officers with any part of the regular forces now in the field until the regiments authorized by this act shall have been fully recruited, and detail any of the officers now in the regular army to service with the volunteer regiments now in the field, or which may hereafter be called out, with such rank as may be offered them in said volunteer regiments, for the purpose of imparting to them military instruction and efliciency. Armzovm>, July 29, 1861. Cum EV. —-An Act to provide for the Suppression af Rebellion against and Resistance July 29, 1861- to the Laws of the  States, and to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for  callmgforth the Mzldza to execute the Laws of the Umon," dc., passed February twenty- V0,_’i_ p_ 424_ ezght, seventeen hundred and nmetyyive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages of persons, or rebel- Tlw 1if¢¤I§<1:g* lion against the authority of the Government of the United States, it shall 3,;) mgflm and become impracticable, in the judgment of the President of the United employ them States, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the wh°”» &°· laws of the United Stat& within any State or Territory of the United States, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of any or all the States of the Union, and to employ such parts of the land and naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the United States, or to suppress such rebellion in whatever State or Territory thereof the laws of the United States may be forcibly opposed, or the execution thereof forcibly obstructed. vox,. xxx. Pun. —-36