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 THIRTYAEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 27. 1864. 21 at all times provided with attendants, drivers, horses, mules, and whatever may be necessary for their efficiency; and it shall be his duty also to see that the ambulances are not used for any other purpose than that for which they are designed and ordered. It shall be the duty of the medical director, or chief medical officer of the army corps, previous to a Oidm to bg march, and previous to and in time of action, or whenever it may be ne- issued D¤'€*'i9¤$ *9 cessary to use the ambulances, to issue the proper orders to the captain for goxgfuch °r m W tho distribution and management of the same, for collecting the sick and wounded, and conveying them to their destination. And it shall be the duty of the captain faithfully and diligently to execute such orders; and the officers of the ambulance corps, including the medical director, shall make such reports, from time to time, as may be required by the Secre- Reports. tary of Wa1·, the surgeon-general, the medical director of the army, or the commanding officer of the army corps in which they may be serving; and all reports to higher authority than the commanding officer of the army corps shall be transmitted through the medical director of the army to which such army corps belongs. Sec. 6. And be ttfurthar enacted, That the first lieutenant assigned to First lieutenthe ambulance corps for a division shall have complete control, under the  ‘l"‘l"[""l" . . . . . . . 1 a uties ot. captain ot lns corps and the medical director of the army corps, ot all the ambulances, medicine, and other wagons, horses, mules, and men in that portion of the ambulance corps. He shall be the acting assistanbquartermaster for that portion of the ambulance corps, and will receipt for and be responsible for all the property belonging to it, and be held responsible for any deficiency in anything appertaining thereto. He shall have a. travelling cavalry forge, a blacksmith, and a saddler, who shall be under his orders, to enable him to keep his train in order. He shall have authority to draw supplies from the depot quartermaster, upon requisitions approved by the captain of his corps, the medical director, and the commander of the army corps to which he is attached. It shall be his duty to exercise a constant supervision over his train in every particular, and keep it at all times ready for service. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the second lieutenant shall Seccmdlteutsuhave command of the portion of the ambulance corps for a brigade, and 33 shall be under the immediate orders of the first lieutenant, and he shall exercise a careful supervision over the sergeants and privates assigned to the portion of the ambulance corps for his brigade; and it shall be the duty of the sergeants to conduct the drills and inspections of the ambulances under his orders, of their respective regiments. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the ambulances in the armies b Amlé“l=’~?°9t€ *0 of the United States shall be used only for the transportation of the sick &ecj1S€ my Ot' and wounded, and, in urgent cases only, for medical supplies; and all persons shall be prohibited from using them, or requiring them to be used, for any other purpose. It shall be the duty ot" the officers of the ambulance corps to report to the commander of the army corps any violation of the provisions of this section, or any attempt to violate the same. And any officer who shall use an ambulance, or require it to be used, for any other purpose than as provided in this section, shall, for the first offence, Penalty. be publicly reprimanded by the commander of the army corps in‘ which he may be serving, and for the second offence shall be dismissed from the service. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That no person except the proper What Officers medical officers, or the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of €;’i;‘;;$;‘£Q;¥xs? the ambulance corps, or such persons as may be specially assigned, by ed,&c.to the [ competent military authority, to duty with the ambulance corps for the r°”· g occasion, shall be permitted to take, or accompany sick or wounded men . to the rear, either on the march or upon the field of battle. i Sec. 10. And be vftfurther enacted, That the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the ambulance corps shall be designated by such Desigmiiou,