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 THIRTY—NIN'1H CONGRESS. Szss. I. 011.-299. 1866. 833 to the service of the United States during the late war, reduced to an average of three years' term of service: Provided, That the regulation Proviso. provided in this section governing the proportion of officers to be selected from each State, shall not be applied to the States of California, Oregon, and Nevada. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That each regiment of infantry pro- Eaohregiment vided for by this act shall have one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, one  yn_ major, one adjutant, one regimental-quartermaster, one sergeant-major, ears me msu. one quartermaster-sergeant, one commissary-sergeant, one hospital—steward, two principal musicians, and ten companies; and the adjutant and quartermaster shall hereafter be extra lieutenants selected from the first or second lieutenants of the regiment. Each company shall have one captain, one first lieutenant and one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, ` one quartermaster-sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two artificers, two musicians, one wagoner, and fifty privates, and the number of privates may be increased at the discretion of the President, not to exceed one hundred, whenever the exigencies of the service require such increase; and the President is hereby authorized to enlist and employ in the Territories and Indian country a force of Indians, not to exceed one thousand, to act as scouts, who shall receive the pay and allowances of I¤di¤¤ ¤°¢>¤*¤· cavalry soldiers, and be discharged whenever the necessity for their further employment is abated, or at the discretion of the department commander. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That fifteen bands, including the band at the Military Academy, may be retained or enlisted in the army, Milimy i>¤¤d¤· with such organization as is now provided by law, to be assigned to brigades in time of war, and in time of peace to assembled brigades, or to torts or posts at which the largest number of troops shall be ordinarily stationed, and the band at the Military Academy shall be placed on the same iboting as other bands, one ordnance sergeant and one hospital stew- Ordnance scrard for each military post, and the same number of post chaplains as at §g‘£f;rg°;l;§°1 present authorized, who shall be appointed as now provided by law; and posh chipism, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to appoint for each national cemetery now established, or that may be established, a Superintendent superintendent, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of an ordnance ser- g‘;,$;‘£r§:°'°““1 geant, to be selected from among the nomcommissioned officers of the regular army and volunteer forces who have received certificates of merit for services during the war. SEO. 8. And be it further enacted, That all enlistments into the army Enlistments shall hereafter be for the term of five years for cavalry, and three years }:_"‘:?£§’€t?r;° for artillery and infantry. and recruits may at all times be collected at the Recruits as ` general rendezvous in addition to the number required to fill to the min- S¢¤¤¤l ¤‘¤¤*i<>¢· imum all the regiments of the army, provided that such recruits shall not W"' exceed in the aggregate three thousand men. It shall be competent to When mes enlist men for the service who have been wounded in the line of their :;‘3n*:,°Y,°b;°“b° duty while serving in the army of the United States, provided it shall be e,,;,,,,,;, m y found, on medical inspection, that by such wounds they are not unfitted for ciiiciency in garrison or other light duty; and such men, when en- towhat regilisted, shall be assigned to service exclusively in the regiments of the ;‘°:;gt° l’° ““" Veteran Reserve corps. g ' Sue. 9. And be it_fto·t}ze¢· enacted, That there shall be one general, one General. lieulieutenant-gcneral, five major-generals, and ten brigadiergenerals, who ggsgfgk shall have the same pay and emoluments, and be entitled to the same bragsaier-gener; staff officers in number and grade as now provided by law. ”l¤· Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the adjutant-general’s depart- Adjutant-generment of the army shall hereafter consist of the officers now authorized by *1* d°=P°"‘¤°¤*· law, viz: one adjntant-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general; two assistant adjutants-general, with the rank, pay and emoluments of colonels of cavalry; four assistant adjutants-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of 1ieutenant—colonels of cavalry; and thir-