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 834 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 299. 1866. teen assistant adjutants-general. with the rank, pay, and emolumente of majors of cavalry. Inspectors- Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there shall be four inspect- §§:;;*;li:¤d€*;· ors-general of the army, with the rank, pay and emoluments of colonel; ,,,,.,_g6,,§§,_ of cavalry; three assistant inspectors-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant-colonels of cavalry; and two assistant inspectors-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry. Bureauormii- Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the bureau of military jusl**“‘Y.l¤¤*i°°- tice shall hereafter consist of one judge·advocate-general, with the rank, Judge-advoe pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general, and one assistant judge-ad- °’**·°·8°¤°*‘¤l»&¤· vocatc-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry ; and the said judge-advocate-general shall receive, revise, and have recorded, the proceedings of all courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and military commissions, and shall perform such other duties as have been heretofore pertbrmed by the judge-advocate-general of the army. And of the judge-advocates now in office there may be retained a number not exceeding ten, to be selected by the Secretary of the War, who shall per- 1867 Cb_ .,9_ form their duties under the direction of the judge-advocate-general, until Pau; p. 410. otherwise provided by law, or until the Secretary of War shall decide that their services can be dispensed with. q¤,m,,,,,,,_,. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the quartermaster’s depart f¤¤‘¤ d¤p¤¤· ment of the army shall hereafter consist of one quartermaster-general, m°°t° with the rank, pay, and emolumeuts of a brigadier-general; six assistant quartermasters-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cavalry; ten deputy quartermasters—general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant-colonels of cavalry; ufteen quartermasters, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry; and forty-four assistant quartermasters, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of captains Vacancies, of cavalry; and the vacancies hereby created in the grade of assistant b" 6u“d· quartermaster shall be filled by selection from among the persons who have rendered meritorious services as assistant quartermasters of volunteers during two years of the war; but after the first appointments made under the provisions of this section, as vacancies may occur in the grades of major and captain in this department, no appointments to fill the same shall be made until the number of majors shall be reduced to twelve, and the number of captains to thirty, and thereafter the number of officers in each of said grades shall continue to conform to said reduced numbers. Military store- Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the number of military k€€P°'· storekeepers in the quartermastefs department shall hereafter be as many as shall be required, not exceeding sixteen, who shall have the rank, pay, and emoluments of captains of infantry. Provisions of Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act for Vg6g5h- Zim the better organization of the quartermaster’s department, approved July ,,,m,,,d,,,{_P'fourth, eighteen hundred and sixt,y·four, shall continue in force until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and no longer. Subsistence Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the subsistence department d°P“"m°°"· of the army shall hereafter consist- of the number of officers now auth0r· ized by law, viz: one commissary-general of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general ; two assistant commissariesgeneral of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cavalry; two assistant commissaries-general of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and cmoluments of lieutenant-colonels of cavalry; eight commissaries of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of _ majors of cavalry; and sixteen commissaries of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of captains of cavalry. Medical do- Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the medical department of P”*'*m°¤*- the army shall hereafter consist of one surgeon-general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier-general; one assistant surgeomgeueral, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry; one