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 THIRTY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 299. 1866. 337 construed to authorize or permit the appointment to any position or office Who not to be in the army of the United States of any person who has served in any gggzglggg :2;;* capacity in the military, naval, or civil service of the so-called confeder- ' ate states or of either of the States in insurrection during the late rebellion; but any such appointment shall be illegal and void. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That, in construing this act, officers Offcers of colwho have heretofore been appointed or commissioned to serve with g;;$xlfg%l§];gr:° United States colored troops shall be deemed and held to be oizlicers of of vonmeem. volunteers, and officers of the regular army who have also held oommissions as officers of volunteers or have commanded volunteers shall not on that account be held to be volunteers under the provisions of this act. Sec. 30. And be it further enacted That nothing herein contained t_R;¤l<i 12*% &°- shall be construed as attecting existing laws respecting the rank, pay, ° {868}: :i:°g3_ and allowances of chaplains of the army, but the same shall remain as Vol. xii. p. 46. now established by the act entitled "An act to amend section nine of the act approved July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled ‘An not to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the army, and for other purposes,"’ approved April nine, eighteen hundred and _ sixty-Four; one chaplain may be appointed by the President, by and with ccgxgm {°*` the advice and consent of the Senate, for each regiment of colored troops, ps` whose duty shall include the instruction of the enlisted men in the common English branches of education; and chaplains, when ordered from _ Tm¤¤P°¤’*¤· one field of duty to another, shall be entitled to transportation at the mu' same rate as other officers. Sec. 31. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so Commissions construed as to vacate the commission of an officer now ro erl in ser— °f°°"a‘" °fH°°" Y P p Y not vacated by vice, or whose name may be borne on the army register as partially this act. retired, according to law. Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That officers of the regular army, OFBWS of the entitled to be retired on account of disability occasioned by wounds re- ff§§1;;;:§fQ ceived in battle, may be retired upon the full rank of the command held may be retired. by them, whether in the regular or volunteer service at the time such wounds were received. Sec. 33. And be it further enacted, That the provost-marshal·gen- Provost-inep eral’s office and bureau shall be continued only so long as the Secretary ggitggggrms 0; \l:’ar >lml1 deem necessary, not exceeding thirty days after the passage bureau, 0 this act. Sec. 34. And be it further enacted, That all officers who have served OF-acm of during the rebellion as volunteers in the armies of the United States, and gggllfgfffglu who have been or may hereafter be honombly mustered out of the volun- and wan- thanteer service, shall be entitled to bear the officicl title, and upon occasions ¤¤iY°*mS· of ceremony to wear the uniform of the highest grade they have held lL°l‘;,”*€°*1 by brevet or other commissions in the volunteer service. In case of oth- zgcogs {SQQM cers of the regular army, the volunteer rank shall be entered upon the entered upon official army register; Provided, That these privileges shall not entitle “"‘1El§;;`fg“€"‘ any officcr to command, pay, or einoluments.° Seo. 35. And be z`tjiu·t/ter enacted, That the third section of the act Provisinnsns entitled “An not making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six," snmm;0 be shall continue in force for one year from the passage of this aet: Pro- °°¤*i¤“°d 01** vided, That no officer who is furnished with quarters in kind shall be °h_81,§$_ engtlod to receive the increased commutation of rations hereby author- V¤‘ approved February twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, authorizing ggggimcifftvff the appointment of 2. solicitor of the War Department, be, and the same penled. is hereby, repealed. {,8% ‘€l‘· “·6‘5: Sec. 37. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and '°m` p` VOL. xiv. 22