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 Trrun xrv.—'1‘H.E ARMY.—Ch. 3. 221 Sec. 1270. Fuel, quarters, and forage may be furnished in kind to ofli- Allowance of cers by the Quartermastefs Department accordin to law and regula— l“9l· ‘l“‘*‘"°”· Mid tions: [Provoded, Iamvezwr, That when forage in king cannot be furnished B11__ by the proper departments, then and in all such cases, officers entitled to 15 ·l“lY» 1870- C- forage may commute the same according to existing regulations: Provided 3240* °‘ 24* v' 16* P' jiert er, That officers of the Army and of Volunteers assigned to dutv "g7 p,b_ 1877 , which requires them `to be mounted shall, during the time they arre 69, i-. 19, 243l i employed on such duty receive the pay, emoluments, and allowances of cavalry officers of the same grade respectively.] Sec. 1271. Forage in kind may be furnished to officers by the Quar- Forage, toivhom termaster’s Department as follows: l f¤F¤l¤h€d- Major-geneml: for live l10I‘SOS. 17July, 1862, c. Brigadier-general: for four horses. 200,s.2,v.12,p.594. Colonel: for two horses. 9 Alpfili 1864. C- Lieutenant—colonel: for two horses. 53, ‘_,{ll’·1?h§646· Major: for two horses. 294, ,,_ 237 ,._ 16, S: Captains and lieutenants, mounted: for two horses. 320. ' Ad]utants and regimental quartermasters: for two horses. Chaplains: for two horses. h Ordnance store-keeper and paymaster at Springfield armory: for two orses. All other store-keepers: for two horses. Sec. 1272. Forage shall be allowed to officers only for horses autho1·— Forage, when ized by law, and actually kept by them in service when on duty and at =¤ll¤W¤<°l- the place where they are on uty. 24A,,,;;, 1816,; 69, s. 12, v. 3, p. 299. 17 July, 1862, c. 200, s. 1, v. 12, p. 594. Sec. 1273. When angéofficer travels urgler orders, and is not furnished Mileeze. transportation by the uartermaster’s e artment, or on a conve rance i _ belonging to or chartered by the United Sgates, he shall be allowdd ten 29d? QlL;>?;'d8lg,'; cents a mile, and no more, for each mile actually traveled under such 320-_ order, distances to be calculated according to the nearest post-routes; 28é*’1{“;g’· 18];* and no payment shall be made to any officer except by a paymaster of 3’ Mm' ’{g§5' c_ the Army. 133, 1-. is; i. 452. The Army appropriation bill for 1877, passed July 24, 1876, c. Repeuledzin part 226, s. 2, v. 19, p. 100, reduced the mileage to eight cents pir mile, by 24 July, 1876, c. with the additronal exception that no payment was to made 226, r. 19, p. 100. when the officer traveled "on any railroad on which the troops and supplies of the United States are entitled to be transported free of charge," the distance to be computed by "the shortest usually traveled route." Sruc. 127-1. Officers retired from active service shall receive seventy- Officers retired live per centum of the pay of the rank upon which they are retired. l"°“*“"*"'“€"'*°f§? 15 July, 1870, c. 294, s. 24, v. 16, p. 320. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 178, r. 18, p. 512.-Robert.s’s Case, 10 C. Cls., 283. Sec. 1275. Officers wholly retired from the service shall he entitled to  retired. receive, upon their retirement, one year`s pay and allowances of the 3 Aug_, 1861, c_ highest rank held by them, whether by staff or l'8g1II1€DlSl1l commission, 42, s. 17, v. 12, p. at the time of their retirement. _ 290 _ ` Sec. 1276. Indians, enlisted or employed by order of the President as _ I{1j§¤{¤j>}¤t; scouts, shall receive the pay and allowances of cavalry soldiers. 28 July, 1866, o. 299, s. 6, v. 14, p. 333. Sec. 1277. Hospital matrons in post or regimental hospitals shall re- Hospitalmatrone; ceive ten dollars a month, and female nurses in general hospitals shall *°"*“ ° '*““**¤· receive forty cents a day. One ration in kind or by commutation shall 16 Mn, ,802, Q_ be allowed to each. 9, s. 5, v. 2, p. 134. 3 Aug., 1861, c. 42, s. 6, v. 12, p. 288. 4 July, 1864, Res. 75, v. 13, p. 416. Sec. 1278. The leader of the band stationed at the Military Academy Leader of band. shall receive severlty-fiv0 d0ll¤I‘¤ 8· m011th- yung 145, s. l, v. 13, p. 144. 3 Mar., 1875, c. 131, a. 9, z·. 18, p. 419. 3 Mar., 1877, c. 109, 33.2, 3, v. 19, p. 383. Sec. 1279. The chief musicians of regiments shall receive sixty dollars Chiefmusicians a month and the allowances of a q11artermaster-sergeant. [Artrficer of *‘