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 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 185-187. 1898. 36] the maintenance oi a safe channel through the draw spaces as they are arranged, pending the construction of the permanent bridge, shall be at once built and maintained until they shall be no longer necessary." - Approved, April 21, 1898. CHAP. 186.-An Act To make Knoxville, Tennessee, a port of delivery, and to April 21.1898. create the office of surveyor of customs. —’i‘"";* Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That Knoxville, in the State m§,*;°:‘;}j;£ of $,2;*,; of Tennessee, be, and i hereby, constituted a port of delivery in the ery. customs collection district of New Orleans, and the privileges of the · seventh section of the Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing, the immediate transportation of dutiable merchan- Immediate mmdise without appraisemeut bc, and the same are hereby, extended to *‘°§f,‘,_"*,§','f,§{"{;`j_l°¥°· said port; and there shall be appointed one surveyor of customs to Arvcinrmcnwfnurreside at said port, who shall receive a salary of three hundred and "’°'° °"'°°""‘ fifty dollars per annum, with the usual fees and commissions. _ Approved, April 21, 1898. CHAP. 187.-An Act To provide for temporarily increasing the military estab- A1¤r1122, 1898. lishment of the United States in time of var, and for other purposes. _`;"` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all ablebodied male citi— ggggliiing WM- zens of the United States, and persons of foreign birth who shall have pla, pp. un,` uu, declared their intention to become citizens of the United States under °”· "”· and in pursuance of the laws thereof, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, are hereby declared to constitute the national forces, and, with such exceptions and under such conditions as may be prescribed by law, shall be liable to perform military duty in the service of the United States. _ Sec. 2. That the organized and active land forces of the United ,,,$§,2Q$,,{‘,§”,j{·_""°°“· States shall consist of the Army of the United State and of the militia of the several States when called into the service of the United States: Provided, That in time of war the Army shall consist of two branches ramp. which shall be designated, respectively, as the Regular Army and the ,,,’{f,'j,‘f,°fQ§",,,‘Q'{_ A"“’ Volunteer Army of the United States. Sec. 3. That the Regular Army is the permanent military establish- m§f§}‘"§_,;Q§,’{‘_§,;,l{§F,g ment, which is maintained both in peace and war according to law. ¤¤ Sec. 4. That the Volunteer Army shall be maintained only during mf;}g:;;°_;$,Q'g,§; the existence of war, or while war is imminent, and shall be raised and ing e-mm. ‘ organized, as in this Act provided, only after Congress has or shall have *’°·"· P- W- authorized the President to raise such a force or to call into the actual _ service of the United States the militia of the several States: Provided, _Q:;"'",;, ,,,,,,8, That all enlistments for the Volunteer Army shall be for a term of two mem, m. years, unless sooner terminated, and that all officers and men composing said army shall be discharged from the service of the United States when the purposes for which they were called into service shall have been accomplished, or on the conclusion of hostilities. Sec. 5. That when it becomes necessary to raise a volunteer army `.g;$;·r*;j_;_§F¤ °‘· the President shall issue his proclamation stating the number of men ` desired, within such limits as may be fixed by law, and the Secretary of War shall prescribe such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the terms of this Act, as may in his judgment be necessary for the purpose of examining, organizing, and receiving into service the men called for: Provided, That all men received into service in the ·:*··¤,j;g;0nmm Q, Volunteer Army shall, as far as practicable, be taken from the several {Quilts. States and Territories and the District of Columbia and the Indian