244 FORTY.T1&lI1tD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 457, 458. V 1874, Harbor of Leonardtown, Britton Bay, Potomac River, Maryland, with a view to remove obstructions. Harbor of Norfolk, Virginia. Board efengineers SEO. 3. That a board of engineers, to be composed of three from the W ¤*}¤i°F m<2¤*** °f Army, one from the Coast Survey, and three from civil life, be appointed M‘“*“°‘Pi" R"'"' by the President; which said board shall make a survey of the mouth of the Mississippi River, with a view to determine the best method of obtaining and maintaining a depth of water sufficient for the purposes of Buties of board- commerce, either by a canal from said river to the waters of the Gulf, `or by deepening one or more of the natural outlets of said river; and said board shall make a full and detailed estimate and statement of the Report to Store- cost of each of said plans, and shall report the same, together with their my °€ WM f°*` P‘°‘ opinion thereon, showing which of all said plans they deempreferable, g‘;2;gI°‘°“ t° C ° u` giving their reasons therefor, to the Secretary of War, to be presented ` at the commencement of the second session of the Forty-third Congress; and that the sum of twenty-tive thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the cost of said survey. Approved, June 23, 1874. J“¤° 23, 1874- CHAP. 458.-An act reorganizing the several stan` corps of the Army. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,n§°$§):“‘é;S§;F§ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Inspector General’s D,,,?,,,,,;,,,,,, of ,,,6 Department shall consist of one colonel, two lieutenan t-colonels, and two Army. majors, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of ohicers of said grades; _ andthe Secretary of War may, in addition, detail officers of the line, _ not to exceed tour, to act as assistant inspector-general: Provided, P'°““°· That officers of the line detailed as acting inspectors-general shall _ have all the allowances of cavalry officers of their respective grades; m§$s°§g,,“I£g‘“°` and no new appointment shall be made in the Inspector-General’s ’Department until the number of inspectors-general is reduced to five. Bureeuof Mili- Sec. 2,/ That the Bureau of Military Justice shall hereafter consist WW J““‘°°· of one J udge-Advocate-General, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general; and the said J udge-Advocate-General shall Revision, &¤-. of receive, revise, and have recorded the proceedings of all courts-martial, £0‘;1‘i‘_t‘;f:lg;t?a§ “&§ fcourts of inquiry and military commissions, and shall perform such ` ’ other duties as have been heretofore performed by the J udge—Advocatemg3,S‘;:Y,,“£%°‘“*' General of the Army.( In the corps of judge-advocates no appointment ’shall be made as vacancies occur until the number shall be reduced to four, which shall thereafter be the permanent number of the officers of - _ _ that corps. A Sec. 3. That hereafter there shall be three assistant commissaries- ,,,,,,,,;m,,€,,,_ general of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant- Number 0,. Wm_ colonel, instead of the two now allowed by law of said grade in the Sub- ,,,;,,,,,,,.;,,,, w;,;, ,,,,,k sistence Department; that the number of commissaries of subsistence of captain reduced_ with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a captain of- cavalry, is hereby N,,, ,,0,,, ,,,,,,0;,,,. reduced to twelve, and no appointment to iill a vacancy in said grade ments until, &c. shall be made until the number thereof shall be reduced to twelve, and ._ the number thereafter shall remain fixed at twelve. m§g§d'°“1 D"Pm' Sec. 4. That the Medical- Department of the Army shall hereafter ` consist of one Surge0n—General, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general ; one assistant surgeon-general, and one chief medical purveyor, each with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel ; and Assistant medical two assistant medical purveyors, with the rank, pay, and emoluments €g*§°5’°*¤ °° Sim of Iieutenantcolonels, who shall give the same bonds which are or may “ “‘ be required of assistant paymasters-general of like grade, and shall, when not acting as purveyors, be assignable to duty as surgeons by the President; nity surgeons, with the rank, pay, and emoluments_ of majors; one hundred and fifty assistant surgeons, with the rank, pay,
