362 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. 187. 1898. C°¤¤•¤¤*°•· °*·‘;· Territor in ro rtion to their o ulation. And any company, troop,
kdm Tm!. battalioii orgegiment from theplridian Territory shall be formed and
organized under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War. “,§;§;;;°*;$"*g· 1;%; 6. Thlat the Voluintéeler IArmyda1éd the militia,) of the Stges when ml." ca into the service o e lni e tates s a e organiz un er, and shall be subject to, the laws, orders, and regulations governing the Pr¢··gi•··-•- ‘ Regular Army: Provided, That each regiment of the Volunteer Army g,,§§E}'$§§{,Y;i¤,? R11 shall have one surgeon, two assistant surgeons, and one chaplain, and ¤¤¤¤¤¤ g“;·¤>‘· t fom that all the regimental and company officers shall be appointed by the §r?p°'u mm °governors of the States in which their respective organizations are EP“°*“’9”*. 9* °'j rai ed: Provided further, That when the members of any company, E:l::»;dA";i¤i;El·lnv°l troop, battery, battalion or regiment of the organized militia of any State shall enlist in the Volunteer Army in a body, as such company, troop, battery, battalioihi or regiment, the regimlpntal, company, troop, battery and battalion officers in service with the militia organization thus enlisting may be appointed by the governors of the States and
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` grades in the same organization when it shall have been received into the service of the United States as a part of the Volunteer Army: 0rg¤¤i¤=*i¤¤$>{¤¤¤ Provided further, That the President may authorize the Secretary of ffi,;.lL_“P°°m° mm" War to organize companies, troops, battalions, or regiments, possessing P•··¢· P- 421- special qualifications, iron: the nation at large not to exceed three thousand megf nude; such_ rules and regulations, ilncluding the appointment of the officers thereo , as may e prescribed y the Secret of War. mmm mengcu. Sec. 7. That all organizations of the Volunteer Army agall be so recruited from time to time as to maintain them as near to their maximum strength as the President may deem necessary, and no new organization shall be accepted into service from any State unless the organizations already in service from such State are as near to their maximum strength of officers and enlisted men as the President may deem necessary. mgszggpsnaggrngzqr Sec. 8. That all returns and muster rolls of organizations of the ‘ ‘ “Volunteer Army and of militia organizations while in the service of the United States shall be rendered to the Adjutant—General of the Army, and upon the disbandment of such organizations the records pertaining to them shall be transferred to and tiled in the Record and wglestm of sick and Pension Qflice of the War Department. And Regimental and all ‘ other Medical officers serving with volunteer troops in the tield or elsewhere shall keep a daily record of all soldiers reported sick, or wounded as shown by the morning calls or reports, and shall deposit such reports with_other reports provided for in this section with the Record and Peipsion office as provided herein, for other reports, returns and muster ro s. __,:_;r':;=;¤i;s¤m,:*`,:1}; Sec. That in time of war, or when war is imminent, the troops in gadesin time urvm. the service of the United States, whether belonging to the Regular or Volunteer Army or to the militia, shall be organized, as far as practi-
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, . .·» ». ; or more ivisions are assembled in the same army the President is authorized to organize tlhem into army corps, each corps to consist of not more than three ivisions. ~·;3g,*};•;trgggj*·¤¤¤·r· , Src. 10. That the staff of the commander of an army corps shall consist of one assistant adputant-general, one chief engineer, one inspectorgeneyalf orgeézhiet ;;uart§rmasi:r,fone chief commissary of subsistence, one u ge voca e,an onec ie sur eon who shall have res ectivel · tgeuralpk of lieutengntcolonel: one gassistant adjutantvgengral, wlid _ s a ave the ran of captain, and the aids-de-cam authorized 5;v·;;i2<;¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ·»* ¤ by laiw. t The pta1g' of thelcommander of a éliivision shall cgnsist of one assis an acgu an -genera , one engineer officer one ins ector- eneral one chief quartermaster, one chief commissary bf subsistence, gud one; H,), mmmmm ,1f-I chief surgeon, who shall have, respectively, the rank of major, and the ,,,,‘,,_,,,_ aidsde-camp authorized by law. The stan of the commander of a
