SEC. 2. That hereafter whenever any person, who was mustered out as a supernumerary officer of the Army with one year's pay and allow ances, in addition to the pay and allowances due him at the date of his discharge, under the provisions of the act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be reappointed by the President, an officer of the Army, such appointment shall be under, and with the express condi tion, that fifty per cent. of such officer's pay shall be stopped monthly, until the sum total of the extra year's pay and allowances received by him, when mustered out as aforesaid, shall have been refunded to the United States.

No. 21.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, March 12, 1875.

The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned :

I..AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of War to give permission to extend the Hygeia Hotel at Fortress Monroe, Virginia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant permission to Samuel M. Shoemaker, owner of the Hygeia Hotel at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, to enlarge the said hotel in such a manner as may be compatible with the interests of the United States, upon the terms and conditions set forth in joint resolution of the second session of the Fortieth Congress, House of Representatives, numbered forty-six.

Approved February 19, 1875.

II..AN ACT to provide for settlements with certain railway companies.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War and Attorney General are hereby authorized and empowered jointly to adjust and settle the claims of the United States against

The Alexandria, Loudon and Hampshire,

The Edgefield and Kentucky,

The Knoxville and Kentucky,

The McMinnville and Manchester,

The Mobile and Ohio,

The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville,

The Memphis and Little Rock,

The Nashville and Northwestern,

The Southwestern Branch Pacific Railroad of Missouri, and

The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Companies, and all persons and corporations having any interest in the subject growing out of the sale and transfer by the United States of any rights or property to said railway companies above named, respectively, in the years eighteen hun

making such abatement in the amount of such claims, respectively, as shall be deemed just, in respect of an overvaluation, if any, of the property sold, not exceeding twenty-five per centum of the valuation of the prop erty in each case, as made under the authority of the War Department on the occasion of such sales: Provided, That such settlements shall be made within one year next after the passage of this act; and that good and sufficient security be given to the United States by or on behalf of the parties in interest, respectively, who do not pay in cash at the time of settlement, for the payment, with interest, of such sums as shall, on such settlements, be so found due, at such times within ten years as may be agreed upon.

SEC. 2. That this act shall not be construed so as to produce or authorize any delay in the prosecution of said claims respectively other than as aforesaid; and each of said claims not so settled and disposed of as aforesaid shall be prosecuted and enforced according to existing obligations. In such settlements no allowance shall be made in respect of any matter occurring prior to such sales and transfers, nor otherwise, except such payments as may have been made in cash, and such credits for transportation as the general course of the business regulations of the Departments authorizes. And in any such settlements, the said Secretary and Attor ney General shall, as a condition thereof, take a full release from the other parties, respectively, of all claims and demands of every name and nature theretofore existing, if any such there be, against the United

States.

No. 22.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., March 13, 1875.

I.. The increased expenses of the Army on account of the appropriation for regular supplies of the Quartermaster's Department has rendered necessary a reduction of the allowances of fuel and forage.

II. Paragraph No. 1121 of the Army Regulations is modified as follows: The forage ration for horses is twelve pounds of hay and ten pounds of oats, corn, or barley. For mules, twelve pounds of hay and eight pounds of oats, corn, or barley. In special cases of hard service or exposure, the Quartermaster General may authorize the ration of grain to be increased not more than five pounds, when recommended by the Chief Quartermaster of a department, or of an army in the field.

III.. In barracks, twelve pounds of straw per month for bedding will be allowed to each man and company woman. The allowance and change of straw for the sick is regulated by the surgeon. One hundred pounds per month is allowed for bedding to each horse and mule in public service. IV.... The number of rooms and quantity of fuel for officers and men are as follows:

The General, (see note, p. 2.)

The Lieutenant General or a Major General.
A Brigadier General or Colonel.

A Lieutenant Colonel or Major..

A Captain or Chaplain..

A Lieutenant..

The General Commanding the Army.

The Commanding Officer of a geographical division or department..

An Assistant or Deputy Quartermaster General, an Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence, an Assistant Surgeon General, the Assistant Judge Advocate General, the Assistant and Deputy Paymaster General, and the Chief Quartermaster and Chief Commissary of Subsistence at the headquarters of a geographical division

The Commanding Officer of a regiment or post, a
Paymaster, Quartermaster, Assistant Quarter-
master, Commissary of Subsistence. Military
Storekeeper, and Medical Storekeeper, each
An Assistant Adjutant General, an Inspector Gene-
ral or Assistant Inspector General, an Engineer
Officer, *an Ordnance Officer,*a Judge Advocate,
a Medical Purveyor, and the senior Medical
Officer, when stationed on duty at any place not
in the field, each

* Except at Military Academy.
An Acting Assistant Quartermaster, an Acting
Commissary of Subsistence, a regimental or post
Adjutant, when approved by the Quartermaster
General, each

A Wagon and Forage-master, Sergeant-major,
Ordnance Sergeant, Saddler Sergeant, Quarter-
master Sergeant Commissary Sergeant, Hospital
Steward, Regimental Veterinary Surgeon, Chief
Trumpeter, and Principal Musician, each..
Superintendent National Cemetery, (see note. p. 2).
Each non-commissioned officer, musician, private,
and laundress

Each necessary fire for the sick in hospital at a
military post or station, to be regulated by the
Surgeon and commanding officer, not exceeding
For General Hospitals, when necessary, not exceed-
ing, for each bed..

Each Guard-fire, to be regulated by the commanding officer, not exceeding

Each necessary fire for military courts or boards,
at a rate not exceeding

Storehouse of a Commissary, Quartermaster, and
Medical Purveyor, when necessary, not exceeding
A regimental or post mess

Each employé of the Quartermaster or Subsistence
Department to whom subsistence in kind is
issued by the Government

For chapel, reading or school-room, one room and such fuel as may be necessary, to be provided upon the requisition of the Chaplain, approved by the commanding officer..

NOTES.-The allowance for fuel and quarters to the General of the Army of the United States, when his headquarters are in Washington, D. C, is at the rate of $300 per month.

Superintendents of National Cemeteries are provided with Lodges at their respective Cemeteries. In cases where Lodges have not been erected, quarters will be assigned by special authority of the War Department.

The allowances above specified for offices will in no case be exceeded without authority from the Secretary of War.