GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 28. Washington, March 21, 1867. The following Act of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC-No. 74.] AN ACT declaring and fixing the rights of volunteers as a part of the army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in computing the length of service of any officer of the army, in order to determine what allowance and payment of additional or longevity rations he is entitled to, and also in fixing the relative rank to be given to an officer as between himself and others having the same grade and date of appointment and commission, there shall be taken into account and credited to such officer whatever time he may have actually served, whether continuously or at different periods, as a commissioned officer of the United States, either in the regular army, or, since the nineteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in the volunteer service, either under appointment or commission from the Governor of a State or from the President of the United States; and the provision herein contained as to relative rank shall apply to all appointments that have already been made under the "Act to fix the military peace establishment of the United States," approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all matters relating to pay, allowances, rank, duties, privileges, and rights of officers and soldiers of the army of the United States, the same rules and regulations shall apply without distinction for such time as they may be or have been in the service, alike to those who belong permanently to that service and to those who, as volunteers, may be or have been commissioned or mustered into the military service under the laws of the United States for a limited period. But nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting or in any way relating to the militia of the several States when called into the service of the United States. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and for other purposes, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall not be so construed as to increase the emoluments of the commissioned officers of the army at the date of its passage, and the first section of the act entitled "An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, was not intended to be retrospective or retroactive in its operations, and shall not be so construed. Approved, March 2, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 29. Washington, March 21, 1867. The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC RESOLUTION-NO. 37.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the reduction of the military reservation of Fort Riley, and to grant land for bridge purposes to the State of Kansas. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the southwestern boundary of the military reservation of Fort Riley, in the State of Kansas, be, and the same is hereby, declared to be hereafter the channel of the Republican river, from its mouth to the point where said river intersects the present western line of said reservation; and the land released from said reservation, and lying between the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, is hereby granted to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of a bridge over the Republican river, on the public highway leading through the present reservation; but upon the express condition that this grant shall be accepted by the State of Kansas with a guarantee given by said State, by an act of the legislature thereof, that said bridge shall be kept up and maintained in good condition, and shall be free to the use of the government of the United States for all transit purposes forever, without tolls or charges; and on such acceptance and guarantee being filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, together with the certificate of the governor of Kansas that a good and permanent bridge has been constructed over the said Republican river, it shall be the duty of said Secretary to issue patent, for the land hereby granted, to the State of Kansas, or to such company as may be authorized by act of the legislature of said State to construct said bridge: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with any grant of any part of said land heretofore made by the United States. Approved, March 2, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 30. Washington, March 21, 1867. The following Resolution of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned: [PUBLIC RESOLUTION-NO. 35.] JOINT RESOLUTION to enable the Secretary of War to carry out an agreement in relation to water-power for the arsenal at Rock Island. Be it resolved 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 and empowered to carry into effect the recommendations of the commissioners appointed under the acts of April nineteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and June twentyseven, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, relative to the Moline Water Company and the water-power at Rock Island, Illinois, as contained in the report of said commissioners, and to make application for that purpose of the money heretofore appropriated for securing water-power at the head of Rock Island. Approved, March 2, 1867. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. |