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hereby discontinued, and that arm is constituted 

 and designated as the artillery corps. It shall be 

 organized as hereinafter specified and shall belong 

 to the line of the army. 



" SEC. 4. That the artillery corps shall com- 

 prise two branches the coast artillery and the 

 field artillery. The coast artillery is denned as 

 that portion charged with the care and use of 

 the fixed and movable elements of land and coast 

 fortifications, including the submarine mine and 

 torpedo defenses; and the field artillery as that 

 portion accompanying an army in the field, and in- 

 cluding field and light artillery proper, horse ar- 

 tillery, siege artillery, mountain artillery, and also 

 machine-gun batteries: Provided, That this shall 

 not be construed to limit the authority of the 

 Secretary of War to order coast artillery to any 

 duty winch the public service demands or to pre- 

 vent the use of machine or other field-guns by any 

 other arm of the service under the direction of the 

 Secretary of War. 



" SEC.* 5. That all officers of artillery shall be 

 placed on one list, in respect to promotion, accord- 

 ing to seniority in their several grades, and shall 

 be" assigned to coast or to field artillery according 

 to their special aptitude for the respective serv- 

 ices. 



" SEC. 6. That the artillery corps shall consist 

 of a chief of artillery, who shall be selected and 

 detailed by the President from the colonels of ar- 

 tillery, to serve on the staff of the general officer 

 commanding the army, and whose duties shall be 

 prescribed by the Secretary of War; 14 colonels, 

 1 of whom shall be the chief of artillery; 13 

 lieutenant-colonels, 39 majors, 195 captains, 195 

 first lieutenants, 195 second lieutenants; and the 

 captains and lieutenants provided for in this sec- 

 tion not required for duty with batteries or com- 

 panies shall be available for duty as staff-officers 

 of the various artillery garrisons and such other 

 details as may be authorized by law and regula- 

 tions; 21 sergeants-major, with the rank, pay, and 

 allowances of regimental sergeants-major of in- 

 fantry; 27 sergeants-major, with the rank, pay, 

 and allowances of battalion sergeants-major of 

 infantry ; 1 electrician sergeant to each coast artil- 

 lery post having electrical appliances; 30 batteries 

 of field artillery, 126 batteries of coast artillery, 

 and 10 bands organized as now authorized by law 

 for artillery regiments: Provided, That the aggre- 

 gate number of enlisted men for the artillery, as 

 provided under this act, shall not exceed 18,920, 

 exclusive of electrician sergeants. 



'* SEC. 7. That each company of coast artillery 

 shall be organized as is now prescribed by law 

 for a battery of artillery: Provided, That the en- 

 listed strength of any company may be fixed, un- 

 der the direction of the Secretary of War, accord- 

 ing to the requirements of the service to which 

 it may be assigned: And provided, That first-class 

 gunners shall receive $2 a month, and second-class 

 gunners $1 per month in addition to their pay. 



" SEC. 8. That each battery of field artillery 

 shall be organized as is now prescribed by law, 

 and the enlisted strength thereof shall be fixed 

 under the direction of the Secretary of War. 



" SEC. 9. That the increase herein provided for 

 the artillery shall be made as follows: Not less 

 than 20 per centum before July 1, 1901, and not 

 less than 20 per centum each succeeding twelve 

 months until the total number provided for shall 

 have been attained. All vacancies created or 

 caused by this act shall be filled by promotion ac- 

 cording to seniority in the artillery arm. Second 

 lieutenants of infantry or cavalry may, in the dis- 

 cretion of the President, be transferred to the artil- 

 lery arm, taking rank therein according to date 



of commission, and such transfers shall be sub- 

 ject to approval by a board of artillery officers 

 appointed -to pass upon the capacity of such 

 officers for artillery service: Provided, That the 

 increase of onicers of artillery shall be only in pro- 

 portion to the increase of men. 



" SEC. 10. That each regiment of infantry shall 

 consist of 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 3 majors, 

 15 captains, 15 first lieutenants, and -15 second 

 lieutenants; 1 sergeant-major, one quartermaster- 

 sergeant, 1 commissary-sergeant, 3 battalion ser- 

 geants-major, 2 color sergeants, with rank, pay, 

 and allowances of battalion sergeants-major, 1 

 band, and 12 companies, organized into 3 battal- 

 ions of 4 companies each. Of the officers herein 

 provided, the captains and lieutenants not re- 

 quired for duty with the companies shall be avail- 

 able for detail as regimental and battalion staff- 

 officers and such other details as may be author- 

 ized by law or regulations. Battalion adjutants 

 shall receive $1,800 per annum and the allo\v- 

 ances of first lieutenants, mounted; battalion 

 quartermasters and commissaries shall receive 

 $1,600 per annum and the allowances of second 

 lieutenants, mounted. Each infantry band shall 

 be organized as now provided by law r . Each in- 

 fantry company shall consist of 1 captain, 1 first 

 lieutenant, 1 second lieutenant, 1 first sergeant, 



1 quartermaster-sergeant, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 



2 cooks, 2 musicians, 1 artificer, and 48 privates, 

 the commissioned officers to be assigned from 

 those hereinbefore authorized: Provided, That the 

 President, in his discretion, may increase the 

 number of sergeants in any company of infantry 

 to 6, the number of corporals to 10, and the num- 

 ber of privates to 127, but the total number of en- 

 listed men authorized for the whole army shall 

 not, at any time, be exceeded. 



"SEC. 11. That the enlisted force of the corps 

 of engineers shall consist of 1 band and 3 bat- 

 talions of engineers. The engineers band shall 

 be organized as now provided by law for bands 

 of infantry regiments. Each battalion of engi- 

 neers shall consist of 1 sergeant-major, 1 quarter- 

 master-sergeant, and 4 companies. Each company 

 of engineers shall consist of 1 first sergeant, 1 

 quartermaster-sergeant, with the rank, pay, and 

 allowances of sergeant, 8 sergeants, 10 corporals, 

 2 musicians, 2 cooks, 38 first-class and 38 second- 

 class privates: Provided, That the President may, 

 in his discretion, increase the number of sergeants 

 in any company of engineers to 12, the number of 

 corporals to 18, the number of first-class privates 

 to 64, and the number of second-class privates to 

 64, but the total number of enlisted men author- 

 ized for the whole army shall not, at any time, be 

 exceeded: And provided, That officers detailed 

 from the corps of engineers to serve as battalion 

 adjutants and battalion quartermasters and com- 

 missaries shall, while so serving, receive the pay 

 and allowances herein authorized for battalion 

 staff-officers of infantry regiments. 



" SEC. 12. That the President is authorized to 

 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 

 the Senate, chaplains in the army, at the rate of 

 1 for each regiment of cavalry and infantry in the 

 United States service and 12 for the corps of 

 artillery, with the rank, pay, and allowances of 

 captains of infantry: Provided, That no person 

 shall be appointed a chaplain in the regular army 

 who shall have passed the age of forty years, nor 

 until he shall have established his fitness as re- 

 quired by existing law: And provided, That the of- 

 fice of post chaplain is abolished, and the officers 

 now holding commissions as chaplains, or who 

 may hereafter be appointed chaplains, shall be as- 

 signed to regiments or to the corps of artillery. 



