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CONGRESS. (WAR MEASURES.) 



Regular Army shall be entitled to retain his rank 

 therein : I'ro'riili-d. That each general officer of the 

 Volunte.-r Army shall be entitled to the number of 

 aids-de-camp authorized for an officer of like grade 

 in the Regular Army. 



" SKC. 12. That all officers and enlisted men of 

 the Volunteer Army, and of the militia of the 

 States when in the' service of the United States, 

 shall be in all *espects on the same footing as to 

 pay. allowances, and pensionsas that of officers and 

 enlisted men of corresponding grades in the Reg- 

 ular Army. 



. 13. That the governor of any State or Ter- 

 ritory may with the consent of the President ap- 

 point officers of the Regular Army in the grades of 

 hYld officers in organizations of the Volunteer 

 Army, and officers thus appointed shall be entitled 

 to retain their rank in the Regular Army: Pro- 

 riihil. That m>t mure than one officer of the Regular 

 Army .-hall hold a commission in any one regiment 

 of the Volunteer Army at the same time. 



"SEC. 14. That the general commanding a sepa- 

 rate department or a detached army is authorized 

 to appoint from time to time military boards of not 

 less i han three nor more than five volunteer offi- 

 cers of the Volunteer Army to examine into the ca- 

 pacity, qualifications, conduct, and efficiency of 

 any commissioned officer of said army within his 

 command : Provided, That each member of the 

 board shall be superior in rank to the officer whose 

 qualifications are to be inquired into : And provided 

 further, That if the report of such a board is ad- 

 verse to the continuance of any officer, and the re- 

 j)ort be approved by the President, such officer 

 shall be discharged from service in the Volunteer 

 Army, at the discretion of the President, with one 

 month's pay and allowances. 



" SEC. 15." That all acts and parts of acts incon- 

 sistent with the provisions hereof be, and the same 

 are hereby, repealed." 



Subsequently the following act amendatory of 

 the above was passed : 



" Be it enacted, etc., That so much of section 10 

 of the act approved April 22, 1898, entitled 'An 

 Act to provide for temporarily increasing the mili- 

 tary establishment of the United States in time of 

 war, and for other purposes," as provides that of- 

 ficers appointed or assigned to the staff of com- 

 manders of army corps, divisions, and brigades 

 shall serve only in such capacity, and that when 

 relieved from such staff service such appointments 

 or assignments shall terminate,' be, and the same 

 is hereby, repealed, and that assignments of the 

 officers of the volunteer staff shall be governed by 

 tin- same rules and regulations as those of the Reg"- 

 nlar Army." 



A bill was passed and approved by the President, 

 June 17. "to organize a hospital corps of the navy 

 of the United States, to define its duties and reg- 

 ulate its pay." The following is the text of the 

 measure : 



Hi- it enacted, etc., That a hospital corps of the 

 United States navy is hereby established, and shall 

 consist of pharmacists, hospital stewards, hospital 

 apprentices (first class), and hospital apprentices ; 

 and for this purpose the Secretary of the Navy is 

 empowered to appoint 25 pharmacists with the 

 rank, pay, and privileges of warrant officers, re- 

 movable at the discretion of the Secretary, and to 

 enlist, or cause to be enlisted, as many* hospital 

 stewards, hospital apprentices (first class)^ and hos- 

 pital apprentices us in his judgment may be. neces- 

 sary, and to limit or fix the number, and to make 

 such regulation.- as may be required for their enlist- 

 ment and government. Enlisted men in the navy 

 or the Marine Corps shall be eligible for transfer to 

 the hospital corps, and vacancies occurring in the 



grade of pharmacist shall be filled by the Secretary 

 of the Navy by selection from those holding the 

 rate of hospital steward. 



"Ssc. 2. That all necessary Jiospital and ambu- 

 lance service at naval hospitals, naval stations, navy 

 yards, and marine barracks, and on vessels of the 

 navy, Coast Survey, and Fish Commission, shall be 

 performed by the 'members of said corps, and the 

 corps shall be permanently attached to the medical 

 department of the navy, and shall be included in 

 the effective strength of the navy and be counted 

 as a part of the enlisted force provided by law. and 

 shall be subject to the laws and regulations for the 

 government of the navy. 



"SEC. 3. That the pay of hospital stewards shall 

 be $60 a month, the pay of hospital apprentices 

 (first class) $24 a month, and the pay of hospital 

 apprentices $18 a month, with the increase on ac- 

 count of length of service as is now or may here- 

 after be allowed by law to other enlisted men in the 

 navy. 



'SEC. 4. That all benefits derived from existing 

 laws, or that may hereafter be allowed by law, to 

 other warrant officers or enlisted men in the navy 

 shall be allowed in the same manner to the warrant 

 officers or enlisted men in the hospital corps of the 

 navy. 



" SEC. 5. That all acts and parts of acts, so far as 

 they conflict with the provisions of this act, arc 

 hereby repealed." 



A joint resolution was passed for "the organiza- 

 tion and enrollment of the United States auxiliary 

 naval force," and approved by the President, May 

 26, 1898, as follows : 



"Resolved, etc., That a United States auxiliary 

 naval force is hereby authorized to be established, 

 to be enrolled in such numbers as the President 

 may deem necessary, not exceeding 3,000 enlisted 

 men, for the exigencies of the present war with 

 Spain, and to serve for a period of one year, or less, 

 and shall be disbanded by the President at the con- 

 clusion of the war. 



"SEC. 2. That the chief of the United States 

 auxiliary naval force shall be detailed by the Sec- 

 retary of the Navy from the active or retired list 

 of the line officers of the navy not below the grade 

 of captain, who shall receive the highest pay of his 

 grade while so employed. 



"SEC. 3. That enlistment into the United States 

 auxiliary naval force shall be made by such officer 

 or officers as the Navy Department may detail for 

 the purpose, who shall also select from merchant 

 vessels and other available sources such volunteers 

 as may be deemed best fitted for service as officers 

 in said force, and shall report to the Secretary of 

 the Navy, for his action, their names and the grade 

 for which each is recommended. 



"SEc. 4. That for the purposes of this organiza- 

 tion the coast line shall be divided into dNtriets, 

 each of which shall be in charge of an assistant to 

 the chief of the United States auxiliary naval force; 

 and such assistant chiefs may be detailed by the 

 Secretary of the Navy from the officers of the active 

 or retired list of the line of the navy, or appointed 

 by him from civil life, not above the rank of lieu- 

 tenant commander. 



"SEC. 5. That the officers and men comprising 

 the United States auxiliary naval force shall receive 

 the same pay and emoluments as those holding 

 similar rank or rate in the regular navy; and all 

 matters relating to the organization, discipline, and 

 government of men in said force shall conform t( 

 the laws and regulations governing the United 

 States navy. 



" SEC. 6. That the chief of the United States aux- 

 iliary naval force, or such officers as the Navy 

 Department may detail for such service, may, with 



