%S -— "-"?"—'-■ rt-rr— --—- ------- ,~ -— ~ ■4 1 -! s St LAW OK TIIF. PROVISIONAL CONGRESS OK THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN RELATION TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT. ,'! 1861/. RIC II M ONI). TYLER, W I 8 K & A L I; E O K E . ENQUIRER BOOK AM) JOB OFFICE LAWS OF THE PROVISIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN RELATION TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT 1861. RICHMOND. TYLER, WISE k ALLEGRE. ENQUIRE BOOK AND JOB OFFICE 1861. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. A RESOLUTION In relation to the occupation of the Forts and Arsenals, &c. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That this Government takes under its charge the questions and difficulties now existing between the several States of this Confederacy, and the Government of the United States of America, relating to the ocaupation of forts, arsenals, navy yards, and other public establishments ; and that the President of the Congress be directed to communicate this resolution to the several States of this Confederacy through the respective Governors thereof. Adopted, February 12, 1861. AN ACT To establish the War Department. Section 1 . T/ie Congress of tlie Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That an Executive Department be and the same is hereby established, under the name of the War De- partment, the chief officer of which shall be called the Secre- tary of War. Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That said Secretary shall, under the direction and control of the President, have charge of all matters and things connected with the army, and with the Indian tribes within the limits of the Confede- racy, and shall perform such duties appertaining to the army, and to said Indian tribes, as may from time to time be as- signed to him by the President. Sec 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of said Department is hereby authorized to appoint a chief clerk thereof, and u many interior clerks u may be found necessary, and may be authorized by law. Approved, February 21, 1861. AN ACT For the Establishment and Organization of a General Staff for the Army of the Confederate States of America. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact. That from and after the passing of this act, the General Staff of the Army of the Confederate States shall consisl of an Adjutant and Inspector General's Depart- ment, Quartermaster General's Department, Subsistence De- partment, and the Medical Department. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Adjutant and In- spector General's Department shall consist of one Adjutant and Inspector General with the rank of Colonel, four As- sistant Adjutants General with the rank of Major, and four Assistant Adjutants General with the rank of Captain. Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That the Quartermaster General's Department shall consist of one Quartermaster General with the rank of Colonel, six Quartermasters with the rank of Major, and as many Assistant Quartermasters as may from time to time be required by the service may be detailed by the War Department from the subalterns of the line, who, in addition to their pay in the line, shall receive twenty dollars per month while engaged in that service. The Quartermasters herein provided for shall also discharge the duties of paymasters, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. Sec. I. Hi it further enacted, That the Commissary ( Jene- ral's Department shall consist of one Commissary General with the rank of Colonel, four Commissaries with the rank of Captain; and as many Assistant Commissaries as may from time to time be required by the service may be detailed by the War Department from the subalterns of the line, who, in addition to their pay in the line, shall receive twenty dollars per month while engaged in that service. The Assistant Quar- termasters and Assistant Commissaries shall be subject to duties in both Departments at the same time, but shall not receive the additional compensation but in one department. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Medical Depart- ment shall consist of one Surgeon General with rank of Colonel, four Surgeons with the rank of Major, and six As- sistant Surgeons with the rank of Captain ; and as many Assistant Surgeons as the service may require may he em- ployed by the Department of War, and receive the pay of Assistant Surgeons. Sec 6. Be it further enacted, That the officers of the Ad- jutant General's, Quartermaster General's and Commissary General's Department, though eligible to command, accord- ing to the rank they hold in the army of the Confederate States of America, shall not assume command of troops, unless put on duty under orders which specially so direct by authority of the President. The officers of the Medical Department shall not exercise command except in their own Department. Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That the Staff Officers here- in provided for, shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Congress, and shall re- ceive such pay and allowances as shall be hereafter established by law. Approved, February 26, 1861. AN ACT To raise Provisional Forces for the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That to enable the Government of the Confe- derate States to maintain its jurisdiction over all questions of peace and war, and to provide for the public defence, the President be and he is hereby authorized and directed to as- sume control of all military operations in every State, having reference to or connection with questions between said States, or any of them, and powers foreign to them. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the President ie hereby authorized to receive from the several States the arms and munitions of war which have been acquired from the United States, and which are now in the forts, arsenals and navy yards of the the said States', and all other arms and munitions which they may desire to turn over and make chargeable to this Government. / Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the President be au- thorized to receive into the service of this Government such forces now in the service of said States as may be tendered, or who may volunteer, by consent of their State, in sueh numbers as lie may require, for any time not less than twelve months, unless sooner discharged. Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That such forces may be re- ceived with their officers, by companies, battalions or regi- ments, and when so received shall form a part of the Provi- sional Army of the Confederate States, according to the terms of their enlistment ; and the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of Congress, such gene- ral officer or officers for said forces as may be necessary for the service. Sec 5. Be it further enacted. That said forces, when re- ceived into the service of this Government, shall have the same pay and allowances as may he provided by law for vol- unteers entering the service, or for the army of the Confede- rate States, and shall be subject to the same rules and gov- ernment. Approved, February 28, 1861. AN ACT To provide for the Public Defence. Section 1. T/ie Congress of the Confederate States of Aim- rica do crtact, That in order to provide speedily forces to repel invasion, maintain the rightful possession of the Con- federate States of America in every portion of territory be- longing to each State, and to secure the public tranquility and independence against threatened assault, the President be and he is hereby authorized t" employ the militia, military and naval forces of the Confederate States of America, and to ask for and accept the services of any number of volun- teers, not exceeding one hundred thousand, who may offer their services, either as cavalry, mounted riflemen, artillery or infantry, in such proportion of these several arms as he may deem expedient, to serve for twelve months after they shall be mustered into service, unless sooner discharged. Sic. 2. And be it further enacted, That the militia, when called into service by virtue of this act or any oilier act, if in the opinion of the President the public interest requires, 7 * may be compelled to serve for a term not exceeding six months after they shall be mustered into service, unless sooner discharged. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall furnish their own clothes, and, if mounted men, their own horses and horse equipments ; and when mustered into service, shall be armed by the States from which they come, or by the Confederate States of America. Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall when called into actual service, and while remaining therein, be subject to the rules and articles of war, and in- stead of clothing, every non-commissioned officer and private in any company shall be entitled, when called into actual service, to money in a sum equal to the cost of clothing of a non-commissioned officer or private in the regular army of the Confederate States of America. Sec 5. And be it fur titer enacted, That the said volunteers so offering their services may be accepted by the President in companies, squadrons, battalions and regiments, whose officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law in the several States to which they shall respectively belong ; but when inspected, mustered, and received into the service of the Confederate States, said troops shall be regarded in all respects as a part of the army of said Confederate States, according to the terms of their respective enlistments. Sec 6. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized to organize companies so tendering their services into battalions or squadron's, battalions or squadrons into regiments, regiments into brigades, and brigades into divisions, whenever in his judgment such organization may be expedient ; and whenever brigades or divisions shall be organized, the President shall appoint the commanding officers for such brigades and divisions, subject to the confirmation of Congress, who shall hold their offices only while such brigades and divisions are in service; and the President shall, if necessary, apportion the staff and general officers among the respective States from which the volunteers shall tender their services, as he may deem proper. Sec 7. And be it further enacted, That whenever the militia or volunteers are called and received into the service of the Confederate States, under the provisions of this act, they shall have the same organization, and shall have the same pay and allowances as may be provided for the regular army ; and all mounted non-commissioned officers, privates, • 8 musicians and artificers, shall be allowed forty cents per day for the use and risk of their horses; and if any volunteer shall not keep himself provided with a serviceable horse, such volunteer shall serve on foot. For horses killed in ac- tion, volunteers shall be allowed compensation according to their appraised value at the date of muster into service. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Thai the field and staff officers of a separate battalion of volunteers .-hall be one Lieutenant Colonel or Major, one Adjutant with the rank of Lieutenant, one Sergeanl Major, one Quartermaster Sergeant, and a chief Bugler or principal Musician, according to corps; and that each company shall he entitled to an additional 2nd Lieutenant; and that the President may limit the privates in any volunteer company, according to his discretion, at from sixty-four to one hundred. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That when volunteer? or militia are called into the service of the Con federate States in such numbers that the officers of the Quartermas- ter, Commissary, and Medical Departments, which may be authorized by law for the regular service, are not sufficient to provide for the supplying, quartering, transporting, and furnishing them with the requisite medical attendance, it shall be lawful for the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Congress, as many additional officers of said Departments as the service may require, not exceeding one Commissary and one Quartermaster for each brigade, with the rank of Major, and one Assistant Quartermaster with the rank of Captain, and one Assistant Commissary with the raid; of Captain, one Surgeon and one Assistant Surgeon for each regiment; the said Quartermasters and Commissaries, Assistant Quartermasters and Commissaries, to give bonds with good sureties for the faithful perform- ance of their duties, the said officers to. be allowed the same pay and emoluments as shall be allowed to officers of the same grade in the regular service, and to be subject to the rules and articles of war, and to continue in service only so long as their services may be required in connection with the militia or volunteers. Sec 10. And be it further enacted, That the President be and he is hereby authorized to purchase or charter, arm. equip and man such merchant vessels and steamships or boats as may be found fit or easily converted into armed ves- sels, and in such number as he may deem necessary for .the protection of the seaboard and the general defence of the country. Approved, March 6, 1861. AN ACT. For the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That from and after the passage of this act the military establishment of the Confederate States shall be com- posed of one corps of engineers, one corps of artillery, six regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and of the staff departments already established by law. Sec. 2. The corps of engineers shall consist of one Colonel, four Majors, five Captains, and one company of sappers, miners and pontoniers, which shall consist of ten sergeants or master workmen, ten corporals or overseers, two musicians, and thirty-nine privates of the first class, or artificers, and thirty-nine privates of the second class, or laborers, makinc in all one hundred. Sec 3. The said company shall be officered by one Cap- tain of the corps of engineers, and as many Lieutenants, to be selected by the President from the line of the army, as he may deem necessary for the service, and shall be instruct- ed in and perform all the duties of sappers, miners and pon- toniers, and shall, moreover, under the orders of the chief of engineers, be liable to serve by detachments in overseeing and aiding laborers upon fortications or other works, under the En- gineer Department, and in supervising finished fortifications, as fortkeepers, preventing injury and making repairs. Sec 4. It shall be the duty of the Colonel of the engi- neer corps, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. to prescribe the number, quantity, forms, dimensions, &c, of the necessary vehicles, arms, pontons, tools, implements, and other supplies foi#thc service of the said companv as a body of sappers, miners and pontoniers. Sec o. The Corps of Artillery, which shall also be charged with ordnance duties, shall consist of one Colonel. one Lieutenant Colonel, ten Majors, and forty companies of artillerists and artificers, and each company shall consist of one Captain, two first Lieutenants, one second Lieutenant. 10 four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians and seventy privates. There shall also be one Adjutant, to be selected by the Colonel from the first Lieutenants, and one Sergeant Major, to be selected from the enlisted men of the corps. The President may equip as light batteries, of six pieces each, such of these companies as he may deem expedient, not exceeding four, in time of peace. Sec. 6. Each regiment of infantry shall consist of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, one Major and ten compa- nies ; each company shall consist of one Captain, one first Lieutenant, two second Lieutenants, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians and ninety privates ; and to each regiment there shall be attached one Adjutant, to be selected from the Lieutenants, and one Sergeant Major, to be selected from the enlisted men^of the regiment. Sec 7. The regiment of cavalry shall consist of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, one Major and ten compa- nies, each of which shall consist of one Captain, one first Lieutenant, two second Lieutenants, four sergeants, four corporals, one farrier, one blacksmith, two musicians and sixty privates. There shall also be one Adjutant and one Sergeant Major, to be selected as aforesaid. Sec. 8. There shall be four Brigadier Generals, who shall be assigned to such commands and duties as the President mav specially direct, and shall be entitled to one Aid-de- Camp each, to be selected from the subalterns of the line of the army, who, in addition to their duties as Aids-de-Camp, may perform the duties of Assistants Adjutant General. Sec. 9. All officers of the army shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Con- gress, and the rank and file shall be enlisted for a term not less than three nor more than five years, under such regula- tions as may be established. Sec. 10. No officer shall be appointed in the army until he shall have passed an examination satisfactory to the Pre- sident, and in such manner as he may prescribe, as to his character and fitness for the service. The President, how- ever, shall have power to postpone thfe examination for one year after appointment, if in his judgment necessary for the public interest. Sec 11. AJU vacancies in established regiments and corps, to and including the rank of Colonel, shall be filled by pro- motion according to seniority, except in case of disability or Other incompetency. Promotions to and including the rank 11 of Colonel shall be made regimentally in the infantry and cavalry, in the staff departments, and in the engineers and artillery, according to corps. Appointments to the rank of Brigadier General, after the army is organized, shall be made by selection from the army. Sec. 12. The President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to appoint to the lowest grades of subaltern officers such meritorious non-commissioned officers as may, upon the recommendations of their Colonels and company officers, be brought before an army board, specially convened for the purpose, and found qualified for the duties of com- missioned officers, and to attach them to regiments or corps, as supernumerary officers, if there be no vacancies : Pro- vided, There shall not be more than one, so attached to any one company at the same time. Sec 13. The pay of a Brigadier General shall be three hundred and one dollars per month. The Aid-de-Camp of a Brigadier General, in addition to his pay as Lieutenant, shall receive thirty-five dollars per month. Sec 14. The monthly pay of • the officers of the corps of engineers shall be as follows: of the Colonel, two hundred and ten dollars ; of a Major, one hundred and sixty-two dollars ; of a Captain, one hundred and forty dollars ; Lieu- tenants serving with the company of sappers and miners shall receive the pay of cavalry officers of the same grade. Sec 1.5. The monthly pay of the Colonel of the corps of artillery shall be two hundred and ten dollars ; of a Lieuten- ant Colonel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars ; of a Major, one hundred and fifty dollars, and when serving on ordnance duty, one hundred and sixty-two dollars; of a. Captain, one hundred and thirty dollars ; of a first Lieutenant, ninety dollars ; of a second Lieutenant, eighty dollars ; and the Ad- jutant shall receive, in addition to his pay as Lieutenant, ten dollars per month. Officers of artillery serving in the light artillery, or performing ordnance duty, shall receive th^ same pay as officers of cavalry of the same grade. Sec 16. The monthly pay of the officers of the infantry shall be as follows : of a Colonel, one hundred and ninety- five dollars ; of a Lieutenant Colonel, one hundred and seventy dollars ; of a Major, one hundred and fifty dollars ; of a Captain, one hundred and thirty dollars ; of a first Lieutenant, ninety dollars; of a second Lieutentant, eighty dollars; the Adjutant, in addition to his pay as Lieutenant, ten dollars. II Sfx. 17. The monthly pay of the officers of the cavalry shall be as follows: of a Colonel, two hundred and ten dol- lars; of a Lieutenant Colonel^ one hundred and eighty-five dollars; a Major, one hundred and sixty-two dollars ; a Cap- tain, one hundred and forty dollars; a first Lieutenant, one hundred dollars; a second Lieutenant, ninety dollars; the Adjutant, ten dollars per month, in addition to his pay as Lieutenant. Skc 18. The pay of the officers of the general staff. except those of the Medical Department, shall fie the same as that of officers of cavalry of the same grade. The Sur- geon General Bhall receive an annual salary of three thou- Band dollars, which shall he in full of all pay and allowances, except fuel and quarters. The monthly pay of a Surgeon, of ten years 1 service in that grade, shall be two hundred dollars; a Surgeon of less than ten years' service in that grade, one hundred and sixty-two dollars; an Assistant Sur- geou of ten years' service in that grade, one hundred and fifty dollars; an Assistant Surgeon of five years' ser\ ice in that grade, one hundred and thirty dollars ; and an Assistant. Surgeon of less than five years' service, one hundred and ten dollars. Sec. 19. There shall be allowed, in addition to the pay hereinbefore provided, to every commissioned officer, except the Surgeon General, nine dollars per month for every five years' service; and to the officers of the army of the United States, who have resigned or may resign to be received into the service of the Confederate States, this additional pay shall be allowed from the date of their entrance into the former service. There shall also be an additional monthly allowance to every General officer commanding in chief a separate army actually in the field, of one hundred dollars. Skc. 20. The pay of officers as hereinbefore established shall be in full of all allowances, except forage, find, quarters aftd traveling expenses while traveling under orders. The allowance of forage, fuel and quarters shall be fixed by regu- lations and shall lie furnished in kind, except when officers are serving at stations without troops where public quarters cannot be had, in which ease they may he allowed, in lieu of forage, eight dollars per month tor each horse to which they may he entitled, provided they are actually kept in service and mustered, and quarters may be commuted at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of War, and fuel at the market 13 price delivered. An officer when travelling under orders shall be allowed mileage at the rate of ten cents per mil; Sec. 21. In time of war, officers of the army shall be entitled to draw forage for horses, according to grade, as follows: A Brigadier General, four; the Adjutant and In- spector General, Quartermaster General, Commissary Gene- ral, and the Colonels of engineers, artillery, infantry and cavalry, three each ; all Lieutenant Colonels and Majors, and Captains of the general staff, engineer corps, light artil- lery and cavalry, three each ; Lieutenants serving in the corps of engineers, Lieutenants of light artillery and of cavalry, two each. In time of peace : general and field officers, three ; officers below the rank of field officers, in the general staff, corps of engineers, light artillery and cavalry, two : Provided in all cases that the horses are ac- tually kept in service and mustered. No enlisted man in the service of the Confederate States shall be employed as a servant by any officer of the army. Sec. 22. The monthly pay of the enlisted men of the army of the Confederate States shall be as follows : That of a sergeant or master workman of the engineer corps, thirty- four dollars; that of a corporal or overseer, twenty dollars ; privates of the first class, or artificers, seventeen dollars ; and privates of the second class, or laborers, and musicians, thirteen dollars. The Sergeant Major of cavalry, twenty- one dollars ; first sergeants, twenty dollars ; Bergeants, seventeen dollars; Corporals, farriers and blacksmiths, thir- teen dollars ; musicians, thirteen dollars ; and privates twelve dollars. The Sergeants Major of artillery and infantry, twenty-one dollars ; first sergeants, twenty dollars each ; sergeants, seventeen dollars ; corporals and artificers, thir- teen dollars ; musicians, twelve dollars ; and privates eleven dollars each. The non-commissioned officers, artificers, musicians and privates serving in light batteries shall receive the same pay as those of cavalry. Sec 23. The President shall be authorized to enlist as many Master Armorers, Master Carriage-makers, Master Blacksmiths, armorers, carriage-makers, blacksmiths, arti- ficers, and laborers, for ordnance service, as he may deem necessary, not exceeding in all one hundred men, who shall be attached to the corps of artillery. The pay of a Master Armorer, Master Carriage-maker, or Master Blacksmith, shall be thirty-tour dollars per month ; armorers, carriage-makers 14 and blacksmiths, twenty dollars per month ; artificers, seven- teen dollars, and laborers, thirteen dollars per month. Sec 24. Each enlisted man of the army of the Confede- rate States shall receive one ration per day, and a yearly allowance of clothing, the quantity and kind of each to be established by regulations from the War Department, to be approved by the President. . Sec. 25. Rations shall generally be issued in kind, but under circumstances rendering a commutation necessary. The commutation value of the ration shall be fixed by regu- lations of the War Department, to be approved by the Pre- sident. Sec. 26. The officers appointed in the army of the Con- federate States by virtue of this act, shall perform all military duties to which they may be severally assigned by authority of the President, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, to prepare and publish regulations, prescribing the details of every department in the service, for the general government of the army, which regulations shall lie approved by the President, and when so approved shall be binding. Sec 27. All officers of the Quartermaster's and Commis- sary Departments shall, previous to entering on the duties of their respective offices, give bonds with good and sufficient sureties to the Confederate States, in such sum as the Secre- tary of War shall direct, fully to account for all moneys and public property which they may receive. Sec 28. Neither the Quartermaster General, the Com- missary General, nor any or either of their assistants, shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any articles intended for, making a part of, or appertain- ing to public supplies, except for and on account of the Con- federate States ; nor shall they, or either of them, take or apply to his or their own use any gain or emolument for ne- gotiating any business in their respective departments, other than what is or may be allowed by law. Sec 29. The Rules and Articles of War established by the laws of the United States of America for the govern- ment of the army are hereby declared to be of force, except that wherever the words "United States" occur, the words "Confederate States" shall be substituted therefor; and except that the articles of war numbers sixty-one and sixty- two are hereby abrogated, and the following articles substi- tuted therefor : Article 61. Officers having brevets or commissions of a 15 prior date to those of the corps in which they serve will take place on courts martial or of inquiry, and on boards detailed for military purposes, when composed of different corps, ac- cording to the ranks given them in their brevet or former commissions, but in the regiment, corps, or company, to which such officers belong, they shall do duty and take rank, both in courts and on boards as aforesaid, which shall be composed of their own corps, according to the commission by which they are there mustered. Article 62. If upon marches, guards, or in quarters, dif- ferent corps shall happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank, according to the commission by which he is mustered in the army, navy, marine corps, or militia, there on duty by orders from competent authority, shall command the whole and' give orders for what is needful for the service, unless otherwise directed by the President of the Confederate States in orders of special assignment providing for the case. Sec 30. The President shall call into the service of the Confederate States only so many of the troops herein pro- vided for as he may deem the safety of the Confederacy may require. Sec 31. All laws or parts of laws of the United States, which have been adopted by the Congress of the Confederate States, repugnant to or inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, March 6, 1861. AN ACT To create the Clerical Force of the several Executive De- partments of the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes. Section 1. Tlie Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the Clerical force of the several depart- ments of the Confederate States of America shall consist of the following officers : To the War Department there shall be a Chief of the Bureau of War, at an annual salary of three thousand dollars, and five clerks, who shall each receive twelve hundred dollars per annum ; and one of them may be appointed disbursing clerk, with an additional salary of six hundred dollars, who shall give bond with sureties to be 16 approved by the Secretary of War. There shall also ho one messenger, whose compensation shall be five hundred dollars per annum. And to all of the bureaus of the War De- partment, viz: the. Adjutant and Inspector ( Jeneral, Quar- termaster General, the Commissary General, the Surgeon General, the Chief Engineer and the Artillery, there shall be fourteen clerks, seven of whom shall receive each a salary of twelve hundred dollars, and seven a salary each of one thousand dollars per annum. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to assign said clerks to duty in the respective offices as enumerated, as in his judgment will best promote the public service. And to each of said named bureaus, except the office of Sur- geon General, there shall be, if deemed necessary by the Secretary of War. a messenger, at an annual compensation of five hundred dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Attorney General, and Post- master General arc hereby authorized to employ such other clerical force in their respective departments as the exigen- cies of the public service may absolutely require, being limited in the compensation to the lower grade of salary for clerks provided for in this bill ; they are also empowered to employ such laborers for their respective offices as may be required, not exceeding one for each of the executive de- partments, and whose compensation shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents per day. Approved, March 7, 18G1. AN ACT Making appropriation lor the support of Three Thousand Men for twelve months, to be called into service at Charles- ton, South Carolina, under the third and fourth sections of an "Act of the Congress '-To raise Provisional Forces for the Confederate States of America and for other pur- poses." Section 1. The Congress of tlvt Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the following appropriations be made for the support of the provisional troops called into service by the act aforesaid : Pay of the troops, six hundred and fifty- eight thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Forage for 17 officers' horses and quartermasters' animals and cavalry horses, twenty thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars. Subsistence for troops two hundred and seventy thousand dol- lars. Clothing for troops, two hundred thousand dollars. Camp and garrison equipage, eighteen thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents. Supplies for the quartermaster's department, seventy-six thousand one hun- dred and sixty dollars. Fuel for troops and hospitals, fifty- nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars. Mcdi- cal and hospital department, twenty thousand dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the additional sum of eight hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and twenty- eight dollars and forty-five cents is hereby appropriated for the support of two thousand additional troops to be called into the service of the Confederate States for twelve months, at Charleston, South Carolina, whenever in the discretion of the President their services may be required. Approved, March 11, 1861. AN ACT Making appropriations for the support of the Regular Armv of the Confederate States of America for twelve months, and for other purposes. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the following appropriations are made for the support of the regular army for twelve months, viz : For expenses of recruiting and for transportation of recruits, one hundred and ninety-two thousand five hundred dollars. Pay of the army, two millions seventy thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars. Forage for officers' horses and for cav- alry and light artillery horses, one hundred and seven thou- sand two hundred dollars. Subsistence for troops, nine hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Clothing for the army, six hundred and forty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Camp and garrison equipage, sixty thousand dollars. Supplies for the Quartermaster's department — consisting of fuel for the officers, enlisted men. guards, hospitals, store-houses and offices ; of forage in kind for horses, mules and oxen of the Quartermaster's de- partment, at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the field ; of postage on letters and packages received and 2 18 sent by officers of the army <>n public service; expenses of courts martial and courts of enquiry, including the additional compensation of judge advocates, recorders, members, and witnesses, while in thai service; extra pay to soldiers en> ployed under the direction of the Quartermaster's department in the erection of barracks, Quarters, Btore-houses, and hos- pitals, fit i- constant labor for periods of not less than ten da including those employed as clerk- ; expense of interment ef officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field, or at the posts on the frontiers, and ol non-commissioned offi- cers and soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of Labor* ersin the Quartermaster's department ; compensation of clerks of the officers of the Quartermaster's department; for the apprehension of deserters and the expenses incident to their pursuit; for the following expenses required for the regiment of cavalry and for the four batteries of light artillery ; namely. the purchase of traveling forges, blacksmith's and Bhoeing tools, horse aud mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for Bhoeing; medicine for horses and mules ; picket ropes, ami for Bhoeing the horses of the corps named, three hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars. For constructing barracks and other buildings at posts which it may he necessary to occupy during the year, and for repair- ing, altering and enlarging buildings at the established posts, including hire or commutation of quarters for officers on military duty, hire of quarters for troops, of Btore-houses for the safekeeping of military stores, and of grounds for sum- mer cantonments and for temporary frontier stations, for commutation of forage for officer's horses when it cannot be drawn in kind, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For mileage, or the allowance made to officers of the army for the transportation of themselves and their baggage when traveling on duty without troops, escorts, or supplies, thirty- five thousand dollars: Provided, Thai mileage shall not be allow ed when the officer has been transferred or relieved at his own request . Fee I transportation of the army — including the baggage of the troops when moving either by land or water, of horse equipments, and of subsistence — from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the sei-\ ice may require them to be sent, of ordnance, ordnance stores, ami small arms, freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages, hiro of horses, mules, and oxen, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other sea-going 19 vessels required for the transportation of supplies and for garrison purposes, for drayage and cartage at tlie several posts, hire of teamsters, transportation of funds for the dis- bursing departments, the expense of public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the purchase of horses for the regiment of cavalry and four batteries of light artillery, one hundred and sixty three thousand two hundred dollars. Contingencies of the army, fifteen thousand dollars. For the medical and hospital departments, seventy-five thou- sand dollars. Contingencies of the Adjutant General's de- partment, six hundred dollars. Armament of fortifications and purchase of light artillery, two hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. Purchase, manufacture, and alteration of small arms, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies, including horse equipments for the regiment of cavalry and for light batteries, one hun- dred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and forty dol- lars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War, under the direction of the President, be, and he is hereby, authorized to apply any portion of the appropriations made by this act to the support of the provisional forces which may be called into service, whenever, in his opinion, the same may be necessary. Approved, March. 11, 1861. AN ACT Making appropriations to carry out the provisions of " An act to provide for the public defence." Section 1 . Tlie Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica *do enact, That to enable the President to carry into effect the provisions of the act of the Congress of the Confederate States, entitled " An act to provide for the public defence," and to provide for the pay, subsistence, and transportation of such volunteer forces as may be called into service by authority of the said act, the sum of five millions* of dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, March 12, 186 k 20 AN ACT Amendatory of an Act for the organization of the Staff De- partments of the Army, and an Act for the establishment and organisation of the Army of the Confederate States of America. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the Adjutant ami [nspector General's department Bhall consist of two Assistant Adjutants General with tlic rank of Lieutenant Colonel, two Assistant Adju- tants General with the rank of Major, ami four Assistant Adjutants General with the rank of Captain. Sec. %. Be it further enacted, That there shall be added one Brigadier General to those heretofore authorized by Law, and that any one of the Brigadier Generals of the army of the Confederate Stales may be assigned tothe duty of Adju- tant and Inspector General, at the discretion of the Presi- dent. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Quartermaster Gen- eral's department shall consist of one Quartermaster General with the rank of Colonel, one Assistant Quartermaster Gen- eral with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, four Assistant Quartermasters with the rank of Major, and such other officers in that department as are already provided by law. Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That the Commissary Gen- eral's department shall consist of one 'Commissary General with the rank of Colonel, one Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, one Commissary with the rank oi Major, and three Commissaries with the rank of Captain, and as many Assistant Commissaries as may from time to time he required by the service may he detailed by the War Depart- ment from the subalterns of the line. who. in addition to their pay in the line, shall receive twenty dollars per month while engaged in that service. Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That in all eases of officers who have resigned, or who may within six months tender their resignations from the army of the United States, and who have been or may he appointed to original vacancies in the army of the Confederate States, the commissions issued shall bear one and the same date, so that the relative rank of officers of each grade shall he determined by their former commissions in the United States army, held anterior to tho secession of these Confederate States from the United States. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That every officer, non-com- 21 missioned officer, musician, and private shall take and sub- scribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: I, A. B., do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that while I continue in the service I will bear true faith and yield obe- dience to the Confederate States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies, and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the Confederate States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, March 14, 1861. ♦ AN ACT To establish the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That an additional bureau in the War Depart- ment be, and the same is hereby, established, to be known as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and charged with the manage- ment of our relations with the Indian tribes. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Congress, may appoint a Commissioner of Indian Affairs and one clerk, to take charge of the business of the bureau hereby established, the salary of the Commissioner to be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, and the salary of the clerk fifteen hundred dollars per annum. Approved, March 15, 1861. AN ACT Making additional appropriations for the support of the Army, for the year ending the first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. The Congress of t/ie Confederate States of America do enact, That the following sum be, and the same is hereby appropri- ated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, namely : For the purchase of ordnance and ordnance 8tores, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Approved, March 16, 1861. AN ACT Making appropriation for the service of the Bureau of Indian A iVairs. Sbctioi 1. The Congress of the ConfederaU States <■/' rim do enact. That tin- following Bum be, and the same hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not others ise appropriated, for tin- Ben ice of the Bureau of [ndian Affairs, for the year ending first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. namely: for tin- Balary of the Commissioner and chief clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and incidental expenses of the bureau, five thousand dollars. Approved, March 1G, 1S61. AN ACT To provide for the appointment of Chaplains in the Army. Section 1. T/ie Congress of tlve Confederate States of Amer- ica do enact, That there shall lie appointed by the President such number of chaplains, to serve with the armies of the Confederate States during the existing war, as he may deem expedient; and the President shall assign them to such regi- ments, brigades, or posts, as he may deem necessary ; and the appointments made as aforesaid shall expire whenever the existing Avar shall terminate. Sec. 2. The monthly pay of said chaplains shall he eighty - five dollars ; and said pay shall he in full of all allowances whatever. Appboyed May 3, 1861. AN ACT Providing for a Itcgimcnt of Zouaves in the Army of the Confederate States. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer- ica do enact, That there shall he added to the military estab- lishment of the Confederate States one regiment of Zouaves, to be composed of one Colonel, one Lieutenant-colonel, one Major, and ten companies ; and each company shall consist of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, two Second Lieuten- ants, one Sergeant Major, one Quartermaster's Sergeant, 23 Four Sergeants and eight Corporals, and ninety privates. And to the regiment there shall be attached one Adjutant and a Quartermaster, to be selected from the Lieutenants. And one Assistant Surgeon shall be appointed for the regiment, in addition to those already authorized by law for the medi- cal department. The monthly pay of the officers of the regi- ment of Zouaves shall be the same as that of officers of in- fantry of the same rank ; the allowances shall also be the same as those provided by law for officers of infantry; and the Adjutant and Quartermaster shall receive ten dollars per month in addition to their pay as Lieutenants. The month- ly pay of the enlisted men of said regiment of Zouaves shall be as follows : Sergeants Major and Quartermaster's Ser- geants, twenty dollars; Sergeants, seventeen dollars; Cor- porals, thirteen dollars ; and privates, eleven dollars each ; together with the same rations and allowance for clothing as -are received by all other enlisted men. Approved May 4, 1861. AN ACT To raise an additional Military Force to serve during the War. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That in addition to the volunteer force author- ized to be raised under existing laws, the President be and lie is hereby authorized to accept the services of volunteers who may offer their services, without regard to the place of -enlistment, either as cavalry, mounted riflemen, artillery, or infantry, in such proportion of these several arms as he may •deem expedient, to serve for and during the existing war, unless sooner discharged. Sec. 2. That the volunteers so offering their services may l>e accepted by the President in companies, to be organized by him into squadrons, battalions or regiments. The Presi- dent shall appoint all field and staff officers, but the company officers shall be elected by the men composing the company ; and if accepted, the officers so elected shall be commissioned by the President. Sec 3. That any vacancies occurring in the ranks of the several companies mustered into service under the provisions of this act, may be filled by volunteers accepted under the 24 rules of such companies ; and any vacancies occurring in the officers of such companies shall be filled by elections in accordance with the Bame rules. Sec. 4. Except as herein differently provided, the volun- teer forces hereby authorised to be raised shall in all regards be subject to and organized in accordance with the provisions of "An act to provide for the public defence," and all other acts for the government of the armies of the Confederate States. Approveo May 8, 1861. A RESOLUTION In regard to the Military Expenditures made by the State of South Carolina. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica. That the expenditures made by the State of South Car- olina for the pay and maintenance of the troops employed in the defence of the Charleston harbor, under the command of Brigadier General Beauregard, were intended to be provided for by an act making appropriations for the support of three thousand men, for twelve months, to be called into service at Charleston, South Carolina, under the third and fourth sec- tions of an act of the Congress, to raise provisional forces for the Confederate States of America, and for other pur- poses ; and that the amount of such expenditures be audited by the proper officer of the Treasury Department, and that the amount which shall be found due be paid to the State of South Carolina, from the appropriation made by the Act aforesaid. Approved May 10, 1861. AN ACT To amend " An Act to Provide for the Public Defence," approved March 6, 1861. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the President may receive into the service of the Confederate States any company of light artillery, 25 which by said act he is authorized to do, with such comple- ment of officers and men, and with such equipments as to him shall seem proper ; anything in said act of the 6th of March, 1861, to the contrary, notwithstanding. Approved May 10, 1861. AN ACT To make further provision for the Public Defence. Whereas, War exists between the United States and the Confederate States ; and whereas the public welfare may re- quire the reception of volunteer forces into the service of the Confederate States, without the formality and delay of a call upon the respective States. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the* President be authorized to receive into service sucb companies, battalions or regiments,. either mounted or on foot, as may tender themselves, and he may require, without the delay of a formal call upon the respect- ive States, to serve for such time as he may prescril Sec. 2. Such volunteer forces who may be accepted under this act, except as herein differently provided, shall be organ- ized in accordance with and subject to all the provisions of the act entitled " An act .to provide for the public defence," and be entitled to all the allowances provided therein ; and when mustered into, service, may be attached to such divi- sions, brigades or regiments as the President may direct, or ordered upon such independent or detached service as the President may deem expedient; provided, however, that bat- talions and regiments may be enlisted from States not of the Confederacy, and the President may appoint all or any of the field officers thereof. Sec 3. The President shall be authorized to commission all officers entitled to commissions, of such volunteer forces as may be received under the provisions of this act. And upon the request of the officer commanding such volunteer regiment, battalion or company, the President may attach a supernumerary officer to each company, detailed from the regu- lar army for that purpose, and for such time as the President may direct. Approved May 11, 1861. * 26 AX ACT Relative to Telegraph Linos <>f the Confederate States. Section 1. Ttu I \ of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, Thai daring the existing war, the President be and lie is hereby authorized mid empowered t" take such con- trol of Bnch of the lines of telegraph in the Confederate Smtcs. and of Bach of the officers connected therewith, ai will enable him effectually t<» supervise the communications passing through the Bame, to the end that no communications shall he conveyed of the military operations of the Govern- ment to endanger the success of Mich operations, nor any Communication calculated to injure the cause of the Confede- rate Stall's, or to give aid and comfort to their enemies. Sec. 2. The President shall appoint trustworthy agents ia such offices, and at such points f the owner or owners, of the privateer which may have captured the same: Provided, That the term of such credit shall not exceed ninety days. And the said Marshal is hereby direct- ed to take and receive from the purchaser Or purchasers of such prize vessel and property, the money therefor, or his, her or their promissory notes, with endorsers, to be approved by the owner or owners of the privateer, to the amount of the purchase, payable according to the terms thereof. Sec. 2. That upon all duties, costs and charges being paid according to law, the said Marshal shall, on demand, deliver and pay ever to the owner or owners of the privateer, or to the agent of such owner or owners of the privateer which may have captured such prize vessel and property, a just and equal proportion of the funds received on account of the sale thereof, and of the promissory note- directed to he taken as aforesaid, to which the said owner or owners may be en- titled, according to the articles of agreement between the said owner or owners and the officers and crew of the said priva- teer; and a just and equal proportion of the proceeds of the sale as aforesaid, shall, on demand, be also paid over by the said Marshal to the officers and crew of the said privateer, or to their agent or agents. And if there be no written agreement, it shall he the duty of the Marshal to pay over, in manner as aforesaid, one moiety of the proceeds of the proceeds of the sale of such prize vessel and property to the owner or owners of the privateer which may have captured the same, and the other moiety of the said proceeds to the agent or agents of the officers and crew of the said priva- teer, to be distributed according to law, or to any agreement by them made: Provided, The said officers and crew, or their agent or agents, shall have first refunded to the owner or owners, or to the agent of the owner or owners of the pri- vateer aforesaid, the full amount of advances which shall have heen made by the owner or owners of the privateer to the officers and crew thereof. Sec .'3. That for the selling prize property and receiving and paying over the proceeds as aforesaid, the Marshal shall be entitled to a commission of one per cent, and no more, fust deducting all duties, costs and charges which may have 29 accrued on said property : Provided, That on no case of con- demnation and sale of any one prize vessel and cargo shall the commissions of the Marshal exceed two hundred and fifty dollars. • Sec. 4. That it shall he the duty of the Marshal, within fifteen days after any sale of prize property, to file in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the district wherein such sale may be mad'.', a just and true account of the sales of such prize property, and of all duties and char.. - thereon, together with a statement thereto annexed of the promissory notes taken on account thereof, which account shall he verified by the oath of the said Marshal ; ami if the said Marshal shall wilfully neglect or refuse to file such ac- count, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dol- lars for each omission or refusal as aforesaid, to be recover- ed in an action of debt by any person interested in such sale, and suing for the said penalty, on account of the party or parties interested in the prize vessel or property sold as aforesaid, in any court having cognizance thereof. Sec. 5. That the owner or owners of any private armed vessel or vessels, or their agent or agents, may, at any time before a libel shall be filed against any captured vessel or her cargo, remove the same from any .port into which such prise vessel or property may be first brought, to any other port in the Confederate States, to be designated at the time of the removal as aforesaid, subject to the same restrictions and complying with the same regulations with respect to the pay- ment of duties which are provided by law in relation to other vessels arriving in port with cargoes subject to the payment of duties: Provided. That before such removal the said cap- tured property shall not have been attached at the suit of any adverse claimant, or a claim against the same have been interposed in behalf of the Confederate States. Approved May 14, 1861. AN ACT Recognizing the existence of War between the United States and the Confederate States ; and concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods. Whereas, The earnest efforts made by this Government to establish friendly relations between the Government of so the United States and the Confederate States, and to settle all question a of disagreement between the two Governments upon principles of right, justice, equity and good faith, hare proved unavailing, by reason of the refusal of the Govern- ment of the United States to hold any intercourse with tho Commissioners appointed by this Government for the par- is aforesaid, of to listen t<> any proposals they had to make for the peaceful solution of all causes of difficulty be- tween the two Governments ; and whereas the President of the United States of America has issu d his proclamation making requisition upon the States of the American Union for seventy-five thousand men for the purpose, as therein indicated, of capturing forts and other Btrongholds within the jurisdiction of and belonging to the Confederate States of America, and lias detailed naval armaments upon tho coasts of the Confederate States of America, and raised, or- ganized and equipped a large military force to execute tho purpose aforesaid, and has issued his other proclamation an- nouncing his purpose to set on Foot a blockade of the ports of the Confederate States: and whereas, the State of Virgi- nia has seceded from the Federal Union and entered into a convention of alliance offensive and defensive with the Con- federate States, and has adopted the Provisional Constitu- tion of the said States, and the States of Maryland. North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri, have refused, and it is believed that the State of Delaware and the inhabitants of the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian territory south of Kansas, will re- fuse to co-operate with the Government of the United States in these acts of hostilities and wanton aggression, which are plainly intended to overawe, oppress and finally subjugate the people of the Confederate States: and whereas, by the acts and means aforesaid, we* exists between the Confede- rate States and the Government of the United States, and the States and Territories thereof, except the States of .Mary- land, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas. Mis- souri and Delaware, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and the Indian territory south of Kansas: There- fore, Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to use the whole land and naval force of the Confederate States to meet the war thus commenced, and to iseue to private armed vessels commissions, or letters of 31 marque and general reprisal, in such form as lie shall think proper, under the seal of the Confederate States, against the vessels, goods and effects of the Government of the United States, and of the citizens or inhabitants of the States and Territories thereof: Provided, however, That property of ' the enemy (unless it be contraband of Avar) laden on board a neutral vessel, shall not be subject to seizure under this act : And provided further, That vessels of the citizens or inhabi- tants of the United States now in the ports of the Confede- rate States, except such as have been since the 5th of April last, or may hereafter be, in the service of the Government of the United States, shall be allowed thirty days after the publication of this act to leave said ports and reach their destination ; and such vessels and their cargoes, excepting articles contraband of war, shall not be subject to capture under this act during said period, unless they shall have pre- viously reached the destination for which they were bound on leaving said ports. Sec. 2. That the President of the Confederate States shall be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to revoke and annul, at pleasure, all letters of marque and reprisal which he may at any time grant pursuant to this act. Sec 3. That all persons applying for letters of marque and reprisal, pursuant to this act. shall state in writing the name and a suitable description of the tonnage and force of the vessel, and the name and place of residence of each owner concerned therein, and the intended number of the crew ; which statement shall be signed by the person or per- sons making such application, and filed with the Secretary of State, or shall be delivered to any other officer or person who shall be employed to deliver out such commissions, to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of State. Sec. 4. That before any commission or letters of marque and reprisal shall be issued as aforesaid, the owner or owners of the ship or vessel for which the same shall be requested, and the commander thereof for the time being, shall give bond to the Confederate States, with at least two responsible sureties not interested in such vessel, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, or if such vessel be provided with more than one hundred and fifty men, then in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with condition that the owners, offi- cers and crew who shall be employed on board such commis- sioned vessel, shall and will observe the laws of the Confede- rate States, and the instructions which shall be given them ♦ 32 according to law for the regulation of their conduct, and will satisfy all damages ami injuries which shall be dene or committed contrary t<> the tenor thereof, by such vessel dur- ing her commission, and to deliver up the same when revoked by the President of the Confederate States. Sf.c. ."). That all captures and prises <»| vessels and pro- perty shall be forfeited and shall accrue to the owners, offi- cers and crews of the vessels by whom such captures and prizes shall be made, and on due condemnation had shall be distributed according to any written agreement which shall be made between them; and if there be no such written agreement, then one moiety to the owners and the other moiety to the officers and crew, as nearly as may he accord- ing to the rules prescribed for the distribution oi prize mo- ney by the laws of the Confederate States. Sec. G. That all vessels, goods and effects, the property of any citizen of the Confederate States, or of persons resi- dent within and under the protection of the Confederate States, or of persons permanently within the Territories and under the protection of any foreign Prince, Government or State in amity with the Confederate States, which shall have been captured by the United States, and which shall he re- captured by vessels commissioned as aforesaid, shall be re- stored to the lawful owners, upon payment by them of a just and reasonable salvage, to be determined by the mutual agreement of the parties concerned, or by the decree' of any court having jurisdiction, according to the nature of each case, agreeably to the provisions established by law. And sucb salvage shall be distributed among the owners, officers and crews of the vessels commissioned as aforesaid, and making sucb. captures, according to any written agreement which shall be made between them ; and in case of no Buch agreement, then in the same manner and upon the princi- ples hereinbefore provided in cases of capture. ' Sec. 7. That before breaking bulk of any vessel which shall be captured as aforesaid, or other disposal or conver- sion thereof, or of any articles which shall be found on hoard the same, such captured vessel, goods or effects shall be brought into some port of the Confederate States, or of «i nation or State in amity with the Confederate States, and shall he proceeded against before a competent tribunal ; and after condemnation and forfeiture thereof shall belong to the owners, officers and crew of the vessel capturing the same, and be distributed as before provided ; and in the case of all captured vessels, goods and effects -which shall be brought within the jurisdiction of the Confederate States, the Dis- trict Courts of the Confederate States shall have exclusive original cognizance thereof, as in civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; and the said courts, or the courts, being courts of the Confederate States, into which such cases shall be removed, and in which they shall be finally decided, shall' and may decree restitution in whole or in part, when the capture shall have been made without just cause. And if made without probable cause, may order and decree dam- ages and costs to the party injured, for which the owners and commanders of the vessels making such captures, and also the vessels, shall be liable. Sec 8. That all persons found on board any captured vessel, or on board any re-captured vessel, shall be reported to the Collector of the port in the Confederate States in which they shall first arrive, and shall be delivered into the custody of the Marshal of the District, or some court or military officer of the Confederate States, or of any State in or near such port, who shall take charge of their safe keep- ing and support, at the expense of the Confederate States. Sec 9. That the President of the Confederate States is hereby authorized to establish and order suitable instructions for the better governing and directing the conduct of the vessels so commissioned, their officers and crews, copies of which shall be delivered by the Collector of the Customs to the commanders, when they shall give bond as provided. Sec 10. That a bounty shall be paid by the Confederate States of $20 for each person on board any armed ship or vessel belonging to the United States at the commencement of an engagement, which shall be burnt, sunk or destroyed by any vessel commissioned as aforesaid, w T hich shall be of equal or inferior force, the same to be divided as in other cases of prize*money ; and a bounty of $25 shall be paid to the owners, officers and crews of the private armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, for each and every prisoner by them captured and brought into port, and delivered to an agent authorized to receive them, in any port of the Confede- rate States ; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay or cause to be paid to the owners, officers and crews of such private armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, or their agent, the bounties herein provided. Sec 11. That the commanding officer of every vessel hav- ing a commission or letters of niarque and reprisal, during 3 34 the present hostilities between the Confederate States and the United States, shall keep B regular journal, containing a true ami exact account of his daily proceedings and trans- actions with such vessel and the eivw thereof; the pOttB and places he shall put into or cast anchor in; the time of his stay there and the cause thereof; the prises he shall take and the nature and probable value thereof; the times and places, -when and where taken, and in what manner he shall dispose of the same; the ships or vessels he shall fall in with; the times and places when and where he shall meet Avith them, and his observations and remarks thereon ; also. of whatever else shall occur to him or any of his officers or marines, or be discovered by examination or conference with any marines or passengers of or in any other ships or ves- sels, or by any other means touching the fleets, vessels and forces of the United States, their posts and placed of station and destination, strength, numbers, intents and designs ; and such commanding officer shall, immediately on his arrival in any port of the Confederate States, from or during the con- tinuance of any voyage or cruise, produce his commission for such vessel, and deliver up such journal so kept as afore- said, signed with his proper name and hand-writing, to the Collector or other chief officer of the customs at or nearest to such port; the truth of which journal shall be verified by the oath of the commanding officer for the time being. And such Collector or other chief officer of the customs shall. immediately on the arrival of such vessel, order the proper officer of the customs to go on board and take an account of the officers and men, the number and nature of the guns* and whatever else shall occur to him on examination material to be known ; and no such vessel shall be permitted to sail out of port again until such journal shall Ufjve been deliver- ed up, and a certificate obtained under the hand of such col- lector or other chief officer of the customs that she- is manned and armed according to her commission ; and upon delivery of such certificate, any former certificate of a like nature, which shall have been obtained by the commander of such vessel, shall be delivered up. Sec. 12. That the commanders of vessels having letters of marque and reprisal as aforesaid, neglecting to keep a jour- nal as aforesaid, or wilfully making fraudulent entries there- in, or obliterating the record of any material transaction contained therein, where the interest of the Confederate States is concerned, or refusing to produce and deliver such 35 journal, commission or certificate, pursuant to the preceding section of this act, then and in such cases the commissions or letters of marque and reprisal of such vessels shall be liable to be revoked ; and such commanders respectively shall for- feit for every such offence the sum of $1,000, one moiety thereof to the use of the Confederate States, and the other to the informer. Sec. 13. That the owners or commanders of vessels hav- ing letters of marque and reprisal as aforesaid, who shall violate any of the acts of Congress for the collection of the revenue of the Confederate States, and for the prevention of smuggling, shall forfeit the commission or letters of marque and reprisal, and they and the vessels owned or commanded by them shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures attaching to merchant vessels in like cases. Sec. 14. That on all goods, wares and merchandize cap- tured and made good and lawful prizes of war, by any pri- vate armed ship having commission or letters of marque and reprisal under this act, and brought into the Confederate States, there shall be allowed a deduction of 33 1-3 per cent, on the amount of duties imposed by law. Sec. 15. That five per centum on the net amount (after deducting all charges and expenditures) of the prize money arising from captured vessels and cargoes, and on the net amount of the salvage of vessels and cargoes re-captured by private armed vessels of the Confederate States, shall be secured and paid over to the Collector or other chief officer of the customs, at the port or place in the Confederate States at which such captured or re-captured vessels may arrive, or to the Consul or other public agent of the Confederate States residing at the port or place not within the Confede- rate States at which such captured or re-captured vessel may arrive. And the moneys arising therefrom shall be held and are hereby pledged by the Government of the Con- federate States as a fund for the support and maintenance of the widows and orphans of such persons as may be slain, and for the support and maintenance of such persons as may be wounded and disabled on board of the private armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, in any engagement with the enemy, to be assigned and distributed in such manner as shall hereafter be provided by law. Approved May 6, 1861. 36 AN ACT To increase the Military establishment of the Confederate States, and to amend the " Act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States of America." Section 1 . The Congress of the Confab rate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the President shall be authorized to raise and organize, in addition to the present military establish- ment, one regiment of cavalry and two regiments of infan- try, -whenever in his judgment the public service may re- quire such an increase, to be organized in accordance with existing laws for the organization of cavalry and infantry regiments, and to be entitled to the same pay and allowances provided for the same respectively. Sec 2. That the five general officers provided by existing laws for the Confederate States, shall have the rank and de- nomination of "General," instead of "Brigadier General," which shall be the highest military grade known to the Con- federate States. They shall be assigned to such commands and duties as the President may specially direct, and shall be entitled to the same pay and allowances as are provided for Brigadier Generals, and to two Aids-de-camp, to be se- lected as now provided by law. Appointments to the rank of General, after the Army is organized, shall be made by selection from the Army. Sec. 3. That the President be authorized, whenever in his judgment the public service may require the increase, to add to the corps of engineers one Lieutenant Colonel, who shall receive the pay and allowances of a Lieutenant Colonel of cavalry, and as many Captains, not exceeding five, as may be necessary. Sec 4. That there be added to the Quartermaster Gene- ral's Department one Assistant Quartermaster General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and two Quartermasters, with the rank of Major; and to the Commissary General's Department, one Assistant Commissary, with the>rank of Major, and one Assistant Commissary, with the rank of Captain ; and to the Medical Department, six Surgeons and fourteen Assistant Surgeons. Sec 5. That the President be authorized to appoint as many military store-keepers, with the pay and allowances of a First Lieutenant of infantry,, as the safe-keeping of 37 * the public property may require, not to exceed in all six store-keepers. Sec. 6. That there be added to the military establishment one Quartermaster Sergeant for each regiment of cavalry and infantry, and one Ordnance Sergeant for each military post, each to receive the pay and allowances of a Sergeant Major, according to existing laws. Sec. 7. That there may be enlisted for the Medical De- partment of the Army, for the term already provided by law for other enlisted men, as many hospital stewards as the service may require, to be determined by the Secretary of War, under such regulations as he may prescribe, and who shall receive the pay and allowances of a Sergeant Major. Sec. 8. That until a military school shall be established for the elementary instruction of officers for the Army, the President shall be authorized to appoint cadets from the several States, in number proportioned to their representa- tion in the House of Representatives, and ten in addition, to be selected by him at large from the Confederate States, who shall be attached to companies in service in any branch of the Army, as supernumerary officers, with the rank of ca- det, who shall receive the monthly pay of forty dollars, and be competent for promotion at such time and under such re- gulations as may be prescribed by the President, or hereaf- ter established by law. Sec 9. That the President be authorized to assign offi- cers of the Army of the Confederate States to staff duty with volunteers or provisional troops, and to confer upon them, whilst so employed, the rank corresponding to the staff duties they are to perform. Sec. 10. There shall be allowed and paid to every able- bodied man who shall be duly enlisted to serve in the Army of the Confederate States, a bounty of ten dollars ; but the paj'ment of five dollars of the said bounty shall be deferred until the recruit shall have been mustered into the regiment in which he is to serve. Sec. 11. That the provision of the third section of the act of tne Congress of the United States, making appro- priations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty, which declares that no arms nor military supplies whatever, which are of a patented invention, shall be purchased, nor the right of using 38 or applying any patented invention, Dnless die Bame shall be authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor expli- citly set forth, that it is for such patented invention, (if of force within the Confederate States.) shall be suspended in its operation for and during the existing war. Approved May 16, 1861. 4 AN ACT To amend an Act entitled •• An Act to provide for the ap- pointment of Chaplains to the Army," approved May S, 1861. Section 1. Tlie Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That so much of the second section of the above recited act as fixes the pay of Chaplains in the Army at eighty-five dollars he repealed, and that the pay' of said Chaplains be fifty dollars per month. Approved May 16, 1861. AN ACT To authorize the President to continue the Appointments made by him in the Military and Naval Service during the recess of Congress or the present session* and to submit them to Congress at its next session. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That the President be authorized to continue the appointments made by him in the military and naval ser- vice during the recess of Congress or the present session, and to submit them to Congress at its next session. Approved, May 16, 1861. AN ACT To provide an additional Company of Sappers and Bom- bardiers for the Army. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States vf Ame- rica do enact, That there be added to the military establish- 39 ment of the Confederate States one company of Sappers and Bombardiers, to consist of one Captain, two First Lieuten- ants, one Second Lieutenant, ten Sergeants or Master-work- men, ten Corporals or Overseers, two musicians, thirty-nine privates of the first class, and thirty-nine privates of the second class, who shall be instructed in and perform all the duties of sappers and bombardiers, and shall, moreover, un- der the orders of the chief engineer, be liable to serve by detachments in overseeing and aiding laborers upon forti- fications or other works under the engineer department, and in supervising finished fortifications, as fort-keepers, pre- venting injury and making repairs. Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Colonel of the Engineer Corps, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, to prescribe the number, quantity, form, dimensions, etc., of the aecessary vehicles, arms, pontons, tools, imple- ments, and other supplies for the service of said company as a body of sappers and bombardiers. Sec. 3. That the monthly pay of the Captain of said company shall be one hundred and forty dollars ; of each First Lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of the Second Lieu- tenant, ninety dollars ; of the Sergeants, thirty-four dol- lars ; of the first class privates, seventeen dollars ; and of the second class privates, thirteen dollars. And th£ said commissioned officers shall be entitled to the same allowances as all other commissioned officers of the Army, and the same right to draw forage for horses as is accorded to offi- cers of like rank in the Engineer Corps ; and the enlisted men shall receive the same rations and allowances as are granted to all other enlisted men in the Army. Approved May 17, 1861. AN ACT Making Appropriations in addition to those already made for the Military Service of the Confederate States of America, for the fiscal year ending the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, That there be appropriated for the pay of the officers and privates of one hundred regiments of infantry, and for quartermaster's supplies of all kinds for the same, 40 *nd transportation, including horses, wagons, harness, am- bulances and other necessary expenses, for the fiscal year ending the eighteenth of February, one thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-two, twenty-seven millions nine hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and ninty-three dollars and twelve cents. Sec. 2. That there be appropriated for the pay. quarter- master's supplies of all kinds, transportation and other ne- cessary expenses for one regiment of legionary formation, composed of one company of artillery, four companies of cavalry, and six companies of voltigc urs, five hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars. Sec 3. That there be appropriated for the purchase of subsistence stores and commissary property for one hundred thousand troops, for the fiscal year ending the eighteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. five millions four bundled and sixty-four thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and eighty cents. Sec 4. That there be appropriated for the ordnance ser- vice, for the fiscal year ending the eighteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two — for the preser- vation of public buildings, quarters, barracks, etc., at the arsenals, armories, and depots ; for the repairs and preser- vation of ordnance stores ; for the pay of clerks, draughts- men, colorers, superintendents, overseers, etc. ; for the pur- chase of horses, mules, forage, stationery, and contingen- cies of ordnance service ; for the purchase of heavy ord- nance and carriages, with shot and shell for the same ; for sixteen field batteries of six pieces each, with harness, im- plements and ammunition ; for fifty thousand stand of small arms ; for five thousand pistols and holsters ; for sabres, swords, carbines and pistols ; for five thousand sets of caval- ry equipments; for five thousand sets of cavalry accoutre- ments; for one hundred thousand sets infantry accoutre- ments, knapsacks, haversacks and canteens; for two and one-half million pounds powder; for materials for the same ; for lead, copper, and materials for percussion caps and for friction tubes ; for additional shops and store- houses at Mount Vernon Arsenal, Alabama, and Augusta Arsenal, Georgia ; for machinery, steam engine and tools ; for cap machine ; for bullet machine; for repairs of build- ings and machines at Harper's Ferry — four millions four hundred and forty thousand dollars. Sec 5. That there be appropriated for medical and hos- 41 pital supplies, for the year ending eighteenth February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 6. That there be appropriated for the contingent ser- vice of the War Department, for the year ending the eigh- teenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- two, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 7. That there be appropriated for contingent ex- penses of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Department, including office furniture, stationery, printed blanks for the use of the army, record books, postage, telegraphic de- spatches, &c, for the year ending the eighteenth February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the sum of eight thousand dollars. Sec 8. That there be appropriated for the pay of sur- geons, assistant surgeons, and chaplains, for the year ending the eighteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the sum of three hundred and twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and one dollars. Approved May 21, 1861. AN ACT Concerning the transportation of Soldiers and allowance for Clothing of Volunteers, and amendatory of the Act for the establishment and organization of the Army of the Confederate States. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact, When transportation cannot be furnished in kind, the discharged soldier shall be entitled to receive ten cents per mile in lieu of all traveling pay, subsistence, for- age, and undrawn clothing, from the place of discharge to the place of his enlistment or enrollment, estimating the dis- tance by the shortest mail route, and if there is no mail route, by the shortest practicable route. The foregoing to apply to all officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, farriers, blacksmiths, and privates of volunteers, when disbanded, discharged, or mustered out of service of the Confederate States ; and it shall also apply to all volun- teer troops, as above designated, when traveling from the place of enrollment to the place of general rendezvous or point where mustered into service : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deprive the 42 mounted volunteers of the allowance of forty cents a day for the use and risk of his horse, which allowance is made from the date of his enrollment to the date of his discharge, and also for every twenty miles travel from the place of his dis- charge to the place of his enrollment. Sec ~. Thai the fourth section of the act of March 6, 1861, "To provide for the public defence,'' be amended as follows, viz: There shall be allowed to each volunteer, to be paid to him <>u the fust muster and pay rolls after being re- ceived and mustered into the service of the Confederate States, the sum of twenty-one dollars, in lieu of clothing for six months; and thereafter the same allowance in money at every subsequent period of service for six months in lieu of clothing: Provided. That the price of all clothing in kind received by said volunteers from the Confederate States Government shall he deducted first from the money thus al- lowed; and if that sum he not sufficient, the balance shall be charged for stoppage on the muster and payrolls; and that all accounts arising from contracts, agreements, or ar- rangements for furnishing clothing to volunteers, to he duly certified by the company commander, shall he paid out of the said semi-annual allowance of money. Sec. 3. That the twenty-first section of the act for the organization of the army of the Confederate States be so amendedas to allow to Aids-de^Camp and to Adjutants forage for the same number of horses as allowed to officers of the same grade in the mounted service. Approved, May 21, 1861. AN ACT To be entitled An Act to amend " An Act to raise an addi- tional Military Force to serve during the War." Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame- rica do enact. That so much of the second section of the act entitled " An act to raise an additional military force to serve during the war," passed May eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be so amended as to authorize the President, OB the application of any commanding officer of a regiment or battalion authorized by said act, to assign a subaltern of the line of the army to the duties of adjutant of said regiment or battalion. Approved, May 21, 1861. 43 AN ACT To authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command, for service with volunteer troops, on officers of the Confederate Army. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate. States of Ame- rica do enact, That the President shall be authorized to con- fer temporary rank and command, for service with volunteer troops, on officers of the Confederate army; the same to be held without prejudice to their positions in said army, and to have effect only to the extent and according to the assign- ment made in general order. Approved, May 21, 1861. AN ACT To provide for the Incidental Expenses of the Public Service within the Indian tribes. The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to meet the incidental expenses of the public service within the Indian tribes, for the year end- ing February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. But a particular and specific account of the expenditures under this act shall be made and reported to Congress at its next session after the expiration of the period herein named. Approved, May 21, 1861. AN ACT To amend an act entitled " An Act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States, and concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods, approved May 6th, one thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-one. Section 1 . The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, Tli at the tenth section of the above entitled act be so amended that, in addition to the bounty therein mentioned, the go- vernment of the Confederate States will pay to the cruiser or cruisers of any private armed vessel commissioned under 44 said act, twenty per centum on the value of each and every Vessel of war belonging to the enemy, that may be sunk or destroyed by such private armed vessel or vessels, the value of the armament to be included in the estimate. The valua- tion to be made by a board ef naval officers appointed, and their award to be approved by the President, and the amount found to be due to be payable in eight percent, bonds of the Confederate States. Sfx. 2. That if any.person who may have invented or may hereafter invent any new kind of armed vessel, or float- ing battery, or defence, shall deposit a plan of the same, ac- companied by suitable explanations or specifications, in the navy department, together with an affidavit setting forth that he is the inventor thereof, such deposit and affidavit (unless the facts set forth therein shall be disproved) shall entitle such inventor or his assigns to the sole and exclusive enjoy- ment of the rights and privileges conferred by this act, re- serving, however, to the government, in all cases, the right of using such invention. Approved May 21, 1861. AN ACT To provide for the pay of additional officers, non-commis- sioned officers, musicians and privates of the Marine Corps, to constitute a Regiment, and for the additional clothing and subsistence of the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, for the year ending February the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the sum of ninety-five thousand two hundred and forty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the pay of additional officers, musicians and privates of the ma- rine corps, and subsistence for the same i or ami during the year ending February the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, said sum to be appropriated as follows : One Colo- nel, (for nine months,) two thousand dollars ; Lieutenant Colonel, (for nine months.) eighteen hundred dollars; Quar- termaster, (additional.) five hundred dollars; Paymaster, (additional,) five hundred dollars; Adjutant, (additional,) five hundred dollars ; four Captains, five thousand two hun- dred dollars ; four First Lieutenants, three thousand six 45 hundred dollars ; fourteen Second Lieutenants, ten thousand and eighty dollars ; additional non-commissioned officers and musicians, four thousand eight hundred dollars ; two hun- dred and forty additional privates at eleven dollars per month, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars ; ad- ditional clothing for non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, fifteen thousand dollars ; additional rations for non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, sixty-six thousand rations at sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ; additional expenses of recruiting, transportation of officers and men, five thousand dollars ; pay of armorers and pur- chase of small arms, ordnance stores, accoutrements, flags, &c, four thousand dollars; contingencies, including freight, cartage, &c, two thousand dollars. Approved May 21, l£6l. AN ACT To provide for the cession, on the part of the State of Ar- kansas, of the Arsenal at Little Rock, and of Fort Smith at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, to the Confederate States of America, and the acceptance of the same by the said Confederate States. Whereas, By ordinance of the Convention of the State of Arkansas, passed the 11th day of May, 1861, herewith submitted, authority was conferred upon the delegation of the State of Arkansas to cede to the Confederate States the arsenal at Little Rock, and Fort Smith at the city of Fort Smith, in the State of Arkansas, and the grounds, buildings and appurtenances attached to each, in accordance with the terms of said ordinance, Therefore The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the cession as hereinbefore recited is hereby accepted, and it is now made the duty of the Secretary of War to ac- cept a deed of cession of the said arsenal and other property to be executed by the said delegation, and to take charge of and hold the same in the name of the government of the Confederate States of America. Approved May 21, 1861. f I