APPROPRIATION, to defray expenses incident to
the act of 1812, to authorise à dé-
tachment of the militia of the
United States, &c. ch. CXLV
336, 337.
Of $2,500,000 for building four
seventy-four and six forty-four
gun ships, ch. CXLVIII s. vi.
-Of $2,000,000 for military esta-
blishment and navy during 1813,
ch. CLIII 346.
-Of $ 50,000 for compensating the
members of Congress, officers,
and attendants s. ii. 346.
-Of $ 10,000 to defray contingent
expenses of the House of Repre-
sentatives, s. ii. 347.
-Of $ 40,000 for paying commis-
sions to agents employed in loan
of $ 16,000,000, &c. ch. CLXIII
s. iii. 368, 369.
-Of $25,000 to pay agents' com-
mission for selling Treasury
notes, ch. CLXIX s. vi. 379.
-Of $ 40,000 to defray the expen-
ses incident to the issuing Trea-
sury notes for 1813, ch. CLXIX
s. xi. 382.
Of $8,000 for compensation to
the superintendent of military
supplies and his clerks for 1813,
ch. CXC s. vii. 419.
Of $10,000 to carry into effect.
the act concerning new certificates
of registry, ch. CXCII s. ii. 422.
-Of $125,000 to the officers and
crews of the Constitution and
Wasp, ch. CXCIII 422, 423.
-Of $900,000 for increasing the
navy, ch. CXCVI s. iii. 429.
-Of $100,000 for a deck yard, s,
iv. 429.
APPROPRIATION, for the support of the navy for
1813, s. i. ii. ch. CXCVII 430,
431, 432.
-Of $ 5,500 for alterations and re-
pairs in the Capitol, ch. CXCVIII
s. i. ii. 432.
-For support of the military esta-
blishment and volunteer militia,
&c. &c. for 1813, ch. CXCIX s.
i. ii. 433, 434, 435.
For the support of the govern-
ment for 1813, ch. CC s. i. ii.
436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441,
442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447,
448, 449.
ARMY, the existing military establishment to be imme-
diately completed, ch. X s. i. 11; a bounty of
$16 to each able bodied man recruited for five
years, s. ii. 11; payment of one half thereof de-
ferred till the recruit is mustered, ib.; bounty
of three months additional pay, and one hundred
and sixty acres of land to non-commissioned of-
ficers and soldiers who have faithfully perform-
ed their duty, s. ii. 12; heirs and representatives
of non-commissioned officers and soldiers killed
in action entitled to bounty, ib. Additional
military force to be raised, ch. XIV s. i. 16; to
consist of 10 regiments of infantry, 2 of artillery,
and 1 of light dragoons, to be enlisted for five
years, unless sooner discharged, ib.; a regiment
of artillery to consist of 20 captains, 20 first lieu-
tenants, 20 second lieutenants, 40 cadets, 80 ser-
jeants, 80 corporals, 160 artificers, 40 musicians,
and 1,440 privates, to form 2 battalions of 10
companies each, s. ii. 16, 17; a regiment of
cavalry to consist of 12 captains, 12 first lieuten-
ants, 12 second lieutenants, 12 cornets, 24 ca-
dets, 48 serjeants, 48 corporals, 12 saddlers, 12
farriers, 12 trumpeters, and 960 privates, to form
2 battalions of 6 companies each, ib.; a regiment
of infantry to consist of 18 captains, 18 first
lieutenants, 18 second lieutenants, 18 ensigns,
72 serjeants, 72 corporals, 36 musicians, and
1,800 privates, to compose 2 battalions, of 9
companies each, s. ii. 16; the officers to each re-
giment to consist of 1 colonel, 2 lieutenant colo-
nels, 2 majors, 2 adjutants, 1 quartermaster,
1 paymaster, 1 surgeon, 2 surgeon's mates, 2
serjeant majors, 2 quartermaster serjeants, and
2 senior musicians, s. iii. 17; 2 major gene-
rals, and 5 brigadiers to be appointed, s. iv. 17;
major generals allowed 2 aids from the commis-
sioned officers of the line, ib.; brigadier generals
allowed a brigade major and an aid from the
captains and subalterns of the line, ib.; inspec-
tor general, to have the rank, pay, and emolu-
ments of a brigadier general, ib.; allowed two
assistants from the line of the army, each to re-
ceive the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant co-
lonel, ib.; adjutant general, to have the rank,
pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general, ib.;
allowed assistants, not exceeding three, from the
line of the army, with the pay and emoluments
of a lieutenant colonel, ib.; hospital surgeon's
mates, and steward, to be appointed, s. iv. 18;
officers detached to serve as brigade major, or
aid, or as assistants to the adjutant and inspector
general, not to lose their rank, s. v. 18; aids-de-
camp to major generals entitled to $24 monthly,
additional to their pay in the line, $10 monthly,
for forage, and 4 rations, s. vi. 18; major gene-
rals entitled to $200 monthly pay, $20 month-
ly, for forage, and 15 rations per day, ib.; bri-
gadier generals entitled to $ 104 monthly pay,
12 rations per day, and $ 16 per month for fo-
rage when not found by the public, ib.; all other
officers, cadets, non-commissioned officers, mu-
sicians, artificers, and privates, to receive the
same pay, &c. as those of the previously exist-
ing military establishment, s. vii. 18; each ration
to consist of 11lb. of beef, or 3 lb. of pork,
18 ozs. of bread, or flour, 1 gill of rum, whis-
key or brandy, and at the rate of 2 quarts of salt,
4 quarts of vinegar, 4lbs. of soap, and 1 lb. of
candles, to every 100 rations, s. vii. 18, 19; each
non-commissioned officer, musician, and private
of the artillery and infantry, to receive annually
the following articles of clothing, viz.: 1 hat, 1
coat, 1 vest, 2 pair of linen and 2 pair of woollen
overalls, 1 coarse linen frock and trowsers, 4
pair of shoes, 4 shirts, 2 pair of socks, 2 pair of
short stockings, 1 blanket, 1 stock and clasp, and
1 pair of half gaiters, s. ix. 19; the Secretary of
War to cause the paymasters to be furnished
with surplus clothing, ib.; surplus clothing to be
furnished to the soldiers at contract prices, and
accounted for out of the arrears of monthly pay,
ib.; additional military force subject to the rules
and articles of war, s. x. 19; officers employed
in recruiting service entitled to receive for each
effective recruit, $ 2, s. xi. 19; no person under
21 to be enlisted without written consent of pa-
rent, guardian, or master, s. xi. 20; officers en-
listing persons without such consent, to forfeit
and pay bounty and clothing, ib.; bounty of $ 16
to recruits for five years, s. xii. 20; payment of
one-half thereof deferred till the recruit is mus-
tered, ib.; three months' additional pay and 160
acres of land to such as faithfully perform their
duty, ib., arrears of pay at no time to exceed
two months, s. xiii. 21; pensions to officers, non-
commissioned officers, musicians, and privates,
disabled by wounds, s. xiv. 21; inferior disabili
ties entitle persons to a proportionate allowance,
ib.; widows and children of commissioned of-
ficers dying of wounds received in the public
service, are entitled to half pay, s. xv. 21, 22;
deserters to make good the term of their enlist-
ment, s. xvi. 22; may be tried and punished
although the term of their enlistment may have
elapsed, ib.; persons enticing soldiers to desert,
subject to a fine of $300, and imprisonment not
exceeding one year, s. xvii. 22, 23; masters of
vessels entering them as part of the crew, or re.
fusing to deliver them up, liable to fine and im-
prisonment, s. xvii. 22, 23; arms and uniform
not to be purchased from soldiers under penalty
of $300 and 1 year's imprisonment, ib.; form of
the oath or affirmation to be taken and subscrib-
ed by officers, non-commissioned officers, musi-
cians, and privates, s. xviii. 23; a judge advocate
to be appointed for each division, s. xix. 23;
entitled to the pay and emoluments of a major
in the infantry, ib.; if taken from the line enti-
tled to $ 30 additional pay, and the same allow-
ance for forage as a major of infantry, ib.; extra
expenses, actually incurred, allowed to commis-
sioned officers travelling and sitting on general
courts martial, not exceeding $1 25 cts. per
diem to officers not entitled, and $1 per diem
to officers, entitled to forage, s. xx. 23; non-com-
missioned officers, musicians, and privates, can-
not be arrested, during the term of their service,
on mesne process, nor taken or charged in exc-
cution for debts under $20 contracted before
enlistment, s. xxi. 23, 24; nor for debts, of any
amount, contracted after enlistment, zb.; pay
and rations allowed to officers and soldiers,
honorably discharged, to defray travelling ex-
penses from the place of discharge to the place
of residence, s. xxii. 24; the value of a ration
estimated at 20 cents, s. xxiii. 24; a chaplain
to be appointed to each brigade, s. xxiv.
24; entitled to the same pay and emoluments
as a major in the infantry, ib.; general, field,
and staff officers in the additional military
force not to receive pay till called into ser-
vice, nor for a longer time than they remain
therein, s. xxv. 24. The light artillery may
be mounted when deemed expedient by the Pre-
sident, ch. XXXI s i. 49, 50; horses and ac-
coutrements to be provided for them, ib.; offi-
cers furnishing their own horses and accoutre.
ments, entitled to forage, ib; when ordered
to be mounted, a saddler and farrier to be
provided, s. ii. 50; pay of farrier, ib.; and
saddler, ib.The non-commissioned officers,
musicians, and privates of the light dragoons
to be clothed as the artillery and infantry,
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