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ADJUTANT REG'L QUARTERMASTER.

Monthly pay, in addition to pay of Lieutenant..$ 10 00

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ADJUTANT.

Monthly pay, in addition to pay, &c., of Lieut..$ 10 00 1 Horse....

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Total monthly pay..

$ 18 00

REG'L QUARTERMASTER.

Monthly pay, in addition to pay, &c., of Lieut..$ 10 00 2 horses...

Total monthly pay..

16 00

26 00

The officer in command of a company is allowed $10 per month for the responsibility of clothing, arms, and

accoutrements.

Every commissioned officer below the rank of a Brigadier-General is entitled to one additional ration a day for every five years' service.

Paymaster's clerks, $700 per annum, and 75 cents per day when actually on duty.

Chaplains in army, $40 to $60 per month and four rations a day.

Chaplains in Volunteers, same as Captain of Cavalry.

MONTHLY PAY OF NON-COMMISSIONED OF. FICERS, PRIVATES, &c.

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Matron....
Female Nurses, 40 cents per day and 1 ration.

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"Two dollars per month is to be retained from the pay of each private soldier until the expiration of his term of enlistment, and 12 cents per month from all enlisted men, for the support of the "Soldier's Home." All enlisted men are entitled to $2 per month additional for re-enlisting, and $1 per month for each subsequent period of five year's service, provided they re-enlist within one month after the expiration of their term.

Volunteers and militia, when called into service of the United States, are entitled to the same pay, allowances, &c., as regulars."

RANK OF ARMY OFFICERS.

1.-Lieutenant-General.

2. Major-General.
3.-Brigadier-General.

4.-Colonel.

5.-Lieutenant-Colonel.

6.-Major.

7.-Captain.

8.-First Lieutenant.

9.-Second Lieutenant. 10.-Cadet.

11.-Sergeant-Major.

12.-Quartermaster-Sergeant of a Regiment.
13.-Ordnance Sergeant and Hospital Steward.
14.-First Sergeant.

15. Sergeant.
16.-Corporal.

"Officers serving by commission from any state of the Union take rank next after officers of like grade by commission from the United States."

"Brevet rank takes effect only in the following cases: 1st, by special assignment of the President in command composed of different corps; 2d, on courts-martial or detachments composed of different corps. Troops are on detachment, only when sent out temporarily to per form a special service.'

COMMAND OF ARMY OFFICERS ACCORDING TO RANK.

1.-For a Captain at least a company.

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Colonel at least 1 regiment or 10
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