336 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 299. 1866. a colonel of cavalry; and the Secretary of War shall have power to detail six officers, and not to exceed one hundred non-commissioned officers and privates, from the battalion of engineers, for the performance of signi duty, signal duty; but no officer or enlisted man shalllbe so detailed until he shall have been examined and approved by a military board, to be convened by the Secretary of War for that purpose; and enlisted men, while so detailed, shall, when deemed necessary, be mounted upon horses provided b the rrovernment. Appointment Sec.y23. End be it further enacted, That the adjutant-general, quar- °f “dJ“*”“*‘€°“‘ termaster- eneral commissar - eneral of subsistence, sur¤eon—¤eneral, eral and heads g ’ . Y g . ¤ == ,,fdq,,,_m,,,,,,,s_ paymaster-general, chief of engineers, and chief of ordnance, shall hereafter be appointed by selection from the corps to which they belong, and no person shall be appointed to any vacancy created by this act in the pay, medical, or quartermastefs departments, until he shall have passed the examination now required by law. Persons not to Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That no person[s] shall he commisgg gxggsxgfiid sioned in any of the regiments authorized by this act until they shall have arm examine- passed a satisfactory examination beflpr; alpoard,1to be composed of om- ’°i°¤- cers of that arm of the service in w ic the app icant is to serve, to e convened under the direction of the Secretary of War, which shall inquire into the services rendered during the war, capacity and qualificamgpxggrgplgpg tions of this applicants; and Eugh appolintnpents, whgntmadeqspall be with'; - · out revar to revious ran , ut wit so e re ar o quai ca ions an dddliiigidggd mcritofficus sergices; and persons applying for iommissions in any of the regiments authorized by this act shall be entitled in case of passing the ex- Mil¤¤g<>· amination, and being appointed or commissioned, to receive mileage from the place of his residence to the place of examination, or such portion of that distance as he may actually travel, the same as is paid to officers travelling under orders, but there shall be paid no other compensation. 0m<=9 °Y $*1*- Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That the office of sutler in the l" °b°hSh°d‘ army and at military posts is hereby abolished, and the subsistence w—g;*;_<3::;sHg&t department is hereby authorized and required to furnish such articles as may from t1me to time be designated by the inspectors-general of the army, the same to be sold to officers and enlisted men at cost prices, and if not paid for when purchased, a true account thereof shall be kept, and the amount due the government shall be deducted by the paymaster _ Wh¢¤'¤hiS Sw- at the payment next following such purchase : Provided, That this section mu ”k°°°E°°t' shall not go into effect until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. The President, Sec. 26. And be itjdtrther enacted, That for the purpose of promoting 3;*1 slléplgézm knowledge of military science amonglthe young men of the United States, uma, Ouiccrs to the l?res1dent may, upon the apphcation of an established college or uniactaslpresidents, versity within the United States, with sufficient capacity to educate at
- g3i€';e:f"’“'“ one time not less than one hundred and fifty male students, detail an omcer
of the army to act as president, superintendent, or professor of such college or university ; that the number of officers so detailed shall not exceed twenty at any time, and shall be apportioned through the United States as nearly as practicable according to population, and shall be governed by general rules, to be prescribed from time to time by the President. §¤l¤<><>l¤ for Src. 27. And be it further enacted, That whenever troops are serving gQgf:°';:Q§Q0;; at any post, garrison, or permanent camp, there shall be established a or peimanent ’ school where all enlisted men may be provided with instruction in the °¤Wét to be common English branches of education, and especially in the history of ,,,,,,8;,,, the United States, and the Secretary of War is authorized to detail such commissioned officers and enlisted men as may be necessary to carry out Eulldllis Y0? the provisions of this section; and it shall be the duty of the post or Eiga2s3x55g8s_ garrison commanfler to cause to be set apart a suitable room or building or school and re igious pur oses. Sec. 28. And be itfurthiir enacted, That nothing in this act shall be
