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Trru: nn-.—THE A1uuY.—cn. 3. 223 sum of one dollar per month. The past continuous service. of soldiers now in the Army. shall be taken into account, and shall entitle such soldier to additional pay according to this rule; but services rendered pzior to August fourt . eighteen hundred and fifty-four, shall in no case accounte as more than one enlistment. Sec. 1285. A certificate of merit granted to a private soldier by the Certificate (.5 President for distinguished services shall entitle him to additionalvpay, meritat the rate of two dollars per month, while he remains continuously in *i§Q,__ii18[7` Q the service: and such certificate of merit granted to a private soldier 61,s.l7 v.9 p.i86. who served in t-he war with Mexico shall entitle him to such additional 4 Aus-» {854- ¤· pav. although he may not have remained continuouslv in the service. 247·“·3*"·l°·l’·575· Sm:. 1286. Non-commissioned officers who served in the war with Mex- N<>¤·¢<>¤¤mi¤=·i¤¤- ico, and have been recommended by the commanding officers of their ‘*d"m""”°fM""i“ regiments for promotion by hrevet to the lowest rade of commissioned 9·¥]L`£—— —-A oflicer, but have not received such recommended promotion. shall be 3 MPr‘,’.]8""' 'S entitled to additional pay at the rate of two dollars per month, although 6IZiSQii{,’ ling: 82 they may not have remained continuouslv in the service. 274,s.3,gv.,1o,p.dT5i Sec. 1287. When soldiers are detailed 'for emplovment as artificers or Extra dnf-. laborltirs in the conptmctitgn of pfrmaplent military works, puhlic roads. 13 Jul`, ,,,66 0 or other constant a r o not ess t an ten days’ duration., they shall ~ ¤_ - if ,_`_ ;Q receive. in addition to their regular pay, the following compensation; 1Ii,Fehl, $7:;.0:. Privates workgng ag artigcersi and nénpcommissioned opicers employed 88- "- W P- *22- as overseers o suc wor . no excee in one overseer or twentv men thirtv—five cents per day. and privates eniployed as laborers. twenty cents pier This)allo:ancetof extra pay s all not apply to the troops of e nance epa men . Sec. 1288. Every nomcommissioned officer and private of the Regular Duringcaptivity. Army. and every officer. non-commissioned officer. and private of any 8 -,0 im. 1814 lj militia or volunteer corps in the service of the United States who is cap- 37, s. i4, v·.Y3, p.1’16l tured by the enemy. shall be entitled to receive during his captivitv, notwithstandin the expiration of his term of service. the same v. subsistence. and allowance to which he may be entitled while in this actual service of the United States; but this provision shall not be construed to entitle any prisoner of war of such militia co s to any pay or compgnsatipg after the date of his parole, except the traveling expenses a owec · aw. Sec. 1289. When an officer is [/umorably] discharged from the service, Travel-payto of- [except by way of punishment for an offense.] he shall be allowed trans- HS?'?;.--. ... portation and subsistence from the place of his discharge to the place of ll Jann m2»_<‘· his residence at the time of his appointment, or to the place of his orig- 14é;§%,;"2{,{}§'i‘ inal muster into the service. The Government mav furnish the same in 16,,, 15 .Zfg_,,_`;kii{ kind, but in case it shall not do so, he shall be allowed travel—pay and 20 Jiine, 1st;-1,i-. ommutation of subsistence. according to his rank, for such time as may 1*5-8-8»"·13-P-145- ·»c sufficient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the place of 28g6{“{’,f* {8;; "· his residence, or original muster into service, computed at the rate of one 25- }c·,,;,_’,I1g;·y; ,_ da for every twenty miles. 69, »-. 19, p. 2-14. Sec. 1290. WVhen a soldier is [fumorably] dischar .d from the service, Travel-pay to [except by way ogspunishngent fo; anloffenieil heysliézll be allolyvedhtiransé ¤0ldi€¤‘· rtation and su istence rom the p ace o is isc argc to the cc o " ‘_" hi; enlistment, enrollment, or original muster into the service. The Gov- 141; g;'1j_’2];l£t.$‘ ernment may furnish the same in kind, but in case it shall not do so, he kg ,1,.},, {png_ ,.f shall be allowed travel-pav and commutation of subsistence for such time 16, s. 15, v. 2, p. 796. as may be sufficient for him to travel from the place of discharge to the 1420 ~l¤*}°· 186*- ¢· place of his enlistment. enrollment, or original muster into the service, ,g,"j2;;?g§}2'2; computed at the rate of one day for every twenty miles. 2,. iw 1872556; 1%,, my 1 J., 4,r·. ,1·. .,]:.2 , Sec. 1291. No assignment of pay by a n0n—c0mmissioned officer or Soldier:-Fpaynot private, previous to his discharge, shal be valid. ”¤¤8¤_¤l>l€· _ _ 8 May, 1792, c. 37, s. 4, v. 1, p. 280. Sec. 1292. In all matters relatingto the pay and allowances of officers Volunteers. and soldiers of the Army of the Fmted States, the same rules and reg- 2 M,,,." 186;, ,._ ulations shall appl v to the RegularArmy and tovolunteer forces mustered 159,s.2,v.14,p.435. into the service of the United States for a limited period.