United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 76
Chap. LXXVI.—An Act for the more perfect defence of the frontier.
Regiment of dragoons established.
Act of June 15, 1832, ch. 131.
Organization.
Act of Aug. 23, 1842, ch. 186.
Act of April 4, 1844, ch. 11.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the battalion of mounted rangers authorized by the act of fifteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, there be established a regiment of dragoons, to be composed and organized as follows, to wit: one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quartermaster-sergeant, and two chief buglers, one adjutant, who shall be a lieutenant, one sergeant major, one chief musician, and ten companies; each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, and one second lieutenant, exclusive of the lieutenant who is to be the adjutant of the regiment: four sergeants, one of whom shall act as quartermaster-sergeant to the company, four corporals, two buglers, one farrier and blacksmith, and sixty privates.
Pay when mounted.
Pay when on foot.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commisioned officers, musicians, and privates, when mounted, be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as was allowed to dragoons during the war, and when on foot, the same pay and emoluments as are now allowed to the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of a regiment of infantry; and that the farrier and blacksmith be allowed the same pay and allowances as are allowed to an artificer of artillery.
To serve on horse or foot, and subject to rules of war, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said regiment of dragoons shall be liable to serve on horse, or foot, as the President may direct; shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, be recruited in the same manner, and with the same limitations; that the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, farriers, and privates, shall be entitled to the same provisions for wounds and disabilities, the same provisions for widows and children, and the same allowances and benefits in every respect, as are allowed the other troops constituting the present military peace establishment.
President to carry act into effect.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be authorized to carry into effect this act as soon as he may deem it expedient, and to discharge the present battalion of mounted rangers, on their being relieved by the said regiment of dragoons.
Appropriation.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum required to carry into effect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated, in addition to the appropriations for the military establishment for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Approved, March 2, 1833.