Remarks.

Form 16.

Return of the Medical Officers of the Regular Army, Volunteer Corps, and Militia, including Physicians employed under contract, serving in Department No. - for the Month of

-, 185

No.

Names.

Rank.

Post or station.

With what troops
serving.

-, Surgeon.

NOTE.--The names will be arranged in the following order: 1st. Medical Officers of the Regular Army; 2d. Those of Volunteer Corps and
Militia; 3d. Private Physicians. In the column of "Remarks" will be noted all changes in the position of Medical Officers and Private Physi-
cians, whether on duty or on leave of absence; giving the number, date, and source of the order directing or authorizing such change, the time
of the departure of the officers from their posts, and the date of their return to duty. If to a new post, its position must be indicated by refer-
ence to some known point, as miles north from - river, town, or post-office. The remarks opposite the names of Private Physicians
will state, in addition to the above, the name and rank of the party making the contract, the date thereof, the monthly compensation, and the
date of their discharge from service.

The Medical Directors will require from the Medical Officers and Private Physicians in their respective Departments, monthly reports to
enable them to make out and transmit this Return to the Surgeon-General.

Form 17.

CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE PHYSICIAN.

This contract, entered into this

State of

between

and Dr.

of

of the United States Army, in the State of —, witnesseth,

that for the consideration hereafter mentioned, the said Dr.

promises and agrees to perform the duties of a medical offi

cer, agreeably to the Army Regulations, at necessary medicines). And the said

(and to furnish the promises and agrees, on

behalf of the United States, to pay, or cause to be paid, to the said Dr. the sum of- - dollars for each and every month he shall continue to perform the services above stated, which shall be his full compensation, and in lieu of all allowances and emoluments whatsoever (except that for medicines furnished, which shall be at the rate of — per cent. on his monthly pay, to be determined by the Surgeon-General). This contract to continue till determined by the said doctor, or the commanding officer for the time being, or the Surgeon-General.

[SEAL.]

Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of

[SEAL.]

I certify that the number of persons entitled to medical attendance,

agreeably to regulations, at

is

physician can be obtained at a lower rate.

and that no competent

Commanding Officer.

Form 18.

Extract from Form No. 3, Regulations for the Subsistence Department.

A MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL FUND.

DR. To balance due hospital last month.......
1532 rations, being whole amount due this month, at
9 cents per ration........

ISSUED.

CR. By the following provisions, at contract prices:

283

690

1612

10

70

lbs. of pork, at 6 cents per pound..... lbs. of fresh beef, at 4 cents per lb... lbs. of flour, at 2 cents per pound..... lbs. of hard bread, at 34 cents per lb. lbs. of rice, at 6 cents per pound...... 56 lbs. of coffee, at 9 cents per pound... 1933 lbs. of sugar, at 8 cents per pound... 17 quarts of vinegar, at 5 cents per qt... 155 lbs. of candles, at 12 cents per lb..... 614 lbs. of soap, at 6 cents per pound.... 163 quarts of salt, at 3 cents per quart.... 12 galls. of molasses, at 28 cents per gal.

$17/01

27 60

32 241

35

420

504

1551

853

1831

367

50%

3.36

112 18

$0 00

145 54

ARTICLE XLIV.

PAY DEPARTMENT.

1162....The troops will be paid in such manner that the arrears shall at no time exceed two months, unless the circumstances of the case render it unavoidable, which the paymaster charged with the payment shall promptly report to the Paymaster-General.

1163....The Paymaster-General shall take care, by timely remittances, that the paymasters have the necessary funds to pay the troops, and shall notify the remittances to the paymasters and commanding officers of the respective pay districts.

1164....The payments, except to officers and discharged soldiers, shall be made on muster and pay rolls; those of companies and detachments, signed by the company or detachment commander; of the hospital, signed by the surgeon; and all muster and pay rolls, signed by the mustering and inspecting officer.

1165....When a company is paraded for payment, the officer in command of it shall attend at the pay-table.

1166..........When a receipt on a pay-roll or account is not signed by the hand of the party, the payment must be witnessed. The witness to be a commissioned officer when practicable.

1167....Officers are paid on certified accounts, as in Form 3; discharged soldiers, on accounts according to Form 5, and certificates, Form 4. An officer retiring from service must make affidavit to his pay account, and to the certificate annexed to it, and state his place of residence, and the date when his resignation or removal takes effect. Pay accounts of post chaplains are to be certified by the commanding officer of the post.

1168....When an officer is dismissed from the service, he shall not be entitled to pay beyond the day on which the order announcing his dismissal is received at the post where he may be stationed, unless a particular day beyond the time is mentioned in the order.

1169....No officer shall receive pay for two staff appointments for 'the same time.

1170....Officers are entitled to pay from the date of the acceptance of their appointments, and from the date of promotion.

1171....No account of a restored officer for time he was out of service can be paid, without order of the War Department.

1172....As far as practicable officers are to draw their pay from the paymaster of the district where they may be on duty.

1173....No officer shall pass away or transfer his pay account not actually due at the time; and when an officer transfers his pay ac

count, he shall report the fact to the Paymaster-General, and to the paymaster expected to pay it.

1174....No person in the military service, while in arrears to the United States, shall draw pay. When the Secretary of War shall find by report of the Comptroller of the Treasury, or otherwise, that an officer of the army is in arrears to the United States, the Paymaster-General shall be directed to stop his pay to the amount of such arrears, by giving notice thereof to the paymasters of the army, and to the officer, who may pay over the amount to any paymaster. And no paymaster shall make to him any payment on account of pay until he exhibits evidence of having refunded the amount of the arrears, or that his pay accrued and stopped is equal to it, or until the stoppage is removed by the Paymaster-General.

1175....Officers having brevet commissions are entitled to their brevet pay and emoluments when on duty and having a command according to their brevet rank, and at no other time. (Act April 16, 1818.)

1176....Officers are on duty and have a command according to their brevet rank only when assigned to their brevet rank by the Pre: ilent with the appropriate actual command composed of different corps, or when serving on detachments composed of different corps, with such appropriate command. But in the regiment, troop, or company to which officers belong, they do duty and draw pay according to the commissions by which they are mustered in their own corps. 1177....The following are the appropriate commands to each grade:

For a captain, at least a company.

For a major, at least 2 companies.

For a lieutenant-colonel, at least 4 companies.

For a colonel, at least 1 regiment, or 10 companies. For a brigadier-general, 2 regiments, or 20 companies. For a major-general, 4 regiments, or 40 companies. For a lieutenant-general, 8 regiments, or 80 companies. 1178....Officers charging brevet pay will state on their pay accounts the regiments and companies composing their commands.

1179....Double rations are allowed to the major-general commanding the army, and to every officer commanding in chief a separate army actually in the field; to the generals commanding the eastern and western geographical divisions; to the quartermastergeneral and the adjutant-general; to the colonels. or other officers commanding military geographical departments; to the commandant of each permanent or fixed post garrisoned with troops, including the military academy at West Point, and the armories and arsenals commanded by commissioned officers.