June 16, 1848.
(No. 8.)—Joint Resolution in Relation to the Transportation and Discharge of the Military Forces
of the United States at the Close of the War with Mexico.
On the restoration of peace with Mexico, all the troops of the United States entitled
to discharge to be transported to such places in the United States as may be least
expensive and most convenient to them.
Until discharged, officers and men to be paid and treated as in the service of the
United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State of America
in Congress assembled, That on the restoration of peace with Mexico, by a treaty of peace duly ratified and
proclaimed, all the military forces of the United States, whether volunteers, regulars,
or the marine corps, who by law, or the terms of their engagement, are to be discharged
at the close of the war, shall, under the direction of the President of the United
States, be transported or marched, with the least practicable delay, to such posts
or places in the United States as may be least expensive and most convenient to the
troops—and at such places they shall be discharged from the service of the United
States; and that until they shall respectively reach such places and be discharged, the officers
and men shall be considered, paid, and treated as in the service of the United States,
in the same manner as if the war had not closed.
Approved, June 16, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, IX, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 335