Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 523.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
May 31, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union.
Mr. Haralson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, re-
ported the following bill:
A BILL
To provide for suppressing Indian hostilities in the territory
of Oregon, and for other purposes.

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13 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the President of the United States be,
and he is hereby, authorised to call for and accept the ser-
vices of any number of volunteers, not exceeding one
thousand, who may offer their services for that purpose, to
be employed in suppressing Indian hostilities in the terri-
tory of Oregon, and on the rout leading thereto; to be or-
ganized as cavalry, artillery, infantry, or riflemen, or a
portion of each, as the President may direct; who shall
engage to serve for the period of twelve months after they
reach the place of rendezvous, unless sooner discharged,
and the said volunteers shall have the same organization

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4 as the same description of corps now have in the regular
army of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said volun-
teers, after they are called into the service of the United
States, and while remaining therein, shall be subject to the
rules and articles of war, and shall in all respects as to pay
clothing, rations and allowances, pensions, bounty land or
scrip, be placed on the same footing as the volunteers now
in the service of the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said vol-
unteers, or any part of them, who may be mounted, shall be
furnished with horses, equipments and arms, by and at the
expense of the United States, to remain the property of
the United States, when said volunteers shall be dis-
charged.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said volun-
teers, so offering their services, shall be accepted by the
President in companies, battalions, or as a regiment, whose
officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by
law, in the States or territory from which said volunteers
are raised.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of
dollars be, and the same is hereby, appro-
priated to defray the expenses of organizing and furnish-
ing said volunteers, and that the further sum of

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8 dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray
the expenses of Joseph L. Meeks, the special messenger
and bearer of despatches from Oregon, and as compensa-
tion to him for his services.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorised to call for and accept the ser- vices of any number of volunteers, not exceeding one thousand, who may offer their services for that purpose, to be employed in suppressing Indian hostilities in the terri- tory of Oregon, and on the rout leading thereto; to be or- ganized as cavalry, artillery, infantry, or riflemen, or a portion of each, as the President may direct; who shall engage to serve for the period of twelve months after they reach the place of rendezvous, unless sooner discharged, and the said volunteers shall have the same organization
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14 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4	as the same description of corps now have in the regular army of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That said volun- teers, after they are called into the service of the United States, and while remaining therein, shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, and shall in all respects as to pay clothing, rations and allowances, pensions, bounty land or scrip, be placed on the same footing as the volunteers now in the service of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said vol- unteers, or any part of them, who may be mounted, shall be furnished with horses, equipments and arms, by and at the expense of the United States, to remain the property of the United States, when said volunteers shall be dis- charged. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That said volun- teers, so offering their services, shall be accepted by the President in companies, battalions, or as a regiment, whose officers shall be appointed in the manner prescribed by law, in the States or territory from which said volunteers are raised. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of dollars be, and the same is hereby, appro- priated to defray the expenses of organizing and furnish- ing said volunteers, and that the further sum of
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5 6 7 8	dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses of Joseph L. Meeks, the special messenger and bearer of despatches from Oregon, and as compensa- tion to him for his services.