White non-commissioned officers of colored troops, same pay, &c. as in white regiments.]

$1 per month is, by law, to be retained from the pay of each private soldier of the regular army until the expiration of his enlistment.

12 cents per month is, by law, to be retained from the pay of every enlisted man in the regular service for support of the "Soldiers' Home."

$2 additional per month is allowed by law to every enlisted man of the regular army for first re-enlistment, and a further sum of $1 per month for each subsequent re-enlistment, if made within one month after expiration of term of service.

Pay of Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers from May 1, 1864, during the Rebellion.

INDEX.

THE FIGURES, EXCEPT WHERE THE WORD "PAGE" IS USED, REFER TO

THE PARAGRAPHS.

Absence without leave, 70, 639.

Accoutrements, loss of, 66.

Advance-guards, 121.

Aiming, 661.

Angle of sight, page 233.

Applicants for command in colored regiments, 581.

Armed bodies of men, how salute, 83.

Armorers, regimental, 281.

under whose orders, 282.

Arms, loss of, 66.

record of, 447.

Article 37 relates to selling or wasting ammunition.

selling arms, horses, clothes, &c.

embezzlement of public money or property.
accountability of arms and accoutrements.
absence from camp over one mile.
lying out of quarters.

repairing to quarters at retreat.
repairing to parades and drills, &c.
drunkenness on duty.

sleeping on post.

hiring another to do duty.

quitting guard or leaving duty.
violence to market-people.

misbehavior before the enemy.

revealing the watchword.

committing damages to private property.
forcing safeguards.

relieving the enemy with money, &c.
correspondence with the enemy.
turning in captured property.

forcing commanding officers to surrender.
persons amenable to the Articles of War.
jurisdiction of regimental courts.
prisoners standing mute before courts.
conduct of prisoners on trial.

confinement of enlisted men.

length of arrest or confinement.
sentence of death, lashes, and trial a second
time;

trial for offences committed two years before.
disposition of the effects of deceased soldiers.
militia officers and men, and trial of.
offences not otherwise specified.

reading and publishing the Articles of War.

Badges, soldiers should be familiar with the, 668.

troops are required to wear, 667.

Bands, how reported, 233.

of cavalry, 232.

of volunteers, 231.

pay of, 230.

when allowed, 228, 229.

Battery, how divided, 174.

Battle, behavior of troops in, 662.
Beans, how cooked, 689.

Beef, salt, 686.

Bounty, 27, 28, 29.

for recruits, 594.

for veterans, 591.

for volunteers, 30.

in case of death, 31, 591.
in case of discharge, 595.

Bread, how issued, 674.

how made, 675.

substitutes for, 680.

Brigade flags, 669.

Cadet, 552.

candidates, 555.

duties of, in camp, 567, 568.
furloughs of, 559.

how appointed, 553, 554.

how assigned to regiments, 561, 562.
medical, 213.

number of graduates annually, 560.
oath of, 566.

preparatory instruction of, 557.
qualifications for, 563, page 180.
regulations for admission of, 565.
vacancies of, how filled, 558, 568.
when appointed, 556.

Camp and garrison equipage, 454, 455.

Cavalry soldier, 158.

arms of, 169.

care of horse, 161.

duties of, 159, 160.

equipments of, 170.

irregularities of, 167, 168.

non-commissioned officers of, 298.

sergeants of, 400.

Certificate of merit, 17, 713, 715.

Chief of piece, 401.

trumpeter, pay and duties of, 241, 242.

Clerks, soldiers, when detailed as, 283, 284.
Clothing, account, how kept, 24, 25, 452.
allowance of, 23.