clothing, ib.; non-commissioned offi. cers and privates entitled to receive, in lieu of clothing, when called into service, a sum of money equal to the cost of clothing for those of the same grade in the regular troops, s. ii. 32, 33; to be organized by the President into battalions, squadrons, regiments, &c. s. iii. 33; not exempt from mili- tia duty till called into actual service, ib.; to be allowed compensation, the mode of ascertaining which to be prescribed by the President, for loss of horses or other equipments, furnish- ed by themselves, while in actual ser- vice. s. iv. 33; if disabled by wounds or otherwise, to be placed on the pension list, s. v. 33; commissioned officers not to receive more than half monthly pay for wounds or disabili- ties, s. v. 34; no officer to receive for wounds or disabilities more than the half pay of a lieutenant-colonel. ib.; rate of pension to non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, not to exceed $5 per month, ib.; allowance for inferior disabilities to be propor- tionate to that for the highest disabili ty, b; the heirs and representatives of non-commissioned officers and sol diers, killed in action or dying in ac. tuai service, entitled to 160 acres of land, to be surveyed and laid off at the public expense, s. vi. 34; non- commissioned officers and soldiers serving faithfully not less than a month, and being discharged, if in the artillery or infantry to be presented with a musket, bayonet, &c. if in the cavalry with sabre and pistols, s. vii. 34. The President may appoint officers to volunteer corps that have
signed an obligation to service, ch CXXXVIII s. i. 315, 316; the Presi dent may form them into battalions, squadrons, &c. appoint with advice of Senate, general, field, and staff offi- cers, &c. s. ii. 316; President may ap point the officers in the recess of the Senate, s. iii. 316; volunteers to re- ceive ten dollars for every stand of arms delivered in good order, s. iv. 316, 317.Acts relating to volun. teers repealed, ch. CLVII s. xviii. 360 Non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, in actual ser. vice, entitled to the same pay, &c. as regulars, ch. CLX s. iii. 363, 364.
WABASH,-Act for the relief of the officers and soldiers who served in the campaign there, ch. LIV s. i. 102; volunteers to have the same allow. ance as the militia when called into actual service of the United States, ib.; pensions allowed to officers and soldiers, their widows or children, s. ii. 102, 103; not to exceed in any case the pay of a lieutenant-colonel, ib.; President to direct the rate of pensions ac- cording to wounds, &c. s. iii. 103; limita- tions of amount of pensions, b.; horses killed or lost in the battle near the Wabash to be paid for on proof, s. iv. 103, 104; mode of proof, ib, persons wounded in that battle or the representatives of those killed, allowed further time to pay for lands, s. v. 104. WAR, declared against Great Britain, &c. ch. CII 227, 228.Persons authorised to sink armed enemy vessels, except cartels and flags of truce, with torpedoes or otherwise, ch. CLXXXIX 414, 415; bounty of one half the value of vessel. guns, cargo, tackle and apparel, payable out of the Treasury, allowed therefor, ib.
WAR DEPARTMENT, accountant of. See superin- tendent general of military supplies.
WASP, sloop of war,-The President to have distribut ed as prize-money to Captain Jones, officers
and crew $25,000 for capturing the Frolic, ch. CXCIII 422, 423.
WEBB, JOSIAH H. wounded in the Creek nation of
Indians while carrying the mail, allowed fifty dollars annually, to commence 1st January, 1809, and continue during his natural life, ch. VII 8.
WEST POINT,-The report of the commissioners ap- pointed by the Secretary of War to settle the exterior line of the public land at West Point, approved, ch. CL 343,
WHIPPLE, ABRAHAM, the Secretary of the Navy
directed to place him upon the Navy list of invalid pen. sioners, to receive the half monthly pay of a captain, to commence 1st January, 1810, ch. v. 6, 7.
WILEY, SUSANNAH, to be paid $ 500 additional al-
lowance for the services of her husband as surveyor, ch. CCI
WILKINSON, JAMES, allowed for transportation of baggage and fuel, ch. CXIV
WILSON, THOMAS, allowed extra compensation for
rations furnished troops at new
posts in Louisiana, &c. ch. LII 100.
YOUNG, ANNA, allowed seven years half pay, with interest, ch. CXVI 268.
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