5. That on request of the Governor, on the recommendation of
a board of officers of the Militia regiment, the President
may order a lieutenant of the Militia regiment to duty with
its Regular company, for a period not exceeding two years, to
receive, after taking the oath, the rank, pay and allowances
of his grade in the Army, during his service for that period;
_Provided_, That but one officer in the regiment is so assigned,
at the same time, and that while so assigned, one of the
lieutenants of the Regular company may, on the application of
the Governor, be assigned to duty with its Militia regiment, by
the President.
6. That it shall hereafter be the duty of Regular officers
detailed to inspect Militia regiments to report the four
officers in each regiment who are, in their judgment, best
qualified for court-martial duty, and thereafter they may
be detailed on courts for the trial of Regular officers; no
court, however, to have over twenty per cent of its members of
such Militia officers so recommended; the Militia officers so
detailed to have the rank, pay, and emoluments of their grade in
the Army while serving on such detail.
7. That it shall hereafter be the duty of colonels of regiments
of the Regular Army to report annually six of the sergeants of
their respective regiments in their judgment best qualified
for service on courts martial, and that thereafter they may be
detailed on courts martial convened for the trial of enlisted
men of the Regular Army; no court, however, to have over twenty
per cent of its members of such sergeants so recommended.
8. That hereafter the finding and sentence of courts martial
shall be publicly announced, in open court, to the accused,
immediately after its determination.
9. That it be the duty hereafter of the committees on Military
Affairs in both the Senate and House of Representatives, to send
a sub-committee, the Chairman of the Senate sub-committee to
have, during this duty, the temporary rank of Major General, and
that of the House Brigadier General, and each sub-committee to
have an officer of the Inspector General's Department for its
Recorder, to visit and inspect, as far as practicable during
the recess of each session of Congress, the principal points of
interest, both in the Regular Army and the Militia, and submit
their reports with recommendations--the Senate Committee through
the Senate to the President for his information, and the House
Committee to the Speaker for the information of the House.