EXTRACT from an Act for regulating the Military Establishment of the UNITED STATES, passed April 30, 1790. AND be it further enacted, That the commissioned officers aforesaid, shall receive for their daily subsistence, the following number of rations of provisions, to wit: Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, six. A Major, four. A Captain, three. A Lieutenant, two. An Ensign, two. A Surgeon, three. A Surgeon's Mate, two. Or money in lieu thereof, at the option of the said officers, at the contract price at the posts respectively where the rations shall become due. And be it further enacted, That the commissioned officers hereinafter described, shall receive monthly the following compensated sums, instead of forage: Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, twelve dollars. Major Commandant of Artillery, Major and Surgeon, each ten dollars. Surgeon's Mates, each six dollars. And be it further enacted, That every non-commissioned officer, private, and musician aforesaid, shall receive annually the following articles of uniform clothing: One hat or helmet. One coat. One vest. Two pair of woollen, and two pair of linen overalls. Four pair of shoes. Four shirts. Two pair of socks. One blanket. One stock and clasp, and One pair of buckles. And be it further enacted, That every non-commissioned officer, private, and musician aforesaid, shall receive daily the following rations of provisions, or the value thereof: One pound of beef, or three quarters of a pound of pork. One pound of bread or flour. Half a gill of rum, or brandy, or whiskey, or the value thereof at the contract price where the rations shall become due. One quart of salt, two quarts of vinegar, two pounds of soap, and one pound of candles, to every hundred rations. And be it further enacted, That if any commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, private or musician aforesaid, shall be wounded or disabled while in the line of his duty in public service, he shall be placed on the list of the invalids of the United States, at such rate of pay, and under such regulations as shall be directed by the President of the United States for the time being: Provided always, That the rate of compensation for such wounds or disabilities, shall never exceed for the highest disability, half the monthly pay received by any officer, non-commissioned officer, private, or musician, at the time of such wound or disability; and that the rate of compensation, at the time of being so wounded or disabled, shall be continued to the non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians, and shall not exceed five dollars per month: And provided also, That all inferior disabilities shall entitle the person so disabled, to receive only a sum in proportion to the high'st. disability. And be it further enacted, That every commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer, private, and musician aforesaid, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) to bear true allegiance to the United States of America, and to serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whomsoever, and to observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States of America, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war." And be it further enacted, That the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians aforesaid, shall be governed by the rules and articles of war, which have been established by the United States in Congress assembled, as far as the same may be applicable to the Constitution of the United States, or by such rules and articles