pay and emoluments, nnd be entitled to the same rations and clothing as the officers, non-commissioned officers and pri- vates of the snme rank and grade, in the Regular Army of the United States of Aml'rica. SEC. 3. A11d be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That the Regiment of .Artillery shall be drilled and exercised in the infantry as well as artillery service; and the Regiment of InfantTy shall be drilled and exercised in the rifle as well as infantrv service. SEC. 4." A11d · be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That t.he officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the .Army of Texas shall be governed by, and subject to the c;ame rules and regulations, and the same field, camp and garrison service, duty and discipline as the officers, non-com- mii;:sionccl officers and privates of the Army of the United States of Amerie:a. SEC. 5. .d11d be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That every non-commissioned officer and private of the Regu- lar Army of Texas shall receive, and it is hereby granted to him, his heirs, legal representatives or assigns, one mile square or six hundred and forty acres of land, in Texas, after he shall have reeeived an honorable discharge, to which he shall be entitled for a faithful service agreeably to the terms of his enlistmenl SEC. 6. And be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That there shall be enlisted for each Company, in addition to the rank and file. one drummer and one fifer, who shall be each entitled to the pay, rations and clothing of a sergeant, and shall he entitled to the same bounty in land as the non-com- missioned offieers nnd privnteR of the Regular Army. Passed nt San FeJipe de Austin, Nov. 24, 1835. (Signed) JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C. P. B. DEXTER, Sec'y to Gen. Council. Approved, November 26, 1835.
HENRY SMITH,
Governor.
C. B. STEWART,
Executive Secretary.
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