Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836. Page: 48
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vices and make a corresponding report to the Governor,
who shall issue commissions accordingly.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordai ned and decreed, cfc., That
the commanding officer of a detachment, company, battallion
or regiment, as aforesaid, shall, and it is hereby
made his duty, upon his reporting to the Governor or to
the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Texas, to accompany
said report with a muster-roll of his command,
and he shall certify the same; and it. shall be the
duty of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army to forward
the same to the Governor of Texas, after having caused
to be taken and filed in his office, copies of the same.
SEC. 3. Be it further oratined and decreed, Sfc., That
the "Volunteer Auxilliary Corps," as aforesaid, shall be
organized as follows :-Each platoon shall contain not
less than twenty-eight men, rank and file; each company
two platoons or fifty six men, rank and file; each battalion
five companies, or two hundred and eighty men,
rank and file; each regiment two battalions. or five hundred
and sixty men, rank and file: that each platoon
maay be officered by one' First-Lieutenant; each company,
one Captain, one First-Lieutenant and one Second-Lieutenant;
each battalion one Major, and each
regiment one Colonel, one Lieutenant-Colonel, and one
Major; and all volunteer officers shall take rank in their
respective grades, according to the date of their cornmissions.;
and where there are several officers in any one
grade of the same date of appointment, seniority of rank
shall be determined by drawing numbers, which shall be
done by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained and decreed, 4'c., That
each volunteer, who shall volunteer his services and is
accepted by the Government, agreeably to the provisions
of this Ordinance, shall receive the same pay, rations and
clothing which was allowed by the laws of the United
States, during their last war with Great Britain.
SEC. 5. Be it further ordained and decreed, 4c., That
all volunteers who shall enter the service agreeably to
the provisions of this decree, shall be entitled to one
mile square, or six hundred and forty acres of land, to be
selected out of the public domain of Texas;. and all volunteers
who shall become disabled in the service of
Texas, and*who shall be discharged therefore, before the
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Texas (Republic). Secretary of State. Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836., book, 1838; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45353/m1/48/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .