{"newspaper_name": "The Arkansas banner.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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INCREASE OF 4,s00 MEN IN THE ARMy- We publish the following bill authorizing the President to increase the Army 4.S00 men, by enlarging the nunaber of men, heretofore allowed in a company, to Eighty. The bill as here published passed the House of Rep resentatives in lieu of the bill reported by thu. committee on Military Affairs, 10 wit

 s'An act to authorize an increase of the rank and file of the Army of the United States.

 That the President of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized, by voluntary enlistment, to increase the number of privateS in each company of the existing regiments oi dragons, artillery, and infantry, to any num- Der not exceeding eighty, whenever in his opinion the exigencies of the public service may require the same. Proridcd, That said establishment shall be for the term of three years, and no larger. unless sooner disban ded by the President.''