Public--No. 26 AN ACT
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For the increase of the marine corrs of tie

 United States.

 Be t enacted ky ths Senate and Hsuse Of Representatives ef' tke U. States of .aneSica n C7mgress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the United States nza- rlne corps ss now organized shall consist of four additional captains, four 6es, Iieatsnanss, four 2nd fiea,enaass, twenty-five ssrgsaniss twenty-five corporals. tweniy-fvs drumnsvs; twenty-five ffers, and one thousand adii. tional privates.

 Sec. ?. 4ad 5e |; fartker enacted, That the officers thus provided for shall bs ap- pointed first by promotion according to rank in the mariae corps, and then by selection and tha. their nominations shaIl be submlis- ted to the Senate for their advice and con. sent.

 Sec. 3 find 6e ii fariher endesed, That the provisions Of an aci passed the thirtiesh of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-lnur. entitled ]An act for the better organization of the U. 5. marine corps" be, and the same are hereby made applicable in all respects ,o the provisions of this set; Provided, Aorspev, That. notwithstanding anything in said act to the contrary, the staff of the marine eorps be, and the same is hereby, separated from the line of said corps, the officers of the for mer to receive the same pay snd en1oluments they now receive by law, and ,o hold the same assimilaied rank, to wi. quara1fmaa- ieFs, paymasiers, adjutaa.s. and ipspettoss, Ihe rank of major, and assistant startermas. ters the rank of captain

 Sec. 4 find be il fiErthsF eaacted, That the President al the ,ermiwaiion of the Mex ican war, shall reduce she marine corps ts number. both in men and in officers, not ex- ceeding the number now iE service. Approved, March 2, l8a7.