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LAWS OF MARYLAND

DEC. SESS.

1814.

under such regulations as may be established by law ;
that if any officer or private in the said division
shall die by reason of any wo and received in actual
service, and leave a widow, or if no widow, a child, or
children under eighteen years of age, such widow or if
no widow, such child or children shall be entitled to and
receive for and during the term of five years, half the
monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the
time of his death; but in case of the death or intermar-
riage of such widow, within the term of five years, the
half pay tor the remainder of the time shall go to the

Provisos.

child or children of such deceased officer: Provided, that
such half pay shall cease on the death of such child or
children; And provided that should the government of
the United States pay to such widow or children any
pension, such widow or children shall not be entrusted to
receive the pension or allowance in this section contain-
ed.

Uniform.

10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the uniform of
the officers and staff of the said troops shall be the same
with that now used in the army of the United States,
with some distinction, budge, or mark to be devised
by the commander in chief of the militia and hind and
sea forces of this state, which he is hereby authorised
to devise and establish; and the uniform of the non-
commissioned officers, musicians and privates, shall be
a blue coat with pantaloons of grey cloth for winter, and
of white cotton or sheeting for summer, with black
stocks, shoes and black gaiters, and such buttons, a n-
ion for the coat, marks and ornaments for the dress, and
kind and form of hat or cap, as the said commander in
chief shall devise and direct, which he is hereby author-
ised to do accordingly.

Subject to the
rules and ar-
ticles of war.

11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the officers,
staff, non commissioned officers, musicians and pri-
vates of the said division, from the time of their being
respectively commissioned or enlisted, shall be subject
to the rules and articles of war which are now, or may
be established for the government of the troops of the
United States.

Officers, &c.
not being em-
ployed to re-
ceive no pay.

12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That none of the of-
ficers to be appointed under this act shall be entitled
to any pay or emoluments until the services of such of-
ficers shall, in the opinion of the commander in chief of
this state become necessary, when he shall order them
into service.

Troops to be
placed under
the control of
the president.

13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the governor and
council be, and are hereby authorised and required to
place the said troops, or any portion of them when
raised, under the control, direction and authority of the
president of the United States, to be employed in confor-
mity with the provisions of this act.