The Secrets proceeded to read the bill. It provides that the military peace establishment of the U.S shall hereafter consist of 5 regiments of artillery, 12 regiments of cavalry, 50 regiments of infant, the professers and corps of cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, and such other forces as are provided for by the act, to be known as the Army of the U.S. The 5. reviments of artillery provided are to consist of the 5 regiments now organized; and the 1st, 2nd. 3rd, and 4th regiments of artillery are to have the same organization as is now prescribed by law for the 5th regiment ofartillcry; but the regimental adjutants, quar termasters, and commissaries are hereafter to be extra 1st lieutenants. To the 6 regiments of cavalry now in service there are to be added 6 regiments, having the same organization as is now provided by law for cavalry regiments, the 1st and 2nd lieutenants of which, and 2/3rds of the oficers in each of the grades above that of 1st lieutenant, are to be selected from among the officers and soldiers of volunteer cavalry, and 1/3rd from officers and soldiers of the regular Army who have served 2 years in the field during the war, and have been distin uished for capacity and good conduct; and our of the companies from each regiment may be armed and drilled as infantry at the discretion of the President; but each cavalry regiment is hereafter to have but one hospital stew ard, and the regimental adjutants, quartermas ters, and commissaries are hereafter to be extra 1st lieutenants. There are to be 50 regiments of infantry, to consist of the ten regiments of ten companies each now organized; the 9 remaining regiments so distributed that each battalion, with the addition oftwo companies, shall constitute a regiment of ten companies, and 5 additional regiments of ten companies each, and all the vacancies in the grades of 1st and 2nd lieutenant, and 2/3rds of the vacancies in the ades above that of 1st lieutenant, are to be fi led by selection from the officers and soldiers of volunteer infantry or artillery, and 1/3rd from officers and soldiers of the regular Army who have served 2 years during the war, and have been distinguished for capacity and good conduct in the field; and 8 regiments to be composed of colored men, to be officered by officers of colored troops. who have served 2 years during the war, and who have been distinguished for capacity and good conduct in the field; but promotions in the colored regiments are to be confined to the regiments of that corps. The volunteer officers to be selected for appointment under these provisions are to be distributed as nearly as may be among the States, in proportion to the number of troops furnished during the war. Each regiment of infantryis to have one coloncl, one lieutenant colonel, 2 majors, one regimental commissary, (an extra 1st lieutenant) one adjutant, (an extra 1st lieutenant) one regimental quartermaster, (an extra 1st lieutenant, )ten captains, ten 1st and ten 2nd lieutenants, one sergpant major, one quarter master sergeant, one ospital steward, one commissary sergeant, 2 principal musicians, and ten companies, and each company is to have one captain, one 1st and one 2nd lieutenant, one 1st sergeant, 4 sergeants, 8 corporals, 2 artificcrs, 2 musicians, one wag oner, and 50 privates, and the number of privates may be increased to 100, at the discretion of the President, whenever the exi encies of the service require such increase. ach regiment in the service of the U.S. may have a band, (as now provided by law) and there are to be one ordnance sergeant and hoapital steward for each military post, and the same number of post chaplains as ndwpto vided by law; and the POTUS is to appoint for the national cemeteries already established, or to be established, a superintendent, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of an ordnance sergeant, to be selected from the non-commissioned officers of the regular Army and volunteer forces who have received certificates of merit for services during the war. All enlistments into the Army are hereafter to be for the term of 5 years, and one major for edeh regiment is to be appointed when 4 companies shall have been organized, the lientenant colonel when 6 companies shall have been organized, the colonel and 2nd major when the organization of the regiment is completed; and not more than one officer for each company is to be appointed to any regiment or company until the minimum number of men shalrhave been enlisted and the command duly organized; and recruits may be collected at the general rendezvous in addition to the number required to fill the regiments and compa nies herein provided for, if the number does not exceed in the a gregate 3000 men. There are to e one lieutenant general, 5 major generals, and ten brigadier generals. The adjutant nerals Dept is icreafter to consist of tfi: officers now authorized by law, namely, one adjutant general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general; 2 asst adjutant generals, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of. coloncls of cavalry; 4 asst adjutant generals, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant colonels of cavalry, and 13 asst adjutant generals, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry. There are to be 4 in spectors general of the Army, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cavalry, and 8 asst inspectors general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant colonels of cavalry. The Bureau of Military Justice is hereafter to consist of one judge advocate general, with the rank, pay, an emoluments o a brigadier general, and one asst judge advocate General, with the rank, pa, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry, an they are to receive, revise, and have recorded the proceedings of the courtsmartial, courts of inquiry and military commissions of the armies of the U.S., and perform such other duties as have hereto fore been performed by the Judge Advocate General of the armies of the U.S. The quartermasters Dept is hereafter to consist of one quarterMGen, with the rank, pay, and emoluments o a brigadier general; 3 chief asst quarterGens, with the rank, pay, an emoluments of brigadier generals; 4 asst quarterMGens, with the rank, pay, an emoluments of colonels of cavalry; cicht deputy quarterMGens, with the rent. pay, and emoluments of lieutenant colonels of cavalry; 16 quartermasters, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry; and 48 asst quartermasters, with the ran, pay, and emoluments of catains of cavalry, and the vacancies thus create in the grade of as sistant quartermaster are to be filled by selection from among the persons who have rendered meritorious service as asst quartermasters of volunteers durlng 2 years of the war. The provisions of the act for the better organization of the quartermasters Dept, approved Jul 4, 1864, are to continue in force for one year onger. The number of military storekeepers is not to exceed 16. The subsistence Dept is hereafter to consist of the Officers now authorized by law, namel, one commissary general of subsistence, with tie rank, pay, and emoluments of a brig adier general; 2 asst commissary Generals, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cavalry; 2 asst commissary generals, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant. colonels of cavalry; 8 commissaries of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry; and 16 commissaries of subsistence, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of captains of cavalry. Officers of the line detailed to act as regimental quartermasters or commissarics, or as quartermasters or commissaries of permanent posts, or of commands of not less than 2 companies, are, when the assignment is duly reported to and approved by the War Dept, to receive as extra compensation while responsible for Government property, ten dollars permonth. The medical Dept of the Army is here afterto consist of one surgeon veneral, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general; one asst surgeon general, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry: 75 surgeons, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cavalry: 150 asst surgeons, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of 1st lieutenants of cavalry iorthe 1st 3 years service, and with the rank, pay, and emoluments of captains of cavalry after 3 years service; and 5 med ical storclteepers, with the same compensation as is now provided by law; and 2/3rds of the vacancies thus created in the gradesof surgeon and asst surgeon are to be filled by selection from among the persons who have served as staff or regimental surgeons or asst surgeons of volunteers 2 years during the war, and 1/3rd from similar officers of the regular Army; and persons who have served as asst surgeons 3 years in the volunteer service are to be eligible for promotion to the grade of captain. Upon the recommendation of the Surgeon General, thelSecyWar may detail a surgeon as chief medical purveyor, who, while performing such duty, is to be in charge of the principal purchasing and issuing depot of medical supplies, and have the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry; and not to exceed 5 medical officers as asst medical purveyors, who, while performing such duty in the different geographical divisions or Depts, are have the rank, pay, and emoluments of lieutenant colonels of cavalry. The pay Dept of the Army is hereafter to consist of one payMGen, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a brigadier General; 2 asst payMGens. with the rank, pay, and emoluments of colonels of cav alry; 2 deputy payMGens, with the rank, ny, and emoluments oflieutenant colo nels ofJeavalry; and 60 paymasters, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of majors of cav alry; an the vacancies created in the grade of major are to be filled by selection from the persons who have served as additional paymasters 2 years during the war. The corps of engineers is to consist of one chief of engineers, with the rank, pa, and emoluments of a brigadier general, x colonels, 12 lieutenant colonels, 26 majors, 30 captains, and 26 1st and ten 2nd lieutenants, who are to have the pay and emoluments now provided by law for officers of the engineer corps. The 5 companies of engineer soldiers, and the ser cant. major, and quartermaster sergeant hereto ore prescribed by law, are to constitute a battalion of engineers, to be officered by officers of suitable rank detailed from the corps of engineers, and the officers of engineers acting respectively as odjutant and (Anartermaster of this battalion are to be entitle to the pay and emoluments of adjutants and quartermasters of cavalry.” The ordnance Dept of the Army is to consist of the same number of officers and enlisted men as is now authorized bylaw, and the officers are to be: one brigadier general, 3 colonels, 6 lieutenant colonels, 12 majors, 20 captains, 12 1st lieutenants, ten 2nd lieutenants, and 13 military store keepers. There is to be one chief signal officer of the Army, with the rank, pay, and emoluments of a colonel of cavalry. The SecyWar may detail from the Army, upon the recommendation of the chief signal officer, 6 officers, and not to exceed 100 nonmem missioned officers and privates, to be taken from the battalion of engineers, for the performance of sinalduty; but no otheer or enlisted man is to e detailed to serve in the signal corps iiutil he shall have been examined and approved by a militar board, to be convened by the SecyWar for that purpose; an officers while so detailed, are to receive the pay and emoluments of cavalry officers of their respective grades; and enlisted men, while so detailed, are, when deemed necessary to be mounted upon horses provided by the (iovernment. No officer of the regular Army below the rank of a colonel is hereafter to be romoted to a higher grade before havingpasse a satisfactory examination as to his fitness for romotion and past record of services before a card of 3 general Officers or officers of his corps or arm of service, senior to him in rank; and should the officer fail at the examination, hcis to be suspended from promotion for one year, when he shall be reiixamiued, and upon a 2nd fail ure be dropped from the rolls of the Army; but if any officer he found unfit for promotion on account of moral disqualifications, he is not to be entitled to a re examination. The Adjutant General, QuarterMGen, Commissary General of Subsistence, Surgeon General, PayMGen, Chief of Engineers, and Chief of Ordnance are hereafter to be appointed by selection from the corps to which they belong. No person is to be appointed to an vacancy created by this bill in the pay, me ical, or uartermasters depart.ments, or be promote to any higher grade therein, until he shall have passed the examination required. No person is to be commissioned in any of the regiments authorized until he shall have passed a satisfactory examination before a board, to be convened under direction of the SecyWar, which shall inquire into the services rendered during the war, capacity, and qualifications of the applicant; and such appointment, whui made, is to be without regard to previous rank, but with sole regard to qualifications and meritorious services. Persons applying for commissions are not to be entitled to any compensation for expenses incurred in reporting to the board for examination. APPORTIONMENT of REPRESENTATION.