The Clerk read as follows: ofSMiitleit.a 1r5y.Abife: That the Bureau shall hereafter consist of one iudge advocate general with the rank, pay and emolumentsofa brigadier general: and oneasstjndge advocate general. with the rank, ay, and emolumentsof a colonel; and thesaidJll goadvocategeneral shall receive, revise, npd have recorded the proceedings of all courts martial. courtsofinquiry and military commissions and shall perform such other duties as have heretofore been performed by the Judge advocate genera1 of the Army. And of the Judge advocatesnow u ofllcethere may be retained a number.not exceedng ten. to be selected b the SecyWar. w 10 shall perform their uties under the dl ‘00l 1opnf the Judge advocate general until otherwise provided bylaw, or until the SecyWar shall decidethat their services maybe dispensed with. No a ndment bein offered, The erk read as follows: Sec.16. Abife: That the quartermaster’s deptof the Army shall here or consist of one quarterMGen.with the rank. pay, and emoluments of a brigadier general: 6 quartermaster usq.wuiathrtethrneiraasntekr.spmaiyth and emoluments of colo uments of lieutenant eoloncls the rank. pay and emol 15 uartermasters. with the rank. pay. And emolument so majors; 44 quartermasters, with the rank. pay, and emoluments of captains: and at least 2/3rds of all original vacancies in eachof the grades of licutenant colonel and maqor and all original vacancies in the grade of captain shall be filled b selection from among those persons who have rendered meritorious serviceas asst quartermasters of volunteers in the Army of the U.S.in the late war. But after the 1st appointments made under the provisions of this section, as vacancies may occur in the grades of major and captain in this dept.no appointmentsto fill the same shall be madeuntil the number of majors shall be reduced to 12 and the number of captainsto 30 and thereafter thenumber of officersin each of said grades shall continue to conformto said reduced numbers. But nothing in this section shall be construed so as to vacate the commission of any officer now commissioned either as asst quarterMGen or asdeputy quarterMGen m or as asst quartermaster, but only to changethe title to quartermasterin the ease of those who rank as colonels, lieutenant colonels. majors and captains, without Meetingin any way their relative position or the time from which they take such rank.