this is an amendment,
shall be so far deemed in the military service of the United
States as to be under the military jurisdiction and entitled
to the military protection of the Government while in
discharge of the duties of their office.

"SEC. 4. _And be it further enacted_, That officers of the
Veteran Reserve Corps or of the volunteer service, now on
duty in the Freedmen's Bureau as assistant commissioners,
agents, medical officers, or in other capacities, whose
regiments or corps have been or may hereafter be mustered
out of service, may be retained upon such duty as officers
of said bureau, with the same compensation as is now
provided by law for their respective grades; and the
Secretary of War shall have power to fill vacancies until
other officers can be detailed in their places without
detriment to the public service.

"SEC. 5. _And he it further enacted_, That the second
section of the act to which this is an amendment shall be
deemed to authorize the Secretary of War to issue such
medical stores or other supplies, and transportation, and
afford such medical or other aid as may be needful for the
purposes named in said section: _Provided_, That no person
shall be deemed 'destitute,' 'suffering,' or 'dependent upon
the Government for support,' within the meaning of this act,
who is able to find employment, and could, by proper
industry or exertion, avoid such destitution, suffering, or
dependence.

"SEC. 6. Whereas, by the provisions of an act approved
February sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled
'An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the collection
of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the
United States, and for other purposes," approved June
seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' certain lands in
the parishes of Saint Helena and Saint Luke, South Carolina,
were bid in by the United States at public tax sales, and,
by the limitation of said act, the time of redemption of
said lands has expired; and whereas, in accordance with
instructions issued by President Lincoln on the sixteenth
day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to the
United States direct tax commissioners for South Carolina,
certain lands bid in by the United States in the parish of
Saint H