Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-06-05
ARMY OF THE II. s.

Cove : cnent has reduced the Army to
the Peace Establishment. An immense
number of very respectable and valuable
Officers are omitted in those retained !; and
VIII now have ID attempt new employments
tor support, some at an advanced age, and
some with families dependent on them.
here Is scarcely an Officer now IN the
Army of the Y. 5 vino was III it in 1794.
MILITAR1' PEACE ESTfBLISHMEET Mt
The National Inelligencer OF the 22d in
stant, contains copy OF tie Army Regis
ter, embracing the names and grade Of the
officers retained in service, together with
sundry orders or the War Department, an
rouncIng the organization Of the Military
Peace Establishment AS they are very
voluminons, occupying fifteen columns of
that paper, we can only present the follow
ing abstract, for which we are Indebted 10
the Editor Of the Boston ID lily Advertiser /.
j he first Of these orders announces he
formation OF two military divisions, called
the division OF the north and The division oil
the south. he dividing line j. principal
y the southern boundary CT Mary AID and
.he Ohio river. The division OF the norm
IS subdiviGed into five military departments,
4nd That oil The south in.o four.
The corps OF engineers is retained as be-
tore organized. Ofthe corps of artillery
there are 10 be thitty-two companies, or
eight O4ttalions, making $500 men. on
The light artlil~ry, ten Companies, Goo me1
VI the ihtanly, eight regiments or eighty
companies, $40 men. OF the rlhemen,
ten companies $50 men. Total, $3.50.
he regiment of iigat artillery, aud four
companies u the corps Of artillery, are sta
ionec IN New. Lngi .nd
be general s,aiI i, to consist of TWO Ma
Jor GENERALS, with two aids 20 each fou,
Bragdditr Generals, win one aid eac h an
AdJutant aud INSPECTOR General; and two
AdJutant- Generals four Brigade Inspec-
to's, &C.
The second order announces the Who'll.
army hsl, Major-Generals Brown and
jackson, and Bfigadiei Generals Macomh
Gaines, Scott ana Ripley are the general
officers. he Colonels retained are Br,,.
adler General J. q. Swift Of enrine-r.
Brigadier General Nj. Porter Of ne Ito ~
artillery, Bfigadier General Bissel, Brady
John Miller, King, Brigadief- Genera
James Miller, Atkinson, Me Donald and
Nicholas, oithe light infinuy aud Brig
/ a. Smith Of the rife rer,-
ment.
by the third order, the troops enlisted 70, |
the War, are 10 BE- discharged Is soon d,
they Can be mustered and paid, and The
discharge of al! supernumeraries is to be |
completed ty he 18Th OF June. Officers |
not retained IN service, are to continue il |
their several posts untii regularly relieved
By the fourth order Msjor(seneraI Brow
IS assigned to The division of the north. ant
MAJOR General Jackson to that of the |
south Brigadier. General, Macorrab and
Ripley are 10 act as Brigadier Generals il |
the former, and Brigadler- Generals Scott
and Gaines in the latter.
ALBANY, MAY 26.
Nfurder qoijl QUA man, an Irishmap |
by birth, was taken through this CITY three
days ago, as prisoner, charged with be- |
ing an accompiice 10 the murder Of Miss
Hamilton, at Athens, sometime ago. We
understand he made voluntary confession |
ofhis crime ere suspicion fell upon him
He underwent All examination in this CITY |
when he made detailed relation Of tile hor- |
rid affair, and gave the names cf his two
accempices. He has been taken 10 Cats
xiii 20 await his triai
The editor Of new paper entitled the
Visiter, published in Glen's Fslls in New
York, makes the following remarks on the |
first news OF Bonaparle's restoration
It's not 10 be expected that he viii ST. |
quietly down and idle away the remainder
OF his lite. No sooner mil he zraJe in blood, |
The field of battle is his home scenes of |
blood and carnage are his delight ;--and the
temporary check which has been given 10
his career will only serve TO quicken his
and to bring ino operation all the
powers Of his uaequaIlsd military g,nius."