The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-06
REPORT on THE SECRETARY o. WAR.

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| Sss; I beg leave 10 subnit the Annual Report VI
the Depsrmsai " War
Il The accompanying documents, oarked rrspscuvs-
y from To u iacIusive conta,p tbs dstsIsd sasss
ments furnishcd By the commanding Major Gssssss
! and the several bureaus Of the Dvparne0t - War,
Of the business under their respective aud irsedsss
charge, aud their vicws,l In relation 10 the same.
The regular army consists Of TIC commissioned
officers, u military storskespers. aud $50 sli'sss
men, officers artihcers, music isDs
aud priva,es Of dragoons arlisry, iafsa1y and r6s
men, ~ sergesnts, aud $50 enlisted men, OF ord
nance, making an aggregate Of s6i3, organized AZ
follows;
Geasvai snd Staff Officers One Major General, two
Brigadier Generals one Adjutant General SIX As
sistant Adjuisnts General; Two Inspectors General
one Qusrtermaster General; two Deputy Quarter
masters General; four Qusrtermasters aud twenty
9 KIT Assistan, Quartermasiers; one Commsssry
General, one Assistant Commissary General, aud six
Commissaries Of Subsistence.
.NsdieaI Department. One Surgeon General, TWEEN
| ~ Surgeons and fifty Assistant Surgeons.
Pay Depatment-One Paymaster General and nj
| teen Paymasters.
Corps Of Engiasers.--One Colonel, two Lieutenant
Colonies, four Majors twelve Captains, twelve First
Leutenants, and fifteen Second Lieutenants.
Corps Of Typographical Enyineers-one Colonel,
one Lieutenant Colonel four Majors, ten Captains,
ten First Leutenanis, and twelve Second Icutenants
| Ordnance Corps.-One Colonel, one Lieutenant
Colonel four Majors, ten Captains, six First Lieuts-
nan,s, and eleven Second Lieutenants.
One Regiment Of Dragons, containing ten compa-
MES Of fifty priyates each -Four Regiments Of .qrtiL
isry each containing companies Of forty two pri
Yates each EiyM Regiments If Infantry, each contain
Ing ten companies OF fortytwv privstes: One Regi'
"ent Of Rifsmsn Of ten companies Of fifty prlvates
each
the latest returns, Is being an excess
over The legal establishment Of II is esii-
mated that this will disappear by the end Of
the year.
h.I Init A III: ot~
departments, commanded each by General Officer
or Colonel
The LIST Nj itasy Department. commanded by Brevet
Brigadier General Arbucke, embraces West Florida
Kentucky; head quarters, New Orleans 1t contains
seven garrsoned posts, viz: Fort Pckens, near Pen
sacola, ll6 officers and men; Fort Morgan Mobile
Bay LOG; Fort Pike, Petite Coquille, So Fort Wood
near New Orleans, 60; New Orleans Barrao X, 10
Baton Rouge Barracks, 1903; Fort Jesup Louisiana
4I6: aggregate, q6S.
The I'd Military Department. commanded by Brcvet
Brigadler General Taylor, embraces the country
west Of the Mississippi, north of Louisiana and Tex
as, and south of the 37th degree of north latitude
head quarters, Fort Smith il contains four rarri,
soned posts viz: Fort Smith ITO officer, and men
Fort Gibson 1888; Fort Towson Fort Wash,ta
) aggregate 80.
The 81 Military Department commanded BY Breve,
MaJr General Games, Temporarily BY Colonel
kesrney, Dragons, embraces the State of Missouri
la0ave the 37th degree Of north latitude } Illinois
lo~a, that part Of Wisconsin Territory west of the
l3h degree OF longitude west of Washington. and
inc indian country north and west Of the lines ndl-
catee. IL contains seven garrsoned posts VIZ Fort
Scott on the Marmton, near the southwest boundarv
oil Missouri 1913 officers and men; Fort Leayen. |
worth, three hundred miles above Saint Louis, 3sl
odlcets and men jefferson Barracks, near St LOUIS.
956; Fort Des Mones, on the river of that name
lO7; Fort Atkinson, Turkey river, Iowa, west of
Praire du Chen, i02; Fort Crawford, Prairie du
Chien, 2Ol Fort Smelling, Falls Of st. Anthony 1875;
aggregate 2l37
The W .ulht0ry Department, commanded by Brevet
brgadier General Brady head quarters, Detroit,
embraces the States Of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan
Inc part OF Wisconsin Territory not included in the
Sd Department, and the Indian country north. II
contains hye garrison posts, viz; Fort Winnebago,
Wisconsin Territory, al the portage 81 officers and
men; FORT Brady, Sault de St. Marie, "a; Fort
Macklnsc, 1885; Fort Gratiot, Michigan. II2. Dr.
sroit Barracks, 3l2; aggregate 60
ms 3h Military Department commanded by Bripa-
ore Seaeal WOOL head quarters, at Try, embraces
the States of Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont,
New JERSEY, Connecticut and Rhode Island II con
tans IL gariisoned posts viz Buffalo Barracks 23l
oihcers and men Fort Niagara near Youngstown.
Do for' obtsr'o, near Oswego, 81; Madison Bar.
racks, near Sackets Harbor 1862; Plattsburg Bar
Tumsan, near New London, co; Fort coium bus,
S31 Forts Lafayette g. and Hamilton l29, in New
York hsrbor; Fort Mialn, near hiIadel phia, 10
Carlisle barracks, 81; aggregate, 1884.
he oh Military DtpG fmtnf Commanded by Colo
mel Crane, list Artillery head quarters at Portsmouth
New Hampshire, embraces the State of Massachu-
sets, New Hamps, ire, and Maine. Ii contains four
gsrrisoned posts, viz Hancock Barracks al Houton
Name, 2I2 officers and men Fort Sullivan PASSPORT
81; Fort Prebie, near Portland, 90 Fort C,ostitu.
tion near Portsmouth, 65; aggregate, 465
The IN Military Department, commanded by Colo
mel Wsbacb, 9Th Artillery, head quarters Fort Mon
roe Virginia, embraces the States of Delaware Ma
rylsnd, and Virginia. II contains three garr,soncL
posts, viz; Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, 1913 Off
GERS and men Fort severn, Annapolis, 50 and Fort
Monroe, Virginia, 40; aggregate, COL
The Sh Military Department, comma nded by Brcyet
br'gsdier General Armisiead, head quarters Fort
Mourie, Charleston harbor, embraces the States of
North and south Carolina and Georgia. 1t contains
hive garrIsoned posts, vizFort Johnston Smithyille
North Carolina, ca officers and men 4 Fort Macon
near Beaufort, North Carolina, 65 Fort Mou,tr,e
Charleston harbor 226; station near August, Arsep-
al, Georgia, So Ogleihorpe Barracks Savannah
Georgia, lUl aggregate 5l5
The 9Th Military department. comma nded by Breve, ,
Brigsder General Worth, head quarters ST. Au- .
gustne, embraces East and Middle Florida I, con.
tans three garrnoned posts, viz Fort Marion at ST
Augustine, 25l officers and men T; Kew We., so,. | '
Fou Brooke, Tampa Bay, 2T7. Aggregate. s2a
Major General Scott has the immediate command ;
Of The Army HIS head quarters, for the convenience
Of communication with the Department, are at {
Washington.
He IS charged with the duty Of issuing and d.,sri
mating General Orders from the President the De- =
partn'ent OF war, and Commanding General affect.
ing the Army proper, and the various department,
luio which II Is distributed lie has also charge of .
the records and military corrcsp ondence of the ARM
and the superinendence of the recruiting service
The Quarter Master Central has charge of the Quar-.
ter Masters Department Of tie Army which EN-.
braces quarters transportation, clothing, SC. The
latter item has been added 10 his duties b, the ac, of
ADD August, lo42 which abolished the Office of Com
nisssy General Of Purchases
The Commissay General Of Subsistence has charge
OF the subsistence. Of the entire army aud the super
vision and preparation for settlement of all accounts
connected herewith.
The Paynaser Csr erai has the title of hi, oo.