Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-14
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, l71a
~ a:Nr y-Elo5.rn coak:.ss:as-.I,irss Session.
[Doenmnpts accompanying tie Presideat's .iessogs

CotGis i:ss--l'irsi Session.
[Doe"merts accompanying tie Presided's -uessogs
REPORT OF THE 81 ,RETARy OF WAR.
WAR DrqAErwuar. Nay 30. 1913
s:r: beg Lave t, submit the Annual Report Of
the Department of War.
TAG accompanying documents, marked rcspectveiy
from one To trn inclusive, contain TIE detailed STATE
mcnt4 furnished hy tn commanding hal'r-Generai
and the several bureaus of the Department OF War,
OF the business under their respective and immf ale
charge and their views in relation 10 III, sacc.
The regular amy consists Of ZIG commissioned OH
cais, IL III l'aty stnrekeepcrs, and 1,o0 enlisted mAn,
(ron ons ollicsrs at cerS, mus:cians and
p'ivues, of ORA gooas, artillery, inany, ard fiflsmen,
~ sergeants, and 30 enlisted men, o: ordnance, max
ing an aggregate Of : els. orgag!2,d as 70 !rws:
GcHerai md StaG Of;ctrsOne Ma or General t@o
BrieadeT GeneraIs, one Adjn,a,t General; * ASSIST
ant Ajju:anls General; Two Inspectors Genera; one
Qnar!ermaslcr General; two Deputy QaarteIma,t RS
General four Qlariermast RS and t~ea'c-,ghi As
sistan Qus.iermasters one Comm ssary General. one
Assistant Comtnssary General, and $ Comm ssafies
OF Suts senca.
.Ned,eal Impairment -Oae Surgeon General, twenty
Surgeons ans City Assistant Surgeons.
Pay Department Ons Paymas:er Genera! and if
teen Psgmls'ers.
Corps d Eng;acers One Colonel, two L'eutenan;
Colonies, iont Majors, twelve Captains, twelve FIRST
Leutenapts, and G:tsen Second L'euienans
Cosps # typographical Eagineers = One Col mel
on Leutenar, Colonel, four MAJORS, to Captains, Zen
Fret L'cutaral sud -; I've Second Leu.enaats
Crdaanee Cofps.-O - Colonel, o"s LF'';e"a"; g"
lnel, tur MaiiTs, lea Captains, SIX iFs: Lealenan's
and e.ven S cond Lieut. .usnis.
Ore Reg m:gi Of D6agoas;s cnuia ming ten comp1
nies ~ fifty rfiyat EACH Foar Tf-imeHtS@ ?ti tori
each containing cou.a1c5 Of !oriy-twp pG'rateS
each; Fight Regiments # han'ry, each containing lon
companies Of lofty two PrIvates; One HcglmcM d II
femen, of tn companies of fifty prl,alcs each
The present aciuc force of the army, according Ia
The latest returns, is -, berg an excess over The
legal establishment Of -. |. IS estimated that IN
excess W II disappear by the cid of !he year.
The Uoi,od St,tes are divided in,o n.ns ma y
departments commanded each by General O!icer o;
Colonel.
The Isl Military Department. commanded by B!seei
Briradcr General Arbucke, embraces ives, Florida
Anbama Miss ssippi, louisiana, Tennessee, and keL-
lucky; head qrat Is, New Orleans it contains seven
carr.snncd pos,s, w: For! pickens Pens lco,a
l6 officers and men; Fort Morgan, VI ,bs Bay, lHG
Fort Pike. Petite Coqu,l., 49, Fort Nocd, nsaf New
O,:ans, 63 New O:leans Barracks, 40; Baton
Rouge Ba-racks l03; Fort Jesup, Louisiana, -ag-
grera.r, 96S
The gu .Niite7y Department, commanded by Brevei
BTgade! Geacral TAI ,r, cmb,ac 5 the t-y west
Of the Mississippi norih Of Louisiana and Texas, ana
south Ct ha - Il derrsc Of north latitude; head quar-
tes, Fo;t Smith |. contains four gtrrisfn pos:s,
w Fort 5 alta TO officers and meu; Firl Goson
SIS; Fort To:nson -; Fofi Tashi!l -; a.gre-
gate
Tac 81 .iiditqrg Orpq5taoa: commanded by i.reet,
Rfgadrer Genera! Canes, (iemY9-cf!} W Eoio".
kearaeV, D-a-unnE,} embraces tie state OF lfs'n'i,
above III - ii da4tee O.: north laGce) limos, To-
va that patt Of the Wisconsin Territory wts. oi he
18Th degree Of longitude vest OF Wash.ngt ant The
Ind couutr? north ard @eS, Of the lines indebted
L. contlins ggrgsaned posts, VIZ f"it Sco' on
the Aa'm:ion, near the southwest boundary o. MS
souri, 1875 officers and men, Fort Leaveaworlb, three
D. and, n
jefferson Barracks, ST. Louis, $50; Fo'i Des
Mones the river OF that name, 1907; Fort Atanson,
Turkey river Io~a, west Of Prairie du Chen, ll2
For, Crawford, fra'rie dn CHEN, 23l Fort Smelling,
Falls of s: Anthony, l?5; aggregate :, l31.
The it .aidtry Department, commanded by B'e@ct
Brigadrr Genera! Brady; head quarters Detroit, eii-
braces The aies of !adiara, Ohn and Michigan; the
part of Wisconsin Territory not included in the 81 D.
par !irm an; The l"da IN Country noTh. l. contains
sntrsoacd posts viz: Fort W,nnebago, Wisconsin, Ter
rt,ry IT III, portage 81 others and Fort Brady,
Saul; de- S, ilarie, al; For! VI scknac 1856 Fort G!a
tot, Michigan, ll2 Dtttot Barracks, 3l2 aggregate,
geo
The 9TH Military Department, commanded by B5Ga-
der General Wool head quarters at Troy, embraces the
States Of Pennsy lvann, = York, Vermont n Jrrscy,
Connecticut AMI Ehade Island. |! contains y gain,
s,ned posts, Hu;Fal' Barracks, psi officers AID
men; For. Niagara, near Young town. !3 Fort On;a
RIO near O5weGo, o. MADISON Barracks, Sackeits
!iarbnr. lG2 Pe, ,5usg Barracks. ce Fort Adams,
near Ncwroft 202; Fort fEnmjuli, near u" Lon-
don 81 Eu.i Colun,bus, 357; FoFs lafayette, g.
and fi!:ai!lnn i3J. IN New York harhoi; For; M'!n
Pai'ailpo, al, Gail SIC Barracks O.; aEg1g a:H
1884
The CT .lGitry Depprfmeu', COMMANDED BY Coll
Crane Is: Artillery. head quarters I. tt!nouih, Hew
iamns he States Ul Il 3aciusa:ts Ne I"
Hampshire aHd Mime. Ii contains four caFfisonHd
posts, viz uancoek Barracks, at H,ult'n, l.ine 81
officers and Fort Sm Ivan, East,ot, o. Fort Pre-
b. near Por iud 81; FoEt Constitution, near Ports
mouth, Go. aagregat., 455.
The .ti Military Department, commanded b. Colo
nsl Wabaca, 4lh Artillery, head quarters Fo't Mon
roe Virginia embraces the States of d llware, Mary
land and Virginia. II contains three sarrisoned posts
W: Fort M:Ilenry, BaI,nore I'D officers aad
men; Fort Severn, Annapolis, -; ami Fort Monroe
Va l2l: aggregate. COL.
Tao I'll .:"ii:t.ry Department. con'manoed oy btevc'
Br,radler GFuefai afmsteed, head quarters Fort
M,utris, Charleston harbo-, embraces the States Of
North and South Carolina, and Georgia 1T contains
five ranisoned pcs;s viz Fort johnston, SinIthvlie
North Carolinr CT oIicers and Fo:t Macon, near
Beaufort, North Carolina e.; Forl Mourie, Charles
ton harhor, 22G station Augusta Arsenal, Ger
GA 90; Osrihorpc Barracks, Savannah, Georgia. l01
aggregate, sis.
The Gtb .HtLtrry Department, commanded by b'eVet
i3fead,r Gcng;al Worth. head quarters st. Angus
time embraces East and Middle Florida. II contains
tlrae earr.oued pests, VIZ Fort Marion, al 81. Az
justine, pol officers aud men; ny N's', u; foit
: 49,
Major General Scott has lie immediate command
Of the Array. HIS head quarters for The co"Sen,e"cs
of communication with The Department are at Wash
:ag:o1
The sJjatsrt Ggaeral is stationed 1t heed quarters
IL ). caa;.,d win the dlty Of Issuing aud d.ssem'na
;n- G:cne,ll O.dess fem the President hs Dep7r.
NIT OF Ws7. end Conm.na'uG General, ahsc: ng ;:'
Amy propsr and a .2tioa: Departments in;o wh'an
il IS sr:5uod He his alsr chirge OF the records anl
military correspondence 0! The Army, and The su9efh
tendence OF The recruiting service.
The Qu7,tsr Hasisr General has charge of The nar
t.r Masters Department of the Army, whoa embrace
quarters, transportation, co';'as &c The later ZEN
has been addr the duties by the at of I'D August
1872, which abolished the Office OF Conmissaty Gene
raj If Purchases.
The Commi>sary t7r&trai Of subsistence has charge
Of the subsistence of the eFr army, aid the superb
sion and prepnralion for settlement Of al accounts con
nec;cd there with.
The Paymascr Gtiara has, tie title Of his Office
road indicate the charge CT paying The troops, ani
tie supervision and preliminary settlement Of The n:
counts of TIE Paymas,e-s of the Army.
The ssrgeon G.ntro has charge OF the Medical DE
pa-insn, Of tie Army, including hosptnls, h>SPta
a MT