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companies of forty-two privates: One Regi- ment of Klflemen, of ten companies of fifty privates each.
 The present actual force of the army, ac- cording to the latest returs. is 79l4. being an excess over the legal establishment of 254. 1t IS estimated that this excess will disappear by the end of the year.
 The United States are divided into nine military departments, commanded each by General Officer or Colonel.
 The lst Military Department, commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Arbuckle, en- braces West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Tennessee, and Kentucky; head quarters, New Orleans. It contains seven garrlsoned posts, viz Fort Pickens, near Pensacola, l6 officers and men; Fort Nor gan, Mobile Bay, 106; Fort Pike, Petite Co., qullle, 52; Fort Wood, near New Orleans, 63; New Orleans Barracks, no; Baton Rouge Barracks, 103; Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 4l8; aggregate 968.
 The I'd Military Department, commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Taylor, embra- ces the country west of Mississippi, north of Louisiana and Texas, and south of the 27th degree of north latitude; head quarters, Fort Smith. 1t contains four garrisoned posts, viz: Fort Smith 10 officers and men: Fort Gibson 338; Fort Towson Fort Washita aggregate
 The Sd Military Department, commanded by Brevet Major General Gaines, (temporari- ly by Colonel Kearney, Dragoons,) embraces the State of Missouri, (above the 37th degree of north latitude Illinois, Iowa, that part of Wisconsin Territory west of the 18th degree of longitude west from Washington, and the Indian country north and west of the lines indicated. Itcontains seven garrisoned posts, viz: Fort Scott, on the Marmiton, near the southwest boundary of Missouri, 195 officers and men; Fort Leavenworth, three hundred miles above Saint Louis, 381 officers and men; Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, 956; Fort Des Moines, on the river of that name, lO7; Fort Atkinson, on Turkey river, Iowa, west of Prairie du Chien, 162; Fort Craw- ford, Prairie du Chien, 201; Fort Smelling, Falls of St Anthony 195; aggregate 2l37.
 The 4th Military Department, commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Brady; head quarters, Detroit, embraces the States of In- diana, Ohio and Michigan, the part of Wis consin Territory not included in the Sd and the Indian country north. It contains five garrison posts, viz: Fort Win nebago, Wisconsin Territory, at the portage, 57 officers and men; Fort Brady, Sault de St. Marie, "A; Fort Mackinac, 135; Fort Gratiot, Michigan, 1l2; Detroit Barracks, 312; az gregate 69O
 The 9th Military Department, commanded by Brigadier General Wool, head quarters, at Troy, embraces the States of Pennsylvania, New fork, Vermont New Jersey, Connec- ticut and Rhode Island. It contains 12 gar risoned posts, viz: Buffalo Barracks, 231 off, cers and men; Fort Niagara, near Youngs- town, 533; Fort Ontario, near Oswego, 61; Madison Barracks, near Sackett's Harbor, 162; Plattsburg Barracks, 80; Fort Adams near Newport, POP; Fort Trumbull, near New London, 60: Fort Columbus, 357; Forts Lafayette 92, and Hamilton 129, in New Y ork harbor; Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, 70; Carlisle Barracks, 67; aggregate, 1884.
 The 9th Military Department, commanded by Colonel Crane, 1st Artillery, head quarters at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, embraces the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, md Maine. Itcontains four garrisoned posts, viz, Hancock Barracks, at Houlton, Maine, 272 officers and men; Fort Sullivan, East port, 62; Fort Preble, near Portland, 69; Fort Constitution, near Portsmouth 65; az gregate, 468.
 The 7th Military Department, commanded by Colonel Walbach, 4th Artillery, head quarters Fort Monroe, Virginia, embraces the States of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia It contains three garrisoned posts, viz: Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, l23 officers and men; Fort Severn, Annapolis, 58, and Fort Monroe, Virginia, APO; aggregate, 60l.
 The 8th Military Department, commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Armstead, head quarters, Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor, the States of N orth and South Caro- lima, and Georgia. It tcontains five garrisoned posts, viz: Fort Johnson, Smithville, North Carolina, GA officers and men; Fort Macon, near Beaufort, North Carolina, GA; Fort Charleston harbor, 226; station near Augusta Arsenal, Georgia, 56; Oglethorpe Savannah, Georgia, 107; aggregate SIS.
 The 9th Military Department, commanded by Brevet Brigadier General Worth, head quarters, St. Augustine, embraces East and Middle Florida. It contains three garrisoned posts, viz: Fort Marion, at St. Augustine, 251 officers and men; Key West, 95; Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay, 277; aggregate, 623.
 Major General Scott has the immediate command of the Army. His head quarters, for the convenience of communication with the Department, are at Washington.
 The Adjutant General is stationed at Head Quarters. He is charged with the duty of issuing and disseminating General Orders from the President, the Department of War, and Commanding General, affecting the Army proper, and the various departments into which it is distributed. He has also charge of the records and military correspondence of the Army, and the superintendence of the recruiting service.
 The Quarter Master General has charge of the Quarter Masters Department fthe Army, which embraces quarters, transportations, &c. The latter item has been add