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aggregated and combined, exceed the regular estimates
70 ne iasl AZ and Ie they fall short OF Tie
uai appropriations at the recent session. Indian
count some $4,000, while the regular estimates Of Ia
year exceed the corresponding class in the present gene
estimate Sl.seo-the difference being occasloned By Il
Omission OF sundry Items and The reduction of others
Grea care has also been taken 10 make The explanato
remarks accompanying the estimates conlomahe lay
They succinc y but clearly exhibit the grounds on whc
!ne several Items are respectively founded and ahoug
ihe aggregate Is large Il cannot, my Judgment be s
lenaily diminished without detrmsnt to lie public ii
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The present force OF this Office is less than in foe
years, and inadequate 10 the prompt discharge Of !,
greatly augmented and increasing dutes. An addaona
2 department, are lndspensably NECESSARY Bu as lu
and satisfactory exposition Of the measures required
This connexion would involve elaborate deai they vii
form the SUBJECT oi special communication,
IN L. LEA. Comrnissioner.
II hon. a. d a. STUART, Secretary Of the Interior.
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Report Of the General Chtsf @ the Army acoompaay
s|s,a ing me report Of the Secretary Of W4,
4 Ialal9s Hlt3 HEADQUARTERS or THE ARMY,
\ Washington, Saturday, Nov, 80, 1850
4 Sir: The organizations actual numbers on The rolls
and distribution OF the army will b- shown by the re
turns from the Adulan Generals Ohce appended TO This
4 i. Organization Of the army oi the United States as
i established by law, marked Al t W. "# sr .aa.ma
\ 2. General return OF the army, OBJ
Posl'len and distribution OF the troops in the eastern
Posilion and distribution OF the troops in the western
S. Position and distribution Of the troops in the tbrd
| or Pacific division, tE)
g.. Exhibit OF the gnumber OF recruits enlisted from
October ~ lsis, to September 80, 1850, I'D with the
Adjutant Generals report thereon. tt5 a
In my last annual report 10 the War Department. dated
November 3, 1s49, represented the gent necessity OF
the increase Of The military establishment, created mainly
by the large accession OF territory acquired BY te late
treaty OF peace with Mexico, and the sipuaon
On our part to protect that republic from the indan tribes
within our limits Congress, by the act Of June a 1850,
recognised this necessity but he additional force alhor-
lied was both inadequate in numbels and description
The act empowered the President whenever in bis opn
ION any exgency required TO increase to sevenyiunr
the number OF prlpates IN companies serving on The
western frontier and at remote stations, and 10 moul
such portions OF the foot companies so employed he
might deem necessary The great extent Of ronprs
and the peculiar character OF the deTolYng the
troops render II indispensable that the cavalry element
shonld enter largely into The composition OF the army
Two additional regiments OF horse (iragoons or
mounted rhemen) are deemed absolutely necessary The
service Is Suffering greatly in Texas New Mexico, and
on the Pacific, owing to the nsuficiency of The force
now authorized by law For the want OF regular caval-
ry the commanding general in Texas has been compelled
10 call OUT at great expense, considerable body OF vol
unteer horse The commander IN New Mexico has also
made repeated and pressing applications for cavalry but
not company could be spared from other quarters TO re-
infoce him. No other description OF troops will answer
tor the protection OF our immense lines of emigration and
frontier settlements through. and bordering on, Indian
tribes Mouafcd infantry, as substitute, Is wholly in
adequate and the experiment OF employing foot regiments
in this way only result in disorganzing them
fantry, and converting them into extremely indifferent
horsemen Beside, IRON their inexperience. aud The
temporary character OF their new dutes the and
inns making this nondescpt force the most expensive
and the least efficient ever known TO our service
beg therefore, 10 recommend, tor the reasons gwen
in my former report that three regimen be added 70 e
establishmcnt--wo OF light dragons or mounted rie
men, and one Of infantry; that two companies be added
TO the present fortyeght companies Oh afullefy, an1
that the fifty be organized into hye regiments OF ail
leryone with its field and stall oicers Tor tue racine
coast and that the President be authorZed according 10
the exgences of the service to cause to De oy
regular enlstments the number OF pryaes IN every COM
pany old and new throughout the army nom ioIiy-tWo,
hfy and SIXTY four, respectively TO any number not ex-
ceeding seventy Hour prlva,es per company.
Another years experience pas eonnr.neu mi s ~ ar re
can be enabled TO preserve our o,,hcalons aohs te
British the Atlantic, and Cali OF Mexico frontiers, 10
guard the immense lines OF emigration across the ROCKY
and defend our settlements border
| ing on as maHy ILL Affected Indian tribes.
In the report, November 9, ls49 lhxecaive DOC.
ument No 5, pp 9s--l03,) presented The equitable
claims of the decayed sodersreguiars and
younteers-scharged who may be discharged, to an
and showed that might be established out OF
fuSds already lodged in the treasury by the army and
by other means, without original or subsequent cnaRe
upon the country. again beg leave TO commend his
most interesting subject TO the attention Oh Tue hisnef
A bill providing for retired hst OF disabled and
worn out officers passed the Senate at the last session.
and will, hope soon be taken up by the House and
The third section Of the act Of June II, $780, designed
enlistments IN the ylCniy OF Tue Ieott
frontier posts by giving bounty TO each recruit the
expense OF subsistng and transporting one iron The prn
cipa depot in the East such post has proved aildre
and ought 10 be repealed. The nducement II presents
not sufficient TO accomplish its object Indeed the man
il not the sole reliance for filling the ranks OF the army
is by recruiting in the old States
The act making appropriations for the support OF th'
army approved September 2s, 1880 section hr doubles
the pay proper OF enlisted sewing in Oregon ant
California This is just provision, and ought to be ex
tended to Ncp MsIico, where 1t is believed, the expen
ses OF living are nearly great onihe Pacific, and h
service more arduous The act limits the payment OF thu
additional compensation March, ls52, but Il will NJ
doub, be found necessary prolong the time II u ale
directed that the gauy be not paid TO the soldier I'll th
end OF his enlistment This will certainly serve as
check to deserons but il is apprehended tmay also pre-
) vent re.enlisments soldier receiving so large a
amount OF back pay his discharge would not be lke
to enter for second term. Perhaps both objeetsth
prevention OF deserons and encouraging enlIsments-
might be secured by retaining t the expiration OF SCI
vice half instead OF the whole OF the additional pa
granted By the act referred and is recommended ih'
a the law be modified accordingly
III have the honor 10 remain, sr with hiyh respect yot
obedient servant, WINFIELD sIoli.
. Hon. C. M. CONRAD. Secretary oil War
i DANCING ACADEMY.