The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-08
CITY OF WASHINGTON SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 1855

service and The reports of the mail iethgs giving state
men Of each bid ao Of the contracts naae ,e asH sss
Allowance granted within the year.
Finascs fccJohn Marrop, esq Third Assistant Post
master General end twenty clerks To this office are
assigned the supervision and infringement OF The financial
Auditor, embracing accounts with the da't Offices ana ot
depostares Of the the issuing o. warrants ana
drafts OF balances reported by the Auditor to be
due 10 mail contractors and other the supervision
of the accounts Of offices under orders to depoe their quar-
ery balances designated points, and the superntenence
of the rendition by ostmares OF their quarterly returns OF
pcsages i has charge Of the Office, Of s IS
With. With p''s'' ~ s's'
To the Third Assistant Postmaster General all postpdster
should direct their quarterly returns OF postage these at
draft Offices their letters reporting quarterly the net pro-
their certificates of dcpoe him should also be directed
tho weekly and monthly returns Of the depostars OF the
department. well all applications aud receipts for post
stamps and stamped envelopes and for dead letters
Inspection O1ies.--John Oakord esq., chief clerk, and
clerks To this Office is assigned the duty OF
ceivng and examining the registers OF the arrivals and do
partures Of the ma certificates the Of
agents. and reports OF mail iailures Of noting the den
a M for
registers, and reports Of mail failures providing aud send
ing abags and mail locks and keys ahd doing all
other things which be necessary TO faithful and
exact performance Of all mail contracts
expresses, by the forging illegal OF postage
stamps under the of this oc and should be
An communications respecting lost money letters, mail
depredations other violations Of law or maoek and
keys should be directed Chef Clerk Post Office Depart
ment"
All registers of the arrivals and departures Of the nails
certificates of the service of route agents. reports OF mail fail
ures applications for blank registers and reports of aures
and all complaints against cont for irregular or inn
perfect service should be directed "nspecon oce Post
Office Department"
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Hon. Jefferson Davis Secretary of War In the Secre-
ary Office proper there chief clerk seven snbord
nate clerks two messengers and four watchmen The fol-
lowing bureaus attached to this department:
Commanding GeherdPs O5ice.Ths Office, at the head Of
which is Lieutenant General Scott, is at New York.
Aditant Generals OHce.Col. Samuel Cooper, Adiutant
General. AssistantsLieut. Col. w. G. Freeman Major
George Deas and Captain Seth Williams. Judge Advocate
Major f. Ice. Nine clerks messenger In this
office are kept all which refer the Of
the army the rolls &c. 1t is here where all military
missions made out
Quartermaser Generaps Office Gen. Thomas s. Jesup,
quartermaser generals Charles Thomas assistant quarter
master generai Captain M NJ. Clark district quarter
master Major H. c. Wayne, in charge Of clothing branch
eleven clerks and one messenger.
Paymnster Generals O4ice.Co b. r. LarHed, paymaster
general Major st. Clair Denny district paymaser eight
clerks and one messenger.
Conmissary Generals OBicc.-Gen. George Gibson, COM
mssary general assistant Captain A. f. Shrias six clerks
and one messenger.
general; assistants DR.. X. c. Wood and Dr. Richard H..
Coolidge; three clerks
Engineer O6ceGeneral Joseph G. Totten, chief engi-
necr assistant Lieutenant John d. kurtz five clerks and
one messenger.
Topographical Burcau.Co. j. j. Albert, colonel of the
corps; assistant Lieut.. III. L. SMITH four clerks and
one messenger
Ordnance Bureau-Cooner II. II. Craig, colonel of ord
nance assistant Captain Wm Maynader eight clerks and
one messenger