The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-29

service and the reports of the mail lettings giving state
vice originated curtalents ordered and the additional
allowances granted within the year.
Finance CDceJohn Marion, esq., Third Assistant Post
master General and twenty-one clerks To this Office are
and OF the financial
business Of the department. not devoyed by law upon the
Auditor embracing accounts with the draft oces and other
deposaes OF the department the issuing OF warrants and
drafts payment balances reported by the Auditor to be
due mail contractors and other the supervision
Of Offices under orders to depose their
tey balances designated points, and the
Of the rendition by OF their quarterly returns Of
posgc 1t has charge of the deadetter Office OF the Is
suing stamps and stamped envelopes for the pre-
Of postage and of the accounts connected there
To the Third Assistant General all postmasters
should direct their quarterly returns OF postage those ut
cesds Of their Offices and those At deposting Offices,
their certificates of depoe to him should also be directed
department wen an applications and receipts for post
age stamps and stamped envelopes and for dead letters
Inspection O0ies.--John Oakord, esq., chief clerk, and
ceivng and examining the registers of the arrivals and de
parures of the nails certificates of the service oil route
contractors and preparing thereon for the
action of the Postmaster Generals furnishing blanks tor mai
ins out mail bags and mail locks and keys and doing all
other things which be necessary 70 secure athu ana
exact performance OF all mail contracts.
All eases OF mail deprcdaton of violation Of law by pri-
vate expresses by the forging or Illegal use o
stamps under the Of hs occ ana should DC
All communications respecting oat money lst,ers mail
depreddtions, other VIOLATIONS OF OF
ment''
All registers Of tho arrivals and departures Of the mails
certificates the service reports OF mall ai-
ures applications blank registers and reports OF aures
and all complaints against contractors for irregular or i'm
perfect service should be directed lnspecton ONCE Post
Office Department
DEPARTMENT.
Hon. Jefferson Davis Secretary Of War; In the Secre-
office proper there chief clerk seven snbord
nate clerks two messengers and four watchnen. The o
lowing bureaus are attached to this department:
Commanding Generals O6iceThs Office, at the head OF
which is Lieutenant General Scott, is at New York.
Adjatant Generals ONce.-Col. Samuel Cooper Adjuant
General. Assistants--Lieut. Col w. g. Freeman Major
Major John f. Lee. Nine clerks and In this
office kept all the records which refer to the personnel o
the army the rolls, &c. 1t is here where all military
missions arc made out
Qnarernascr Generals Office. Gen. Thomas s. Jesnp,
general Charles Thomas, assistant quarter
master gcneral Captain NJ. NJ. Clark district quarter
master Major H. g. Wayne, in charge Of clothing branch
eleven clerks and one messenger.
Poyniaster Generals Ofce.-Co H. f. Larnod paymastsr
general Major ST. Clair Denny, district paymascr eight
clerks and one messenger.
Con,raissary Generals O6ce.Gen. George Gibson,
msnry generals assistant Captain A. H. Shrias; six clerks
and one messenger.
Surgeon Generals OGce-Gen. Thomas Lawson, surgeon
generals ASSISTANTS DIR. Il. c. Wood and DR.. Richard H.
Coolidge; three clerks
Engineer 06ce.--General Joseph G. Tottcn, chief eng
assistant Lieutenant John D. Kurtz five clerks and
messenger.
7opoyrapAical Bureaa--CoJ j. Abort, colonel Of the
messenger
Ordnance Bureau-Coonel II. II. Craig, colonel Of ord
nance assistant Captain Wm Maynader eight clerks and
one messenger