The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-20

service and the reports of the mail lengs giving
en Of each b,d also o. tns contracts made the new sea
allowances granted within the year
FGnane. O6csJohn Marron esq, Third Post
master General and twenty clerks. To this office
the supervision and management Of the financial
Of the department devolved by law upon the
Auditors embracing accounts with the draft offices aud other
deposares Of the the issuing Of warrants and
drafts Of balances reported by the Auditor to be
due to mail contractors and other the supervision
Of the accounts Of Offices under orders TO depoe their
ery balances designated points, and the
OF the rendition by Of their quarterly returns OF
possges has charge Of the deadetter Office OF the is
suing postage stamps and stamped envelopes for the
with. h. '''''s''
should direct their quarterly returns OF postage those
draft Offices their letters reporting quarterly the net
their certificates of deposte to him directed
the weekly and monthly returns Of the dspostares of the
department. well all applications and receipts for post
age stamps and stamped envelopes and for dead letters
Mspecsion O0fcs--John Oakord, esq., chief clerk, and
seventeen clerks To this office assigned the duty Of
"a 3 s s
agents. and reports Of mail failures Of noting the dein
action Of the furnishing blanks for mail
registers and reports Of mail failures providing and send
ing mail bags and maocks and keys and doing all
other things which be to faithful and
exact performance Of all mail contracts,
All Of mail depredation of violation OF law by Pri-
expresses by the forging illegal OF postage
stamps under the supervision Of this Office and should be
An communications respecting money, letters, mail
depredaons or other violations of law, mail locks and
keys should be directed "Chef Clerk Post Office Depart
ment"
All registers of the arrivals and departures Of the mails
certificates of the service of agents. reports of mail fail
ures applications for blank registers and reports of failures
and all complaints against contractors for irregular i'm
perfect service should be directed nspecon Office Post
Office Department"
DEPARTMENT.
Hon. jefferson Davis, Secretary of War; In the Secre
tary Office proper there chief clerk seven subord
nate clerks two messengers and four wachmen The fol-
lowing bureaus attached to this department:
Commanding Generals O6icc.Ths office, at the head Of
which is Lieutenant General Scott, is at New York.
Adjstant Generals O0cc.Col. Samuel Cooper, Adjutan
General. Assstans--Lieut. Col. w. @. Freeman, Major
George Deas and Captain Seth Williams. Judge Advocate
Major John f. Nine clerks messenger In this
kept all the records which refer the of
the army the rolls &c 1t is here where all military
missions made out
Quarte,master Generals Office. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup,
quartermastcr generals Charles Thomas assistant quarter
master generals Captain NJ. NJ. Clark district quarter
master Major H. O. Wayne in charge Of clothing branch
eleven clerks and messenger.
Paymasfer Generals O6fce-Col b. f. Larned paymaster
general Major ST. Clair Denny district paymaster eight
clerks and one messenger.
Connissary Generals O6ce.-Gcn. George Gibson,
msary general assistant, Captain A. E. Shrias; six clerks
and one messenger.
general assistants, DR.. r. c. Wood and DR.. Richard H.
Coolidge; three clerks.
Engineer Oeco.-General Joseph G. Totten, chief eng
neer assistant Lieutenant John d. Kurtz five clerks and
one messenger.
Typographical Col j. j. Albert, colonel of the
corps assistant, Lieut.. NJ L. Smith; four clerks and
one messenger. a
Ordnance Colonel II. R. Craig colonel of ord
nance ASSISTANT Captain Wm Maynader eight clerks and
one messenger.