M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-02-23
Some MILITARY Fncis.

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For miliisfy purposes our army thor
Ii,ies have divided the county into Eve
departments.
The Department of The Esst, under
The command Of General Bankhead, EN-
braces all the country east of the Mis-.
sissippi River, Baltimore is lis head /.
quarters. The Department Of the West,
commanded BY General Twiggs. compo.
ses the region lying beeweea the Mis-
sissippi River aud the Rocky Mountains,
except Texas and New Mexicoi head.
quarters al st. Louis. Texas, south OF
the 33G degree Of north latitude, forms
a derpartmen: by itself; its head quar-
iers OF Corpus Christi; its commander,
General Persler F. Smith. The Depart.
meut Of New Mexico. under the CON
maud OF General GsIIsnd, extends as Tar
west as the 10Th degree. of longitude;
Santa Fe is It's headquarters. The De.
partment of the Pacific, commanded By
General Wool. includes all the territory
west Of the Rocky Mountains. except a
part Of New Mexico; headquarters al
Benicia. California. New York being
now the residence Of General Scott. the
commandeT.in chief, the head quarters
of the army are in this Ci'J.
There are i05 forts and military posts
in the United States aud Territories, all
OF which, except ID, are garrisoned. -
Florida has Z posts; LouislanS,5; Texas,
10; New Msxico. "; California, 8; Ore
gon, }. lnall New England IheT" is but
une garrisoned post, namely, Fort Inde-
pendence. at Boston. The Stale OF New
York has eight military posts, bat only
three OI them are ga'risoned. There are
l9 arsenals and Two ufmories in the
United States.
The regular army consists ofabout 10,
600 men; the militia force Of 2,259 ,O37.
There are in the United States the as
founding number OF 10000 gentlemen
who hold commissions in the militia
service, aud are, therefore, in the en-
joyment OF military titles.
The pay of private soldier 10 the ar.
my OF the United States isnow 6ll d
month "and found;' but II he inlists Tor
second term Of i've years. he has two
dollars more.
The pay ola Major General is rather
better. He is entitled TO $500 month.
q tteI y Tations daily, three hOrOes, and
four servants. But he usually takes his
ratioLs, horses, and servants in the form
Df money, which raises his monthly s,i.
pend to 375 dollars. The pay Of his first
id.de can. p, suppOsiug him TO commute
for the louf nNioDs, three horses, and
two servants tu which he is sntiIIedi
mounts to l4l dollars ID month.
The pay of a BIZ, ,gadier'General' ia.
cluding conmutati oms iof "eiVe "a
lions, three horses, aud :wo servants,
is s246 SO per mouth, \ Colonel Of
lrsgoous or artillery receive slsS; Col
onel Of infantry 6l66; Lier'ehanI' Col
Onel of Dragons or sitill'y' Si62;
Lieutenant Colonel OF infIntV, Sl9e;
Major Of infantry. Sl29; Captsin' S'S
so; First Lieutenant. $50 5V; SecOno
S64 30; Surgeon. IRE ofia''
S2OS 80; Surgeon of ten years strt'ce'
s l65; Surgeon Of less than ten years S"-
vice, Sl22; Assistant Surgeon Of NV
years service, S96 SO; Assistant Surget n
Of less than five years service, S8l SO.
All officers above the rank OF captain
are allowed one or more horses and Ser.
warts, or an equivalent in money. One
ration goes for 20 cents. one horse, SS .
mon tn; one servant. SIS 30.
Our Omy has harder time Of it, prob
ably. than any other in the world. II is
about in posts remote from
civilization, difficult to access, in the
midst OF "howling wildernesses. expos.
ed TO disease, and to the attack OF crafty
enemies. The dresry monoiony OF its
existence is relieved occasionally by the
,pproach of danger. aud semi. monthly
by the arrival OF The mail. Life Illus.
lrated.