The Washington union., 1857-05-05
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

DEPARTMENT.
Navy Department tho Navy Department proper
Of bureaus attached thereto
Of yards and Docks Bureau Of Construction Equipment
Igdrography, and the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery
The following statement Of the duties & each Of uesq oacc and
Of the force employed therein; a....a
Scyealys OceIion Toueey Secretary ho Navy; Charles
W. Wob eq Chief clerk and eleven clerks The Secretary Of the
ncni aud tho execution q ali laws rotating thereto him.
nS' % O S I S II e Of 'S @ oaa ar@r onS nsy
All instructions TO commanders Of sqadros and commanders Of
navy corps appointments of commissioned and
officers for the enlistment and discharge of scaEen easc
Secretary All different bureaus
performed under the authority OF the Secretary and their orders
the marine corps forms also part Of tho duties the secretary
all the orders Of the commanant of that should R approved by
him.
Of the bureau four clerks cy engineer and one dra9gtsman
yards and every thing Immediately them,
under the suerntendence Of this bureau - also charged with The
management Of The Naval Asylum,
Buara NJ Construction Equipment aud Rs4l Icnha
chief Of The bureau eight eey 1sa on Tie osg ct
this bnrcan by engineers THIS
hns charge d the building and Of all vessels purchase
o materials and tho providing d all vessels with their cqGncnts,
sails anchors aus Tho chief suporiutenis
the construction of all marine steam engines for the pn with
approval Of the Secretary decides plans for their conuc
@ Pyoriore and cahqH Bridge prser Unpd s,atcs
navy, chief Of bureau and four clerks All provisions w he Of
navy clothing together making d
nishing the under the chaTss o. ,his bureau
Burenu If Hyopaphy Capt Duncan ngraam,
oIof of bureau four clerks dranght4nan
charge stores manufacture
guns powder, shot, Shells aud the equipment
Of vessels war with ytlug herewith as pro
vidcs maps, charts cronomccrs haromctors, 6c To-
such books furnhfd snsowar The United
Observatory aud drograpbca OCo at Washington
Annapolis also under the general
pcrintcndcuce or the chief OF this bureau.
Bunu Of Nacine suGrynr William whclan surgeon Uni
navy chief of bureau passed assistant United
clerks Everything relating medicines and
stores, treatment OF sick and w0und management u
hospitals, within the supcrplellenee Of this bureau
WAR mgAnNgyr
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Hon Floyd Secretary War W. R. Drinkard Chief clerk
mcsscugers aud four The
following bureaus attached To this department;
Coptpnnipg GcaerdI oGoeThis Once
Lieutenant General Scott Ia at New York.
Adjuant oGCol Samuel Cper Adjatant General.
Assistants MAJOR u ~ TOwnsend Capt Williams,
and Breyct Capt arosche Judge Advocate revct Major john
Ice nine crrks and one messenger IN this Office are k n
tho records which refer % the personnel o the nmy the rolls &c
II Is hcrc where all military commissions made out
Qpatomas Generals oGceBrcyet Major General Jesup,
general AssantsCpnp O. Thomas Captain y
Miller and Brove Major Blor eyon clerks aud one messenger
Payuqsq esnpuls OR-Col r. Ihrno, paymastcr general
Major j. Leslie district paymastcr eight clerks and neen
gor.
Coauyy Generals OoeGen. George Gibson commssary
assistant Captain u L. SIMPSON six clerks and one nesse
ger.
Sron Generals 0GooGen Thomas lawson general
assants r. G, wood and ~. G X Wood; three clerks
ooa oacGenera Joseph chief assistant
Captain II. G. Wright; FIVE clerks and one messenger
Tgs,pathaal Rureou Albert oo e of the corps
ssant Captain Woodruff four clerks aud messenger
Ordnance BpraauCol II Craig colonel o ordnance assistant
Capt. VIM hsynaderj eight clerks apd one messenger