The Washington union., 1858-02-19
NAVY nEpARTNKNr.

Tho Navy Department consists Navy Department proper
Bureau yards Equipment
Provisions and Clothing Bureau Ordnance
Hydrography Of Medicine and Surgery.
The following statement Of the duties Of each of these offices and
Of the force employed therein
W. welsh os chief clerk and ccyen ccks The secretary Of the
Navy charge everything connected with the naval establish
all laws relating thereto inrusted him
under the general direction Of the President OF the United States who
by the constitution is commander chief Of the and
All Instructions TO commanders OF squadrons and commanders Of
all orders OF officers commissions Of officers both the
ocers discharge scamen
the Office All the duties Of tho different bureaus
the authority OF the Secretary and their
considered enanang from him. The
all the orders the commnndant Of that should be approved
him.
Bmenu Navy Joseph smith, chief
All the docks aud wharve buildings and machinery
navy and eay @ connected NTH them are
management Of the Naval Asylum.
cOa,,1tion Equipment and John Ienhal esq
the engineer in chief the Daniel Martin attached
Sas q the building and Of ali preha
OF materials and tho providing Of all vessels with their equipments
engines navy with
the Of the Secretary decides plans for their
ton
Bureau of Prosions and ChnoH Bridge purser United States
navy chief bureau and four clerks All provisions for the
the aud clothing together with the making OF contracts for
nishing the under the charge Of this bureau
Buyoau Of Ordnance Hyspuphy ngraham,
chief OF bureau four clerks and one daugtsa This bureau has
guns powder shells and the equipment
with everything connected herewith also pro
maps charts chropomcers baromccrs So To-
with such books furnished ships owar The United
States Naval Observatory and ydrograpiea omee at Washing
and the Academy Annapolis also under the general
pcrintcndencc of tho chief Of this bureau
,eou of weins and SroeyDr whcan, surgeon
ted states navy assistant United
states navy Everything relating medicines
medical stores OF sick qpd wounded and management of
hospitals comes tho supcrncndencc OF this bureau
Hon. Floyd Secretary Of War; W r. Drinkard chief clerk
and four wachmen The
oIlowing bureaus attached to this department:
Commanding Generals OeTs Office the head Of which is
Lieutenant General Scott, is at New York.
Adjman OtfceCo Samuel Cooper Autant General
Assistantsrevct Major Townsend williams,
Garcsche Judge Advocate revet Mer Joh
In this Office Kept all
II is here whore all military commissions made out
Ouaermaser Generals Oce-Brevc Major General JesuP,
general AssisantsColone Thomas Captain :
Miller Belger and messenger
Pavpaacr Generals OoeCo b. r. Iarned paymaster general
Major leslie, district paymaer; eight clerks and one mesep
ger
Copissnyy Genais George Gibson oommsary gen
Captain simpson, six clerks ana one ssen
supsss Generals 0EGen. Thomas lawson surgeon general
assistants Dr. c. Wood aud Dr g. X Wood three oerNs
Ero;n>rr Joseph Toen chief engineer assistant
Captain r. G.. Wright Ave clerks and one messenger
Typographical BapoasCol j. j. Albert colonel OF the corps; az
sistant Woodruff four clerks and one messenger
,no, y,vau IT, Craig colonel Of ordnance; assistant
Capt Vim. Maypadier; eight clerks and one messenger