The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-04-14
.1ssussy army OF she Csiisd States.

Just now, when the statistics and particu
lars relating TO the military forces Of Eu-
rope are placed 20 conspicuously before the
public, II may not be out Of place to give 0
few facts upon the United States army. On
the appearance Of the Army Register, about
month since, we stated that our present
force Of regular soldiers consists Of nineteen
regiments ten regiments Of infantry aver.
aging ten companies Of seventy men each !;
four Of artillery, averaging twelve compa.
MES Of about fifty men each one Of mount
ed riHemen, two Of cavalry, and two of the
dragons, each Of the latter numbering ten
companies Of about sixty men the gross
amount Of available fighting men, averaging
in the neighborhood Of 10000. As our
country is large, and railroads have not pen
etrated iuto every part Of it, there was al
ways difficulty 10 concentrating at short no.
tice the regular soldiers, from the very re-
mote regions in which some Of them are
placed. TO facilitate the carrying out of
that discipline so necessary in military mat
tiers, therefore, the powers that be have es.
tsbliShed eight departments Of the army sta
tions, as follows
DEPARTMENT OF TIE EAsr.-The country
east Of the Mississippi river. Headquarters,
Troy, New York.
DEPARTMENT OF THE WRsr.-The coun.
try west OF the Mississippi river, and east Of
the Rocky Mountains, except those portions
OF it within the limits Of the departments of
Texas and New Mexico, and the District Of
the Platte. Headquarters, St. Louis, Mis-
souri,.
DISTRICT OF THE PLArTE.-SO much of
the line Of communication between Fort
Iesvenworth and the Department OF
Utah a. passes through the Territory OF
Nebraska. Headquarters at Fort Laramie
DEPARTMENT or THxAs-The State Of
Texas, Fort Bliss, in Texas. is, however,
temporarily attached to the Department Of
New Mexico) Headquarters, San Anto-
MO, Texas.
DEPARTMENT OF NEw MKxICo.-The
Territory Of New Mexico. Headquarters
at Santa Fe, New Mexico.
DEPARTMENT or UrAu.-The Territory
Of Utah, except that part Of it lying West
Of the 18th degree OF west longitude.
Headquarters at Camp Floyd.
DEPARTMENT OF ORE0ON.--W ashington
and Oregon Territories. except the Rogue
River and the Umpqua districts. Head
quarters at Fort Vancouver, Washington
Territory.
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFoRSIA.-The coun.
try west Of the Rocky Mountains, except
those portions Of it included within the lin
its Of the departments of Oregon, Utah and
New Mexico. Headquarters at San Fran.
cisco, California. The headquarters Of the
army are 10 New York.
The posts and barracks in these depart
mepts are the Fast. IA the West, 10 /;
the Platte, A. Texas, II New Mexico,
Is; Utah. ii California, s armories and
arsenals, %.
As the organization Of the War Depart
ment is altogether different from that OF any
other nation, we publish, for the first time,
we believe, an outline Of the different Offices
and other incumbents.
In the Quartermaster's department there
are | brigadier- general, 2 colonies, 2 lieuten.
ant.colonels, majors, % captains, and mil
itary storekeepers, making "A in all in the
subsistence department, colonel, lieuten-
ant-colonel, 2 majors and g captains, l2 in
all (; in the medical department, l surgeon
general, ranking as colonel 26 surgeons,
ranking with majors, 50 assistant surgeons,
ranking with captains, and q assistant
ditto, ranking with lieutenants, los in all !;
in the Paymaster' department, %, all told;
in the two corps of engineers and ordinance
department, 3 colonies, ) lieutenants colo
nels, 80 majors, Is captains, 43 lentenants
and Is storekecpers, or l2I 10 oil giving a
total OF 3l4 officers engaged in superintend-
ing the management of affairs.
The dragons, Of whom we have two reg
iments, number each about coo men-l col
onel, lieutenant colonel, . majors, 10 cap
tains, III first lieutensnts and II second lieu
tenants, II officers, all told; the two regi.
ments Of cavalry, 600 men, colonel lieu.
tenant colonel. 2 majors, 10 captains and %
lieutensnts, 6S 10 all the mounted rife reg
iment. the same number Of men and general
staff. and % lieutenauts, 81 in all the four
regiments Of artillery each about 700 men.
4 general officers IL captains and IS leu.
tenants, 2l6 in all the ten regiments in
fantry, each 700 men 4 general officers, 10
captains and 20 lieutenants, $40 in all Civ
ing total Of about 10000 men, actively
employed on distant stations, aud ,35 Off
GERS, the balance OF the force being distrib-
uted at forts, hospitals, etc, near civiliza-
ton.
! We have not had military academies for
any great leDgth OF time, and it is therefore,
no wonder that many Of the above named
officers are not graduates Of any such estab-
lishmen,s But they are none the less val.
liable to their country for this reason, as all
will admit when We say that General Scott.
Wool, Twiggs, Harvey. and many other dis
,iugushed veterans, have attached to their
names on the register the mark = Of non-
scademicians. Indeed, We fnd two hundred
and iorty-one besides all the medi.