The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-02-07
Army Intelligence.

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The bill reported by Senator Davis for the
better organization of the army is creating
considerable interest among army officers
1t provides:
LIST. The office Of Adjutant General, Quar-
termaster General, and Inspector General are
to expire, and the duties are to be performed
by Brigadier Generals, of which there are to
be eight in the army.
ID. The four additional Brigader Generals
provided for by this act are to be selected
from the field officers of the army, with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
Sd. The permanent organization of the
staff is to be as follows: Adjutant Generals
department, consisting of one adjutant gene
raj with the rank of lieutenant colonel; eight
assistants and judge advocates with the rank
of major. Quartermaster generals depart
mnet: one assistant quartermaster general,
one deputy, and eight assistants. Sustenance
department one commissary general, one
assistant and six commissaries. Medical de-
partment: one surgeon general with rank
and pay OF colonel Of cavalry; two assistants,
twenty four surgeons, and eight assistant
surgeons. The pay department remains as
now organized, provided no appointment of
paymasters be hereafter made, but the duties
will be performed by the officers of the quar-
termaster's department. All appointments
are to be made by regular promotions from
officers now belonging to these departments
and afterwards to be made from regimental
officers.
4th. Three assistant adjutant generals,
nineteen assistant quartermasters, four assis-
tant commissaries of subsistence NAV be Sc.
lected from the LIST lieutenants of regiments,
but such selection is to confer no additional
rank.
5th. Regimental quartermasters are to be
discontinued.
9Th. The corps of engineers and ordnance
is to consist of one colonel, two lieutenant
colonies, four majors and ten captains.
18th. Four second lieutenants are to be add
ed to each artillery regiment, and four first
lie atenants to each of the other regiments.
Sth. The President is empowered to trans
fer officers in the staff department in order to
carry out this act, provided such transfer be
without prejudice to the rank Of the officer
transferred.
9th. Promotions hereafter in regiments
shall be by regiments or corps, instead Of by
arms of service as now provided for.
The court martial at Camp Floyd, Utah,
convened for the trial of lieutenants Thomas,
VIM. p. Sanders, and George A. Gordon, of
the I'd dragons, found them guilty of . viola
tion OF the rules and articles of war. This Of
fence was "absence from the tattoo roll call,
without permission from their commanding
officer" The sentence was confinement to
the limits of their dragon company for one
week, attending to duty which finding has
bseG improved, but the sentence RENTED.
Proportions Of the Human Fiqure.-The
proportions Of the human figure are strictly
mathematical. The whole figure is six times
the length of the foot. Whether the form
be slender or plump, this rule holds good
Any deviation from it is a depar ture from |
the highest beauty of proportion. The |
Greeks make all their statues according 10 |
this rule. The face from th highest point |
the forehead where the hair begins to the |
end Of the chin, is one tenth of the whole |
stature. The hand, from the wrist to the |
end of the middle finger, is the same. From |
the top OF the chest to the highest point of |
the forehead is a seventh. If the length of |
the face, from the roots of the hair to the |
chin, be divided into three equal parts, the |
first division determines where the eyebrows
meet, and the second the place of the nos
trils. The naval is the central point of hu-
man body, and if a man should lie on his
back with his arms extended, the per-
iphery OF the circle which might be describ- |
ed around him, with the naval for its center. |
would touch the extremities of the hands |
and feet. The hight from the feet to the |
top OF the head is the same as the distance |
from the eXtremities of the other when the |
arms are extended. These are the general |
measures Of the species.