Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-04-11
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OUR ARMY AND NAVY.
STRENGTH AND DISTRIBUTION OF EVER
SHIP AND REGIMENT IN THE SERVICE.

published. The interest which the public take
at present, III military and naval matters, jus
tifies us in Analysing at considerable length,
the contents of these ANIMALS. Let us first re-
Ter TO the statement of the strength and con-
dilion of
OUR REGULAR ARMY.
The present strength OF the army is IS, 100
men. 1t consists OF 10 regiments--l0 regi-
mcnts OF infantry, averaging 10 companies of
70 men each ; 4 of artillery, averaging Y COM
panies of so men each one of mounted rifle
men, two OF cavalry, and two of Dragons
each of the latter numbering 10 companies of
about 60 men; or about 1913 companies in all.
OF these, Notwithstanding the excitement ere
ated By the concentration Of about half a regi
ment at the National Capital, over 100 com.
panes are stationed in the distant regions of
Key West, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah Texas
New Mexico, California, Oregon, and other
places. Regiments serving on these stations
have IA men to each company instead of GA, so
that were the entire army located in them it
would consist of 19, $50; "toal enlisted" and
1885 aggregate. 1t is impossible to estimate
accurately the number OF officers now in the
service, as no official list, deducting the rosig
nations, has been published There have
been, however, some l 200 commissions gazet
ted, and there must be over 1000 epauletted
gentlemen now on the Toll. Each regiment
has certain number of officers allotted to it,
which varies according to circumstances. The
Dragons, for instance, OF whom we have two
regiments, numbering each about 600 men,
have / colonel, / leutenanl-colonel, 2 majors,
10 captains, IL first eutenants. and II Sec
ond eutenants-74 officers all told; the two
regiments of cavalry 1900 men) colonel, l
leutenan-colonel, 2 majors, 10 captains, and
p lieuteuants-68 in ALL the mounted rifle reg
inenl the same number of men and general
staff, and % euehanis- 81 in all the reg-
ments OF artillery, leach about 700 men) gen
tral officers, II captains and SO lieutenants-
ZIG i'll all the 10 regiments OF infantry, leach
7C0 men) general officers, 10 captains and
~ lleutenanls and SO on
THE GEOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENTS.
Almost every year two or three changes
have been made in the geographical arrange
ment of the army departments in consequence
of increase of population, Indian depredations,
or to facilitate military administration. The
register just published gives the latest divis-
ions of the departments, as follows =
DEPARTMENT OF THE EAsT.-The country
east of the Mississippi river; headquarters,
Troy, New York. There are eleven posts in
this department, viz: Fort Macknac, Miehi-
gan; Plattsburg, New York Fort lndepend-
ence, Massachusetts West Point, Governors
Island, and Fort Hamilton New York Car
Isle, Pennsylvania; Newport, Kaptucky
Fort Monroe, Virginia. FayetteviI Sf-ts, rsenal,
North Carolina; Fort Sumter, sSliSs Caro-.
lima; and Key West, Florida. The tsssfisons
at Augusta, Ga, Baton Rouge, La, Bar
rancas, Fir, were also in the department be
fore being seized by the secessionists. The
First, Second, Third, and Fourth Artillery
the United States engineers and recruits, all
to the amount of near 10 500 men, are station
ed at these places, including the troops at
Washington
l-DrPs prssESr THE WEsT.-The country
west of the Mississippi river nui
Rocky Mountains, except those portions OF IL
included within ule department OF Texas ana
New Mexico; headquarters, st. Louis, MO;
The posts are forts Au.trcromble, Ripley, and
Ridgely Minnesota, garrisoned by the Sec
ond Third, and Fourth Infantry, and Fourth
Artillery forts Randall, Laramie, and Kear-
ney, Nebraska, garrisoned by the Fourth Ar
tiliery aad Second Dragons; Jefferson Bar
racks, Missouri, garrisoned by recruits forts
Leavenworth and Riley, Kansas, garrisohed
by the First and Second Cavalry, and Tenth
Infantry; forts Leavenwortl and Little Rock,
Arkansas, garrsoned by the First Cavalry
and Second Artillery forts Cobb, Arbuckle,
aud Washita, and Wachita N itlons, GARRISON
ell " tie First Cavalry and First infantry.
ThIre are probably 4UOU men Id the depart
M III Vi the West.
DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS The state of
Texas headquarters at San Antonio. Posts
(torts and camps l-Co0per, Chadbourne, Col
orado, Bliss, Quitman, Mason, Stockton, Ian
caster, Davis, Hudson, Verde, Ives, Wood,
Clark San Antonio lnge, Duncan, Mcintosh,
Rinegold Palo Alto, and Brown. There were
about $500 men 1900 more than stated in
paragraph that has ben going the rounds OF
the press) i'll the department before zen;
1wIggs surrendered, OF whom the Daniel
Webster and other vessels VIII bring nome, IL
is hoped, bout 1900, having left some to rem
force the forts OF Florida. The Rio Grande
detachments are reported to be in an efficient
state and all Union men. 1t is said that the
withdrawal OF regulars from Texas will result
in wholesale muir .er and raplue by the out,
lawed whites and maurauding Indians, and
that the majority of the people are averse to
the departure OF Uucle Sans soldiers.
DEPARTMENT OF New MEXICO The ter
ritory OF New Mexico, exclusive OF Fort Mo
lave, headquarters at Santa Fe-Posts (ioris
and campsl-Garland, Union, DEFIANCE, two
Navajo camps, Marcy, Ilatch's Ranch, Faunt-
leroy Albuquerque, Craig, Stanton, Webster,
Breckenridge, Fillmore, and Buchanan--gar
rsoned by the Second Dragons, Mounted
Rifles. Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Infantry, TO
the amount of probably 1900 men.
DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC New ar
ranrementl -rhe country west OF the Rocky
Mountains except those portions OF 1t included
in the departments of New Mexico and Utah,
headquarters at San Francisco. Posts (torts
and camps)-Colville, Plckette (San Juan !,
Townshend, SteIlacoom, Gray's Harbor, Walla
Walla, Cascades, Vancouver, Dalles, Ialnhlll,
Hopkins, Umpqua, Ferwan, Castor, Crook,
Humboldt Bragg, Churchill, Benicia, Alcan-
tras, Preside, Mojave, TeJon, Diego, and
Yuma.
Gen Johnston was recently appointed to
relieve Col. Bea in the command of the Pa
cific department, which he hes probably done
before this tune. He will have under his con.
troll 1850 men, distributed as follows One
company lSiXtli Infantry in San Francisco
harLor; staff, field, and one company of the
Third Artillery at the barracks field and
staff of Sixth Infantry at Benicia, which is
rarrisoned by Companies G and X OF that
regiment; Company l., Third Artillery, at
Umpoua; ID, Fourth Infantry, at Ferwan b
Sixtn Infantry, at Humboldt; two companies
one of dragons aud one of infantry, at Crook
B. Fourth Infantry, at CASTOR; ID, Sixth III
tantry. at Bragg: B and H, First Dragons
at TETON; C, Sixth Infantry, and and e
Fourth Infantry, at Yuma; L, Sixth Infantry
at New San Diego; |, Sixth Infantry, and j
Fourth Infantry, at Mojave; one company
dragons and two companies OF Sixth Infantry
at Churchill, and small company i'll Honey
Lake Valley.
DEPARTMENT OF UTAH.-The territory o.
Utah, except that portion of it lying out ives
of the 1l7Ih degrre of west longitude; head
quarters, Camp Floyd. Fort Bridger is TIL
only other post in the department, in whicl
some companies of the Tenth Infantry, Sec
ond Dragons, and the Fourth Artillery, t
the number Of 1000, probably, do garrison