Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-10-30
Military Items.

"A company from Fort Wayne, for the second
German regiment, Colonel Bracklow, is expected
at Camp Morton during the week.
-DEATH OF MAJOR GAvIrr.-This brave and
gallant man has fallen, as Major Tanner fell. be-
fore the bullets ofthe enemy. Major Gavitt was
under the command of Gen. Fremont, in Missou-
ri. when, leading his brigade, he met a soldiers
death. We refer our readers to our telegraphic
columns tor all the details that have reached us.
That such men as Gavitt and Tanner and Baker
should die. sanctifying with their blood the star
spangled banner is not melancholy but glorious.
Patriots will avenge their deaths.
-QusRY?-Why did the Cincinnati Gazette
publish two columns of telegraphic dispatches of
Governor Morton about the four thousand over
coats for our soldiers in Western Virginia. when
the editor was advised that they were ordered by
the General Government and not by the State?
Should it not have given credit t. the General
Government instead of Governor Morton for this
supply of c~lothingf
We learn that Lieutenant Colonel Mahan,
during his temporary visit home, has procured,
by donations from the citizens of Putnam county,
a large quantity of socks and blankets Tor his
regiment-ColoneI Kimball's.
= The General Government has agreed to re
imburse or pay the State for the ammunition it has
furnished the army during the war. This will
furnish the means necessary tn give continual
employment to the hands in the arsenal.
Captain Williams, of Kosciusko county, one
of the most accomplished officers in the volun-
teer service, has arrived in our city with two
buudrpd and 6ffv ms who will he unusforad into
the United States service at Camp Morton. Capt.
Williams is a printer and an editor and as brave
and patriotic as printers and editors and publish
ers usually are
Eight million dollars is said to be the amount
it will require to pay of our troops up to the 3lst
of October.
= The regular army of the United States
contains four Major Generals-Scott, me Com
mander-in Chief, Mcclellan, Fremont and Hal
leck-ar seven BrigadIer Generals-Wool Har-
ney, Sumner. Mansfield. Mcdowell, Anderson
and ROsecrans.
From this it will be seen that, upon the death
of ScOtt. Mcclellan will become the Commander
n-Chief.
Gen. Thomas is the Adiutant General; Gen.
Meigs the Quartermaster General; and Gen. Tay
lOr the Comnlissary General. All of these are
Brisadiers; and each of these departments is PRO
vided with a number of Colonies. Lieutenant
Colonies, Majors, Captains, and other interior of
fcers.
The Medical Department comprises one Sur
geon General with the rank of Colonel; forty
Surgeons, ranking as Majors, twenty eight as
Captains, and seventy five as First Lieutenants.
The Pay Department has one PayniaSter Gen
eral, ranking as Colonel; two Deputy Paymaster
Generals. ranking as Lieutenant Colonies, and
twenty-fve Paymasters, ranking a. Majors.
Besides these, there is Il scientific corps, com
posed of Engineers, Typographical Engineers and
Ordnance.
The Engineer corps consists of one Colonel,
-four Lieutenant Colonies, eight Majors, twelve
Captains, fifteen first and four Second Lienten-
ants. Their duty Is to build forts.
The Typographical Engineers consist of one
Colonel, three Lieutenant Colonies, eight Majors,
ten Captains, thirteen First and two Second Lieu
tenants. They are charged with making recon
noissances, examining rivers, &c.
The Ordnance Department has one Brigadier
General, two Colonies. four Majors. twelve Cap
tains, twelve First and two Second Lieutenants.
Their duty Is TO prepare artillery and ammuni
ton.
Under the old system there were two regiments
Of dragons. three of cavalry and one of mount
ed riaemen. These are all now denominated as
cavalry, and number from LIST to 9th cavalry.
Each of these regiments has one Colonel, one
Lieutenant Colonel. two Majors. ten Captains. ten
LIST and ten ID Lieutenants. Each regiment is
composed Of ten companies.
There are FIVE regiments OF artillery; each
with one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, two
Majors, twelve Captains, twenty -four lst and
twelve ID Lieutenants. These FIVE regiment:
contain sixty companies, and every company hs:
a battery of six pieces; so that the regular artil
lery service embraces $50 guns. This is now, o.
course, greatly increased by the necessities of tho
war.
The Lafayette Courier says the 10th regi
ment, at Camp TIppecanoe, is filing up. and vii
doubtless be ready for service before the middl,
of November. If not sooner.