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NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Navy Department consists of the Navy
Department proper, being the Office of the Sec
retary and of Eve bureaus attached thereto, viz :
Bureau Of Navy Yards and Docks, Bureau Of
Construction, Equipment, and Repair, Bureau Of
Provisions and Clothing, Bureiu Of Ordnance
and photography, and the Bureau Of Medicine
and Surgery.
The following 10 a statement Of the duties Of
each Of these offices, and Of the force employed
therein: H. .'a aH 81 -. ..
Secretdry's OGce.-Hon. Isaac Touccy, Secre-
tary Of the Navy; Charles W. Welsh, ESQ.,,
Chief Clerk, and eleven Clerks. The Secretary
Of the Navy has charge Of everything connected
with the navel establishment, and the execution
Of all laws relating thereto is intrusted to him,
under the geaeral direction Of the Presiden, Of
the United States, who, by the Constitution, 10
Commsnder-in-chief of the Army and Navy.
All instructions to commanders Of squadrons
and commanders Of vessels, all orders OF officers,
commissions Of officers both In the navy and
marine corps, appointments of commiss stoned
and warrant officers, orders for the enlistment
and discharge Of seameu, emanate from the Sec
retary's Office. All the duties of the different
bureaus are performed under the authority Of
the Secretary, and their orders are considered
as emapating from him. The general superin-
tendence OF the marine corps form, also part
Of the duties Of the Secretsry, and all the orders
of the commandant Of that corps sh )uld be ap-
proved by him. .' '
Bureau Of Navy Yards and Docks-Commo-
dore Joseph Smith, Chief Of the Bureau, four
Clerks, one Civil Engineer, and one Drsughtsmsn.
All the navy yards docks, and wharves, build
ings and machinery In navy yards, and every
thing Immediately connected with them, are
under the superintendence of this bureau. It 10
also charged with the management of the Naval
| Asylum.
Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Re
pdir.-John Lenthall, ESQ.,, Chief Of the Bureau,
eight Clerks, and one Draughtsman. The office
of the Engineer. .in-chief Of the Navy, Samuel
Archbold, Esq, Is attached to this bureau, who
| Is assisted by three assistant engineers. This
bureau has charge of the building and repairs Of
all vessels of war; purchase of materials, and the
providing of all vessels with their equipments,
as sails, anchors, water tanks, &c. The Engi-
neer-in-chief superintends the construction Of
all marine steam engines for the navy, and with
the approval of the Secretary, decides upon plans
| for their construction.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.-H. Bridge,
Purser United States Navy, Chief of Bureau, and
four Clerks. All provisions for the use of the
navy, and clothing, together with the making Of
| contracts for furnishing the same, come under
the charge of this bureau.
Bureau Of Ordnance and Rydrography.-C
Duncan Ingraham, Chief of Bureau, four Clerks,
and one Draughtsman. This bureau has charge
Of all ordnance and ordnance stores, the manu-
facture or purchase Of cannon, guns, powder,
shot, shells, &C., and the equipment of vessels
of war, with everything connected Herewith. 1t
also provides them with maps, charts, chronom-
eters, barometers, &C., together with such books
as are furnished ships Of war. "The United
States Naval Observatory and Hydrographical
Office" at Washington, and the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, are also under the general super
intendence Of the Chief of this Bureau.
Bureau Of Medicine and Surgay-Dr. William
Whelan, Surgeon United States Navy, Chief Of
Bureau; one Passed Assistant Surgeon United
States Navy, and two Clerks. Everything rela-
ting to medicines and medical stores treatment
of sick and wounded, and management Of hos
pitfalls, comes within the superintsndence of this
bureau.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Hon. J. B. Floyd, Secretary Of War, W. p.
sengers, and one Laborer. The following bu-
reaus are attached to this Department.
Commanding Generals ODfee.-This Office, at
the head of which is Lieutenant General Scott,
is at New York.
Adjutant Generals OGcs.-Col. Samuel Coop
er, Adjutant General. Assistants-Major E. D.
Townsend, Major W. A. Nichols, Capt. 8. Will
| lihIns, anu Oapt. y. r. Gnreecne Judge Adv0-
cate, Major John F. Lee ten Clerks and one
Messenger. In this Office are kept all the records
which refer to the personnel Of the army, the
rolls, &c. 1t is here that all military commits
sions are made out.
Qudrtermaster Generals 06fce-Brevet Major
General T. S. Jesup, Quartermsster General.
Assstants-Major E. s. Sibley, Brevet Major H.
G. Wayne, and Brevet Major J. Belger eleven
Clerks and one Messenger.
Poymaster Generals OGce.-Col. B. F. Larned,
Paymaster General, Lieut.. Col. T. P. Andrews,
District Paymaster; seven Clerks and one Mes
| senger.
Commissary Generals OGce-General George
Gibson, Commissary General Assistant, Capt.
| A. 4. Shiras; six Clerks and one Messenger.
Surgeon Generals 0Gce-Gen Thomas Law
son, Surgeon General Assistant, DR.. R. @. Wood;
three Clerks and one Messenger.
Engineer ONce-Gen. Joseph G. Totten, Chief
Engineer; Assistant Captain H. G. Wright; FIVE
Clerks and one Messenger
Typographical Bursau-Col. J. J. Albert, Colo
mel of the Corps; Assistant Capt l. G. Wood
ruff; five Clerks and one Messenger.
Ordnance Bureau.-Col H. X. Craig, Colonel
Of Ordnance; Assistant, Capt William Mayna-
dieri eight Clerks and one Messenger.
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