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NAVY DEPARTMENT.

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NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Navy Department. consists Of the Navy
Department proper, being the Office of the Sec-
retary and Of fve bureaus attached thereto, viz |:
Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks, Bureau of
Construction, Equipment and Repair, Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing, Bure.u of Ordnance
and photography, and the Bureau Of Medicine
and Surgery. 'f
The following is q statement Of the duties Of 70
each Of these Offices, and Of the force employed
therein: ..r.r rr.s ...r.. aa.a .... -.. ra.
Sscretarys OGee.-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 naval establishment, and ,be execution
Of all laws relating thereto is intrWted to him,
und,r the ge 1eral direction Of the President Of
the United States, who, by the Constitution, Is
Commander-in-chief Of the Army and Navy.
All instructions to commanders of seuadrons
and commanders of vessels, all orders of officers,
commissions of officers both in the navy and
marine corps, appontwsnts of commissioned
and warrant officers, orders for the enlistment
and discharge of seamen, emanate from the Sec.
retarys Offiee. All the duties Of the different
bureaus are performed under the authority Of
the Secretary, aud their orders are considered
as emanating from him. The general superin-
Of the duties Of the Secret ~, and all the orders
of the commandant Of that corps sh ould be ap-
proved by him.
Bureau of Navy Yards ard Dochs.- .-Commo-
dore Joseph Smith, Chief Of the Bureau, four
Clerks, one Civil Engineer, and one Draughtsmsn.
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. 1t 10
also charged with the management Of the Naval
| Asylum.
| Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Re
pair.--Jobn Lenthall, Esq, Chief Of the Bureau,
eight Clerks, and one Drsughtsman. 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 Clothng-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 Wydrogrdphy.-Capt.
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 Photographed
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 Surgery-Dr. William
Wbelsn Surgeon United States Navy, Chief Of
Bureau; one Passed Assistant Surgeon United
States Navy, and two Clerks. Every thing rels-
ting to medicines and medical stores, treatment
of sick and wounded, and management of hos
pitfalls, comes within the superintendencs of this
bureau.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Hon. J. B: Floyd, Secretary Of War, W. p
Drinkard, Chief Clark, seven Clerks, two Nj ,
sengers, and one Laborer. The following bu-
reaus are attached to this Department.
Commanding Generals Obce-This Office, at
the head of which is Lieutenant General Scott,
is at New York.
Adutant Generals O6ice.-Col. Samuel Coop
er, Adjutant General. Assistants-Major E. D.
Townsend, Major W. A. Nichols, Capt. s. Will
liams, and Capt J. P. Garesche; Judge Advo-
cafe, MAJOR Jonn +. Lee ten Clerks ana 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.
Quartermaster Generals OHee.-Brevet Major
General T. s. Jesup, Quartermaster General.
Assistants-Msjor E. s. Sibley, Brevet Major H.
@. Wayne and Brevet Major J. Belger eleven
Clerks and one Messenger.
Paymaster Generals 0fee.-Col. B. F. Larned
Paymaster General, Lieut.. Col. T. P. Andrews,
District Paymasteri seven Clerks and one Mes
senger.
Commissary Generals OGes.-General George
Gibson, Commissary General Assistant, Capt
A. E. Shiras; six Clerks and one Messenger.
Surgeon Generals OGce.-Gen. Thomas Law
son, Surgeon General; Assistant, DR.. R. G. Wood
three Clerks and one Messenger.
Engineer 0Fce.-Gen. Joseph G. Totten, Chief
Engineer; Assistant, Captain II. G. Wright; five
Clerks and one Messenger.
Typographical Bureau.-Col. J. J. Albert, Colo
mel of the Corps; Assistant, Capt. !. G. Wood
ruff five Clerks and one Messenger.
Ordnance Bureau.-Col. H. X. Craig Colonel
of Ordnance; Assistant, Capt. William Mayna-
der; eight Clerks and one Messenger.