, 1862-08-08

lAe AkMY LIST cQuLaIIll In6 lau1eA IL luH
commissioned officers in the above regiments,
their residences, date Of rank, and progress Of
promotion-about IL 900 names in all. It
states where each regiment made it's original
rendezvous, when it entered the service, where
it has been employed, and the division Of the
army In which it is now acting. Particular
mention is made OF battles or deeds OF gal
laptry. In addition there is given, with each
State, q list Of the new regiments organizing.
These tacts have been compiled from official
sources, under the sanction Of the Adjutsnt
General, and may therefore be relied upon as
thoroughly authentic The enterprise is one
that commends itself to the patronage Of the
public, and the publication at this moment is
decidedly opportune. For the first time since
the regiments began to be formed-more than
year ago-we have now clear, concise and
atttheat1c list Of them, with the important fea-
lures in their history. Other editions Of the
Army List I'LL be issued in future, each time
Corrected to the latest moment. As nearly as
can be estimated, g regiment in active service
| changes It's roll Of officers once ln eight
| mouths. The commissions issued in the ten
| statss above enumerated (astle from commits
t sions to new regiments), have averaged about
estve.s hundred T. month, since the opening Of
| ills summers campaign,
The Army List makes book of 173 pages,
neatly printed, and will be sold at fifty cents
copy, The Indianapolis Journal says:
The work announced is the first attempt st
| eyet-matlc and complete record of The Ua-
| te1ih1 and services Of the forces of the West
il The Union army which has been made,
ard:it is not too much tn say that, a. far as 1t
extends, 1t Is rs nearly perfect as human skill
aId patience can make 1t. We have ex-
amired some of the advance sheets Of tha 1n-
eiana list, and after very patient search are
compelled to declare That We have not found
q sl1 gle error In them, not even in the spell
ing of q name. Accuracy il the chief merit Of
3 sta1isticat work like this. In fact it il the
op]y merit, for without thAt multitude Of
Irrelevant e1cr1leucfes, whether OF style, lasts
OF Mechanical execution, would be as useless
as bouquet in q glue pot Accuracy is the
striking feature Of this work. The arrange
ment Is good, allowing any regiment to be
found at once, and the mechanical execution
is good, bus the hee1nstness Of the names, dates
sta'lons aud general facts is the feature of it
The t1Ioster" or list Of officers Of each regi-
men. time Of entering ther service, promo
| tlonh when Known in time, the place of re-
c1uitirg The regiment, the division to which 1t
belongs, or was first aHacbed, and the battles
i has been engaged 10, are all stated In q nest
form. briefly, clearly and exactly, It Is a valu-
able work, and will become more so IS the
{ changes OF war confuse OF remove the old
| conditions and features Of our regiments.
The autbor, Mr.. G. B. Smith, formerly con,
pected eaitorially with the Springfield {M ass.
RspuMican, ard recently with the Chicago
TRIBUNE, We have the pleasure Of persona
acquaintance with, and contd attest his ability
and faithfnjness II his work did not render aRl
/ euch testimony superauoua,--