Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-21
The Army T6pogrupIerS
4.-6F TIE AUSTRIAN AKNr.


(Ciroular Orders Of Sd May, la6Q.)
The Qusrtermaatsr-G General S'stf, nnde. m
officer OF superior rank. Consists in tt:ns ol
peace, Of
lS Generals or Gollnol4
IA Lieutenant Colnnclr.
% Majors,
Gj .Cuptaibs rr liic 6~sL c':,n-.
% CnSiainn " the ssGp'i Gi,s.
co sss., vs'92is fT;ia o.,ar t,,.;S =
troops.
In.tims of war the corps is to ho nerca9ed
| according 10 the wants Of the service.
The terms Quartormaster-Gen Stat
Direction, and Qusrtermaster-General.
Committee have been abolished. For the fire.
has been substituted Quartermaste--0 General
Staff. At it's head, the management Of the
business Of the Quartermaster- General Staff
il divided into the Bureau Of the Qusftcr.
master General of the Emperor End the Bn-
reau Of Direction. To the latter, in addition
to the management Of Tho porsonul unI imtrr-
nal affairs Of the corps the imuledintn dirae-
ton Of the scientific buresu1 Of the Quarter.
master, General Staff il given.
The Scientific Buresu1 are
A. The bureau for tho desert ption nf the
Empire B. Tho bureau for the description OF
foreign countries C. The bureau fur military
historical matters; D. III, bureau Of eri.
dence. The statistical bureau is to bs abo-
lished, and it's labors are to bc imposed up1n
tho two first named Of the foregoing hu-
reaux:
For tho future, eight of6csrs bave been chu,
| sen for the special branches in the military.
geographical Institution, which hos been sup
piled hitherto from officers Of tho Engineer
Geographical Corps; and these officers, with
ont reference to their positions, are to he cbo-
sen from the army at large for their qualiita-
tions alone; and are to be considered part cf
the strength Of the above named institution.
with which they are permanently united in
service All other labors; which tho Enei-
| neeS- Geographical Corps formerly performed,
| viz the trigonometrical triangulation and
partially the mapping. dev0lve upon the Quar-
! irrnlaster General S;uif.
The military geograDhicM institution, ~
we'll HI the military GraL;v"s. remain suhOrdi-
nate t1 tho Qa.rtc"m.s:cr Ga;,"!E''s Stns. By
circular decree Of l2'h June. 1860 the cstaF,.
! hshment for the military arrhirss is hred nt
| General ur Colun, ns Ds"c,nr. n,:d !, Mn.
inrs, az Presidents Of the lhira
! photographed and R"gistrj Dcrartments
aud, in addition, | OIptains or inferior Off
cers.
This establishment. is replcnisbcd from pen
stoned officers, who ars employed voluntarily
for the military archives, without claim 10 Any
other emolumen! than thor pension. and al
the same time eviuco their qualifications f3r
such duty.
To tho extent that the arrear5 in shc rssi
! try GeDartmant domand 81: a15sasl -! ;t.G
fore. for duty, when tn Gr ara -n?-rnnncrarv
~, 81 ~, 4
; army are assigned 10 duty 10: :he military ~,
! chives. These receive only their resrhr
pay.
5.--or THE DRTTI.H ARHf.
Tho British army pnssss,rs ~ E,nrcal S:.l
organized like that D: oihcr ernie. lW:ie:
Of the General Stall are r"r!"rmcti 'y hi',rs
detailed from their regiments. to ,he .lnui:'"r
of y Captains and L;eutcnani-. ir.:, - It,
who have served from two IL iysr yr..r-; ;.mi
these officers receive regular rr.m,.li"', u.
their regiments, Will, iiling higher ;.'r.'i ~
in their commands.
Each Commanding General in The rArr.r
rial divisions, or i'll TIC lrrcisn Eossrsagsn.
rnmp1se5 ha Staff according to The rr..rs~ii,
| Tor It.
This au6 ("tisnara! sraG" If "9tri: ~
! pointment,"j includes n"t nnly S.:.F Nl:r-r-.
bu, also ell military ptfir.I- ;.'.:.ri:"i - re"
| i.ff:ran' ommanda.
The Staff Officers. uls Liri..oL irto ihn
! STAFF proper (withont sts;i.I dcsisu:,t,nnj,
which belong to tho c1DiIDsn!r and Tho ls.-
| sonal staf attached ~ the Commanders
| Besides, ihsre IL t. to included in THE thu
| Staff Of GI.risons. 80 we'll ~ the t.rr.niflnQ
staff.
1.-The Staff proper consist:
With each Armee Corps ia the field. IL w.li
as with other military conImar'.-, nr i.,r'e
brauches--the Adjntant Generals C,rr' the
Quartermosters Gsnera! Corps, .:.l tn Msjn:-
of Brigade.
4.-Ths AdjutaIts General ara n"i..i u,
| the Adjutant Generals Offics q ,hess :Ini
| onel or Lieutenant GolnLs! is uerney ADJ
tsut General j MGi,r is .,aR!rraLt aGiu'.n;
General: aud Captains or Li.uleni,'a mr.
Deputy As5iatant Adip.ants Gnnessl,
The functions Ct these Dihc:s .:unI ;.r@'i. ~
depsndently IF lrgl rireumat.a,rt rn'.sj'2
the samo branches M Il. Heatquarter.; while
| they stand in Constant connection N!lh ihei:
own department. Tho Deputy Aiiut.n Gen.
eral is, in fast, really tho Chief oi the Staii
| and, when he has the raak cf General, is
| termed Major General on the Staff
B.-The Quar'ermastc:a General cons! itute
| the QnsrtermRster tianer.! S;falf Bureau; nni
1 havs the same pnSit'"I il; he army " the Al
jutants GeLeral. whether Al a;Ins'!oi - .irinrs
Corps in the field. or 10 The S:af 81 other
commands while they nre uui"r th: criri si
the QuarterDlGster General ot:tf ~ lIraIq".r
tors. Their professional! duties i'll var, !.,L
before being detailed.
C-Ths Ma;.rs o: Brigade i'e hliatants
for troops, and attended for tie internal ser
! vice Of the Brigade i'll the fo.'!; while they
have On extended sphere Of activity; for they
| have to establish and inspect guards and out
posts. 10 time If lence they .so ret GONE
| times on the Stat in thu military distriats ana
at foreign stations while they are L-tj ,.nahie
for collecting tronrs. They have the -,',e
rank rs the Deputy AS.istsnt Adjm:.r'- Cen
| eral, End are, !or the urI raT: raIIHi.s j..
tailed from their regIn"u's.
2.-The Personal s-a!srrurri-es the Aides
| de-Canp aud Military Secretaries who have
| served as least two years With their reg ilaent5
before being detailed.
The Aides de. Camp are the organs for the
orders of the Generals, AZ in other armG4.-
| A Commanding General has four, q General
three, Lieutenant General two, Major
General and Brigadier General one Aide-de-
Camp; and there are, besides, for the highest
positions Extra AideS-de- Camp-E. Il. The
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has at prescott |.
As to rank, the Aides-de-CaInp stand in the
same relation asths Deputy Assistants OF the
Staff proper. .
The Queen (or the King has regular and
! 81 titulsr Colonel. Of Ill branches of tho ser
vice as Aides lamp; among which ara .
| from the nav, 10 lrnm tie militia, and for
mery 10 additional from the East India nrrny.
A part of these are unattached j officers an1,
besides these, the Adjutsnt General end the
Qusrtermaster General belong to the S:aF Of
the Sovereign.
The Military Secretaries attend to tn, prr-
sonal correspondence, which docs not ievolve
upon the buresur and departments. beth with
Armee Corps in the field and III itary COIN
! msnda in time Of pesce. Also thers are "a
sistsnt Military Secretaries who are, chiefly
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