The New York herald., 1865-12-06

Csvalry ....................-.... l69I
Numbar ~ gnna ............... %
Grand aggregate number Of troops oS, 797
Grand aggregate number OF guns. 2o4
Atout these 6pures were ma ntaned during the cam
paIgn the number OF men joining from furiough and
hospitals compensatng for the loss IN battle and from
sickness.
In the Department OF Kentucky there was likewise
4arre active force under command Of Major General
Burbndre and also in Tennessee under Major Gen.
oral Stoneman. Adequate forces reserved in the
Department OF Washington under Major General Augur
40 protect the capital and the depots military
supplies Washington and Alexandria, and also In the
mary depa tment under Major General Lewis Wallace
70 cover baltimore and the important lines Of supply and
communication In that department Besides the armies
operating actively In theneld, troops assigned to
garrison exposed and important strategic points, guard
hospitals recruiting stations, prison camps supply de-
pots railroad lines and TO defend border States and the
Northern frontier from rebel raids.
In the Department Of the South force was operating
against Charleston and Florida, under General Gill
more
The RANs-MsslssIpr ARMxa
West oihe Mississippi the forces wero under the re-
spectve departmental commanders In the Department.
Of the Gu embracing Louisiana and Texas Major Gen.
erd Banks had his headquarters at New Orleans The
Department Of Arkansas in command OF Major Gene
Fa Steele Major General Curtis commanded the troops
assigned for the Department Of Kansas and the Indian
Territory The troops in the Department Of Missouri
were under command Of Major General Rosecrans The
defence OF the Northwestern States and Territories
against Indians expeditions TO check ncursons and re-
0ucs hostile tribes and to protect the over ana roa!e 20
General Pope, In the Northwest Department, General
Carleton in New Mexico and Arizona and General Conner
IN the Indian Territory The States and Territories on
the Pacific coast required but small force, under Major
General Mcdowell
The headquarters of the Lieutenant General command
lng all the armies with the Army Of the Potomac In
tho Geld.
TOTAL STRENGTH MAY, 1854
OHcia reports the LIST of May, 1884, the
aggregate national military force Of all arms officers and
men, nine hundred and seventy thousand hun
dred and ten, to wit
Available force present for duty CO., 345
On detached service in the different military de-
partmenls lbs, 34S
In field hospitals, or unfit for DUTY A. 2o6
In general hospitals sick leave at homo. 1888
Absent on iurlough, or as prisoners Of war;. &C. 200
Absent without leave. 15 4S3
Grand aggregate. .97o, no
The aggregate available force present for duty May
1884, was distributed in the ierent commands as
folows:-
Department Of Washington ................. AZ 124
Army Oh the Potomac .1203s0
Department Of Virginia and North Carolina. % l39
Department of the South .......... Is l65
Department OF the Gulf OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81 S66
Department of Arkansas s................... % 500
Department Of the Tennessee. e.............. "A 174
Department Of the Missouri ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is, ITO
Department of the Norlhw wst................. 52o5
Department of Kansas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 419s
Headquarters itary division the Mssisslppi 476
Department or the Cumberland JIG o45
Department of the OHIO Observation-Disclosures. SO 4l6
Northern Depar mont nt.........,.............. 9546
Department Of West Vrc cinia .............. 80 1872
Department Of the East aSt..................... 2S2S
Department OF the Susquehanna 1919
Miodie department. ..............-.....-.... b62l
Ninth army corps Observation-Disclosures. 90 $50
Department Of New Mexico Observation-Disclosures. 3i4
Department Of the Pacific. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,lH