New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-18


Atlantic, e'pmei WnmIng O.. and advanc<d toward
Goidsbor ugh The ,wo rroaos. each ninety five C95)
miles In ienPtb, IT ID " ilulut tor, nd l"m k0ehrad
tlty 10 GOdshoTGunh, te paiud by the oOnst nc.
tiOr euIps They stoe with ears Hid engines,
aud wife the rigot " ing # Gen. Shermans hrmv en-
tered Goldsb rongh the I'D nf Mncs, II met sup
l5 If p ovsi"is rouFb' by she Iairond~ from the
coast. ard found Goldsboi' uah occupied ny corps
ubIci. te 1911 Of January, had been encIDlped N
the banks Il the TrnNessee
Arain az the army snpol cd VITA fni equipment #
cothins and 0 rl the yari artiel, If neces
,iy for itself and lis trains, worn out the long march
om savannah, and by The ttn If Arr, the al pointed
Raleigh
u on the surrender ofthe Rebel armies IN Virginia
and North CaIClin tho armies of o. n sherman and
of Lieut. .Gen Grant lnnreHed To- W siaet y, where
they reviewed by the Pre- dent and CABINET, aer
which they went iuo camp the hIglts surrounding
the capitl md the iepar tons ior heIf trans"r Ia
ot'rr lis of operation. anu for theT diso'nC IDeh
were made.
While tie coast was the Of the efforts Of the de-
paitmeut 10 supporr and snrpy the amy Cf Ger. Sher
mar the aTnl,s IN front Of Richmond also REQUIRED
bcrs dian Ger. Sbermars Thrr cqupmelt ior ma ch
~ well as for siege, const1nty kept in tie hgb.st
state Of cici-uc'. lhe country in which they b y
furnished supplies, aud od ind forage nd OF stores
were brnuglt by rail and by from tie North d
No'tf-Wes rne shipments offrlge alone 90 the M
mics IN lbe James averared over s0t2OOO per month
tlruEC"Cut the Winter.
lhc tables at ire erd Of this report give Information
as 10 o sire eth cf The feet ana tie N tuGe AZ tie
0pcrG0nS Involved m TIE supply iTC dis; mt ports 81
on amy over 10000 IN sts'ngtA, w.t. - times over
800 WagOi t0 Keep IN pair and Is OJ0 animals
horses and nuics, Ia b. fed
FIcm the depJs in ths West under the general
direction e B.evpt NaO'-Gen Robert Allen, S"pir
Qual t"ruaster IN the Ms.is ppi Valley the wants tf
he Armies Of tue T'nrc' the Gambler lBrd, the Mis-
i spp1 the Mi.sonr he AIkahsas, aBd The Gu!i II
Ar1ic1 we're supplied.
The Mort. W 81 uas fba stoclousr from which were
dawn subsi> nee. iorngr, sld hi rrer Ea'eIiai
W ich. nv st'ami oats rnl railroad iraiur were die,
{ ihut,d 10 81 % puss.
/ sts of teameis employed on the Atahiic nIon the
Cur, ard upon the Western rivers attached TO this
report.
The Transport feet excrcGcd r thOWand vessels of
every yireiy OF corsti u-iipn, impclled BY sail
rt.an. Details # this fc- aud its cost viii be found
in an"ther pat OF I'll, repuIt.
Great Movements OF ~, oIs cOrtil ned 10 be made.
T. army "f General Thomas having disiers,d ihe
hcbel amy IN re camprien which culnnated IN the
h"itle oi syile, IN the i5h snd 10 u Dee"mbT,'
1864, I puupii witch illnwCd ", Was divided.
itr Twei -tlnd CoIps. rDner General Schohrid,
10 900 ronC, Whs, Jauary hereinafter detailed,
TIA s,nred 10 h asst Of Norh Caroln1 TO ,de,nie
with General sEeiu.np, ,xp'etcd at !rstun. TIE
SiXi efhih C"ips under General y. j M b. l1OVO
strong With aIIiery and 5apg Sc iIaILl sent 10
New o, ,lears TO "Gprrste vnhtle iIov ;hen under
General Candy, IN ihe reduction 81 MObii'.
The csvG,ry, u der jor-Gener. " son, vas re-
fitted. zen" ~ ed oqu ppe, aud launched nio tie IL"
te' Or + ~ bama. 10 cartnre the pm.'pa ihe'ior
citics OF Alabama pnd Genrgia; Selma, tIOntgomeIy,
Colulnhus and Macon fell bef re- them.
In oil ,acsc movements the traps were kept well
supplied with the necessary m1ietl: horses. forage,
f.,d and cl.thne were rrumplly delivered at the ip
pointed ien1VzvOus and depois ana steamers were
pnOy ind coast 10 move tie troops abd their
uilhes prOmi ;lr.
tie whole wai--nO mo, ernent delayed. no enter
prise failed for means ot rsnsl"Ttat"n of tie
sup Ihes required from tie QuaIieimustes del art.
n.Pu'.
Tic close II hostlities made even greater ercrtions
on The part m this depni tmrnt necessary 2j GO mcn
were distributed fr0m ashingt0n TIER homes
-, In ah ryl a. pe
Il disch rec being established IN every ste. at which
,he regiments rrnd, zyoused until paid off, when the
men dIspersec.
SKY thonsnrd men Of the army Of Gen sherman
were mo, ed iron Wasbi gton to Lonsvc, fiom wDich
place otter short time they put In motion tor
heir bones and DISCHARGED; 2j 600 men were moved
from be Jsmcs Riv'r to tie Rio GraIdc; 1000 were
sent from the P.t"msc 10 savannah.
SIxrt thousand p .soners 81 wtr released were sent
10 heir bones IN tAe SoutLcTn states.
R.emenrs brought from tie Gulf and soaih Al
latc ard sent O. their Staes To he dsrhaiged
Their pacrs IN suppiici 10y The trins
fer the Suih u tie reimcnts waieh lad longer 10
srye 4 iai &c irrcc Of cavalry wa- moved iI'm the
Potomac - tue Ark nsas ana to the Western iilnsi
The artivy OF tho transportation brHtch OF tins de-
pnrtu Ga bfen gieatr tAon since the cessa
"n of hostilIlies; its duY embracing he uan-P ra
un 70 their hon II the greater part of M or - "i
million men the cueetien ard trans oriatioD TO depots.
fn storage ii- sale Of the hilmas ana sioIt suf
plus from tie RAPID reduction of tie forces ompoytd
Officers we're sent to iuspert ihr various diute NJ
po.t, t repmi bat stores should be sold and what
pieseivsd stringent OidoIs were issued DIR cling ie
auctions IN purchases, IN lsts 81 p'i'ohs emrioHeu,
o. dering the sale Oi surplus mAieflal tie II ductOn 81
tie t,ebCth OF the uans and The sale Of nil suiIs
animals OF the cavalry, arLery. anu trains the dis
charre sale Of Transports not needed Tor tue renfn
rr troops Reports ~ detail, herewith, contain such
nj riaOn 10 10 these opei atoms can DO collected
at ibis time aud embraced within the limits Of lis
report
recurds OF this DEPARTMENT Tot compile. lie mate
rial 10 abundant. aud propose, with y"nr APPRECIATION,
estab ish bOaid Of ohceis whose business IL Sha
- la.
tho vast operation when, curing tho last Tour !rrs
have taxed the fullest enrreies Of every officer o ability
and eKp rience in this department T.
Tine work has teen gccompllsi ~, me record Is IN
po of the Office but the libors Cf execution Lave
not lett leisure for that examination and coup rOn %
iLc iecordB which IL necessity ir iul st,is,cu.
report Of operations Of this department during the iOu
years oi war.
In he last annual report had the honor TO make
nominal report If the officers who held The most i'l
oi taut anu respo sbe positions IN this department
durnz tbe previous year. and 10 call attention ~ thr
merits and their worth Many of these officers have
received the promotion which they have 50 wen De
sci yed and ,gh ch they highly prize tie rccngni
ijon b, their Government OF faithful service hm
siefu FOR the recognition IL the sery ice and success
Of the department uLdcr my contio thus gwen I" its
officers. .-.-,,
varied du,iug the ycay Tne officers kAd ~ the cOure
Of three y'aip Of active service generally iound ,he o
sItiUns IN which their respective qUhiis Eade thel oi
tie greatest service 10 tLcir county.
Bfeget Nsior zen. Robert Allen continued 10 excf
ci,e tbe authority ard control with which he had been
nyesfcd es senior and supe, visng QcaI,ornaster Ia
tho valley OF the Mississippi. hs duties lave Nma,ned
the sane az during tie previous years MS Gnhhi re-
poit y herewith Ind il been more full IN dttai, u
would have given better idea 4" the iaf M ude -. os
"snor rsib,l,,ieS his lnboIs and his merits There
passed through blf harce during the fiscal yerr 49,
933,Gf IS. ~. ...,.,,,, :. ,ho
Eiovet MsioT-Gcn. Rufus ingalls, con'inueo ~ Inc
field 20 control the of t0e Qlaitefmastcrs De
nerimcnt with the armies operating under Iieu'uoh
Grant against Richmond. ,,..
Tie admirable manner in which The duties OF MS pr'
YER, ,erformed il shown in the eclenoyof the opera
tons which supplied the troops during The bng sieee