Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-12-21

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Headquarters military division of the
Mississippi, 4!6
Department Of the Cumberland, ll994S
Department oftl,e Ohio, 80, 4i6
Northern department, 92l6
Department of West Virginia, ~, ,lS2
Department of the East, 2,SZo
Department of the Susquehana, 29i0
Middle department, ., ,ra DID,
Dcnortment of New Mexico. 3,454
Department Of the Pacific. 3,l4l
The strength of Sherman Grand Army
May 1st, 1864, as organized for his Spring
Campaign, was 9S,797 troops, including cav
airy; infantry and artillery, with 254 guns.
official reports show that on the !st OF
March, 1865, the aggregate national military
force of all arms, officers and men, was 965,-
sol. 60250S of these were present for duty;
1888 on detached service; 3562S in field
hospitals unfit for duty; l43,4l9 in general
hospitals and on sick leave at home; 3l,695
absent on furlough or as prisoners OF war, and
1868 absent without leave. W,.I..-,.
This force was augmented, May |, 1860, by
enlstments to the number of l,OO0,5l6 OF all
arms, officers and men. Commencing with
the reduction of Fort Fisher, the military OPP
erations of 1863, are given in detail to the
close of the war t. .f
REDUCTION or THE ARMY.
The estimates for the next fiscal year, com
mencing June 30, 1865, are 1881, ,4Gl 50,
based upon standing force of 10000 mon so
organized as to admit Of an increase, without
additional organizations, TO $4,000 troops of
all arms After remarling that the reduction
of the military force has been accomplished
with unexamplcd rapidity, the Secretary ex-'
presses the opinion that there is no cause for
apprehension on this account, for we have all
the demands of war within our reach. Off
cial reports show that in 1869, over 10000
equipped and sent into the field in less than
a month. 10000 troops have repeatedly gone
to the field in four weeks, and 10000 infantry
we're sent to the field in twenty days from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Many soldiers took home their arms at nom.
inal price But in addition to this supply the
Government retains in its arse nails more than
d million of the best quality Of arms and
equipments. The artillery on hand tasks the
department for means of storage, and the
supply of ammunition is ample for any war
that can be waged against us by any nation.
The transportation is being disposed of, but it
remains in the country, and army subsistence
is ever ready to meet the demand.
REGULAR ARMY. ...,. H
From the Adiutant Generals report we
learn that recruiting for the regular army is
progressing favorably--the number of recruits
enlisted for all arms, from October 81, 1864,
to October |, 1865 having been 1855 The
regiments comprising It have been distributed
to stations, and their ranks are rapidly filing
up, thus enabling the department to relieve
regiments of volunteer troops The present
authorized strength Of tho regular regiments
is 952 officers and 1879 enlisted men.
1t is recommended in the report that the
maximum standard be fixed at 100 enlisted
men to a company. -.,E ....[ .. q
MASTERING OUT-COI.ORED TROOPS.
The rapidity with WHICH work has been ex-
ecutcd will be apparent from the fact that to
August 7, 640,S0 troops had been mustered
out; August %, 7l9,33S; September IA, 74l,-
l07; October Il, 7Sj,205j November Is,
SO0,963. .,., !
The whole number of colored men enlisted
into the service of the United States during
the rebellion was 17S,975. The largest num-
ber in service was on the 18th of July, 1865,
viz, 123, l56. The loss during the war from
all causes, except muster out, was 6S, l1S.-
There have been 1924 colored troops mus
tered out. The number remaining in service
after existing orders for muster out shall have
been executed will he S5,024 It,is ascer-
tanned, from the reports of inspecting officers
that the morals of the organization is good.
PAY DEPARTMENT. !t .-
The Paymastcr General reports that during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, 81 ,S39. !.
224 Al were paid to the regular army, while
$500, ,73S ,G35 95 were paid to volunteers, and
that the total disbursements since June 80
1864, to the date of this report, amount in the
aggregate to $524,054346 g. Payments
amounting to O,G00 900 have been made
the troops retained inservice have been paid
to June 30, 1865. and many organizations to
August 81, 1865, and to all discharged troops
in full to date of discharge.
The whole sum disbursed by the pay de-
partment since the commencement of the war,
viz: from July !, 1861, to July ], 1865, amounts
to 81 ,029,,239,00 Ie ~ aa ~,
wy MEDICAL DEPARTMENT '-'''
The Surgeon General reports that the re-
ceipts from all sources and available for the
expenses of the medical department during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, we're
$40, ,4S9,6 $50 Al. Disbursements during the,
year, Sl9,32S, 400 90, leaving balance in
the treasury on June 80, of 81, ,16l Isl 24
| =, = QUARTERMAsfER' DEPARTMENT. r..
During the year over 20,00O,O00 bushels of
grain and 100000 tuns of hay have been pro-
vided by the dePots of the auartermasters de- de,