The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-18
from WashilaQtOla.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II.
The Secretary of War, in compliance with
the Senate resolution, gives information of the
officers and men of the regular army, and
where stationed, with a similar list of general
officers of volunteers. 1t appears that there
are yet in the volunteer service AZ major gen.
erals and al brigadier generals. Of the form
er, ! are commanding districts; II are COM
manding departments, are on special duty,
is on leave and 21 are ordered to be mustered
out; of the latter, % are commanding districts
and departments, 6 are on court martial, are
assistant commissioners on the Freedmen's
Bureau, 10 are on other special duty, are on
leave and 102 are ordered to be mustered out.
This leaves in the service 26 major generals
and 40 brigadier generals.
The highest in rank in the regular army are
as follows: Lieutenant General Grant; Major
Generals Halleck, Sherman, Meade, Sheridan
and Thomas. The Brigadier Generals are
Irwin Mcdonnell, William S. Rosecran, Phil
lip st. George Cooke, John Pope, Joseph
Hooker, w. S. Hancock, Jno. Nj. Schofeld,
o. Q. Howard, A. 81. Terry and j. A. Rawlins
The total number of officers and men in the
regular army is 1,124 officers and 23795 men,
an aggregate of PABLO. OF the officers, 100 in
the cavalry are absent, I13 in the artillery are
absent and 1858 in the infantry. Of the
men, 5,472 are recruits, assigned since the last
return. All the regiments, except the 18th,
are assigned to military departments; and, as
fast as recruits are received, the morganized
companies are formed and put enroute for
places of service. The companies already Or
ganized are receiving recruits. About 5000
per month are being enlisted.
The delegation from the British North
American Provinces, who are here for the pur-
pose of securing, if possible, an extension of
the Reciprocity Treaty, accompanied by Sec
Rotary McCulloch, called on the President to-
day and paid their respects.
They propose in day or two making trip
to Richmond, and upon their return will have
an interview with the Secretary of the Trea-
sury and the Committee of Ways and Means,
with regard to the object of their mission.
1t appears from the report of the Superin-
tendent of Public Printing that the nett cost
OF the public printing and binding, for the
year ending Sept. 30th, last, was ST., 1855.
The close of the rebellion has caused con-
siderable decrease In the acquisitions of the
Executive Department for printing, but with
the large amount of deferred printing for Con-
gress and that which will be ordered the pre-
sent session, there will be doubtless enough to
work the whole establishment up to its full
capacity the next two years. The report
shows a large saving in printing and binding
over the contract system which existed previ-
ously to the esta blishment of the Government
Printing Bureau.
The Postmaster General during December
appointed fifty post masters.
The Board of Directors of the American
Colonization Society, at their annual meeting
to-day, reelected John FL. b. Latrobe as Pres
ident All of the Vice Presidents, seventy
nine in number, were reelected, except James
Railey of Mississippi, Hon. Thomas Corwin of
Ohio, Daniel Turnbull of Louisiana and David
Hunter of Mississippi, who died during the
mast year. Senator DOoittle of Wisconsin, vac
elected as an additional Vice President All
the other officers were reelected. A member
OF the Board stated that he had had a consul
tation with Gen. O. 0. Howard of the Freed
mems Bureau, who favored the objects, and
expressed his willingness to aid them in their
work of colonizing the neg:oes. He expressed
desire to know if the Society would assist in
sending colored men to Florida, there to be
colonized. This was opposed by some of the
Board, one of them giving as a reason therefor
that he believed Africa was the promised land
of the negro, and that he was of opinion that
they would all, sooner or later, be civilized and
Christianized in that country.