The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-01
THE ARMY.

prepared by the Adiutant General. 1t is dated
August l. $685. and IL the nth extra register issued
since January 1851.
The aggregate strength Of the army on July 81,
given IN The tabular statement or the organiza-
ton OF the regular army" was 5?,9is against 529l2
on January !, 1s3s-an increase Of 20. The actnai
strength OF the army on September 80 according
20 the annual report or the Adiutant General WAS
4sosl. AS the army IL being depleted the rate OF
1880 mon per month by the discharge OF soldiers
whose terms OF enlistment expire and as the mum.
Der OF recruits enlisted few recruiting station
now In operation scarcely equals the losses caused
by desertion aud DEATH the actual strength OF tn.
army ut the present date does not exceed As, 900
men.
The number OF military posts is 12l, ana the num-
Der OF national cemeteries o. Is OF the latter having
been established tins year under the direction OF
Adlutant General Tnoaas. The number or lndian
scouts In the seryke Is 49, al increase OF since
January.
PROMOTIONS Avn APPOINTMENTS.
The noticeable pro notions this year, besides those
mentioned III The HERALD OF october o, as
Ereyet Brigauicr General rnnis y. ralmer, rieuten
ant Colonel second eva ~, 10 b. cooael same reg
inent vice Wood retisI
Irevct Cooni Alb TT g. Trackctt Major FIRST
cavalry 10 DC llericBlnt Co.olel second cavalry,
wee Palmer, pro'no,el.
Irevct Lieutenant Colonel John Green Captiin
c9hd cavalry, he a.or First cavary, vice
Bracket. promoted
TAeie have b>en - APPOINTMENTS since January l.
vz.:-Aiary etDrasee er ,uarJernaslcr'a Depart.
ment, l; pay nastr. l; Corps Of Engineers, 5;
Ordnance Department. |: posi- chaplain, /; cavalry
~; ar,iilery q inlantry. =. OF the persons NJ,
pointed 81 wee grainiis, 81 West Point, 10 had
been In the volume service were appointed from
une Amy ana mona glvi. ne
There are 1os vacancies II tn, army rs follows:-
one brigader ge1ela'shp. Nico Hooker, retired;
Medical Department inssstans surgeOns, l In the
ray Departnent inaiorl. - lieutcnants IN the
and o. in the inantry. It is stated lhat
tne PRESIDENT dccisnes To Ill tue vacancy
caused by tie retiicI OF General Hooker, On the
ground that an earl reduction Of the army IA pro-
Dable The sainalclson Wal applv t. the vacancies
N tne art cry an ioIantfy Ieeimenis. but those IN
are III demand III Sp1 abe officers vi that arm
IN detached service nave ben orisrej to ther req
ti0as under Genera Sheridan.
Tis RETIRED LIST s
Is made up OF l5i Officers - less than the maximum
allowed NY iaw} OF wiioil Que has been In the ar,iy
81 years. one 81 Yeas ~ years one Is years
two q years aye - years, scvei 90 years twenty
tw0 from ~ 10 81 ycars, twenfy-four from 80 to 80
years and seventy frIsn 20 70 ycars The re-
mainder have served less tan 2, years.
During this year I0uries u officers have been aided
90 the list, Including. Maior General Hooxer aud
Surgeon Burton Hanlai. retired since the compila-
.. Wood Colonel second cavalry, has beea RET rcd
with the fun rank Of MAJOR gene AL four captains
wounds inulie, .sc., ivcd in the line OF duty
and one captain, one caaYia.a ani four lentenants
for tncapacity resulting nom Injury or disease not
Officers having been placed The retired lest the
reasons last mentioned. Captain Moses u. walker
CLARK breysl co onel who were retired in 1864 ana
1855 respectively under tile act OF august 3 lsul
with the funk Of capita u, have, by order Of the Pre-
eident ana in coaioruIi.y VITA the sot u July q,
1856 been placed the list with the null rank VI the
command Leld W them "hea wounded, the former
as colonel aud the latter MAJOR
Three retiring boards are nov IN session-one IN
yhis city. in ST. Louis and one III san Francesca
more than forty consecutive years, are entitled to no
resired on their own uppsctl on. ylz:-,,cuarals p
81 George C"oss' ".erai oncer; Lorenzo 1n;snas.
mssss sra Ea oary coaissapy g esssT
q g sattsri.e, chief medical pusveyor X. Z. Wood.
CHsgeon Thomas !; issi.r, p;.ynaster; Thomas !.
nance Department.; r.. h. alexander, colonel Tenth
as.antry, AM :. p. He,Diac man. lionel Seye steenih
ava rasrs a., age no b. by tho President
withoni Che into vent.on ri . ng hoard.
Retired officers se os.hs emisio eI on general
Board ana on o,hcr lisnt dus,: several have been
detailed az pTofessaTs cl Misaty science At certain
educational estaDi snlnents under nc act OF July IS
1896. Most Of the Officers OF tas aca,eni." Qul mill
tary stat ut West Point might, we should THU, DC
selected IRON the West oil.es IN the rclireI list
amt thus lbeI ate the able bod ed assistant and nc.-
Ing assistant professors now ON duty at the acad-
envy.
OUR REGISTER
The only changes In the field and star OF the army
0ipce the publication la tiie iisRAl OF October of
our register or september 1865, are indicated under
the head OF promotions General Townsend N am
the virtual and General IL Tu0mas the nominal Adj
jutant General OF the army. Brevct Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas J. Trcalweli - In charge OF the
Ordnance Department pcnilng the INJURY inio
the CHARGES axlinst general Dser. ChleI Qf ord
nance.
On Comparing the rel ter for Angu7t with that
for January, 1t appears Mat the breyet force IS not
yet played out. l,J breyeti having been conferred
BY the President or confirmed oy the Senae between
those dates, viz:alajor lencrs, 2; br;sadsr gene
rails, IA; colonies, IL heat,na.t cooaes, AZ; majors,
b; captains, 90; hrst heatenants Il.
CASUALTIES.
Une hundred ANA twenty-ssven casualties In the
regular army arc reported. yz.:-Resigned. 81; de-
cined, a; cancelled, I; died. 30; mega ycd by the
Senate, 9; revoked, 2; dropped, Q; dismissed. Z;
Among the rcsigra ions are the following:-Brcyet
MAJOR Genera JudsoD hsllaricS, captain First astl
iery to date Decenner i,os inst al Of OCTOBER Is,
James p. Browniow, Eighth cavalry (son OF
Parson Brownlow, and Drevet Brigadicr Gone
artillery, who was one OF three first llenten-
ants IN the army having the brevet RANK OF briga-
der general tue other two being Il. :. Parker aud
Adam Dsdeau Aides -de-camp TO the Gencrai in
Chef six oiiiccrs-ionr oil whom were dismissed,
ono dropped aud one cashereu-have been perinit-
ted 10 resign and inc records changed accordingy.
Two captains and private VI volunteers decnad
second licutenan.les, anu one regular oicer declined
Five star and field ofllcers died, viz.:-Colonel
Timothy T.. Andrews treiirc.i), late Paynaser Gene
Twentieth Infantry; BroveB BTigad or General LOUIS
y. Watkins, Lieutenant Colonel twentieth IN.
fantry; Major Henry W. Wharton retired); Brevet
Lieutenant Colonel benjamin. Il. smith, MAJOR
Twenty-scvenih infantry. Ons lieutenant was
crowned Big Cypress Bayou, Texas: one IN tho
ARKANSAS river, aud one ed al s,tka. lna latter
tIieute nant Is. ". Livern0re, second artillery was
tie FIRST United states Uaiccr, cNH military, who
h.a died In our new 20 sessions.
The following deaths have occurred since the date
OF The reg stcr:-Brevet Driga,er General William
Gates lretircd: Ire, el Brpadier General j. L. Sii
irclired); MAJOR Uhrislohe, ,. Lowell trc,lred Bic-
vet laigadicr General Ad.ln !. S.cnlin, Lieutenant.
Colonel fourth uiarry; brevet Captain Sfaries l..
RocSwe Ordnance Departments
In the volunteer l0rc5 eight casualties arc All
nounCed. yis.-Ees Enei, one o., neiai II. X .coft,
Governor OF South CaroiihaE commission ylt.ue
ty new 1ppointL,cnt, tho; hunoiaDy lnsstercd on,
four; toorabiy DISCHARGED one tAaor Joiia Nes,
-iue-de-Calap Instead - Gsihis "a as reported N
the register for ,0s; mustered out, one. 10 Whrn
NAY be aided four Aysistl u Iuiftcrli1-ters TWO
comm n3arcs Of Subsi.teli ana tAeniy .hyinaascs
h)norabiy mustered OF rInce August l. leaving Only
vouhecor V.icer tNl.vg Cenei al llowaro) Ia tnc