The New York herald., 1871-01-13
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THE REGISTER FOR 1871

nave ueen before the reurlng boalSts. Meantim,
we present our readers with oar annual register fol
1871, corrected TO date.
The many changes tnat have, recently been mad
leave very few
OLD OFF, trRs
on the active list Out OF oeer two thousand nd of, car
now ON the rolls only hIrysnne have served con,mn
onsly thirty years or more and thirtv-nine of thes
ueohs 10 'he stan departments, whose duties neces
sariy restrict them 70 onice work six are genera
ohceis, TWO are field officers or cavalry, five O
~uiefy ana seven OF Infantry. Five ol the oaicer
referred TO have served over forty yearsv,z
Commissary General Amos b. Eaton. fortyfou
years; Brgadier General Philip St. George Cook,
anu Colonel William Maynadier (ordnance) forty
three years each: Paymaster Franklin f. Hunt. forty
one years, aud Colonel II. II. X Whitley Of the ora
nance Department, forty years
VACANCIES.
There are eighty-slX vacancies which cannot II,
hiied unnl Congress repeals section six OF the act o.
MafSa o. lsos, prohibiting appointments ana promo
lions III the star departments. The vacancies are
A~utaa Generals DeparGnaen.-oHe colonel aud
three majors
Inspector generals Depa,7nae,st-One lieutenant
roionel.
Qttarte,'ssaste1's Dcparg,aent.-Three colonels
wo lieutenant colonels and three military store
Keepers icaptaInsl
y oStstencs Depnttinent.-One captain.
sedt ~" !" pepa'7"'e,.t llenl2ant colone,
Chief Medicalrrveyor) two surgeons unajors) ana
foriy-six assistant surgeons first iieutenantsl
Pay Depaftnseia.-Five majors,
corps or Engaleers.-one colonel two majors
wo captains, two first Aeutenants and two second
Ieatenants.
Odtance Depd!T'left.-0ne lieutenant colonel,
tw0 majors, thee captains, two second lieutenants
and one military sgorekeeper (captanl.
An enort VIII be made TO have the prohibition re-
ierred TO removed. II successful the following
officers VIII be "carried up' in the natural course
OF prcmotion,-
10 Coionei-Leutenant Colonel James B. Fry, AS.
sstant Adlutant General; Lieutenant Coones Lang
don G. Easton Stewart Van yllet ana John G.
AcFerran, Quartermasters Department.; Lieutenant
Colonel Israel G. Woodruff, Corps OF Engineers
10 lieutenant Colo11ei-Major William d. WHIP
PIE, Assistant AdJutant General; MAJOR Absaom
Bard, Assistant inspector General; Majors Tired
well Moore Hyatt O. Ransom, Asher r. Eddy Ru
fus saNton and Judson d. Bingham, Quartermas-
ter's Department. Major Robert S. williamson
Corps OF Engineers MAJOR James G. Benton, ord !
nance Department and
TO NdJof-Captalns William Myers and Charles |
W. Thomas, Quartermasters Department; Captains |
Franklin Harwood, John w. Barlow and Peter G. |
Haines, Corps Of Engineers; Captains James NJ |
Whiitemore, A. r. Burlington ana Daniel W. Flager
Ordnance Department
The following is
Army Register for 1871.
GENERAL OFFICERS
General orthe 4rng-Wnliam r. Sherman.
Lieutenant Generat-Philip II. Sheridan.
MAJOR Generals-Henry w. Halleck, George G.
Meade, Winfield S. Hancock and John N. Schofeld
Brt9adier Generals IRWIN Mcdowell, Philip ST.
George Cooke John Pope, Oliver o. Howard, Alfred
II. Terry, Edward Q. C. Ord, Edward K. s. Candy
and Christopher c. Augur.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT..
Adjstant Ge7aerdl-Brgadier General Edward d.
Townsend.
assistant Adjutant Generd1s-Colonel Richard c.
Drum, Lieutenant Colonels James 3. Fry, George l..
Hartsun, John G. Kelton, Robert Williams Majors
William D. Mhippie. Chauncey McKeever. George ID.
Ss SEngGies' I Thomas AL yiacent oiiyer d. Greene,
Joseph H. Taylor and James 7. Martin.
INSPECTOR GENERALS.
Colonels Randolph b. Marcy, Deos B. Sacket.
Edmund Schriver aud James A. Hardle.
AsSts1ant s L"Spector Geneats-Lieutenant Colo
Baird anc Elisha III. LudlingtOn.
BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE.
Beph Holt.
AsslstantJudge Adcocate Geaaera1-Colonelw William
NICK. Dunn.
Judge Adcocates-Mayors Guido N Lieber. DE
Mne, Mia clinton; william wlatbrop, II. b. Burnham
low and DAVID q. SWAIN.
CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
Colonel Albert j. Meyer
QuARTEGMAsrER's DEPARTMENT.
Q.agSe,H].tster ] Ge"efat-Bngadier General Mont |
ASSISTANT Qadlternaaster Geaerdls-Colonels Ro- |
bert alien, Daniel H. ltuc&er and Rufus Ingalls,
Det9D guar master GeHerdiS-Lieutenant Colo
nels Langdon c. Easton, stewart Van VIet John g. |
AcrerIan, sa.1uel b. hoiablrd Robert o. Tyler, |
Chanes Il. Iompkins, James A. EAin and Frede- |
Qudftermasters-M Alexander Montgomery.
Ireuwel Moore, Hyatt G. Ransom, Asher Il. Eddy
Rufus Saxton, Judson d. Bingham, Alexander j.
Perry, Henry G. Hodges, John g. Chandler, Charles
&. sawaeile James j. Dana, Joseph A. Potter, 4. NJ
BatcGeluef, M. j. Luudlngton ana James ID. Moore.
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.
:, CnnuittssaIV general Or Suosistence-Brgadier
General Amos b. Eaton.
ASSISTANT COneatsSayy Generals Of SuDStstenoe-
Goionels Alexander f. shiras, Charles L. Klbum
Henry Il. Clarke.
Conatatssasies- Majors william W. Burns. Amos
Beckwith John Mel. Taylor Beekman Du Barry,
Robert McFeeiey, Thomas j. Haine. George Del and
Michael Il. Morgan.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
surgeon Ge1terdt-Brigadier General Joseph X.
assistant Surgeon General-Colonel Charles II.
Crane
Clssef Medical PuYreyor-vacant
ASSISTANT Hedtcat ptnCeyOrS-Lieutenant Colonies
Baxter.
Sugsons (of more tnan ten wears standng)- |
Majors Adam n. McLaren, Joseph ]. b. Wright, |
John NJ. Cuyler Madison Mills, Eugene A. Apadie, |
Charles Mccormick, Charles Ii. Laup, JOSIAH smp- |
Simons ana Charles G. Keeney.
PAY DEPARTMENT.
FGWnaster GeneTdt-Brigadlef General Benjamin |
w. Bnce.
assistant Pdyraoster Geneya,s-Coonels Nathan |
w. Brown ana Daniel Mcclure.
Deputy E'ayDtdster Ge7terais-LieutepantC Colonels |
Hiram Leonard and CARY Ii. Fry
The ten senior paynasters are Majors BENJAMIN |
Alvord, Franklin T.. Hunt, Henry Prince samuel |
Woods Augustus ii. Seward Robert A. Klnzle
George L. Feblger, David Taggart, Henry G. Pratt
and simeon Smith.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
CHief or leeJs-Brlgauler General Andrew A. |
Humphreys
Col0neS-John g. Barnard, George W. Cullum
Henry W. Benham, Jonn y. MacomD and James H. |
simpson.
Lieutenant Colonels-Israel G. Woodruff Jealous
ahn
Thorn. John ID. kurtz. Barton ;. Alexander, William |
n. Rayn0lds, Charles :. stewart, Charles E. Blunt |
John u. Foster and James c. Duane
The ten senior majors Robert s. Williamson, |
Quincy A. Gilmore Frederick T. Prime, Thomas L. |