, 1877-09-22
THE REGULAR ARMY.

Eow TT Is MADE UP-GESEGAL, STAFF AND
LINE oFfICERs-THE COST OF THE MACHINE
There is a very imperfect knowledge OF
the cost and composition OF the regular
arrny. We propose to supply this needed
information with the aid OF the annual leg
lister. and the reports 20 and debates in Con-
eress, wherein the figures are derived from
official sources down to recent date. Ihe
actual army consists Of -. 400 enlisted men
and 2,l5l commissioned officers on the act
ual list, or total OF q, S2l officers and men,
OF the officers there are General. ! Lieu
tenant General, 3 Major-GeEerals, IA Br1ga-
dier-Generals, o. Colonels, ST Lieutenant
Colonels, 242 Majors, % Aides-de-camp, 59l
Captains. 10 Adiutants, 80 Re9mental Quar-
terlnasters, Battalion Adjutant, ! Battai-
ion Quarter7naster, 5SS First Lieutenants,
AS Second Eeutenants, snd "a Chaplalns,
with the rank Of Captains OF Infantry. r
OF the lower grades there are 40 Sergeant
Majors, 40 Quartermastcr Sergeants, ~ chief
musicians, 60 principal musicians, saddle
| Sergeants, 10 chief trumpetcrs, lli Ord
| rance Sergeants, las COmmissary Sergeants,
200 Hospital Stewards, | battalion Sergeant
Major. battalion Quartermaster Sergeant,
$50 First Sergcants, 1910 Sergeants, l,Sl6
| Corporals, 240 trumpeters, 62S musicians,
24o farricrs and blacksmiths. 6a8 artificers,
100 saddlers, 430 wagoners, 205 privates OF
the first class, and 40 privates OF the second
class.
The officers and men are distributed as
follows: General officers, / military Sec
retary to the Lieutenant-General, l Lieu
tenant Colonel; aides-de-camp to general
officers, %, of whom 6 are Colonels, Lieu
tenant-C Coionels, Q Captains or Lieutenants,
- Lieutenants In the Adjutant-Generars
Department there are Brigadier4ieneral, =
| Coioneis, 4 Lieutenant-C Colonels, and 10 Ma
iors-l7 in all In the Inspeetor-Generafs S
! Department tsfcre are Colonel, 2 Lieuten-
ant Colonels, and Majors in all. In the
Bureau of Military Justice there are Brig
adier-General and Majors in all. In
the Quartermasters Department there are
| Brigadier-General, 4 Colonels, 6 Lieuten-
ant ColoneIs, IA Majors, and so Captains
81 in all. In the Subsistence Department
there are Brigadier-General, . ColOnels, 3
Lieutenant -Colonels, s Majors and II Cap
tains-26 in all. In the Medical Depart
ment there are Brigadief-General, 6 Colo
nels, 10 Lieutenant-C Colonels, 30 Majors, 50
Captains, 90 6First-Lieutenants, 200 Hospital
| Stewards in all. In the Pay Depart
ment there are ! Brigadier-Generai, Colo
neis, , Lieutenant Colonels, 50 Majors-55
in all In the Corps of Engineers there are
! Bri.adier-Geuers,l, & Colonels, IL Lieuten-
anti Coloncls u Majors, 80 Captains, | Bat
TALON Ad djutant, Battalion Quartermaster,
56 First-Lieutenants, 10 Second Leutenants,
| Battalion Sergeant Major, BattalionQ Quar-
1 1
porals, s musicians, so privates OF the first
| class, - privates of the Second class-309
| ir all In the Ordnance Department there
are Brigadier-Ge Colonies, 3 Lien.
tenant { Colonels, 10 Majors, 20 Captains, lG
| First -Lientenants, 40 Sergeants, so Corpo-
rails, 80 privates in ell. Signal Corps,
I Colonel aud 400 enlisted men. Post Chap
| lains, 80
According to this statement the General
staff officers of the army number J62 COM
miSSioncl officers, or more than Onc-fOurth
of the whole number. Add to them the un.
commissioned staff unattached to regiments,
| viz, ia Ordnance Sergeants and las Compa,
ny Sergeants, 200 Hospital Stewards, Gu
Sergeslnts and 30 Corporals, and the whole
commIssary and commissioned staff Is
presented to view. The drift Of favoritisnl
is to the staff, and, as General Banning well
said in the House, at requires more rank
to purchase army boots and clothing, ,listrib-
ute hard tack, prescribe quinine, keep ae-
counts. and signal the weather, than it does
to command battalion or to meet the enc
my and put him to flight"
Now for the cost of this military machine.
We take the figures from the last report of
the Secretary OF the Treasury, Mr.. Morrill,,
now Collector OF Portland, and begin two
| years after the close of the civil war.
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