The daily gazette., 1877-08-30
HOsO Tbs ,ArmN Is Nude ,UD..

There is very imperfect knowledge
| or the cost and composition of the regli-
lar army We propose to supply this
needed information with the aid Of the
annual Register, and the reports to and
debates in Congress, wherein the figures
are derived from official sources downto
recent date. The actual army consists
of %, 400 enlisted men and .2,l6I commis-
stoned officers on the actual list, or a to-
tai of n 1851 officers and men. '.0 .i
Of the officers there are 1 general,
ieutenant-General, 3 major-generals
and IA 6rigadier-gsnerals, 81 colonies, Sc
Observation-Disclosures, 242 majors, % aides
de-camp, 59l captains. 40 adj djutants, 40
regimental quartermasters, battalion
adjutant, battalion quartermaster, 583
/ first lietepants, AS second lieutenants,
tans of infantry
OF the lower grades there are 40 ser
] geant-majors, 40quarterm aster sergeants
40 chief musicians, 60 principal musi-
clans, saddle sergeants, 10 chief trum-
peters, ia ordance sergeants 148 COM
missary sergeants, 200 hospital stewards,
/ battalion sergeant-major, battalion
! quartermaster sergeants, ,8l6 corporalS,
$50 trumpetsrs, 623 musicians, 240 farriers
and blacksmths. $50 artihcers, 12O sail
dlers, 430 wagonerS, 205 privates of the
u
class.
The officers and men are distributed as
follows General officers, IL; military
secretary to the lieute tenant-general, /
Heutenant-colouel; aides de-cainp to gen.
eral officers, %; of whom are colonels,
2 2lieutenant-colonels,9 9 captains or lieu
tenants, IL lieutenants. In the Adjutant
Generals Department there are briga-
dier-general. 2 colonies, 4 lieutenant col
a IN, oil II 81.
, Inspector Geueral's Department there
are 1 colonel, Q lientenant-c olo nels, aud
majors--5 in all. In the Bureau of Mil
itaryJ ustice three are brigadier-general
and majors -5 in all In the Quarter
masters Department there are l briga-
dier-general, 4 colonels, heutenant>
colonies, IA majors, and 30 captains-57
in all. In tn. Subsistence Department.
there are rigadier-general, coionel@,
5 ieutenant-col oloneb. 8 majors, and IL
captains-26 in all. In the Medical De-
partment there are brigadier-general, 6
| colonies, 10 lieute 80 ma
jors, 60 captains, 56 first lieutenants, 300
hospital stewardship in all. In the Pay
Department there are l brigadler-gener-
al. 2 colonies, 2 observation-disclosures, 90
| maiors-55 in all. In tue Corps of En-
giiieers there are / brigadier. general, 6
coloHels, IL lieutenaut-colonelS, "a ma
jors 30 cantains, battalion adjutant, l
/ battalion quartermaster, 26 first lieuten-
auts, 10 second lieutenants. l battalion
sergeant-major, battalion quartermaster
sergeant, 70 sergeantS, Is corporalS, 8 mu-
sicians, 800 privates of the first class, IA
privates of the second class--309 in all.
In the Ordnance Department there are
/ brigadier general, 8 colonels, 4 lieuten-
ant-colonels, 10 majors, 20 captains, 16
i, first heutenants, 40 sergeant, 80 corporals,
$50 privates -40i in all. Signal Corps, 1
| colonel and 400 enlisted men. Post chap
| lains, 80. .-.....
According to this statement the Gen.
eral staff officers of the army number 562
commissioned officers, or more than one
! fourth of the whole number. Add to
/ them the commissioned staff unattach-
ed to regiments, viz. ia ordinance ser
geants and 148 company sergeants, 200
! hospital ste ewards, 90 sergeants, and SO
oorporals, and the whole commissary and
no noncommissloned staff is presented to
view. The drift of favoritism is to the
staff, and, so Gen. Banning we'll said In
the House, "iG requires more rank to
purchase army book and clothing, dis
tribute hard tack. prescribe qulni 40, keep
accounts, and signal the weather, than it
does to command battalion or to meet
, the enemy and put him 70 flight.
Now for the cost of this military ma
chine. We take the figures from tho
last report of the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, Mr.. Morrill,, now Collector of
/ Portland, and begin two years after the
close of the civil war