The New York herald., 1877-01-14
II III E AR M Y.
Resume of the Army Register for
the Year 1877.
ROSTER OF CUSTERS CAVALRY.
Lintal Rank Of Field Officers in the Various
Branches OF the Service.
ROSTER OF cusTERs CAVALRY
CASUALTIES AND PERSONAL ITEMS.
Number of the Militia Force OF the
United States

The Official Army Register for 1877 rs In the hands OF
the Public Printer will be ready for distribution In
the course OF days few advance COPIES subject
to correction by casualties that may have occurred
between November 10 and December 81, have been
struck OF for the use, Of officers duty IN the War
Department Before tho next register appears tho
army will possibly have Undergone another reorgan
zation, IL the 'mixed" commission now considering
various plans shall be abo 10 agree upon definite ana
acceptable scheme Tor reorganization In The mean
time new President Will have been inausurated and
IN the exercise OF his authority us Commandcr-in-
Chief OF the armies OF United States, will doubt
less make some lively changes in tho way OF new as
signnents, giving long banished officers u chance TO
rec,vilze selves aud allowing others who have
Tor decade or enjoyed their Otium cum dt0aitate
east OF the Rocky Mountains an opportunity OF OBJ
serving the thermometer forty degrees below zero in
Dakota or ono hundred and twenty degrees In the
shade in Arizona.
MILITARY ABsENrEEIsM
Tho 1877 register like all its predecessors, Is defcc
two in om,ting to show the stations and duties OF
officers the active list and the addresses OF retired
officers In the absence OF this inlormation--which
might be given without materially increasing the bulk
of tho volumc-,hc inference Is that all rcgimenta
officers are with commands but Is well known
10 every one even moderately convcrsant with army
affairs that large proportion Of these officers are on
various k,nus OF detached service For example, each
general officer has u select military family Of aidcsde
camp who draw extra pay Tor this kind Of soldering
aides 10 the OF the Army being paid coonels
TO tho Lieutenant General lieutenant colonels to
major generals $500 per year additional and to
brgader generals $3.50 Thirty-two regmenta
officers are required for this purpose Then
the recruiting service absorbs 40, including
colonies, / lieutenant colonel and l major; the
cto Nutn
Point 80, exclusive OF departmental stan onccrs COL
cgcs and universities II TO DO increased TO BOY; the
war Department, ,othe Soldiers Home> tho lcaven-
worth Military rrison, tho Fort Monroe Artillery
School military departments and districts tor acting
assistant inspectors general acting signal officers, &c
the Adjuant Generals office ior dlsbursing Officers
paying bountcs, & 10 colored solcicrs) about 40 In
all--making 1873 officers permanently Withdrawn from
their regiments. In this list no allowance Is made for
the SICK Tor those absent extended leaves and on
special and temporary detached service
now COMPANIES ARE oFFicERED.
The result OF this military tccism is best shown
by statement OF tho number Of line officers on duty
win General Crod y column Of ten companies Of
cavalry four OF artillery aud eleven Of Infantry. in
his late Indian hunt These twenty-five companies
wore entitled TO twenty five captains and Glty-iour
subaterns but the number present was sixteen CAP
ta,ns aud thrtynine ltcutenants, ot whom TWO cup.
tains and one lieutenant were detached TO comma nd
Indian soldiers and scouts, leaving twenty mine per
cent OF company officers abscnt from their commands
There are undoubtedly some advantages OF personal
mai urc con with the detached service system,
tOr n all the officers OF Custers live Inflated companies
had been With Their troops there would have been
Of thirteen vacancies IN the Seventh
cavalry after tho battie OF the 18th Of June.
ORGANIZATION or THE ARMY.
TBc question Of the reorgun zation being promi.
ncnfv before public and Especially interesting to
military readers, the following statement Is gwen
sn"w,nr tho organization o the army according the
register and the number OF officers and men actually
on The rolls according TO General Shermans annual
report c, .,:..