Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-16
THE UNITED STATES ARMY.


control of the army of the United States, has
had laid before him summaries of all arms
of the service. and of the auxiliary depart
ments of the military establishment.
The land forces of the United States, ia
cluding officers On the retired list, chapains
and professors, counted at the opening Of
the year, to the last man, is 2S ,436.
President Cleveland commands the army,
with Philip II. Sheridan as his lieutenant
general. Three ma generals-Winheld
S. Hancock, John Nj. Schotield and John
Pope, and six brigadier. generals, 0. 0. How
ard, Alfred H. Terry, C. G. Augur, George
Crook, Nelson A. Miles and David S. Stanley
are the general officers of the army. Gen.
Sheridan, with Rich. c. Drum (ranking brig
adier.generaD as adjutant, holds the head
quarters at Washington. Major-general
Hancock, from headquarters at Governors
Island, n. Y, commands the division of the
Atlantic, with no brigadier. general under
him. Major General Scho6eld, commands
from Chicago the division of the Missouri,
with control of four brigadier-generals, viz,
Gen. O. 0. Howard, commanding the De-
partment of the Platte, with headquartersat at
Omaha, Nebraska; Gen. A. II. Terry, COM
manding Department of Dakota, with head
quarters at Fort Smelling, Mimi, Gen. c.
c. Augur, commanding Department Of
Missouri, with headquarters at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, and Cen. d.
s. Stanley, commanding Department OF
Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio,
Texas. Maj.-Gen. Pope commands, from
San Francisco, the Division of the Pacific,
controlling two brigadier generals-General
George Crook, who, with headquarters at
49, l;pCv ba nanor vi
ment of Arizona, and Gen. n. A. Miles, with
headquarters at Vancouver Barracks, Wash
ington Territory, commanding the Depart
ment of the Columbia.
The army consists of ten regiments of cav
airy, five regiments of artillery and twenty
five regiments of infantry. The Ninth and
Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty. fourth and
Twenty Infantry are of colored troops.
Auxiliary to these three arms Of the service
are the corps OF United States engineers, q
battalion of engineers, the ordnance depart
ment and the signal corps, with the medical
department to cure, the subsistence depart
ment to feed, the quartermaster'5 depart
ment to lodge and clothe, the judge advo-
Gates department to judge, the Inspector
generals department to oversee, the adlu-
tant generals department. to order, the pay
department to pay, and the chaplains to
pray, providing in all for the material and
the moral needs of tho land forces. Besides
this the Military Academy ct West Point
supplies the army with trained young otli-
GERS, and very small part Of the army is
detailed to look after the public buildings
and grounds of the District of Columbia.
The army rank comprises Il lieutenant
general, major-generals, brigadier-gen-
erals, adjutant-general, 16 assistant adju
,ants general, 2 inspectors. general, 3 assist.
ant inspectors-g general, s judge advocates,
&C., quartermaster general, So quart ermas
tiers, &C., commissary general. 25 commits
saries, Sc, surgeon general, 147 surgeons,
purveyors, &C., l paymaster general, 80
paymasters, &C., l chief of engineers, chief
of ordnance, chief signal officer, 40 colo
nels, 81 lieutenant. colonels, 104 ma jors, 4SO
captains, % aides-de-camp, 50 regimental
quartermasters adjutants, &C., 532 first lieu
tenants, 459 second lieutenants 81 chap
lains and IA storekeepers, and the file is
made up Of 40 sergeant-majors, 40 quaster-
master sergeants, 40 chief musicians, 60
principal musicians, 10 saddle sergeants, 10
chief trumpeters, S14 ordnance, commissary
and quartermaster.s sergeants and sergeant
majors, 430 first sergeants, 2,2l0 sergeants,
1905 corporals, S63 trumpeters and musi-
clans, 240 blacksmiths, 120 saddlers, 43O
wagoners, with professors and 81 cadets,
55S tirst-class privates, 419 second-class prl-
Yates, and 17,046 privates, in all 81 1895 rank
and file and AL retired officers.
The United States has 1853 military posts,
forts, etc., of which Al are without garrison,
Is armories and arsenals and three recruit
ing depots.-Wash. cor. Bait. Sun.