Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-17


equal honor, provided the knowledge and
fitness be the same, to have graduated from
any school. The test put upon the young
man is in the regular army. What has he
done there? What can he do under the
new POSTGRADUATE relationship?
The Men in the Ranks Faithful.
Embraced with the officers OF the regular
service were the uon-commissioned officers
and priyates. Before the War of the Re-
beilion there was clear-cut training and IN
telligenu discipline. These faithful serv-
ants of the Government have not yet re-
ceiYed the high consideration due them.
Their history, some of it is on record in dry
documents or buried in bushels of we'll
folded official reports, cannot we'll be writ
ten At the great Rebellion outbreak many
officers sympath;zing with secession re-
signed their commissions, and many de-
serted their flag. IL is the proud boast of
all enlisted men of the regular army that
their predecessors in the ranks were 10
man steadfast to the Union. And. truly,
if auy such enlisted soldier deserted to join
the Confederacy have vet TO bear his name.
When a local military companyis formed,
as is often the case, in a country district or
village, it is a great 6esideratum to get an
ex-regular soldier 10 teach and drill. He is
always treated with great attention and re-
spect But if young man chances to enlist
for honest employment in the regular army,
the dwellers in his district or village pity
his family make him a social outcast by de-
CRYING his fall, and scoff at his uniform as
badge of disgrace. This ought not to be.
1t is not the case now in our European
countries. The soldiers of our small army
are, as a class, self-respecting men. They
are honorable, trustworthy and upright In
conduct. In morals and manners certainly
they compare favorably with the average
people IN the communities where they
happen TO be stationed. If one soldier be-
comes the worse for liquor a thousand peo-
pie notice his uniform and the army gets
widespread credit for drunkenness; whereas
the civilian drunkard gives but limited
disgrace. Where the soldier gets reported
and punished, extending mis- ill-repute, the
civilian escapes notice, I'M jurlnS only him.
self and his poor family.
The Strength of the Army.
The present authorized strength of the
army is 2S. 532 officers and men.
General Officers.. 8 Officers.
Adjutant Generals
Department. -. IL Officers.
Inspector Generals
Department. officers.
Judge Advocate Cen
eral's Department. Officers.
qaSrtcimaSterS De-
partment ......... 81 Officers and so Post @.
Nj. Sergeants.
Subsistence Depart
Iaent................ 26 Officers and 40 Com
misSary Sergeants.
Medical Department. lS5 Officers and 779 Men,
bers Hospital Corps.
Pay Department. 40 Officers.
Corps of Engineers lis Officers and 500 En-.
listed men.
Ordnance Depart
meDt.............. IS Officers and $40 En-
listed men.
signal Corps Ito be
Organized. -. Is Officers and S25 En-
listed men.
Post Chaplains and
Regimental Chap
lains of colored
heglments.-...-... %
This completes the general officers and
staff Of the army. OF the Major Generals
(three in number), one commands the army
and the others each a division, embracing
one or more departments. The six Briga-
der Generals usually command depart
lnents. The divisions and departments are
geographical subdivisions embracing sew
eral States, and the Generals command con-
sstS of the troops stationed within the limits
of this command.
The duties OF the staff are indicated by
their names. One officer of each of the first
six departments is on duty at each division
and department headquarters, to do the de-
tailed work of his departmert in the COM
manC. Besides the Quartermaster COM
missary and medical departments each
conducts a system of purchasing and supply
depots directly under the Secretary of War,
aud free from military command. The medi-
cal department also furnishes the medical
officers !or duty at the military posts. The
corps OF engineers, ordnance department
and signal corps are separate from the rest
of tine army in their work, the former
chiefly on the rivers and harbor improve
ments, the second in the construction of
guns and other ordnance stores, and the lat
ter as a weather bureau, all directly under
the Secretary OF Wars direction. new
law, not yet In operation, takes the weather
bureau work from the signal corps. The
chaplains are supplied to military posts as
far as their number will permit.
What the Force Consists Of
The line of the army consists of % regl-
ments of infantry OF ten companies each, of
whicn eight are with the colors and two un-
organized; each company composed of
l Captain. Musicians
/ Fmst Lieutenant Artifcers,
I Second Lieutenant, / Wagner,
First Sci ge2nt, 10 Prtvates,
Sergeants,
4 COrPoIals, IS Aggregate.
To each regiment:
Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major.
Adjutant, X. @ M......................... 5
companies of 63 aggregate 504
officers of unorganIzed companies. . s
\oA-commiSsoned staff and regimental non-
commissioned stan. af...................,...,. 5
Aggregate. $50
Ten regiments of cavalry OF u TROOPS
each, OF which 10 are with the colors and 2
unorgauized; each troop composed of
Captain, 2Farriers and Blacksmiths,
! First Lieutenant, l Saddler
lSecondLieutenantl Wagner,
] First Sergeant, Il Prlvates,
Sergeauts,
4Corporsls, 63 Aggregate,
2Irumpeters.
To each regiment:
LColouel, l Lieutenant Colonel, 8 Majors.
lAdjutant. r. G. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Z
10 troops of 63 aggregate. aue...................6 $50
Nun-commissioned staff and reglmeutal
Dop-commissIoned officers.
Aggregate e..............--....-..... CAB
Five regiments of artillery OF L. batteries
each, of which 10 are heavy and . light.
Each battery is composed as follows:
Heavy. Light
] Captain, ] Captain.
2 First Iieutenants First Lieutenapts
Second Lieutenant, ! Second Lieutenant
First Sergeant First Sergeant
zSergeants, 6SergeaEtS
4Cnrporals 4Corporals.
Musicians, Musicians
AruhcerS, ArtlfcerS,
/ Wagner, Wagner,
s6 Privatcs. 4g PTvates.
81 Aggregate. 69Aggregate.
To each regiment:
1Colouel, Lieutenant Colonel. Majors.
Ad1utaut, Z. Q. .M..............,. &
! Extra Second Lieutenant for Battery at
Fort Monroe Artillery School.
10 heavy batteries of 6i acgregate.. 64O
2 light batteries of SO aggregate I:lS
Non-commissioued staff and resimental non.
commissioned officers. ers............... I