Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-30
An OLD ARMY REGISTER.
Names That Appeared In the List Printed
fortN-Six Ncar. AGO.

-NSnsSs s"st &PprArrt tu inc hftut@I
fouy-six Years Ago.
An Army Register OF forty-six years ago 10 Q
prolific source Of wonder and even smazemens
At the almost incredible changes in the army
and its personnel occurring in lees than half .
century. Just then the Mexican war was pass-
ing into history, a war in which, more OF less,
all those on the army rolls Of that date had
been active participants. and the proportion 10
remarkable OF those quit low in the rank who
have since risen to the highcs; military grades.
either in the service OF the Union or the would
be confederacy. Even the increase in the
separate arms OF tho service, the difference in
pay and numerous other changes are worthy
OF note well for instruction as amusement.
The book itself is pamphlet Of forty pages
insignificant IN comparison with the present
Plethora list requiring 40 pages, but IN ar
rSnGemeut OF matter aud typographical Rp-
pearance the present Register il patterned
closely after Its predecessor Of yore. The old
Register IN question is the handiwork Of IT.
Barnard. printer. corner iith street and Penn
sylyania avenue, Washington. u. e."
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott was commander-is-
chief with Brig Gems. Gaines and Wool The
adjutant generals department was composed
OF one colonel. two majors and four captains.
There were two INSPECTORS general with the
rank OF colonel The qUartermastcr's depart
ment Included one brlgadier general. Two
and twenty-foIr captains. among whom was =.
4. Heintzicman. The coUlnIssary department.
Mad one colonel. one lieutenant colonel. two
majors and four captains. The medical de-
p@rtmebi lad a surgeon general. twenty sur
Geons and fifty assistant surgeons, two OF whom
We're Joseph X. Barnes. since surgeon general,
ana ;. 4. Moore, aitCrward surgeon general of
the confederate army, ard the pay departments
comprised a paymaster general with fifteen
p2fmasiers, one Of whom has been bett
known M0i l,gslD nrfl Ilnrfgr
NUMBERS AND PAY.
There were then on the list $40 names against
ana OF today. which now include three major
generals, sixteen brigadier generals. seventy
coloueis, ninety-one lieutenant colonels. 22i
majors and t53 captains. with officers of lower
grade, and a feature then unknown 10 the army,
retired list OF most generous proportions.
Two cavalry regiments have grown to ten. eight
| infantry regiments to twenty-five while thu
artillery has only one additional The militia
force, then l.S-2.0O9 has swelled 20 .6a5. 900,
! the number in the District OF Columbia then
being 1850 and now 1900
The monthly pay OF a major general has
jumped from $3.50 TO S625. brigadior general
from s2ie 80 TO Si5s.33. colonel fsom sfsS TO
sS15 lieutenant colonel from Sl62 TO S3Sa S.
major from S1i1 to S29l67, captain iron
30 10 Sz33.53 and lieutenants from SSI So 70
SldA The surgeon general and inspectors gen.
eral received stated salaries OF $500.
Col. }. G.. Totten appears at the head OF the
engineers with Capts. Robert l.. Lee J. X r.
Mansfield and John q. Barnard and Lieuts.
Montgomery c. Meigs, T.. u. L. Beauregsrd.
] Henry W. Halleck. William s. hosecrans, X. q.
Wright and Gustavus W. Smith.
The typographical engineers had Col John
1 J. Albert with heutcnants Joseph 4. Johnston,
/ A. A. Humphreys, John &. Fremont. George
Meade, John Pope aud William d. Franklin.
/ The ordnance commanded by Col
George Bomiord with heQtenants A. b. Dyer,
Charles L. stone. William Maynadier, George
u. Ramsay and Henry ID. Craig.
! The first Dragons had Col Stephen W.
! hearney and Lieuts. Edwin '. summer. Philip
| hearney. Daniel III. Racker, Richard 5. Eweil
ana Rufus Ingalls,.
The second dragons had Col. David r.
| Twlggs, Lieutenant Colonel William \. Harvey,
| Lieuts. Charles A. May, Vim. J. Hardee and
| Alfred Pleasanton
The first ar;illery's colonel was Ichabod h.
Crane, with Lieuts. John b. Magruder Bennett
| ii. Hiii, William IL French, Joseph Hooker,
! Irwin Mcdowell. J. H. Tickets, Abner Double.
day and James A. Hardie.
The second artillery had Col James Bank
| head with Lieu:s. John Sodgwick Henry ].
Hunt afterward chief OF artillery OF the Army
OF the Potomac, and L. ID. Townsend, since
/ adjutant general OF the army.
The thlrd arilllery's colonel was William
Gates. with Lieuts. T. ID. KEYS, 4. W. sherman.
| Vim. L. sherman, Braxton Bragg. L. &C. Ord.
Stewart Van Welt, John L. Reynolds aud George
| VI. Thomas.
The fourth artllery's colonel was John b.
| Wa bach, with Lleuts. ]. G. pemberton, q. w.
Getty. }. i. Garesche, 10. II. Hill aud Fits
John Porter.
IN tine first infantry were Col. ". Davenport
| Lieuts. Abraham lincoln "a native of New
! York; and D. 4. Russell: in the second Col
| Hugh Brady, Lieuts. A. b. Eaton. Sias Casey
| t. *. = Candy and Simon d. Buckner; in the
! third Col }. Is. MRury. LIeuts. Don Carlos
Buell., George Sykes, George b. McClellau
and Barnard i. Bee; in the fourth Col. VIM
/ Whistler, Iieuts. George a. Mccall, Lorenzo
Thomas, c. c. Augur and Ulysses S. Grant, IL
the fifth Col. George NJ. Brooke, Lieuts. C. C.
SIbiey Inventor of the Sibley tent. Danies
Ruggles and J. II. Whipple; in the sixth Col
Zachary Taylor, Lieuts. ". =. ketchum. jaime,
! Monroe, lr., Lewis A. Armistead. L. I. Dent
/ and Winfield s. Hancock; IN the seventh Col
! NJ. Arbuckie, Ljeufs. Dixon ;. Miles, Richare
! C.Gatlin, Lafayette McLaws and Earl Van Dorm
and in the eighth and last Col W. J. Worth
I lleu;s. James Longstreet. J. Y. Bomford, ].
! q. ;. Smelling and Thomas j. Montgomery
who died thirty-tye wears ago. leaving a widow
now clerk IN the Office Of the quar- termaster
! general OF the army.
WHERE ARE TINY NOW?
Long before 1s46 Gen. Scott was known q,
the hero of Lundy's Lane, where he VA
wounded and won distinction eclipsed only by
his subsequent career in the Mexican war, when
! with an army OF 25,000 men (hardly an army
| corps of modern times, his victorious march
| from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico elected
the admiration of the world and proclaimed
him the greatest captain of the age. Gen Tay.
| lor had earned great reputation in the
Florida Indian war, which pAled in the light
of his following victories at Monterey. Iaio
Alto, Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista. Although
has great military record carried him into the
| presidential chair, he is Yet unhonored in this
| broad land, either IN bronze or marble, aud
even his tomb in Cave Hill cemetery near
Louisville is still unmarked. Gen. Hancock
after four years OF unparalleled deeds OF
bravery, survived many years, and
will soon have an appropriate me.
mortal in the capital OF the nation
he served SO well Gen. Grant was in the
Mexican war, resigned afterward and re-
entered the army in 1861 TO come out as the
greatest hero OF the civil war. skiiiful and sue.
cessful as were other generals during tha,
eventful period, it was his luck TO press the
right button which electrocuted the rebel
and twice secured for him the highest honor,
in the land. Gen. Mansfield was killed at the
battle OF Antietam, Gen. kearney at Chantilly
Gen. Sedgwick at Spottsyivania, Gen. Reynoldl
at Gettysburg, Gen. Garesche at Murfreesboro
Gen. Miles at Harper's Ferry and Gen. ketchuu
died mysterious death from poison, which
resulted in the cause celebre known as the
Wharton trial IN Baltimore twenty years ago
Gen. Meade, who participated in every battle