Major. 43D REG'T OF INFANTRY. Colonel. *Robinson, John C. 28 July, '66. N. Y.. N. Y. Lieutenant Colonel. *Compton, Chas. E. 28 July, '66. N. J... Iowa.. *Kiddo, Joseph B. 28 July,'66.. Penn.. Penn. *Swayne, Wager 28 July, '66.... Ohio... Ohio. Lieutenant Colonel. *McIntosh, John B. 28 July, '66. Fla.... Atl'ge. Woodward, Geo. A. 28 July, '66. Penn.. Penn. Patten, George W. 7 June, '62.. R. I... R. I. 2d Infantry. Arnold, Lewis G. 1 Aug.'63........ N. J... N. J. 2d Artillery. Bonneville, B. L. E. 3 Feb. '55.. Fra'ce. N. Y. Sitgreaves, Lorenzo 22 Apr. 64. Penn.. Penn. 3d Infantry. Engineers. *DeCamp, S. G. I. 1 Dec. '33.... N. J... N. J. Medical Dep't. *Porter, John B. 4 Oct.'46...... Conn.. Conn. Medical Dep't. Smith, Joseph R. 11 June.'51.. N. Y.. N. Y. 7th Infantry. Macrae, Nath'l C. 31 May, '57... Va.... Va. 3d Infantry. *Edgar, William F. 21 May,'61. Ky.... Mo. Medical Dep't. Austine, William 23 July,'61... Conn.. Conn. 3d Artillery. *Jones, Llewellyn 28 Sept.'61.. N. Y.. N. Y. 1st Cavalry. Newton, Wash. I. 1 Oct. 61... D. C... Va. 2d Cavalry. Lovell, Chris. S. 9 Oct.'61..... S. C... S. C. 3d Infantry. *Lee, Arthur T. 26 Oct.'61..... Penn.. Penn. 2d Infantry. Gardiner, J. W. T. 26 Oct.'61... Me.... Me. 2d Cavalry. *Chase, Daniel 26 Oct.'61..... Conn.. Ohio. 13th Infantry. Judd, Henry B. 1 Nov.'61...... Conn.. Conn. 4th Artillery. Whittlesey, Jos. H. 12 Nov. '61. N. Y.. N. Y. 5th Cavalry. *Prince, Wm. E. 23 Nov.'61.... Mass.. Mass. 3d Infantry. Caldwell, James N. 27 Feb. 62. Ohio... Ohio. 18th Infantry. Jordan, Charles D. 27 Feb.'62.. Mass.. Mass. 5th Infantry. *Hendrickson, T. 27 June,'62.. Penn.. Army. 3d Infantry. ... *Newby, E. W. B. 17 July,'62.. Va. Ill. 3d Cavalry. *Tracy, Albert 1 June, '63...... N. Y.. Me. 15th Infantry. *Hastings, D. H. 23 Sept. 63.... Irel'd.. Army. 5th Cavalry. McArthur, Jos. H. 25 Sept.'63.. Mo.... Mo. 3d Cavalry. *Larned, Frank H. 3 Jan.'67... Mich.. Mich. 1st Artillery. By direction of the President, in conformity with section 12 of the act of July 17, 1862. *Thomas, Charles 1 Aug.'56.... Penn.. Penn. Quartermaster's Dep't. Brown, Harvey 14 May, '61...... 5th Artillery. N. J... N. J. Hunter, David 14 May,'61...... D. C... Ill. 6th Cavalry. Merchant, Chas. S. 28 Aug.'61.. N. Y.. N. Y. 4th Artillery. *Howe, Marshall S. 28 Sept.'61. Me.... Me. 3d Cavalry. Dimick, Justin 26 Oct.'61....... Conn.. Vt. 1st Artillery. Crosman, Geo. H. 26 Feb. 63... Mass.. Mase. Thayer, Sylvanus 3 Mar. 'C3.. Bache, Hartman 3 Mar. 63.. Mass.. Mass. Penn.. Penn. Brewerton, Henry 22 Apr.'64... N. Y.. N. Y. Engineers. Vinton, David H. 29 July, '66... R. I... R. L. Babbitt, Edwin B. 29 July, '66.. Conn.. Ind. Lieutenant Colonel. Majors. Lynde, Isaac 18 Oct.'55.. 18th Infantry. Md.... Md. Md.... D. C. Vt..... Vt. *Francis, Simeon 3 Aug.'61.... Conn.. Oreg. Pay Dep't. Officers retired upon the full rank of the command he'd by them when wounded, in conformity with sections 16 and 17 of the act of Aug. 3, 1861, and section 32 of the act of July 28, 1866.. Upon full rank of Major General.! Wood, Thos. J. 9 June, '68..... Ky.... Ky. Colonel 2d Cavalry. Johnson, Richard W. 12 Oct. 67. Ky.... Ky. Major 4th Cavalry. Ricketts, James B. 3 Jan. 67... N. Y.. N. Y. Major 1st Artillery. *Long, Eli 16 Aug.'67.. Captain 4th Cavalry. Upon full rank of Brig. General. Ky.... Ky. Paul, Gabriel R. 28 July, '66.... Mo.... Mo. Colonel 14th Infantry. *Fessenden, F. 1 Nov.66.. Captain 28th Infantry. Upon full rank of Colonel. Me.... Me. Delafield, Richard 22 Apr.'64... N. Y.. N. Y. Marshall, Elisha G. 11 Sept. 67. N. Y.. N. Y. Brig. Gen'l, Chief Eng. EXPLANATIONS OF THE PRECEDING TABLE. 1. Double rations are allowed by law to the General-in-Chief Commanding the Army of the United States; to cach general officer commanding in chief a separate army actually in the field; to each general officer commanding a geographical division embracing one or more geographical departments; and to each officer commanding a military geographical department. In the above table the rations of the general and lieutenant general are doubled. 2. Every commissioned officer of the United States Army, including retired officers, is entitled to one additional ration per day for every five years' service. 3. The rations of surgeons and assistant surgeons are doubled after ten years' continuous service in the same grade. This is in addition to the longevity rations to which they would otherwise be entitled. 4. Subaltern officers, employed on the General Staff, and receiving increased pay therefor, are not entitled to the additional or fourth ration provided by the Act of March 2, 1827, Sec. 2. 5. Officers retired from active service are entitled to the pay proper of the highest staff or regi. mental rank held at time of retirement and four rations per day. Officers retired from active service for disability from wounds received in battle, upon the full rank of the command they held at the time such wound was received, are entitled to the retired pay of that rank or grade. Retired officers assigned to appropriate duty by the President are entitled, while so assigned and employed, to the full pay and emoluments of the grade upon which they may have been retired. 6. Ten dollars additional pay per month is allowed to each " Company officer" in actual command of a company. 7. If a fixed salary has been given by law to any military employé of the government, while in active duty, and a defined military rank, either actual or assimilated, has also been conferred upon him by law, his rank and not his salary will control his pay on retirement. This decision is applicable to all chaplains of the army, holding the military rank of captain of infantry, under the provisions of section 7, act of March 2, 1867, when retired from active service. 8. The forage allowances to mounted officers for their horses are required by law to be drawn in kind from the quartermaster's department; but whenever commuted, because the quartermaster is unable to furnish in kind, the commutation value for each horse actually kept in use and allowed by law is eight dollars per month. ORGANIZATION OF THE REGULAR ARMY. There were in the army January 1, 1868, one General, one Lieutenant General, and other officers, as follows: There were 49 national cemeteries to each of which a superintendent was appointed by the president. There were 406 Indian scouts employed in the territories and Indian country. During the session of Congress in June, 1868, Secretary Schofield tramsmitted to the Committee on Military Affairs an estimate of the dimination of the Army by expiration of term of ser vice, death, and desertion up to January 1, 1869, and July 1 of the same year, as follows: Cavalry to Jan. 1... 4,113 .6,347 .1,837 Artillery to July 1... 3,208 .12,093 ..21,002 The total strength of the Army September 30, 1868, was 48,081. ARTILLERY SCHOOL. The Artillery School was organized at the close of 1867, by order of the General of the Army, and Brevet Major General Barry, Colonel Second Artillery, was assigned to its command. It was established at Fortress Monroe, and one battery from each of the five regiments of artillery was ordered to that post as the instruction batteries for the first year. The course of instruction adopted for the school is both theoretical and practical, embracing a variety of subjects, and is pursued both by the officers and non-commissioned officers of the batteries. The prac tical course for the first year, closed November, 1868. ARMORIES AND ARSENALS. Armories and Arsenals. State. Post Office. Commanding officers. Major and Bvt. Colonel James Col. and Bvt. Brigadier General Major and Bvt. Colonel Julian Military Storekeeper, Ephraim Capt. and Bvt. Major Thomas C. Capt. and Bvt. Maj. J. R. Edie, Jr. Major and Bvt. Colonel Thomas G. Baylor. Military Storekeeper, Wm. R. Shoemaker, in charge. Major and Bvt. Lieut. Colonel Stephen V. Benét. Capt. and Bvt. Lieut. Colonel William H. Harris. Capt. and Bvt. Lieut. Colonel David H. Buel. Major and Evt. Lieut. Colonel John McNutt. Military Storekeeper, Wm. H. Rexford, in charge. Lieut. Colonel and Bvt. Colonel Theodore T. S. Laidley, Military Storekeeper, Michael J. Grealish, in charge. Lieut. Col. and Bvt. Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Rodman. Military Storekeeper, James S. Lieut. Col. and Bvt. Brig. Gen. George D. Ramsay, U. S. A. Lient. Col. and Bvt. Brig. Gen. Charles P. Kingsbury. Colonel and Bvt. Brig. General Peter V. Hagner. |