ORG ANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1835. General Staff:-1 Major General, 2 Brigadiers General, 1 Adjutant General, 2 Iospectors General, 1 Quartermaster General, 4 Quartermasters, 1 Commissary General of Subsistence, 2 Commissaries.Total 14. Medical Departmenl.-1 Surgeon General, 12 Surgeons, 55 Assistant Surgeons.—Total 63. Pay Deparlment.—1 Paymaster General, 14 Paymasters.-Total 15. Purchasing Deparlment.- 1 Commissary General of Purchases, 2 Military Storekeepers.—Total 3. Corps of Engineers.—1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 2 Majors, 16 Captains, 6 First Lieutenants, 6 Second Lieutenants.—Total 22. Topographical Engineers.—6 Majors, 4 Captains.—Total 10. Ordnance Department.--1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colone), 2 Majors, 10 Captains, 44 Sergeants, 250 enlisted men.—Total 308. Regiment of Dragoons.—1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major, 10 Captains, 11 First Lieutenants, 10 Second Lieutenaots, 715 noncommissioned officers, &c., and privates.—Total 749. Four Regiments of Artillery.—Each 1 Colovel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 1 Major, 9 Captains, 18 First Lieutenants, 18 Second Lieutenants, 497 non-commissioned officers, &c., and privates.--Total each regiment, 545. Aggregate of Artillery, 2, 180. Seren Regiments of Infantry.—Each 1 Colonel, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, RECRUITING, from the 1st of January to the 30th of September, 1835. EASTERN DEPARTMENT.—Lieut. Col. J. B. Crane, 2d Artillery, Superintendent. At Boston, Mass. 8; New York, N. Y. 126; Albany, N. v. 61 ; Utica, N. Y. 58 ; Syracuse, N. Y. 46, Rochester, N. Y. 63; New Brunswick, N. J. 1 ; Philadelphia, Pa. 133; Lancaster, Pa. 48; Harrisburg, Pa. 12; Carlisle, Pa. 195 ; Baltimore, Md. 113 ; Fredericktown, Md. 79; Winchester, Va. 13 ;-956. WESTERN DEPARTMENT.--Major A R. Thompson, 2d Infantry, Superintendent. At Pittsburg, Pa. 35; Wheeling, Va. 24; Newport, Ky. 15; Louisville, Ky. 33; Cincinnati, Ohio, 68 ; Zanesville, Ohio, 24; Nashville, Tenn. 10 ;-209. REGIMENTS — Su the Dragoons, 6. In the 1st Artillery, 17; 2d Artillery, 17 ; 3d Artillery, 25; 4th Artillery, 79 ;-138. In the 1st Infantry, 10; 2d lofantry, 48 ; 3d Infantry, 16 ; 4th Infantry, 81; 5th Infantry, 14 ; 6th Infantry, 42; 7th Infantry, 14 ;-225. in the Detachment at West Point............ 11. Band at West Point........ 4. Detachment of Orderlies at Washington. 3. at Ordnance Depôts..... 38. Total number enlisted from the Ist of January to the 30th of SeptemIber, 1835, one thousand five hundred and nioety. OPERATIONS UNDER THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT, During the year ending November 6, 1835. BARRACKS, &c. of the works under the direction of the department, the barracks at New Orleans have been in rapid progress, and, it is believed, will be completed in the course of the winter without a further appropriation. The hospital at Greeu bay has been finished, and the barracks, it is believed, will be completed in the course of the winter. The works at Savannah and Fort Severn have been in rapid progress during the season, and extensive repairs have, during the same period, been made at Baton Rouge. A company of artillery has been stationed at Washington for the protection of the arsenal; if they are to remain, (and a prudent regard to the public interests would forbid their removal,) barracks will be required for their accommodation. The penitentiary is so situated as to command the approach by land to the arsenal; and in the event of the convicts succeeding in obtaining the mastery over their keepers, they might seize the arsenal, and, by holding the penitentiary at the same time, prevent any succor from reaching it from the city. Either the convicts should be removed, or the arsenal should no longer be occupied as a place for the deposite of arms and munitions : the better course, perhaps, under existing circumstances, would be to convert the penitentiary into barracks, and erect a building for the convicts in a more suitable position. ROADS. Operations were commenced on the road authorized from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, in Michigan, early in the season : the western section of the road under the superintendence of Colonel 2, Taylor had been finished on the 1st of August. At the date of the last reports the troops were employed on the eastern section, but it is feared they will not be able to complete it during the present year The route of a road has been surveyed and marked from Saginaw to Mackinac, a distance of one hundred and eighty-eight miles. Whether this communication be considered in relation to the transportation of the mail, the military defence of the frontier, or in its effect upon the sale of the public lands, it is one of the most important works upon which the Government is engaged. The road from Strong's, near the Saint Francis river, to Batesville, in Arkansas, has been located and surveyed, and will be opened, it is believed, as far as the appropriation will admit, in the course of the winter. That part of the road from Memphis to Little Rock, under the direction of this department, is in progress. The road from Fort Smith to Jackson, in Lawrence county, in Arkan. sas, has been located and surveyed, and the officer in charge of it has a party at work on it; it will probably be finished this fall, as far as the appropriation will admit. The road from Helena to the mouth of Cache river has been located and surveyed; and the officer in charge of it has a party engaged in opening it. Orders have been given to commence operations on the route of a road directed by an act of the last Congress to be opened from the southern boundary of the State of Missouri, by Jackson, Litlle Rock, and Washing:01), to the town of Fulton, on the north bank of Red river. On the road from Saint Augustine to Tallahassee, in Florida, operaLions were commenced on the 20th of July, and at the last report the work was in rapid progress. On the road from Pensacola to Tallahassee, operations were como menced on the 1st of July, and the work will probably be completed, by means of the appropriation made at the last session of Congress, from the latter place to the Choctawhatchee, where it connects with the steamboat line on Santa Rosa Sound. The work on the road from the head of Pensacola bay, by Pittman's ferry, to Webbville, in Florida, was commenced on the oth of April last. A further appropriation of two thousand dollars will be required to complete it, and to repair the road from Pensacola to the head of the hay. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS. The work for the improvement of the Escambia river was recommenced on the 25th of July, and, at the last report from the officer superintending it, the river had been cleared foriy-one miles; the present appropriation will carry the improvements about twenty-one miles farther. An appropriation of five thousand five hundred dollars will be required to continue the work next season. The improvement of the Chipola river had not been commenced on the 26th of September, the date of the last report, in consequence of the water having, up 10 that time, been too high to admit of a satisfactory examination of the channel. As much as possible will be accomplished the present season, but an additional appropriation of four thousand dollars will be required to complete the work. The distance to be improved is about one hundred and twenty-fire iniles. The officer charged with the improvement of the Ocklawaha had made arrangements, at the last report, to commence the work on that river, which will be carried on with the utmost -vigor until conipleted. DELAWARE BREAKWATER. The course of observations commenced in November last has been continued during the present season; and though portions of the harbor are gradually filling with mud and sand, no doubi reniains of the great importance of the work as a commercial barbor. The labors were resumed on the eastern end of the breakwater in July, and the operations have been limited to raising that part of the work so as to enable navigators to avoid running their vessels on it at high waler. Eleven thousand four hundred and four tons of stone have been deposited. It is proposed that the examination of the work by a board of engineers, for the purpose of determining whether any change in the form of the harbor be expedient, be deferred until March or April, in order to afford us the advantage of observing the effect of the storms and currents upon the exterior of the works, as well as upon the shoals forming within, during the ensuing winter. Officers and Agents, Civil and Military, in the employ of the Quarter- QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE. ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE. 50 per month. H. K. Newcomb..... Baton Rouge...... 40 per mouth. James M. Swett...., .Pensacola...... 40 per month. W, B. Brisbois........ .., Fort Crawford... 40 per month. William Fraser....... .Fort Monroe..... 35 per month. Bernardo Segui, Jr........Charleston ... 35 per month, Charles Tillman.... Fort Leavenworth......... 30 per month. George Stevenson.......... ..Jefferson Barracks.......... 30 per month. Samuel Ryan........ .Fort Howard. 25 per month, John A, Rucker..... .Detroit....... 25 per month. Andrew Higgins........... .Boston....... 25 per month. James Meegan....... 15 per month, and .Pittsburgh............. I ratjon per day. Elias Hughes.............. Fort Towson........ ..... 25 per month. DELAWARE BREAKWATER. .......Chester, Pennsylvania.... 45 per month. MILITARY STOREKEEPERS, ? Capt. of Infantry. 10 per month. 5 Reuben Cahoon..........Marblehead... 1 ration per day. Phipsburgh.... Wiscasset and Damaras-2 10 per month and cotta.................. § 2 rations per day. SOPERINTENDENT OF BARRACKS. Michael Sanno .............Carlisle ....... 12 50 per month. MASTER OF THE TRANSPORT MOTTO. Janses V. Armstrong...... Key West...... 95 per month. MATE OF THE TRANSPORT MOTTO. William Watkins......... Key West...... ..... 64 per month. ............. per month and .......... { Operations of the Engineer Department, during the year ending Norem ber 15, 1835. I. FORTIFICATIONS. In consequence of no appropriation having been made for this branch of service at the last session of Congress, the operations at the several works have been limited to the application of balances of former appropriations, and contracted to the degree necessary for placing in security and in a state of preservation those parts already commenced, rather than in continuing the constructions then in progress. 1. Fort Independence, Boston Harbor.-The tunds available for this work have been applied during the past season in procuring stone for the face of the scarp wall; and 36,431 superficial feei of the 55,000 required for the modified plan have been prepared. 2. Fort Warren, Boston Harbor.-As soon as the preparatory measures for commencing the masonry of this fort, were completed, as large a force of masons as could be procured was employed on its construction. It is anticipated that, by the close of operations this year, from 4,000 to 5,000 cubic yards of masonry will have been laid, and about two-fifths of the entire 'excavations and embankment have been effected. 3. Fort Adams, Narragansett Roads, Rhode Island. - Nothing has been done at this work since last March. The balance of the funds available last fall, was employed very efficiently in closing operations for the winter. In consequence of no appropriation being made for a recommenceinent in the spring, it was found necessary to dispose of the stock of horses and oxen, and make such other dispositions as practicable for the preservation of the works. 4. Fort Schuyler, Throg's Neck, East River, New York.-It was hoped from the ample preparations made last year, and the funds available for their application, that the construction of this fort would have been prosecuted the present year with much vigor. But, though materials and facilities of every description have been in waiting, it has been impossible to procure a sufficient force to carry on the works with the progress that was desired. No exertion has been spared to facilitate the operation, either by letting parts on contract or by hired labor, and unavailing efforts have been made to collect the necessary force in Boston, Newport, Connecticut, and the western part of New York. The foundations of the sea wall have been laid from its commencement at the southern redoubt to its extremity at the northern. The superstructure of about one-third of this extent has been built to its full height, and that of the remainder to about one-third; the most difficult parts of the foundation of other parts of the work have also been laid. A large crane, a number of trucks,scows, &c., have been added to the facilities prepared last year, and a rail road at the quarry at Horse-neck is now constructing. It is hoped that much work may still be done the remainder of the season. 5. Fort Columbus and Castle IVilliam, Governor's Island, New York.–The repairs of these works have been prosecuted with as much rapidity as the force at the command of the officer in charge wouid permit; should he be able to increase it sufficiently, the former fort will be entirely completed this fall, except the laying some 'the gun traverses, which must be postpuned until funds for that purpose can be obtained. The measures deemed necessary for repairing the latter work have been attended with difficulty and delay. The exterior wall of the battery has been confined by tension braces to the interior, to prevent its inclination outwards, from the weight of the arches of the casemates above. Arrange. ments have been made for laying the platforms for the second tier of guns, and the repair of the roofs has been commenced. Nothing has yet been done to the south battery, except to remove the old walls farthest from the parade ihat supported the platforms, and, with the materials thus procured, to build the foundation of the traverses ; ihe wall next the parade has been left as an interior revetment of the rampart. The constant employment afforded to mechanics and laborers of every description in the city of New York renders it very dif ficult to procure their services on the island, which has operated very unfavorably to these works the past season. 6. Fort Delaware, Delaware River.-The walls of the old fort have been razed, and the materials applied to strengthening the dikes around the island. The quarters of labor. ers, overseers, master-workmen, and superintendent are completed, as also workshops, storehouses, lime sheds, and stables; the canals and necessary roads have been constructed and the drainage of the whole island rendered perfect. The wharves have been repaired; several thousand bricks cleaned for future use, and the cranes necessary for the reception of stone, completed. A supply of excellent building stone, a large quantity of piles and square timber for the grillage and foundations of the new work, have been received. The bydraulic machinery, with a steam engine for propelling it, together with three pile engines, have been constructed. The position to be occupied by the new work has been examined by boring, and the nature of the soil ascertained. All the arrangements were perfected at the close of last year for receiving materials in large quantities, and for commencing and rapidly progressing with the foundations of the fort in the spring; but it then became necessary to suspend the work, and to confine operations to the receipt of such materials as had been contracted for, keeping the laborers employed, when not otherwise engaged, in tearing up the old foundation, and excavating one front of the new work. |