MONUMENT AT YORKTOWN. The final report of the commission of artists selected by my predecessor to recommend a suitable design for the monument directed by the act approved June 7, 1880, to be erected at Yorktown, was received by me March 14, 1881, and at once submitted to the select committee of senators and members of the House of Representatives. The model was not received from the artists until May 26, and information of its arrival was on the same day given the committee. The select committee, on June 30, 1881, notified me of their approval and adoption of the design submitted, and immediate directions were given to proceed with its construction, so far as could be done within the short time remaining before the 19th day of October, 1881, the time fixed for the national celebration at Yorktown. The site was selected by the joint committee of Congress July 7, 1881. It was not possible to proceed further by October 19, 1881, than the laying of the corner-stone, and this had to be done without awaiting the approval of the title to the site selected. The corner-stone having been laid, as a part of the celebration, further work of construction has been suspended, awaiting the approval of the title to the land occupied and its cession by the State of Virginia. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, REPORT OF THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, SIR: I now have the honor to submit to you the following annual reports: 1st. Of Adjutant-General Drum, including tables which exhibit in great detail the organization of the Army according to existing laws; of the actual strength of organizations and distribution of troops; and statements of enlistments, casualties, recruitment, number of trials, &c., with comments and recommendations of which I will treat in due order. 2d. Of Inspector-General Sacket, giving results of the actual inspections of the various posts; of money accounts, property returns, and everything which contributes to the efficiency of the military establishment, with certain recommendations which I shall likewise consider in the proper place. The above are the only two heads of the staff bureaus who report to me; all others are construed as branches of the War Department, and report direct to the Secretary of War. I also transmit herewith the very full and exhaustive reports of all the commanding generals of divisions and departments, which record the changes made since their last annual reports, with a narrative of events which are most useful to the parties in interest and to the future historian. These are as follows: 3.-Military Division of the Missouri, Lieutenant-General Sheridan. 3 A.-Department of Dakota, Brigadier-General Terry. 3 B.-Department of the Platte, Brigadier-General Crook. 3 C.-Department of the Missouri, Brigadier-General Pope. 33 C.-Report of Colonel Hatch. 3 D.-Department of Texas, Brigadier-General Augur. 4.-Military Division of the Atlantic, Major-General Hancock. 4 A.-Department of the East, Major-General Hancock. 4 B.-Department of the South, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General Hunt. 5.-Military Division of the Pacific and Department of California, Major-General McDowell, followed by 5 a, b, and c. 5 A.-Department of the Columbia: 1, Colonel and Brevet BrigadierGeneral Wheaton; and 2, Brigadier-General Miles. 5 B.-Department of Arizona, Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General Willcox. I also submit herewith (6) the reports of Brig. Gen. O. O. Howard, |