*Cashiers, tellers, and assistants, being "specialists," are not included in clerical force. † Only $2,400. The chief draughtsman and assistant, being "specialists," are not included in the clerical force. Examiner-in-chief and assistants, being "specialists," are not included in clerical force. The accompanying table gives a general exhibit of the work per formed during the past year, omitting, of necessity, the higher class of duties, which it is simply impossible to reduce to a tabular form. Respectfully submitted. Hon. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Secretary of War. REPORT OF THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL. WAR DEPARTMENT, October 1, 1881. SIR: In compliance with Circular of September 16, 1881, I have the honor to furnish the following report of the business of this bureau for the year between October 1, 1880, and October 1, 1881: Number of general court-martial records received, reviewed, and registered .. 1,792 Number of official applications from the War and Treasury Departments and 802 336 11, 452 The number of records of trials of enlisted men by inferior courtsmartial received and filed at the different military departments during the past year, as appears from reports of Judge-Advocates received, is as follows: No report has been received from the Department of Arizona, and the number tried by inferior courts-martial in that Department is not embraced in the foregoing figures. By Section 1199 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (as amended by the Act of June 23, 1874, Sec. 2, 18 Stat., 244) it is made the duty of the Judge-Advocate-General "to receive, revise, and cause to be recorded the proceedings of all courts martial, courts of inquiry, and military commissions, and to perform such other duties as have been performed by the Judge-Advocate-General of the Army. By the subsequent Act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat., 310), the proceedings of garrison, regimental, and field officer's courts-martial are retained and filed in the office of the Judge Advocate of the geographical department in which they are held, and do not reach this Bureau unless there is some alleged irregularity in the proceedings, or some question of law, practice, |