First Lieut. CHARLES A. WORDEN, Seventh Infantry, assistant instructor of military signaling and telegraphy.

ANTONÉ LORENTZ, master of the sword.

TROOPS.

BATTALION OF CADETS.

Lieut. Col. HENRY M. LAZELLE (major, First Infantry), commandant of cadets, commanding.

Company A, Capt. MARCUS P. MILLER, Fourth Artillery, commanding.

Company B, First Lieut. EDWARD W. CASEY, Twenty-second Infantry, commanding. Company C, Second Lieut. EDWARD S. FARROW, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding. Company D, First Lieut. EDWARD J. MCCLERNAND, Second Cavalry, commanding.

COMPANY E, BATTALION OF ENGINEERS.

Capt. WILLIAM S. STANTON, Corps of Engineers, commanding.
First Lieut. HENRY S. TABER, Corps of Engineers, attached.

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY DETACHMENT OF ORDNANCE.

Maj. CLIFTON COMLY, Ordnance Department, commanding.

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY DETACHMENT OF CAVALRY.

Capt. EDWARD S. GODFREY, Seventh Cavalry, commanding.

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY DETACHMENT OF ARTILLERY.

First Lieut. GEORGE E. BACON, Sixteenth Infantry, commanding.

UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY BAND AND DETACHMENT OF FIELD MUSIC.

First Lieut. JAMES L. LUSK, Corps of Engineers, commanding.

ALTERATIONS SINCE LAST ROSTER.

JOINED.

Maj. Clifton Comly, Orduance Department.
Capt. Marcus P. Miller, Fourth Artillery
Capt. William S. Stanton, Corps of Engineers
Capt. William F. Spurgin, Twenty-first Infantry
First Lient. Ezra B. Fuller, Seventh Cavalry.
First Lieut. Arthur Murray, First Artillery.

Second Lieut. Leonard A. Lovering, Fourth Infantry.
Second Lieut. Edward E. Gayle, Second Artillery.
Second Lieut. Edward S. Farrow, Twenty-first Infantry
Second Lieut. Douglas A. Howard, Third Artillery.
Second Lieut. John Millis, Corps of Engineers...
Second Lieut. Edward O. Brown, Corps of Engineers..
Second Lieut. Edwin St. J. Greble, Second Artillery.
Additional Second Lieut. Albert C. Blunt, Third Artillery.
Additional Second Lieut. Britton Davis, Fifth Cavalry.

First Lieut. Dan C. Kingman, Corps of Engineers..
First Lieut. Benjamin H. Randolph. Third Artillery.
First Lieut. Orin B. Mitcham, Ordnance Department
Second Lieut. William H. Coffin, Fifth Artillery.
Second Lieut. Howard A. Springett, Fourth Artillery.
Second Lieut. Edward B. Ives, Nineteenth Infantry.
Second Lieut. John Millis, Corps of Engineers..
Second Lieut. Edward O. Brown, Corps of Engineers..
Second Lieut. Edwin St. J. Greble, Second Artillery.
Second Lieut. Britton Davis, Third Cavalry.

Additional Second Lieut. Albert C. Blunt, Third Artillery..

First Lieut. Charles E. S. Wood, Twenty-first Infantry, A. D. C.,
from duty as adjutant of the Military Academy, &c....
First Lieut. James L. Lusk, Corps of Engineers, from duty in the
department of mathematics

PROMOTED.

Second Lieut. Solomon W. Roessler, Corps of Engineers, to be first
lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, to date...
Second Lieut. John R. Williams, Third Artillery, to be first lieu-
tenant, Third Artillery, to date..

Second Lieut. William M. Medcalfe, Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, Ordnance Department, to date....

Second Lieut. James L. Lusk, Corps of Engineers, to be first lientenant, Corps of Engineers, to date...

Second Lieut. William Crozier, Fourth Artillery, to be first lienten-
ant Ordnance Department, to date....
Additional Second Lieut. Britton Davis, Fifth Cavalry, to be sec-
ond lieutenant, Third Cavalry, to date....

APPOINTED.

Capt. Charles H. Hoyt, assistant quartermaster, appointed dis-
bursing officer Military Academy
Capt. William F. Spurgin, Twenty-first Infantry, appointed treas-
urer Military Academy, and quartermaster and commissary of
cadets

First Lieut. Charles E. S. Wood, Twenty-first Infantry, A. D. C.,
appointed adjutant Military Academy

First Lieut. Charles E. S. Wood, Twenty-first Infantry, A. D. C., appointed acting judge-advocate of the Department of West Point

First Lieut. James L. Lusk, Corps of Engineers, appointed adjutant of the Military Academy.

First Lieut. John T. Honeycutt, First Artillery, appointed assistant professor of mathematics

First Lieut. Charles H. Clark, Ordnance Department, appointed assistant instructor of ordnance and gunnery

First Lieut. Willard Young, Corps of Engineers, appointed assistant professor of engineering.

First Lient. John R. Williams, Third Artillery, appointed assistant professor of the French language and english studies

TRANSFERRED.

Second Lieut. John T. French, jr., Fourth Artillery, from department of the Spanish language to department of the French language and English studies..

Relative rank of officers serving in the Department of West Point.

United States Army.. Major gene. Superintendent, commanding.

Relative rank of officers serving in the Department of West Point-Continued.

Relative rank of professors of the United States Military Academy.

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARTILLERY SCHOOL,

Fort Monroe, Va., October 26, 1881.

SIR: I have the honor to submit my annual report on the operation of the artillery school for the past year.

In my report for 1880 I have given an account of the present organization of the school, and have also exhibited the code of regulations under which its service is performed. I therefore deem it to be unnecessary to say more in that regard in this paper than to invite attention to the fact that the time embraced herein is a continuation of the school term of two years, which commenced in May, 1880, and expires in May, 1882.

Last year's report left my hands while the instruction pertaining to the division of the school known as the department of engineering was in progress; that is, part of the class of officers was engaged upon an actual reconnaissance of the country in the vicinity of Gloucester CourtHouse, Va., under Capt. Lorenzo Lorain, Third Artillery (at that time in immediate charge of the department), and part under Capt. James Chester, Third Artillery, assistant instructor, were prosecuting a regular topographical survey of Yorktown and vicinity, in compliance with a request from the Congressional Committee on the Yorktown Centennial.

With reference to the former, I have the honor to report that the work was most satisfactorily performed, but that I am unable to exhibit the result at this moment, because the work of compiling the map has been unfortunately delayed by unforeseen causes. It is in progress, however, and when finished I shall forward a proper copy for your inspec tion. With reference to the latter, I am happy to be able to report the production of as correct and beautifully executed a map as has come to

my notice in many years, and I cannot say too much in testimony of the zeal and painstaking accuracy with which the gentlemen who were employed upon this survey have performed the task allotted to them, especially as it was somewhat cutside of what is contemplated in the present arrangement of the school.

For this survey I have received, for the gentlemen who made it, a resolution of thanks by the honorable committee who had requested it. Active steps are now being taken to produce at the school photo-lithographic copies of the map, which, when finished, I shall have pleasure in forwarding. The map has been already used by the honorable committee in locating various historical points and in purchasing the site of the Yorktown monument, while copies of certain sections have been supplied to those officers of the general staff who have been employed in completing the military dispositions for the centennial which is about to be celebrated.

I have said that the survey of Yorktown was somewhat outside of what is contemplated in the present arrangement of the school, because the delicately adjusted instruments which are necessary to success in regular planimetry are not at hand, and, if they were, the time demanded by a proper use of them cannot now well be spared. I wish it to be understood, however, that the importance of surveying is by no means lost sight of. In fact, it is my intention that this branch of study, in its military sense, and the practical application of it particularly, shall receive the fullest development possible, because the importance of the part in warfare played by ground, and the extreme utility to an officer of a good ready method of procuring intelligence, is too glaringly apparent to be in the least neglected in any military school of application. The remainder of the time allotted to the department of engineering, that is, until 20th of December, 1880, was devoted to practical work in engineering (including practical photography), in conformity with the code of regulations, during which time each of the officers were required to prepare in addition an essay on the attack and defense of a sea-coast fort, the locality chosen being Fort Monroe, Va., and the class being equally divided on the offensive and defensive sides.

The examination in the department of engineering took place on the 20th and 21st of December, being both written and practical. The results were eminently satisfactory and will form the subject of a special report.

The report of the officer in temporary charge of this department, Lieutenant Harris, First Artillery, will be found in Appendix A, which will supply the details of the work performed.

The department of engineering has met with a serious loss this year by the promotion of Major Lorain, First Artillery. To this officer is largely due the development of this branch of the school as it stands to-day, and it is my duty to say that I have been compelled to part with him with many regrets at being deprived of his valuable assistance.

DEPARTMENT OF ARTILLERY.

The time allotted to this department of study extends from January 5 to September 1 of the second year of the term. It is under the supervision of Maj. Richard Lodor, Third Artillery, who has been assisted by Capt. M. P. Miller, Fourth Artillery, and First Lieut. L. A. Chamberlin, First Artillery, and in the chemical branch by First Lieut. H. L. Harris, First Artillery. As the time for regular work in this course had not arrived when my last report was made, I deem it essential to invite