CLERKS OF THE INDIAN BUREAU. ELBERT HERRING, Principal....... Samuel S. Hamilton, Clerk. 1500 00 1500 00 ..... • ........ To this Bureau all matters touching our Indian relations are referred, and in subordination to the Secretary of War, acted on. The duties are various and multiform, embracing the estimates of the present year for holdiag of treaties, together with instructions for the application of the one, and the holding of the other. All accounts for expenditures pass through this Bureau, where they are first examined, as to the object and propriety of expenditure, and briefed, whence they pass to the Second Auditor. The supervision and management of the fund for the civilization of Indians; and, in general, the correspondence arising out of our Indian relations passes through this Bureau. CLERKS IN THE BOUNTY LAND BUREAU. WILLIAM GORDON, Principal...... .1400 00 ... 1000 00 The Bounty Land Bureau of the War Department is a Bureau in which claims for military bounty lands, originating in the revolutionary and late war, are examined, and from which military bounty land warrants issue. OFFICES OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY. HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ARMY. Major General Alexander Macomb, General-in-Chief. The Army of the United States is placed under the command of the Major General, who is generally styled, the General in Chief. His duties comprise the arrangement of the military force in such manner as to give protection to the maritime frontier and to the interior border. He superintends the recruiting service; the discipline and police of the army; orders general courts martial, and decides on all cases, except when the life of an officer or soldier is effected, or the commission of an officer. It is his province to see that the laws and regulations governing the army are enforced, and that justice is done to all concerned. In his duties he is assisted by the Adjutant General, through whose office all orders are issued to the army, and returns of its strength made, as well as the general military correspondence in relation to the details of service. He is also assisted by the two Inspectors Generals, who, under his orders, inspect the condition of the several regiments, corps and posts, and inquire minutely into every subject relating to the welfare of the army; and recommend such improvements as may add to the comfort of the officers and men; they also report on the general condition of corps, and the individual character of its members. The General in Chief has two Aides-de-Camp who assist him in his correspondence and in the recording of it, and who also perform the duties of assistant adjurants general. There are no clerks attached to the head quarters of the army, the correspondence and duties being of a delicate and confidential nature, in a great degree, it is entrusted only to those who, by previous education and experience, can properly appreciate and understand its object. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.. Colonel R. Jones, Adjutant General. Lieutenant William B. Davidson, 3d Artillery. This office is the repository of the records which refer to the personnel of the Army, in war, as well as in time of peace, and of the military history of every officer and soldier, from the earliest period of the government, so far as these may have been preserved.. It is here where all military appointments and commissions are made out and registered where the names of all enlisted soldiers are entered, and their size roll, and enlistments, recorded and filed, &c. It is in this office where the monthly returns of the troops, and muster rolls of companies, required by the 13th and 19th Articles of War, are received and preserved; where the original proceedings of General Courts Martial are deposited and entered; where the inventory of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers are forwarded and recorded. [90th and 94th Articles of War.] The Adjutant General of the Army is charged with the registery of all commissioned officers, and with the distribution of their commissious; with the record of all appointments in the Army, promotions, resignations, deaths, &c: All orders. which emanate from General Head Quarters of the Army, and all regulations and general orders from the War Office, are communicated to the troops by the Adjutant General. In this office, the annual returns of the Militia of the several States and Territories are deposited for safe keeping, as well as arms, munitions, and accoutrements pertaining to the same, required by law to be made to the President of the United States. The general returns of the militia of the United States, required for the use of Congress, pursuant to the act of March 2d, 1803, are consolidated in, this office. Here all ap pointments and commissions of the officers of the militia of the District of Columbia, are registered and distributed. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. Brevet Brig. Gen. Charles Gratiot, Corps of Engineers, Chief Engineer. Lieutenant A. Mordecai, of the Corps of Engineers, Assistant. Benjamin Fowler, Clerk...... 1150 00 J. C. Wilson, Clerk.................................................................................................................. 1000 00 Willis Fawcett, Clerk, 800 00 ... The chief of the Corps of Engineers is stationed at the seat of Government, and directsnd regulates the duties of the Corps of Engineers, and those also of such of the Topographical Engineers as may be at tached to the Engineer Department; and also is the Inspector of the Military Academy, and is charged with its correspondence. The duties of the Engineer Department comprise-reconnoitring and surveying for military purposes and for internal improvements, together with the collection and preservation of topographical and geographical memoirs and drawings, referring to those objects-the selection of sites, the formation of plans and estimates, the construction, repair and inspection of fortifications, and the disbursements of the sums appropriated for the fulfilment of those objects severally, comprising those of the Military Academy. Also, the superintendence of the execution of the acts of Congress in relation to internal improvements by roads, canals, the navigation of rivers, and the repairs and improvements connected with the harbours of the United States, or the entrance into the same, which may be authorized by acts of Congress, with the execution of which the War Department may be charged. TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU. Brevet Lt. Col. John J. Abert, Topographical Engineers, Superintendent. Robert Fowler, Clerk...... .... This Bureau has charge of all topographical operations and surveys for military purposes, and for purposes of internal improvements, and of all maps, drawings and documents in relation to those duties. The function of the engineers being generally confined to the most elevated branch of military science, they do not assume, nor are they subject to be ordered on, any duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by special authority through the War Departmentand when so arranged to other duties, either on detachment or otherwise, they have precedence according to their commissions, which, at all times, entitle them to every mark of military respect. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Brevet Colonel George Bomford, 1st Artillery, Chief of Ordnance. Lieutenant William H. Bell, 4th Artillery. Lieutenant J. A. D'Lagnell, 2d Artillery. The senior officer of the Ordnance Department is stationed at the seat of Government, and is charged with the general superintendence of the duties of that department. The duties of the Ordnance Department consists in providing, inspecting, distributing and preserving all the various articles coming under the denomination of ordnance and ordnance stores; and in supplying the troops, posts and garrisons, according to the established regulations and the exigencies of the service and also in providing and uistributing the arms and military equipments which are authorized by the laws of the United States for arining and equipping the whole body of the Militia. The general denomination of ordnance and ordnance stores, comprehends all cannon, howitzers, mortars, cannon balls, and shells for the land service, all gun carriages, caissons, travelling forges and pontons, with all their equipments, and all other apparatus and machines required for the service and manœuvres of artillery in garrison, sieges, or in the field, together with the materials for their construction and repair.Also, all small arms, side arms and accoutrements for the artillery, cavalry, infantry, and riflemen-all ammunition for cannon and small arms; and all stores of expenditure for the service of the artillery; materials, utensils and stores for laboratories; all intrenching and miner's tools, for the attack or defence of places; armourer's tools for the repair of arms, and artificers tools of every description, required for the construction or repair of gun carriages and artillery equipments. The ordinary articles of camp equipage, such as axes, spades, shovels, mattocks, &c. are not included. QUARTER MASTER'S DEPARTMENT. General Thomas S. Jesup, Quartermaster General. Captain Thomas F. Hunt, 5th Infantry, assistant quartermaster. .......... ........... 1150 00 The objects of this department are, to insure an efficient system of supply, and to give facility and effect to the movements and operations of the army. The Quartermaster General is stationed at the City of Washington, but occasionally visits the several stations of the subordinate officers of This department. He has, under the direction of the Secretary of War, the exclusive control of all the quartermasters, and assistant quartermasters; and of all officers and agents acting in, or making disburse ments on account of the department; in every thing relating to the administrative branch of their duties, and their accountability. He has a like control of all regimental and company officers, in every thing relating to barracks or quarters, and to the accountability for supplies of the quartermaster's and purchasing departments. One assistant quartermaster is attached to the office of the quartermaster general, who, in addition to his other duties, is charged with the disbursements at Washington, and in the absence of the quartermaster general, has the direction of the office. There is also attached to the office, as many subaltern officers, &c. as the service from time to time requires. All communications relating to the duties of the department, or to any branch or officer thereof, except from commanding generals of divisions, departments of armies, must be addressed to the quartermaster general. It is the duty of the Quartermaster general to make himself acquainted with the frontiers, both maritime and interior, and with the avenues leading to the contigious Indian and foreign territories, with the resources of the country, in military supplies, and the means of transportation, particularly of the districts on the frontiers, with the most eligible points for concentrating troops and collecting supplies, whether in relation to offensive or defensive operations, with the relative expenses of concentrating at particular positions, and the advantages of those positions. It is also his duty to designate the routes of communication between different posts and armies-the course of military roads-and the sites for permanent and temporary depots of provisions and military stores. The officers of the quartermaster's department are requested to collect information in relation to all these points, and to make themselves acquainted with the state of the roads, the course and description of the rivers, and the most direct routes between the different military posts within their respective departments. The quartermaster general can assign the officers of his department to such stations as he may think proper, and officers so assigned cannot be removed from their stations, nor be subject to detail, nor be employed upon any other duties than those of their department, except by his order or that of the Secretary of War. The officers of this department must provide quarters and transportation for the troops, and transportation for all military stores, provisions, camp aud garrison equipage, and artillery; and provide for opening and repairing roads, and constructing and repairing bridges, which may be necessary to the movements of any part of the army. They must provide good and sufficient store houses for all military supplies, and for all provisions deposited by the commissary general and his assistants, or under contracts between individuals and the govern ment, and appoint store-keepers, when necessary, for the the custody of such stores or provisions, or any other property of the government placed there. They purchase all forage, fuel, straw and stationary, for the use of the troops, and have the same transported and issued agreeably to the regulations. They purchase dragoon and artillery horses, and horses, oxen, wagons, carts and boats, for the transportation of the baggage, and for garrison purposes; and provide materials for constructing and repairing barracks, hospitals, stables and bridges. No purchase can be made on public account, in time of peace, by any officer of the quartermaster's department, but of the articles above enumerated, except by special authority from the Secretary of War, com municated through the quartermaster general, or at the risk of the officer ordering the supplies. Officers of this department will receive from the purchasing and subsistence departments, and from the ordnance depots, all medical and hospital stores, provisions, arms, ammunition and ordnance, and transport the same to the place of destination, and make distribution thereof, agreeably to the direction given to the articles by the commissary general of purchases, the commissary-general of subsistence, the ordnance officer, or the general commanding the division or department to which they are destined. As far as practicable, all supplies and services required in the operations of the quartermaster's department, will be procured by contracts, based upon proposals respecting the same, previously advertised for.When this course is found impracticable, or inconvenient to the public service, those supplies and services will be obtained by open purchase or agreement in the market. All contracts entered into, will be executed in triplicate, one of which will, in all cases, be transmitted to the quartermaster-general's office.They will be accompanied by a bond of the contractor, conditioned for the faithful performance of his stipulations, under penalty of one half the amount involved, and supported by two sureties, of whose sufficiency satisfactory reference will be required, in the absence of personal knowledge. |