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104th meridian, and so much of Montana as 

 lies contiguous to the new road from Fort Lar- 

 amie to Virginia City, Montana. Headquar- 

 ters at Omaha. Second regiment of cavalry, 10 

 companies ; Third regiment of artillery, 1 light 

 battery; Thirteenth regiment of infantry, 10 

 companies; Eighteenth regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies; Twenty-seventh regiment of in- 

 fantry, 10 companies ; Thirty-sixth regiment of 

 infantry, 10 companies. 



11. The Department of Dakota, Brigadier 

 and Brevet Major General A. H. Terry to com- 

 mand, to embrace the State of Minnesota and 

 all the Territories of Dakota and Montana not 

 embraced in the Department of the Platte. 

 Headquarters at Fort Snelliug. Tenth regiment 

 of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-second regi- 

 ment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-first 

 regiment of infantry, 10 companies. 



12. The Department of California, Brig- 

 adier and Brevet Major General Irvin McDowell 

 to command, to embrace the Stages of Califor- 

 nia and Nevada, and the Territory of Arizona. 

 Headquarters at San Francisco. First regiment 

 of cavalry, 8 companies; Eighth regiment of 

 cavalry, 12 companies ; Second regiment of ar- 

 tillery, 2 light batteries and 6 companies ; Ninth 

 regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fourteenth 

 regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty- 

 second regiment of infantry, 10 companies. 



13. The Department of the Columbia, 

 Major-General Frederick Steele to command, 

 to embrace the State of Oregon and the Terri- 

 tories of Washington and Idaho. Headquar- 

 ters at Portland. First regiment of caxalry, 4 

 companies; Second regiment of artillery, 4 

 companies ; Twenty-third regiment of infantry, 

 10 companies. 



The Departments of the Arkansas, the Mis- 

 souri, the Platte, and Dakota constitute the Mil- 

 itary Division of the Missouri, of which Lien- 

 tenant-General W. T. Sherman has command, 

 with headquarters at St. Louis, Missouri. The 

 Departments of California and the Columbia, 

 constitute the Military Division of the Pacific, 

 of which Major-General H. "W. Halleck has 

 command, with headquarters at San Francisco. 



The fifteen military bands provided for by 

 the act of July 28, 1866, have been assigned as 

 follows : West Point. New York ; Fort Colum- 

 bus, New York harbor; Fort Adams, Rhode 

 Island ; Richmond, Virginia ; Charleston, South 

 Carolina; Louisville, Kentucky; Nashville, 

 Tennessee ; Jefferson Barracks, Missouri ; Fort 

 Leaven worth, Kansas ; Little Rock, Arkansas; 

 New Orleans, Louisiana; San Antonio, Texas; 

 Harbor of San Francisco, California ; Fort Van- 

 couver, Washington Territory; Fort Monroe, 

 Va. 



The Thirty-ninth Congress passed an act re- 

 viving the grade of " General of the Army of 

 the United States," to be filled, by appointment 

 by the President, " from among those officers 

 in the military service of the United States 

 most distinguished for courage, skill, and abil- 

 ity." It was also provided that whenever, 



after such appointment, the office should be 

 come vacant, the act should cease to be in force, 

 The President nominated for General, Lieuten- 

 ant-General Grant, and to fill the vacant lieu- 

 tenant-generalship, Major-General W. T. Sher- 

 man. Both nominations- were promptly con- 

 firmed by the Senate toward the close of tho 

 first session. 



The principal movements of troops during the 

 year have been in Texas, on the Mexican and 

 Canadian frontiers, and in the Territories. Gen- 

 eral Grant, in his annual report, states that " it 

 has been deemed necessary to keep a military 

 force in all the lately rebellious States, to insure 

 the execution of law, and to protect life and 

 property against the acts of those who, as yet, 

 will acknowledge no law but force. This class 

 has proved to be much smaller than could have 

 been expected after such a conflict. It has, 

 however, been sufficiently formidable to justify 

 the course which has been pursued." Military 

 movements have also been directed with a view 

 to the protection of emigrants, on their way to 

 the more distant Territories, against attacks by 

 hostile Indians, which have somewhat dimin- 

 ished with the expiration of the rebellion. But 

 with a frontier constantly extending and en- 

 croaching upon the hunting-grounds of the 

 Indian, hostilities must frequently occur. To 

 meet these, and to protect the emigrant on his 

 way to the mountain Territories, General 

 Grant reports that troops have been distributed 

 over a wide area of the western frontier. Few 

 places are occupied by more than two, and 

 many by but a single company. During the 

 summer of 1866, inspections were made by 

 Generals Sherman, Pope, Ingalls, Sackett, and 

 Babcock, with a view to determine the proper 

 places to occupy for the protection of travel and 

 settlements, and the most economical method 

 of furnishing supplies. In the course of 1867 

 permanent buildings will have to be erected on 

 these sites. 



The total estimate of the Secretary of War 

 for military appropriations for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1868, is $25,205,669.60, which 

 is less by $8,608,792.23 than the appropriation 

 required for the previous year. 



The disbursements of the Paymaster-General 

 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866, 

 were $259,374,317, of which $248,943,313 were 

 paid to disbanded volunteers, and $10,431,004 

 to the Army and the Military Academy. In 

 back and extra pay and in bounties the Depart- 

 ment disbursed $7,662,736, and on Treasury 

 certificates for arrears to dead soldiers, etc., 

 $16,189.247. Among the charges entailed upon 

 the Department were those growing out of an 

 act passed by the Thirty -ninth Congress, giving 

 three months' pay proper to all officers of volun- 

 teers who were in the service on March 3, 1865, 

 and whose resignations were presented and ac- 

 cepted, or who were mustered out at their own 

 request, or otherwise honorably discharged from 

 the service after April 9, 1865. The pay 

 proper of a colonel of infantry is $95, of ft 



