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ARMY, UNITED STATES. 



dan, who was removed by the President, Au- 

 gust 17, 1867. During an interim of a few 

 months the command was held by the officer 

 next in rank, Brevet Major-General Charles 

 Griffin, and, after his death, by General 

 Mower. 



The Military Division of the Missouri, under 

 the command of Lieutenant-General Sherman, 

 embraces the Departments of Dakota, the 

 Platte, and the Missouri, commanded respec- 

 tively by Brevet Major- General A. H. Terry, 

 Brevet Major-General C. 0. Augur, and Ma- 

 jor-General P. H. Sheridan. The chief scene 

 of active operations of the army during the year 

 has been in the Indian territories. In the lat- 

 ter part of the year 1866, the garrisons were 

 much reduced by the mustering out of the vol- 

 unteer troops, and before a sufficient number 

 of regulars could be forwarded to replace them, 

 the Indians availed themselves of this favora- 

 ble opportunity to commence hostilities. 



The Department of the Cumberland com- 

 prises the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, and 

 "West Virginia, under the command of Major- 

 General G. H. Thomas. 



The Department of the Lakes embraces the 

 States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and 

 Wisconsin, under the command of Brevet Ma- 

 jor-General J. C. Robinson, who has a few 

 troops garrisoning the forts on the Northern 

 frontier. 



The Department of Washington is under the 

 command of Brevet Major-General W. H. 

 Emory. 



The Military Division of the Pacific, under 

 the command of Major-G-eneral H. W. Halleck, 

 comprises the Department of the Columbia, un- 

 der Major-General F. Steele, and the Department 

 of California, under Brevet Major-General E. O. 

 C. Ord. The latter succeeded Major-General 

 Irvin McDowell, December 28, 1867. The 

 newly-acquired Territory of Aliaska, in Russian 

 America, is also embraced in ;this military di- 

 vision. The troops have been employed in 

 protecting settlers against the Indians in Ari- 

 zona, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and California. 



The Department of the East, comprising the 

 N"ew England States, New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, and Delaware, was until recently 

 under the command of Major-General George 

 G. Meade. The order of the President, Decem- 

 ber 28, 1867, transferred him to the Third 

 Military District, and left the department in 

 command of the officer next in rank. 



The disposition and number of troops com- 

 prising the active army of the United States at 

 the close of the year 1867 was as follows : In 

 the unreconstructed States First Military Dis- 

 trict, General J. M. Schofield, twelve posts and 

 thirty-two companies ; Second District, General 

 E. E. S. Canby, twenty-three posts, thirty- 

 five companies; Third District, General George 

 G. Meade, twenty-two posts and forty-eight 

 companies; Fourth District, General Alvin 

 C. Gillem (temporarily), twenty-five posts, 

 forty-four companies ; and the Fifth District, 



General W. S. Hancock, fifty-three posts and 

 one hundred and four companies, making a 

 total of one hundred and thirty-five posts 

 and two hundred and sixty-three companies. 

 Averaging each company at seventy men, gives 

 a force of over eighteen thousand. 



In the other departments the following list 

 comprises the force of the East: General T. 

 W. Sherman, seventeen posts and thirty com- 

 panies ; Washington, General W. H. Emory, 

 four posts, twenty-seven companies; Califor- 

 nia, General E. O. C. Ord, assigned thirty-one 

 posts, fifty-two companies ; Dakota, General 

 A. H. Terry, fifteen posts, forty companies ; the 

 Cumberland, General George H. Thomas, 

 seventeen posts, thirty companies; the lakes, 

 General John Pope, five posts, eight companies ; 

 the Platte, General C. C. Augur, fifteen posts, 

 sixty-three companies ; Missouri, General P. 

 H. Sheridan, twenty-seven posts, seventy-eight 

 companies ; and of the Columbia, General L. 

 H. Rousseau, sixteen posts and twenty-two 

 companies. Total, one hundred and forty-seven 

 posts and three hundred and fifty companies 

 about twenty-five thousand troops making a 

 grand total of forty-three thousand. 



On the 3d of January, 1867, Mr. Paine, of 

 Wisconsin, introduced into the House of Rep- 

 resentatives, from the Committee on the Militia, 

 a bill to supersede the existing systems of State 

 militia, and to organize in their stead, through- 

 out the several States and Territories of the 

 Union, a uniform national militia, under the 

 joint control of the Governors or Commanders- 

 in-chief of the respective States and Territories, 

 and of an Assistant Secretary of War, specially 

 appointed for the purpose by the President, 

 with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

 The bill provides for the enrolment of all. male 

 able-bodied citizens or naturalized citizens of 

 the United States between the ages of eighteen 

 and forty-five, including negroes, and excluding 

 Indians not taxed, idiots, lunatics, criminals, 

 etc., and authorizes the formation from this 

 enrolment of a volunteer National Guard of 

 active militia, to serve for three years, and to 

 " consist of two regiments of infantry in each 

 Congressional district and Territory represented 

 in the Congress of the United States, and also 

 such other forces of infantry, cavalry, and 

 artillery as the respective States and Territories 

 so represented may organize, arm, and equip in 

 accordance with the system prescribed in this 

 act." Provision is made, by the administration 

 of an oath, against the admission into the 

 National Guard of any who have either borne 

 arms against the United States, or given aid 

 and encouragement to those who have done so ; 

 who have accepted office under, or yielded a 

 voluntary support to, any authority hostile to 

 the Government. Separate company and re- 

 gimental organizations are provided for colored 

 troops ; and the number of the latter enlisted 

 in each Congressional district is to be made 

 " proportionate to the white and colored pop- 

 ulation thereof." The forces of the National 



