REPORT OF CAPT. GEORGE B. irCLELLAN. 51 



Total of an army corps : Men. 



25 battalions 25,000 



32 squadrons 4,800 



88 guns 2,000 



1 division of pioneers 500 



32,300 



The nine army corps consist of 226 battalions, 228 squadrons, 792 guns, and about 4,500 of "tbe 

 technical troops. 



The military staff of an active army corps consists of: 



(a) The general commanding. General staff: 1 general as chief, 1 field officer, 1 captain. 

 Aides de camp : 1 captain of infantry, 1 captain of cavalry, 2 lieutenants. Engineers: 1 field 

 officer and 1 captain. 



(6) Two generals commanding the infantry divisions, one general commanding the cavalry 

 division. General staff: in each division, 1 field officer, or 1 captain. Aides de camp: in 

 each infantry division, 1 captain of infantry and 1 lieutenant ; in each cavalry division, 1 

 captain of cavalry and 1 lieutenant. 



(c) Four brigadier generals of infantry, two brigadier generals of cavalry. 



Each general of brigade has 1 lieutenant as aide de camp. 



A permanent guard for headquarters is detailed from the reserve squadrons and battalions of 

 the landwehr, and consists of 1 officer, 5 non-commissioned officers, and 37 privates of cavalry, 

 10 non-commissioned officers and 42 privates of infantry. 



The administration of an active army corps consists of: 



(a) The intendancy, comprising the intendancy of the corps, and, under it, one section of the 

 intendancy for each division, and one for the artillery reserve. 



(6) The military chest of the corps, with four 6-horse wagons. 



(c) The commissariat officers, consisting of 1 chief commissary and 1 commissary for each 

 of the 3 divisions and the reserve artillery, as well as 1 in charge of the bakeries. 



(d) The provision trains, organized as a battalion, and comprising : 1. The staff of the train 

 battalion, with one 2-horse wagon. 2. Five provision columns, consisting of five 6-horse 

 wagons and one hundred and fifty-five 4-horse wagons. 3. A field bakery column, with five 

 4-horse wagons. 4. A horse depot with seventy-five spare horses, and a 2-horse wagon for 

 papers. 



(e) The field hospital, consisting of: 1. A main field hospital for 1,200 invalids. 2. Three 

 flying hospitals, each for 200 invalids. 



(/) The military post office, consisting of : 1. One postmaster. 2. A post office for each of 

 the three divisions and the artillery reserve. 



Total number of wagons of the administration from a to/ — 



9 6-horse wagons. 



204 4-horse wagons. 



41 2-horse wagons. 



Total 254 wagons. 



(g) The chief surgeon of the corps. 



(h) The judge advocate's department, consisting of: 1. A judge advocate for the corps. 2. 



