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A. 
Head Quarters of the Army, 
Washington, J\''ov. 22, 1823. 
Sir: In obedience to your order of the 5th instant, I have the 
honjor to snbmit to you the following returns and statements, viz: 
A. A statement of the organization of the Army, agreeably to 
' the act of Congress of tiic second of Marcli, 1 821. 
B. A return of the strength of the Army, from the last Regi- 
mental and othei' returns, received at Head Qua'ters. 
C. A statement of the distribution of the troops in the Eastern 
Departmenf. 
D. A statement of the distribution of the troops in tiie Western 
Department. 
E. A statement showing the number of men eulisted, the amount 
of money advanced for tlie |^urposes of recruiting, and the 
amount for which recruiting accounts ha\ e been i-endered 
for settlement, from first of Januai y to first of October, 
1823. 
It will be perceived, from the last mentioned statement, that 
% 7,653 99 remains unapplied in the hands of recruiting officers. This 
sum is actually employed in the recruiting service, and will he cm- 
braced by returns not yet due. The uniform punctuality of the re- 
cruiting officers, in rendering their accounts, justifies the belief that 
it will, at the pro]>er time, be regularly accounted for. 
The tours of inspection, presci'ibed by the Army llegulations to 
the Commanding Generals of Departments, have been prevented, by 
unavoidable circumstances. In the early part of the year, a change 
of commands was arranged between these two officers; but, on the 
point of executing the arrangement, their movements were suspended 
by a rupture with the Indians on the Missouri, and they were both 
kept under orders at tlieir respective Head Quarters, awaiting tlie 
issue of the military operations which were performed during the 
summer and autumn. They are now engaged in making the con- 
templated change of commands, but will not have time to comply with 
the regulation on the subject of Inspections before the close of the 
year. 
Colonel Wool has performed a course of Inspections, extending 
from Fort M'Henry, Baltimore, by the way of the Morth River and 
the Lakes, to Green Bay and St. Marjs', and embracing the inter- 
mediate positions. His first inspection was made on the 26th of 
April, and the Jast, included in his report, during the month of Oc- 
tober. He is now on a short tour to the New England States. 
Colonel Archer commenced his tour of Inspection on the third of 
April, at Norfolk, Virginia, and has inspected the Tosts on the At- 
