8. TABLE OF PAY, SUBSISTENCE, FORAGE, ETC., OF ARMY OFFICERS.

Prior to the act of June 17, 1850, the whole number of commissioned officers in the regular army was 882; that of non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, 9,438; total, 10,320. For the provisions of that act, see post, Abstracts of Public Laws, No. 9.

NOTE. One ration per day only is allowed to each officer when attached to vessels for sea service, since the passage of the law of the 3d of March, 1835, regulating the pay of the navy. Teachers receive two rations per day, at 20 cents each.

7. VESSELS OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. - August 5, 1850. [The officers marked thus (*) have the rank of Commanders; thus (†), Lieutenants; the rest are Captains.]

THE marine corps has the organization of a brigade. The pay and allowances of the officers of the marine corps are the same as those of officers of the same grades in the infantry of the army, except the adjutant and inspector, who have the same pay and allowances as the paymaster of the marines. The marine corps is subject to the laws and regulations of the navy, except when detached for service with the army by the order of the President of the United States. The head-quarters of the corps are at Washington.*

† Archibald Henderson, Colonel- Commandant.

* Those officers who were dropped from the roster of the corps on the 18th of August, 1848, under the act of March 2d, 1847, were restored to their former rank and pay by the act of March 3d, 1849.

↑ Brigadier-General by brevet. With the rank of Major. S With the rank of Captain.