In 1835, the U. S. Senate appointed a Committee to inquire into the extent, &c. of Executive Patronage, who were Messrs. Calhoun, Southard, Bibb, Webster, Benton and King of La., which| reported that the public expenditure had doubled in eight years, and that When offices, instead of being considered as public trusts, to be conferred on the deserving, were regarded as the spoils of victory, to be bestowed as rewards for partisan services, without respect to merit; when it came to be understood that all who hold office hold by the tenure of partisan zeal and party service-it is easy to see that the certain, direct and inevitable tendency of such a state of things is to convert the entire body of those in office into corrupt and supple instruments of power, and to raise up a host of hungry, greedy and subservient partisans, ready for every service, however base and corrupt. Were a premium offered for the best means of extending to the utmost the power of patronage; to destroy the love of country, and to substitute a spirit of subserviency and man worship; to encourage vice and discourage virtue; and, in a word, to prepare for the subversion of Liberty and the establishment of Despotism--no scheme more perfect could be devised." Mr. Calhoun's Committee showed, that in 1825, there were 55,777 persons in the employment and pay of the Executive Departments, (the State, War, Navy, Treasury and Post Office;) and, that in 1833, their numbers had increased to 100,079. A similar Committee sat in 1826, which consisted of Messrs. Benton, Macon, Van Buren, Dickin son, R. M. Johnson, White of Tenn., Holmes of Me., Hayne and Findley. It reported I. "That the power and influence of Federal Patronage ...its workings will contaminate the purity of all elections, and enable the Federal Government, eventually to govern throughout the States, as effectually as if they were so many provinces of one vast empire.' II. "That the whole of this power will center in the Presi dent....He presides over the entire system of Federal appointments, jobs and contracts. He chooses from the circle of his friends and supporters." III. "That patronage will penetrate this body (the Senate of the U.S.) chain it to the car of power, and enable the President to rule as easily, and much more securely, with than without the nominal check of the Senate." IV. That "if the President was himself the officer of the People, checked by them, and responsible to them, there in his hands." would be less danger from this concentration of all power V. That we must look forward to the time when the Public Revenue will be doubled; when the Civil and Military officers of the Government will be quadrupled... when the principle of human action will be open and avowed-the President wants my vote, and I want his patronage; I will vote as he wishes, and he will give me the office I wish for. What will this be but the government of one man....a Monarchy ?" VI. "Those who make the President must support him of the People....by arms....the array of man against ....right or wrong.... and if he is made contrary to the will man will be the prelude to the array of army against army, State against State." In 1847, the Revenue, as compared to that of 1826, had doubled, and the Federal offices and officers had quadrupled in number and value. The Committee described the 174 Custom-house offihas since increased to 500. Men who assume cers in New-York as a formidable list; that list the name of 'Democrat' have had the power since 1828, without making a single effort to arrest the tide of corruption, of which the effects were, in 1826, so clearly foretold. In the twelve years of Mr. Van Buren's power, and in the eight of Messrs. Tyler and Polk's, who can name a solitary effort of themselves or their friends, to arrest an evil that more than threatens to crush the spirit of Republican Freedom? The Committee of 1826, proposed to give the people the DIRECT appointment of the President; but what Congressional majority has ever yet dreamed of allowing the citizens of the U.S. to NOMINATE and appoint the President? "For Congress to refuse to propose the amendment is to prevent decision, and to act upon the principle that the people are incompetent to decide." JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. *In the public accounts we find Crawford entered as Judge of the District of Alabama, at $3,300; in page 259 of Blue Book for 1847, he is entered as Judge of the Northern District of Alabama at $2,500, and, again, as Judge of the Southern District at another $2,500.? Looking at the extent and business of the several Districts, the incomes seem disproportioned; $4,000 for Florida, almost a desert, and only $3,500 for S. New York; $1,800 for Maine, $1,500 for Michigan, $1,500 for Kentucky; and as much as $2500 [Blue Book, p. 259] for two Districts in Alabama, $2,000 for two in Mississippi. The Statutes give McCaleb of La. $3,800 a year; the Blue Book, page 260, only $3,000; and Wells, p. 261, $1,500, should be $3,500. The Blue Book indicates $1,500 salary to M. W. Brown for three Judgeships. Salary. Nat. State. Ga......Ga. .Ky......Ill. ..Ky. ...Ky. MARSHALS-(Continued.) Name. Dist. Expenses. .S. N.Y. 38,000 ..Io. 1,500 Ms.....Jacob Gould, Jr....... .N. N.Y. 36,190 ..Ms.....Me. ..Md.....Md. Ms......Ms. .Pa...Mich. 1,500 Pa.....R. J. Chester.. 1,000 1,500 Va..... Edmund Christian.. 2,000 Va......James Points.. 3,500 N. Y...John S. Rockwell........... Wis. 25,000 .Or .Va.....N.C. ...Jacob Kent, Jr.... 1,500 REMARKS.-Five Marshals are named for Flori2,000 da in 1846-7. Ex. Doc. 7, Dec. 14, 1847, throws 2,500 very little light upon the question of what the ex1,800 penses of these Courts, not covered by fees, cen1,500 sist of. Many of the sums are in round numbers 2,500 like salaries. The Statute restricts the incomes 1,500 of District Attorneys, but B. F. Butler only paid 2,000 $211 and 19 cents into the Treasury. Mr. S. U. 1,200 Downs, now U. S. Senator for La., was District 1,800 Attorney in 1846-7, and paid back $17, charging, 1,600 beside the fees of his office, $11,135 for professional services. The incomes of Clerks of U. S. Courts do not appear in any record, but are received as fees and are a tax upon those who come before it, and partly upon the public in criminal cases. In 1846-7, the Marshals in Mobile and Georgia repaid $4,216 into the Treasury; all the others, and all the District Attorneys, only paid back $536. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.-[Name and District.] Geo. F. Shepley, Me; Josiah Minot, N. H.; Chas. Linsley, Vt.; Jonathan Stoddard, Ct.; W. S. Burgess, R. I. ;G. W. Clinton,N. N. Y.; L. B. Shepherd, S. N. Y.; James S. Green, N. J.; Thos. M. Pettit, E. Pa.; Jno. L. Dawson, W. Pa.; W. H. Rogers, Del.; Wm. L. Marshall, Md.; R. C. Nicholas, E. Va; G Thompson, W. Va.; Duncan K. McRae, N. C.; Edw. McCready, S. C.; Henry R. Jackson, Ga.; Joseph A. S. Acklin, N. Ala. Alex. B. Meek, S. Ala.; And'w K. Blythe. N. Miss.; R. M. Gaines, S. Miss.; Thomas J. Durant, La.; Thos. C Lyon, E. Ten.; Thos. D. Mosely, M. Ten.; H. W. McCorry, W. Ten.; P. S. Loughborough, Ky.; Thos. W. Bartley, O.; L. Barbour, Ia.; David L. Gregg, Ills.; Thos. T. Gantt, Mo.; Samuel H. Hempstead, Ark.; John Norvell, Mich.; Chandler C. Yonge, Fl.; Wm. P. Lynde, Wis.; Isaac M. Preston, Iowa; Frank. H. Merriman, Tex.; Ic. W. R. Bromley, Or. Beside the $19,319 for Florida, $2,227 were paid for supplies and services to E. D. Court; R. M. Gaines got $4,585, being per cent. on a judgment rendered in 1839 against a Bank; and the Clerk of the District Court of Louisiana was paid $2,842 for attendance, &c., beside fees. The Attorneys and Marshals have petty sums set opposite their names as salaries, say $400, $300, $200-in all $14,566; while their real official incomes, which probably exceed $500,000, are not even alluded to. Samuel McKeon is paid as a judicial officer, being an agent in Mr. Walker's office, $2,500. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Wm. Cranch, Ms., Chief Justice, $2,700; James S. Morsell, Md, Associate Judge, $2,500; James Dunlop, Md, do, $2,500; T. Hartley Crawford, Pa, Judge Criminal Court, $2,000; other Judges, $2,000; Thos. Woodward, Coroner, Washington Dist. Expenses Co, expenses, $2,200; Alex. Hunter, Marshal, .S. Ala. $8,000 D. C., expenses of Courts, $55,000. There are be.N. Ala. 500 tween 50 and 60 Justices of the Peace in the ....Ark. 15,515 District, who are paid by fees. ...Con. 2,900 The Judiciary, in 1846-7, was a direct charge on 900 the public revenue to the amount of $593,654, viz: District of Columbia, $68,200; NET expenses of 19,319 Courts, $319,675; Judges' salaries, $96,579; Attor3,300 neys and Marshals (salaries only,) $14,566: At6,045 torney General and office, $4,769; Reporter, S. C., 1,825 $1,300; Florida Judges, $3,565; Wisconsin do, 26,500 $4,950; Iowa do, $4,050; Additional to Judges of .Ky. 2,000 Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mobile and Wis..La. 25,000 consin, $4,000. In 1817, the aggregate expense 9,500 was $155,432; in 1827, $225,374; in 1837, $399,708 ..Md. 7,500 See Morehead's Report, June 15, 1844. 20,744 ..Del. .S. Fl. .Ia. .Iowa. .Me. ...Ms. .S. Miss. 9,000 MILITARY CRIMES.-The U. S. Statute March 3, 1,700 1825, provides for the punishment of military and 3,156 naval offences, crimes perpetrated on the high 7,208 seas, offences committed on board of ships be2,000 longing to the United States while in foreign 1,900 ports, conspiracy to burn or destroy shipping, &c. WAR DEPARTMENT. Chief Clerk-Arch'd. Campbell, N. Y., $2,000.Seven other clerks at $1,000 to $1,600. Secretary of War-WILLIAM L. MARCY, Mas-laborers, oxen, doctors, &c. It is probable that sachusetts, $6,000. the goods are supplied by contract. To agents $23,590 are voted, and it is evident that persons of high character ought to be selected to expend nearly a million a year among uncivilized tribes in the wilderness. Clerks and Messengers, 1846-7, $14,650; Contingencies, $1,750; Contingencies, &c., of N.W. Executive Building, $6,160. Of $47,431,844 voted by Congress, in its session ending Aug. 11, 1848, not less than $10,612,416, were for the army and military purposes, beside $583,600 for fortifications, $143.472 to the Military Academy, and large sums for War Pensions, &c. Active operations in Mexico had ceased; country was subdued. that INDIAN DEPARTMENT. Commissioner-William Medill, $3,000. Twelve Clerks at $1,000 to $1.100; Clerks and Messengers, 1846-7, $16,233; Contingencies, $1,800. W. A. Richmond, N. Y., Act. Sup. and Ass't., Detroit, $1,500. Six Clerks, Interpreters, &c., Five do., Wisconsin. St. Louis Superintendency. T. H. Harvey, Sup't. (Va.) St. Louis, $1,500. J. Beach, Ms., A. J. Bruce, Va., R. W. Cummins, Pa., J. Miller, S. C., G. C. Madock, and T. Fitzpatrick, Agents, $1,500 each; also, 20 Subs. and Interpreters. Other Superintendencies. S. M. Rutherford, Va., Agent, &c., $1,500; R. S. Neighbors, Special Agent Wild Indians, Texas, $1,700; J. W. Kisick, N. C., J. Logan, A. M. Upshaw, Agents, at $1,500; also 20 other persons. For 1848-9, Congress voted $901,135 to support the Indian Department. We make room for a few items. Fulfilling treaties, viz.: To Chippewas of Mississippi and Lake Superior, in money, $50,000, in goods $33,100; in tobacco, $500; do. and provisions, $4,000; blacksmiths' shops, steel and iron, $5,000; guns, schools, carpenters and beaver traps, $4,700; Farming materials, $2,000; Education of 40 Choctaw youths, and teachers, $12,500; Education to Chickasaws and Chippewas, $3,500. Many more votes to Creeks, Delawares, Cherokees, Quapaws, &c., are in the form of education, millers, blacksmiths' shops, tobacco, salt, goods, farming implements, carpenters, money, cattle, iron and steel, missions, farmers, medicines, GENERALS AND STAFF. MILITARY PENSION OFFICE. Commissioner-James L. Edwards, Va., $2,500. 13 Clerks at $800 to $1,600; Clerks and Contingencies, 1846-7, $14,500. The estimate for Pensions for 1846-7, was $2,507,100-the appropriations $2,075,323. Payments made in year ending June 30, 1847. Widows and Orphans-act of 1836. $246,246 322,105 102,132 292,978 222,526 42,302 444,424 27,621 48,303 The military pension appropriations leave about $650,080 over. The Blue Book gives us every clerk, messenger and interpreter's name, but the details of these pensions we find nowhere. Not a midshipman, carpenter, gunner or sailmaker in the navy, dies, but the facts are chronicled minutely in the Blue Book. Pensioners die off quietly. Says Secretary Marcy: The number of pensioners of all classes on the rolls of the Pension Office, is twenty-three thousand and nineteen. The number paid during the half year ending on the 1st of July last was only fifteen thousand and ninety-two. The office has not the means of ascertaining the deaths among them, but the number of pensioners has been by that cause considerably reduced during the last year. The reduction in that period is estimated to be at least ten per centum. There are 43 Pension Agents, who charge $2 on every $100 they pay out; and this, in 1846-7, afforded them incomes ranging from $200 up to perhaps $2,500-average under $900. The agent at Boston is Franklin Haven; at New-York, Benj. S. Hoit, at Albany, T. W. Olcott; Philadel phia, James R. Snowden; Pittsburg, John B. Guthrie; Baltimore, James Swan; Louisville, G. W. Meriwether; Cincinnati, James Hall; St. Louis, W. C. Anderson; Washington, J. W. Maury. THE ARMY. Major-General WINFIELD SCOTT, Va. Major-General ZACHARY TAYLOR, Va. Brigadier-Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, Va., (Maj. Gen. by brevet.) Brigadier-Gen. John E. Wool, N. Y., (MajorGen. by brevet, Feb. 23, 1847.) Brigadier-Gen. David E. Twiggs, Ga., (MajorGen. by brevet, Sept. 23, 1846.) Beside the above, the law of 1818 allows brevet pay to all in actual command, and has sometimes been interpreted so as to include persons in charge of the public works, &c. &c. The emoluments of military officers are increased by double or triple rations, double pay, brevet pay, servants' pay and clothing, horses, forage, &c. These charges are commuted into cash, the ration at 20 cents, &c. Mr. Gilmer of Va., in House of Representatives, May 30, 1842, said it would be better to pay good officers, where required, liberally, by fixed allowances, than this system of perquisites. He understood that the United States were charged daily with from 100 to 200 horses in Washington, where not more than 20 to 40 were in use. GENERAL STAFF OFFICERS. Adjutant-General's Department. Col. and Adj.-Gen., Roger Jones, Va., Brigadier-Gen. by brevet. Lt.-Col., Sam. Cooper, N.Y., Asst.-Adj.-Gen. Four Assist. Adj't. Gen's, with brevet rank of Major, viz.: Lorenzo Thomas, Del.; G. A. McCall, Pa.; Wm. W. S. Bliss, N.Y.; W. G. Freeman, Va. Other 8, with brevet rank of Captain. In office, 7 clerks, at $800 to $1,200 each, $7,650. Inspector General's Department. Cols., James Duncan, N. Y. and Sylvester Churchill, Vt. (Brigade-Gen. bvt.) Inspectors-Gen. GENERAL TAYLOR'S PAY. PAY DEPARTMENT. One Paymaster-General; two deputies and 33 paymasters; natives of U.S. 33; of Europe 3. A paymaster receives $60 per month, four rations per day, and is allowed two servants, and in war time four horses, forage, &c. Nathan Towson, Md., Paymaster-General, $2,500. Benj. F. Larned, Ms. and Daniel Randall, Md., Dep. Paym'rs-Gen. The following letter from the Adj.-Gen. of the U.S.A. was written to show the falsehood of the impressions conveyed by a very sinister article recently appearing in the Washington Union, about Gen. Taylor's pay. Mr. RITCHIE has pocketed more of the public money, as Executive Organ, for doing nothing excepting helping to get us into some ugly scrapes, utterly disgraceful to the country, than Gen. Taylor received for fight- Paymasters.-T. J. Leslie, Eng.; D. S. Towning the country out of them. Again: we are be- send, U.S.; C. H. Smith, Va.; Timothy P. Anlow the mark when we say that Mr. RITCHIE re-drews, Ire., (Brigadier-General by brevet, late ceived treble as much public money for doing Colonel Voltigeurs;) Edm. Kirby,Con., (Lt. Col. by nothing at all but pocketing the difference be- brevet,) A. D. Stuart, Va.; Christ. Andrews, tween what he charged the people of the United Ireland; Benjamin Walker, Vt.; Eugene Van States for a single document of the thousands he Ness, N.Y.; St. Clair Denny, Pa.; David printed for Congress, and what he paid the poor Hunter, D.C.; L. J. Beall, R.I.; printers for doing it, than Gen. TAYLOR got for whipping Santa Anna and other friends of POLK and RITCHIE, during the whole Mexican War to the closing of the account at Buena Vista. Abram Van Buren, N.Y., (Lt. Col. by brevet;) R. A. Forsyth, Mn.; A. J. Coffee, Tenn.; S. S. Stacy, Me.; J. C. Pattridge, N.Y.; Charles Bodine; W. A. Spark, Va.; B. W. Brice, Va.; WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1848. R. B. Reynolds, La.; P. T. Crutchfield, Va.; Wm. DEAR SIR-I duly received your letter of the Singer, Pa.; Noah Johnston, Va.; V. E. Piollet, 30th ultimo, and having examined the article in Pa.; G. H. Ringgold, Md.; J. R. Wallace; F. A. the "Union" of September 28, referred to, have Cunningham, O.; J. C. Bergh, N.Y.; A. B. Ragan, no hesitation in saying that all the pay and allow-Ga.; G. C. Hutter, Va.; R. H. Weightman, D.C. ances specified as having been received by MajorGeneral Taylor, were in strict conformity to law and the Regulations of the War Department made pursuant thereto; and are precisely such as any other officer similarly situated, would have been entitled to receive. I am Sir, very respectfully, your ob't. serv't. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Brigadier-General and Quartermaster-General Clerks and Agents, Quartermaster's Department to Dec. 3, 1847.-We have not room for the list. Some reside at Washington; some with the army; others at Philadelphia, New-York, New-Orleans, &c. Their incomes are from $40 up to $150 per month, and some have rations. Their number is nearly 200. Also, 52 Masters of Public transports, steamers, propellers, ships, brigs and schooners, at $100 to $250, and in some cases at so much for all hands per month, while thus employed in 1847-8, in the Gulf of Mexico. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Col. George Gibson, Pa., Com. Gen. Sub., Brigadier-Gen. by brevet. Lt. Col. Joseph P. Taylor, Ky., Assist. Com. Gen. Sub. Commissaries of Subsistence. Captains, J. B. Grayson, Ky.; A. B. Eaton, Chief Clerk of Department, Rich. Gott, Md., $1,600; 5 other clerks, $1,000 to $1,200; 10 clerks elsewhere, $600 to $1,200. Clerks and contingencies, 1847, $7,050. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon-General, Thos. Lawson, Va., $2,500. Surgeons 22; Assistants do. 55. Natives of U.S. 72; born abroad 5. Clerks 2; Private Physicians, temporarily employed, 45, at $20 to $100 per month. Clerks, &c., 1847, $2,900. Income of Surgeons of 10 years, each $2,806; under 10 years, $2,514. $1,700; six others, $1,000 to $1,400 each. PayChief Clerk of Department, Nathaniel Frye, Me., masters' clerks, at various stations, 38, at $700 each. Clerks and contingencies, 1846-7, $9,600. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Colonel, Joseph G. Totten, Con., (BrigadierGeneral by brevet.) Lt. Colonels, Sylvanus Thayer, Ms., (Col. by brevet,) and R. E. De Russy, N.Y. Majors, J. L. Smith, S.C.; W. H. Chase, Ms.; CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS. Colonel, John J. Abert, Md. Lt. Colonel, James Kearny, Ireland. Captains 10; Lieutenants 25; natives of U.S. 34, of Spain 1. Pay, same as dragoon regiments. In Bureau, four clerks, at $1,000 to $1,400; 14 agents at $10 to $100 per month. Clerks and casual expenses, 1847, $6,250. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Colonel, George Talcott, Con. U.S. Military storekeepers 15. Storekeepers' In office, eight clerks, at $800 to $1,200. Clerks and casual charges $9,580. First Regiment of Dragoons. Lieut. Col., Edwin V. Sumner, Ms., July 13, '48. Second Regiment of Dragoons. Colonel, William S. Harney, La., (Brig. Gen. by brevet.) Lieut. Col., T. T. Fauntleroy, Va. Third Regiment of Dragoons. Majors 2; Surgeons 2; Captains 11; Lieutenants 30-42 natives of U. S.; 2 Ireland; 1 Poland. A Colonel of engineers, ordnance, dragoons, or mounted riflemen, receives per month as pay, $90, $36 for rations, forage for 3 to 5 horses, and is allowed 2 servants, &c. A Lieut. Colonel has $75, with $30 for rations, also for forage, &c. A Major $60, and for rations $24, &c. A Captain $50, also $24 for rations. A Lieutenant $33 25, and $24 for rations. Sergeant of Dragoons, per month, $13; Corporal $13; Private $8. Colonels of Artillery or Infantry receive $75 per month, $36 for rations. (and double rations if commanding military departments,) forage for 3 to 4 horses, and are allowed 2 servants, &c. &c. Lieutenant Colonels. 1. Henry Wilson, Pa., (Col. by brevet); 2. Bennet Riley. Md., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 3. Ethan A. Hitchcock, Vt., (Col. by brevet); 4. John G. Belknap, N. Y., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); Garland, Va., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 5. Win 6. Gustavus Loomis, Vt.: 7. Joseph Plympton, Ms., (Col. by brevet); 8. Thomas Staniford, Con.. (Col. by brevet); 9. Jeremiah Clemens, Ala.; 10. Ralph G. Norvell, Ten., Dec. 3, 1847; 11. Wm M. Graham, Va.; 12. Thomas H. Seymour, Con, (Col. by brevet); 13. 4 Colonels of Cavalry at $3,476-$13,904; 4 Lieut. Colonels, at $2,947-$11,788; 21 Colonels of Infantry, &c.. at $2,996-$62,916: 21 Lieut. Colonels at $2.947-$61,887; 8 Majors of Cavalry, at $2,714 -$21.712; 40 Captains, do., at, on an average, $2,300 $92,000; 38 Majors, Infantry, &c., at $2,650 -$100,700; 218 Captains, do., at $856-$176,608; 266 First Lieutenants, at $736-$195.776; 303 Sec-14. Paul O. Hébert, La.; 15. Joshua Howard, Ms., ond Lieuts., at 8676-$208,208.-Total $945,479. Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. (Col. by brevet); 16. The other officers, in the 16 Infantry Regiments. Colonel, Persifor F. Smith, Pa., (Major-Gen. by are as follow: brevet.) by brevet.) Lieut. Col., John Irving, Ms. Majors 2; Captains 12; First Lieutenants 24; Second Lieutenants 15.-Natives of the United States 50, Scotland 1, England 2. Third Regiment of Artillery. Colonel. William Gates, Ms. Lieut. Col.,Francis S. Belton, Md. (Col. brevet.) Majors 2; Captains 12; First Lieutenants 24; Second Lieutenants 16.-Natives of the United States 53; born at sea 1. Fourth Regiment of Artillery. Colonel, John B. Walbach, Ger. Lient. Col., Matthew M. Payne, Va. Majors 2; Captains 12; First Lieutenants 24; Second Lieutenants 15.-Nat. of U. S. 52, Cuba 1. * Regiment of Voltigeurs and Foot Riflemen. Colonel, Lieut. Col., Majors 2; Surgeons 3; Captains 10; First Lieutenants 10; Second Lieutenants 20.-All natives of the United States. The pay of Foot Riflemen is the same as that of Infantry. THE SIXTEEN REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY. 1. William Davenport, Pa., (brevet); 2. Hugh Brady, Pa., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 3. James B. Many, Del.; 4. William Whistler, Md.; 5. Geo. M. Brooke, Va., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 6. Newman S. Clarke, Con., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 7. Matthew Arbuckle, Va.. (BrigadierGen. by brevet); 8. William J. Worth, N. Y., (Major-Gen. by brevet); 9. Henry L. Webb, N.Y., May 23, 1848; 10. Robert E. Temple, Vt.; 11. Albert C. Ramsay, Pa.; 12. Milledge L. Bonham, S. C.; 13. John J. Fay, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1847; 14. William C. Trousdale, N. C., (Brigadier-Gen. by brevet); 15. George W. Morgan, Pa., (BrigadierGen. by brevet); 16, John W. Tibbatts, Ky. Third.. Fourth. Fifth.. Sixth Seventh.. Eighth.. Ninth*. Tenth... Eleventh Twelfth... Thirteenth. Fourteenth. Fifteenth.. 2 10 10 20 40 Ger 2 b Scot. I c Sixteenth.... 2 10 10 20 40 a One Captain, a native of Hanover-One Second Lieutenant, a native of Ireland. b One Second Lieutenant, a native of Ireland. c One Captain, a native of Canada month, $24 for rations, forage for 3 horses, and Majors of Artillery or Infantry receive $60 per are allowed for 2 servants; Captains $40, rations $24; Lieutenants $27 to $30 each, and $24 for rations; Sergeants $13 per month; Corporals $9; Privates $7. From the pay of each private $1 per month is retained until the term of his enlistment expires. Commandants at fixed posts get double rations. The 12th and 14th Infantry regiments are being mustered out of service at New-Orleans; 13th do., at Mobile; 15th do., at Cincinnati The Statute of Aug. 1848, repeals the act of May 13, 1846, authorizing "an increase of the rank and file of the Army," but provides, that the President may, by transfer from other regiments, increase the number of privates in five regiments to 100 per company.j Mr. Secretary Marcy, in his Report of Dec. 2, 1847, said, that the 25 regular regiments, when full. would contain 28,814, exclusive of officers, but that the strength then was only 21,533, although 22.243 men had been enlisted for the regulars (beside the previous number) within the 12 months Artillery regiments, when full, contain 1,200 privates; cavalry, foot, and voltigeurs, 1,000 each. * In Nov. 1844, there were but eight Infantry regiments, with 10 Second Lieutenants each. In Nov. 1847, there were sixteen-eight with 12 and eight with 20 Second Lieutenants each. The Secretary of War, in his report of Nov. 30, 1444, mentions, "that the average number of vacancies, from all casualties in the army, is about thirty; which, therefore, should be the limit of annual promotions from the Academy, or of new appointments in the Anny. The 3d and 4th Dragoons, 9th to 16th Infantry, and Voltigeurs, are disbanded. + Companies of Artillery and Infantry are now allowed 42 privates; Dragoons 50 |