TABLE OF CONTENTS. LAWS UNDER WHICH THE ARMY REGISTER IS PUBLISHED. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY. INSPECTOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT JCDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. CHIEF OF RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT AIDES-DE-CAMP TO GENERAL OFFICERS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMANDANT OF CADETS AT MILITARY ACADEMY ACTING JUDGE ADVOCATES OF DEPARTMENTS. 5 5 7 9 11 12 OF ARTILLERY OF INFANTRY. RELATIVE RANK OFFICERS COMMISSIONED FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE THANKS OF CONGRESS. ON WHOM BREVET RANK HAS BEEN CONFERRED ** MEDALS OF HoxOR," OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED. ** CERTIFICATES OF MERIT," ENLISTED MEN WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED CASCALTIES DURING THE YEAR.. MILITARY COMMANDS AND POSTS ARMORIES, ARSENALS, RECRUITING, ENGINEER, AND ORDNANCE DEPOTS ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY. PAY OF THE ARMY... MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. INDEX ADDENDA. 34 43 45 50 51 52 54 85 113 210 292 294 294 294 294 295 297 298 299 302 304 311 326 327 365 371 372 374 377 378 386 390 891 409 (3) LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS IN REGARD TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE ARMY REGISTER. Resolved, That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be requested to furnish annually, on the first of January, each member of the Senate with a copy of the Register of the officers of the Army and Navy of the United States. [Agreed to by the Senate December 13, 1815.) Resolved, That the Secretary of War cause to be annually laid before this House a number of copies of the printed Army list, equal to the number of members of the House. [Agreed to by the House of Representatives February 1, 1830.] [Extract.] Resolved, * * * That there be annexed annually hereafter to the Army Register an accurate schedule of the pay and emoluments, with the commutation value thereof, to which the various officers of the Army of each grade are entitled. [Adopted by the House of Representatives August 30, 1842.) SEC. 1226. * * The highest volunteer rank which has been held by officers of the Regular Army shall be entered, with their names respectively, upon the Army Register. [Revised Statutes of the United States. I AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * * * SEC. 2. That in every Official Army Register hereafter issued, the lineal rank of all officers of the line of the Army shall be given separately for the different arms of the service; and if the officer be promoted from the ranks, or shall have served in the volunteer army, either as an enlisted man or officer, his service as a private and non-commissioned officer shall be given, and in addition thereto the record of his service as volunteer. (Approved June 18, 1878.) NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS. Officers are credited with actual service in the permanent establishment from date of acceptance, except in the case of graduetes of the Military Academy, whose services commence from date of admission to the Academy. Officers are credited with actual service in the volunteers from date of muster into the service of the United States, or from date of acceptance in the cases where service was rendered under a commission by the President of the United States. This mark (+) denotes a voluntary transfer, which is the cause of the anomalous position of the officer in his regiment or corps. This mark () denotes an anomalous position by sentence of general court-martial. Under the heading "Appointed from the initials "M. A." denote that the officer is a graduate of the Military Academy. Errors or omissions should be immediately reported to the Adjutant General by those concerned. (4) REGISTER OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1900. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. President. SECRETARY OF WAR. ELIHU ROOT. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR. GEORGE D. MEIKLEJOHN. Service in the Army. brevet rank beyond lineal In permanent establishment. -28 july, 66 Mass .. Mass. 5 apr. 90 GENERAL OFFICERS. Major Generals. hon. must. out. -31 may, 62 accepted Byt. Maj. Gen., Mar. 2, 67. it. col. 61 N. Y. inf. 31 may trs. to 5 inf. col. .30 sept. brig. gen. Commanding the Army. brig. gen. .12 may, 64 accepted accepted 27 june, maj. gen bvt. maj. gen -25 aug. accepted maj. gen 21 oct. 65 accepted 26 oct. hon. must. out 1 sept. 66 Merritt, Wesley...-... 25 apr. 95 brig. gen. 29 june,63 cadet M. A. accepted 11 july, bvt. 2 lt. 2 drag Bvt. Maj. Gen., Mar. 13, 65. bvt. maj. gen -19 oct. 64 21t. maj. gen lapr. 651 lt. 2 cav 1 apr. capt accepted. accepted Brooke, John R........22 may, 97 capt. 4 Pa. inf. -20 apr. 61 lt. col. 37 inf. hon. must. out. -26 jūly, accepted Bvt. Brig. Gen., Mar. 2, 67. col. 53 Pa. inf. 7 nov. trs. to 3 inf brig.gen 1july,55 N. Y... M. A. 1 july, 60 Ill. 28 jan. 61 .13 may, 5apr. 62 1july, 76 Pa. 1 12 may, 64 col. 13 inf. accepted -23 june, trs. to 3 inf. byt. maj. gen laug. brig. gen. resigned 1 feb. 66 accepted maj. gen 6 apr. 88 26 may, |