66 Fort Clark, Fort McKavett, Fort Chadbourne, Fort Belknap, Camp Lancaster, ፡፡ Fort Davis, Fort Mason, Camp Cooper, Fort Inge, Camp Verde, Camp Colorado, DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO. Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Union, New Mexico, Fort Marcy, Fort Craig, Fort Fillmore, Fort Defiance, Fort Massachusetts, Las Lunas, Albuquerque, Cantonment Burgwin, Fort Thorn, Lt. Col. Miles, 3d inf. Maj. Holmes, 8th inf. V.Corp. Christi Bvt. Lt.-Col. Porter, rifles, V. San Antonio, Capt. Wallace, 1st inf. 2 drag. & 6 inf. 1st cavalry. 6th infantry. 2 drag. & 6 inf. 6th infantry. 2 drag. & 2 inf. 2d infantry. 2d infantry. Mtd. rifles. 1st artillery. 1st artillery. 1st artillery. 1st infantry. 2d cavalry. 1st infantry. 1st infantry. 7th infantry. 1st infantry. 8th infantry. 2d cavalry. 2d cav. & 1 inf. 2d cavalry. 2d cavalry. 2d cavalry. V. San Antonio, Bvt. Lt.-Col. Reeve, 8 inf. Mt. rifles, 8 inf. Via San Diego, Bvt Lt.-Col. Burke, 3d art. 1st Lt. Loeser, 3d art. Mtd. rifles. 3d infantry. 3d infantry. Mt. rifles, 3 inf. SMtd. rifles, 2 art., & 8 inf. 3d artillery. 1st dragoons. 1st drag. 3d art. 3d artillery. 3d artillery. Fort Lane, 66 Jacksonville, 4th infantry. Fort Hoskins, 66 Corvallis, Fort Yamhill, Camp at Umpqua, Dayton, Fort Walla-Walla, Columbia City, Fort Vancouver, Fort Dalles, 66 Steilacoom, Washington T. Vancouver, 66 Capt. Augur, 4th inf. Dalles of Col'bia Bvt. Maj. Loganbeel, 9 inf. Post on Bellingham B. Washington T. SteilacoomCity Capt. Pickett, 9th inf. MILITARY ACADEMY. Recruits. Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, Carlisle, Bvt. Col. May, 2d drag. Recruits. Kentucky, Newport, Maj. Heintzelman, 1st inf. Recruits. Newport Barracks, 6. MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. Abstract of the United States Militia, from the Army Register for 1856. 7. TABLE OF PAY, SUBSISTENCE, FORAGE, ETC. OF ARMY OFFICERS. On January 1, 1856, the whole number of commissioned officers in the regular army was 1,040; of non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, 11,658; total, 12,698. 40.00 30.00 25.00 544449 36 3 30 3 24 3 222 24 2 31.00 166.00 24 2 31.00 145.00 24 2 31.00 129.00 24 24 24 1 8 *Under the authority of the act of Congress, of Feb. 28, 1855, (ch. 127,) to " promote the efficiency of the Navy," (see American Almanac for 1856, p. 144,) Captains William B. Shubrick, Matthew C. Perry, Charles S. McCauley, Cornelius K. Stribling, and Abraham Bigelow; Commanders G. J. Pendergrast, Franklin Buchanan, Samuel F. Du Pont, Samuel Barron, and Andrew H. Foote; Lieutenants John S. Missroon, Richard L. Page, Sylvanus W. Godon, William L. Maury, and James S. Biddle, were detailed to constitute the Board. By their Report, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Navy and by the Presi dent, the following Captains and Commanders were placed on the retired list, or dropped. The President has retained Charles Stewart and Joseph Smith in service. UE Pay. Pay. CAPTAINS, 65, the senior one in service, $4,500 LIEUTENANTS, waiting orders, $1,200 66 66 on leave, 3,500 on furlough, 600 Captains of squadrons, 4,000 SURGEONS, 69, 1st 5 years in com., 1,000 3,500 in navy yards, &c., 1,250 on leave, 2,500 in sea service, 1,333 Louis M. Goldsborough, W. B. Shubrick. Theodorus Bailey. Hugh Y. Purviance. Wm. F. Lynch. Henry W. Morris. Francis B. Ellison. Edw. B. Boutwell. Sidney Smith Lee. Wm. C. Whittle. Charles C. Turner. James L. Lardner. Robert G. Robb. Thomas T. Craven. Andrew H. Foote. Wm W. Hunter. Edg. G. Tilton. James H Ward. Henry K. Hoff. Charles H. Davis. Ebenezer Farrand. Henry H. Bell. William Smith. Charles H. Mc Blair. John W. Livingston. Archibald B. Fairfax. Henry K. Thatcher. 4. NAVAL ACADEMY. Superintendent, 5. OFFICERS OF THE NAVY. Captains. — 65. Hiram Paulding. William H. Gardner. William W. McKean. Annapolis, Md. | Henry A. Adams. Levin M. Powell. John De Camp. |