PRINCIPAL DEPARTMENTAL OFFICERS-Continued. Superintendent of Dead Letter OfficeBernard Goode (1893), Michigan, $2,500. Chief Postoffice Inspector-M. D. Wheeler (1893), New-York, $3,000. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. Solicitor - General - Holmes (1895), Virginia, $7,000. Conrad Assistant Attorneys-General-Edward B. Whitney (1893), New-York; J. M. Dickinson (1895), Virginia; Joshua E. Dodge, Massachusetts; Charles B. Howry (1893), Mississippi; $5,000 eacn. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. First Assistant Secretary-William H. Sims (1893), Mississippi, $4,500. Assistant Secretary-John M. Reynolds (1893), Pennsylvania, $4,000. Assistant Attorney-General-John I. Hall (1893), Georgia, $5,000. Commissioner of the General Land Office-Silas W. Lamoreux (1893), Wisconsin, $5,000. Commissioner of Pensions-Dominick I. Murphy (1895), District of Columbia, $5,000. Commissioner of Indian Affairs-Daniel M. Browning (1893), Illinois, $4,000. Commissioner of Patents-John S. Seymour (1893), Connecticut, $5,000. Commissioner of Education-William T. Harris (1889), Massachusetts, $3,000. Commissioner of Railroads-Wade Hampton (1893), South Carolina, $4,500. Director of Geological Survey-Charles D. Walcott (1894), New-York, $5,000. Acting Superintendent of the CensusCarroll D. Wright (1893), Massachusetts, to complete the work. Architect of the Capitol-Edward Clark (1865), Pennsylvania, $4,500. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Assistant Secretary-Charles W. Dabney (1894), Tennessee, $4,500. Chief of the Weather Bureau-Willis L. Moore (1895), $4,500. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. E. Benedict Public Printer-Thomas (1894), New-York, $4,500. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Commissioner-Carroll D. Wright (1888), Massachusetts, $5,000. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Librarian-Ainsworth H. Spofford (1864), Ohio, $4,000. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS. John R. Procter, Kentucky; William G. Rice, New-York; John B. Harlow, Missouri; $3,500 each. John T. Doyle, secretary; Wm. H. Webster, chief examiner. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONERS. William R. Morrison, Illinois, chairman; Wheelock G. Veazey, Vermont; Martin A. Knapp, New-York; Judson C. Clements, Georgia; James D. Yeomans, Iowa. Annual salary, $7,500 each. Edward A. Moseley, secretary, $3.500. INTERCONTINENTAL RAILWAY COM MISSION. A. J. Cassatt, Pennsylvania; Henry G. Davis, West Virginia; Richard C. Kerens, Missouri. GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS IN THE UNION PACIFIC R. R. COMPANY. E. Ellery Anderson, New-York; J. W. Doane, Illinois; J. Nelson H. Patrick, Nebraska; William J. Coombs, NewYork; John Sheridan, West Virginia. SOLDIERS' HOME COMMISSIONERS. Major-General Nelson A. Miles, president; Adjutant-General George D. Ruggles, Quartermaster-General R. N. Batchelder, Commissary-General Michael R. Morgan, Surgeon-General George M. Sternberg, Judge-Advocate-General G. N. Lieber, Brig.-Gen. David S, Stanley, Governor of Soldiers' Home. Officers of the Home-Brig.-Gen. D. S. Stanley, governor; Captain D. A. Irwin, lieut.-gov.; Major R. C. Parker, secretary and treasurer; Lieut.-Col. W. H. Forwood, surgeon. BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Clinton Furbish, director, No. 2 Jackson Place, Washington; translators, John C. Redman, Portuguese, and Jose I. Rodriguez, Spanish; editor, H. H. Marmaduke. INDIAN COMMISSION. Chairman, Merrill E. Gates, Amherst. Mass.; secretary, E. Whittlesey, Washington, D. C.; Albert K. Smiley, Lake Mohonk, N. Y.; William D. Walker, Fargo, N. D.; William H. Lyon and Darwin R. James, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Joseph T. Jacobs, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Philip C. Garrett, Philadelphia; Bishop Henry B. Whipple, Faribault, Minn. U. S. BOARD ON NAMES. GEOGRAPHIC In 1876, as the result of negotiations between the Ottoman and Egyptian_governments and the various Christian Powers having representatives at Cairo, certain courts were created in Egypt for the trial of mixed civil causes arising between persons of different foreign nationalities, and suits of foreigners against natives, the Egyptian Government and members of the Khedival family. These mixed tribunals, in civil matters within their exclusive jurisdiction, superseded the consular courts. A mixed tribunal consists of five judges, three of whom are foreigners and two natives. The foreign judges are appointed by the Khedive on the recommendation of the great Powers, each of which is represented by from one to three judges. There are several tribunals of original jurisdiction (first instance) and a court of appeals at Alexandria. The United States is represented in these courts by the following judges: Court of Appeals at Alexandria-Anthony M. Kelley, Virginia (app'd 1894). Court of First Instance at CairoWalker Fearn, Alabama (app'd 1894). Court of First Instance at MansourahSomerville P. Tuck, New-York (app'd 1894). Commissary-General Surgeon-General Paymaster-General Chief of Engineers.. Judge Advocate-General. Chief Signal Officer. Chief Record and Pension Officer. Public Buildings Superintendent.. GENERAL OFFICERS. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL- John Schofield, Illinois (retired). M. MAJOR-GENERALS-Nelson A. Miles Massachusetts, commanding the Army; Thomas H. Ruger, Wisconsin; Wesley Merritt, Illinois. BRIGADIER-GENERALS- John R. Brooke, Penn.; Frank Wheaton, R. I.; E. S. Otis. N. Y.; James W. Forsyth, Ohio; Zenas R. Bliss, R. I.; John J. Coppinger, N. Y. ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERALCol. Oliver D. Green, N. Y.; Col. Samuel Breck, Mass.: Col. Henry C. Corbin, Ohio; Col. Merritt Barber, Vt.; Lt.-Cols. M. V. Sheridan, Ohio; Thomas Ward, N. Y.; W. J. Volkmar, Penn.; Theo. Schwan, Army: Arthur MacArthur, Wis.; J. C. Gilmore, N. Y. INSPECTORS-GENERAL-Col. Robert P. Hughes, Penn.; Col. George H. Burton, Del.; Lt.-Col. Henry W. Lawton. Ind.; Lt. Col. Peter D. Vroom, N. J.; Maj. J. P. Sanger, Mich.; Maj. E. A. Garlington, Ga. ASSISTANT JUDGE ADVOCATEGENERAL-Col. Thomas F. Barr., Mass. DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATES-GENERAL-Lt.-Cols. John W. Clous, Army; Edward Hunter, Me.; Geo. B. Davis, Mass. ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERSGENERAL--Cols, Marshall 1. Ludington, Penn.; James M. Moore, Penn.; George H. Weeks, Me.; Augustus G. Robinson, Me. DEPUTY QUARTERMASTERS-GENERAL Lt.-Cols. James G. C. Lee, Ohio; James Gilliss, D. C.; James W. Scully, Tenn.; Amos S. Kimball, N. Y.; Almon F. Rockwell, N. Y.; Gilbert C. Smith, Cal.; John V. Furey, N. Y.; Lewis C. Forsyth, D. C. ASSISTANT COMMISSARIES GENERAL OF SUBSISTENCE-Col. Thomas C. Sullivan, Ohio; Col. William H. Bell, Penn.; Lt.-Cols. Samuel T. Cushing. R. I.; William A. Elderkin, N. Y.; William H. Nash, Ohio. ASSISTANT SURGEONS-GENERAL. WITH RANK OF COLONEL-Charles T. Alexander, Ark.; Charles H. Alden, Penn.; Charles C. Byrne, Md.; Joseph P. Wright, Penn.; Francis L. Town, Penn.; Dallas Bache, Penn. .Brig.-Gen. George D. Ruggles. Brig.-Gen, George M. Sternberg. .Brig.-Gen. Thaddeus H. Stanton. Brig.-Gen. William P. Craighill. Brig.-Gen. Daniel W. Flagler. Brig.-Gen. Adolphus W. Greely. Colonel John M. Wilson. DEPUTY SURGEONS-GENERAL, WITH RANK OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL-Charles R. Greenleaf, Ohio; William H. Forwood, Penn.; William D. Wolverton, N. J.; Albert Hartsuff, Mich.; J. Van D. Middleton, D. C.; Henry R. Tilton, N. J.; Alfred A. Woodhull, Kan.; David L. Huntington, Penn.; William E. Waters, D. C.; Justus M. Brown, Ohio. ASSISTANT PAYMASTERS-GENERAL -Cols. George E. Glenn, Ohio; James P. Canby, Del. DEPUTY PAYMASTERS-GENERALLt.-Col. George W. Candee, Ill.; Asa B. Carey, Conn.; Frank M. Coxe, Penn. COLONELS OF ENGINEERS-Henry M. Robert, Ohio; John M. Wilson, Wash.; John W. Barlow, Wis.; Peter C. Hains, N. J.; George L. Gillespie, Tenn.; Charles R. Suber, N. Y. LIEUT.-COLONELS OF ENGINEERSJared A. Smith, Me.; Samuel M. Mansfield, Conn.; William R. King, N. Y.; William H. H. Benyaurd, Penn.; Garrett J. Lydecker, N. Y.; Amos Stickney, N. Y.; Alex Mackenzie, Ill.; Oswald H. Ernst, Ohio; David P. Heap, Penn.; William Ludlow, N. Y.; William A. Jones, Ill.; Andrew N. Damrell, Mass. COLONELS OF ORDNANCE-James M. Whittemore, Mass.; Adelbert R. Buffinton, Va.; Alfred Mordecai, D. C. LIEUT.-COLONELS OF ORDNANCEFrancis H. Parker, N. Y.; Joseph P. Farley. D. C.; Lawrence S. Babbitt, Md.; William A. Marye, Cal. SUPERINTENDENT MILITARY ACADEMY-Col, Oswald H. Ernst. OFFICERS OF CAVALRY. COLONELS-Jas. F. Wade, 5; Charles E. Compton, 4; John K. Mizner, 10; Abraham K. Arnold, 1: George G. Huntt, 2; Jas. Biddle, 9; Caleb H. Carlton, 8; Anson Mills, 3; Edwin V. Sumner, 7; Samuel S. Sumner, 6. LIEUT.-COLONELS-David Perry, 10; Henry E. Noyes, 2; Guy V. Henry, 3; Reuben F. Bernard, 9: Louis H. Carpenter, 7; S. B. M. Young. 4; John M. Bacon, 1; Thomas McGregor, 8: Samuel M. Whitside, 5; Henry Carroll, 6. MAJORS-James F. Randlett, 9; John M. Hamilton, 1: Theodore A. Baldwin, 7; Adna R. Chaffee, 9: Michael Cooney, 4; James Jackson, 2; Louis T. Morris, 3; Charles D. Viele, 1; William A. Rafferty, 2; Stevens T. Norvell, 10; Wirt Davis, 5; Henry Wagner, 5; Camillo C. C. Carr, 8; Edmond G. Fechet, 6; Almond B. Wells, 8; William B. Kennedy, 4; Sanford C. Kellogg, 4; Charles S. Ilsley, 9; Theodore J. Wint, 10; Francis Moore, 5; Henry W. Wessells, 3; James N. Wheelan, 8; Adam Kramer, 6; Edward M. Hayes, 7; Joseph M. Kelley, 10; Thomas C. Lebo, 6; Wm. M. Wallace, 2; Henry J. Nowlan, 7; James M. Bell, 1; Henry Jackson, 3. 5; OFFICERS OF ARTILLERY. LIEUT.-COLONELS-Henry C. Has- MAJORS-James M. Lancaster, 4; Jacob B. Rawles, 4; William L. Haskin, 1; Wallace F. Randolph, 3; Tully McCrea, 5; Frank G. Smith, 2; Joseph G. Ramsey, 3; John A. Darling, 5; George B. Rodney, 4; Carle A. Woodruff, 2; David H. Kinzie, 5; John R. Myrick, 3; Edward Field, 2; John H. Calef, 1; John L. Tiernon, 1. OFFICERS OF INFANTRY. COLONELS - William R. Shafter, 1; Henry C. Merriam, 7; Thomas M. Anderson, 14; Robert E. A. Crofton, 15; Mel ville A. Cochran, 6; James J. Van Horn, 8; Isaac D. De Russy, 11; John S. Poland, 17; Edward P. Pearson, 10; Horace Jewitt, 21; John C. Bates, 2; Andrew S. Burt, 25; Simon Snyder, 19; Robert H. Hall, 4; A. T. Smith, 13; Hamilton S. Hawkins, 20; James S. Casey, 22; William L Kellogg, 5; Jacob F. Kent, 24; Samuel Ovenshine, 23; John H. Page, 3; John N. Andrews, 12; Hugh A. Theaker, 16; William J. Lyster, 9; David D. Van Valzah, 18. LIEUT.-COLONELS-Charles A. Wikoff, 19; Edward Moale, 3; Henry C. Cook, 4; Jacob Kline, 9; Evan Miles, 1; William H. Powell, 11; Daniel W. Benham, 7; Edgar R. Kellogg, 10; Richard Comba, 12; Harry C. Egbert, 6; E. M. Coates, 16; Geo. M. Randall, 8; William S. Worth. 13; William M. Wherry, 2; John H. Patterson, 22; Henry B. Freeman, 5; Clarence M. Bailey, 18; James W. Powell, 15; Loyd Wheaton, 20; John W. French, 23; Aaron S. Daggett, 25; George B. Russell, 14; Chambers McKib bin, 21; Emerson H. Liscum, 24; Joseph T. Haskell, 17. MAJORS--Charles C. Hood, 7; Francis E. Lacey, 17; A. H. Bainbridge, 10; Ezra P. Ewers, 9; William H. Bisbee, 8; C. E. Bennett, 19; G. S. Carpenter, 4; A. A. Harbach, 18; D. W. Burke, 23; Geo. W. Davis, 11; T. M. K. Smith, 1; Jacob H. Smith, 2; Charles W. Miner, 6; William H. McLaughlin, 16; Charles Hobart, 15; John N. Coe, 21; James M. J. Sanno, 3; William S. McCaskey, 20; Charles F. Robe, 14; Philip H. Ellis, 13; Charles Porter, 5; Mott Hooton, 25; William M. Van Horne, 22; Henry H. Humphreys, 12; Otis W. Pollock, 24. MILITARY COMMANDS AND POSTS. ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.Headquarters, Washington, D. C. MajorGeneral Nelson A. Miles, commanding. DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.-Major-General Thos. H. Ruger, commanding. Headquarters, Governor's Island, New-York Harbor. Geographical limits: The New-England States, States of NewYork, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and the District of Columbia. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI.Major-General Wesley Merritt, commanding. Headquarters, Chicago, Ill. Geographical limits: States of Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, Indian and Oklahoma Territories. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS.-Brigadier-General 2. R. Bliss, command ing. DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA.-Brigadier-General J. R. Brooke, commanding. Headquarters, St. Paul, Minn. Geographical limits: States of Minnesota, South Dakota (excepting so much as lies south of the 45th parallel west of the Missouri River), North Dakota and Montana, and post of Fort Yellowstone, Wyo. DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE.Brigadier-General John J. Coppinger, commanding. Neb. Headquarters, Omaha, Geographical limits: States of Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming (excepting post of Fort Yellowstone, Wyo.); Idaho, east of a line formed by extension of western boundary of Utah to northeastern boundary of Idaho, of South Dakota and all south of the 44th parallel east of the Missouri River. DEPARTMENT OF THE COLORADO. -Brigadier-General Frank Wheaton, commanding. Headquarters, Denver, Col. Geographical limits: State of Colorado and Territories of Arizona and New-Mexico and Utah. Headquarters, San Antonio, Texas. Geographical limits: State of Texas. DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA.Brigadier-General James W. Forsyth, commanding. Headquarters, San Francisco, Cal. Geographical limits: States of California and Nevada. DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA. -Brigadier-General E. S. Otis, commanding. Headquarters, Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Geographical limits: States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska Territory, excepting part of Idaho embraced in Department of the Platte. 138 applicant from earning his living by labor. Soldiers or sailors whose pensions exceed $16 a month are not eligible to the Home unless the reasons are explained to the manager, and are satisfactory to him. There are also twenty-six State Homes, located as follows: New-York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath, N. Y.; Vermont Soldiers' Home, Bennington, Vt.; Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, Chelsea, Mass.: Fitch's Home for the Soldiers, New-Jersey Noroton Heights, Conn.; Home for Disabled Soldiers, Kearny, N. J.; Pennsylvania Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Sailors, Erie, Penn.; Michigan Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Sandusky, Ohio; Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Quincy, Ill.; Wisconsin Vet erans' Home, Waupaca, Wis.; Minnesota UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. METHOD OF APPOINTMENT.-Each Congressional District and Territory and the District of Columbia is entitled to have one cadet at the academy. Ten are also appointed at large. The appointments (except those at large) are made by the Secretary of War at the request of the Representative or Delegate in Congress from the district or territory of which the appointee must be an actual resident. The appointments at large are specially conferre by the President of the United States. MANNER OF APPLICATION.-Applications can be made at any time, by letter, to the Secretary of War, to have the applicant's name registered for submission to the proper representative when a vacancy occurs. The application must exhibit the full name, date of birth and permanent abode of applicant, with the number of the Congressional district in which his residence is situated. cases DATE OF APPOINTMENT.-Appointments must be made one year in advance of date of admission, except in where, by death or otherwise, a vacancy occurs which cannot be provided for by such appointment in advance. These vacancies are filled in time for the next annual examination. ALTERNATES.-The Representative or Delegate in Congress may nominate a legally qualified second candidate, to be designated the alternate. The alternate will receive from the War Department a letter of appointment, and will be examined with the regular appointee, and if duly qualified will be admitted to the academy if the principal fails to mass the prescribed preliminary examinations. The alternate will not be allowed to defer reporting for exa nination until the result of the examination of the regular appointee is known, but must report at the time designated in his letter of appointment. The alternate, like the nominee, should be designated as nearly one year in advance of the date of admission as possible. ADMISSION OF CADETS.-The candidate, upon receiving his conditional appointment, will be instructed to appear for mental and physical examination before a board of Army officers, to be convened at the military post nearest his place of residence on March 1, annually (except when that day comes on Sunday. in which case the examinations will comThe mence on the following Tuesday). candidate who passes successfully will be admitted to the Academy without further examination, upon reporting in person to the Superintendent at West Point before noon on June 15. Immediately after his admission, and before receiving his warrant of appointment, he must sign the following engagement for service, in the presence of the Superintendent, or some officer deputed by him: I, — of the State (or Territory) of aged years months, do hereby engage (with the consent of my parent or guardian) that, from the date of my admission as a Cadet of the U. S. Military Academy, I will serve in the Army of the U. S. for eight years, unless sooner discharged by competent authority. In the presence The candidate must then take the following oath or firmation: I, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the U. S., and bear true allegiance to the National Government: that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the U. S. paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty or fealty I may owe to any State or country whatsoever; and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers, and the rules and articles governing the armies of the U. S. QUALIFICATIONS.-The age for the admission of cadets to the Academy is between 17 and 22 years. Candidates must be unmarried, at least 5 feet in height, free from any infectious or immoral disorder, and generally, from any deformity, cisease, or infirmity which may render them unfit for military service. They must be well versed in reading, in writing, including orthography, arithmetic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar, of descrip tive geography (particularly of our own country), and of the history of the U. S. in The Military Academy was established on March 16, 1802; its present superintendent is Colonel O. H. Ernst, and the the number of instructors (officers of Army) is 64. The number of cadet students is now 317, and 3.616 have been graduated since the organization. |