Name. Date app't'd. Name. Date app't'd.Į Name. Date app't'd. Cree, J. K.......Jan. 25, 07 Straub, O. I......Jan. 25, 07 Ellis, W. E......Jan. 25, 07 Stevens, G. W. S.Jan. 25, 07 Schumm, H. C...Jan. 25, 07 Jorden, S. S......Apr. 11, 07 Davis, R. P.....Jan. 25, 07 Hunter, A. M....Jan. 25, 07 Barroll, M. K....Apr. 13, 07 Robinson, W.....Jan. 25, 07 Hayden, J. L.....Jan. 25, 07 Skerrett, D.......May 27, 07 Landers, G. F...Jan. 25, 07 Wilson, E. T.....Jan. 25, 07 Campbell, A......Oct. 29, 07 Gatchell, G. W...Jan. 25, 07 Blake, E. M......Jan. 25, 07] Colonels. INFANTRY. Bullard, R. L....Nov. 2, 06| Wright, W. K....Aug. 26, 03 Sweet, O. J......Feb. 18. 03 Moon, H. B......Dec. 2, 06 Pendleton, E. P..Aug. 26, 03 Cornman, D.......Aug. 8, 03 Glenn, E. F......Dec. 2, 06 Leonhaeuser, H. A.Sept. 3, 03 Duncan, J. W....Aug. 9, 03 Cecil, G. R.....Dec. 11, 06 Penrose, C. W....Oct. 15, 03 Mansfield, F. W..Aug. 12, 03 Mann, W. A.....Mar. 7, 07 Howell, D. L....Nov. 24, 03 Lockwood, B. C.Aug. 13, 03 Kaltz, M. F.....Mar. 27, 07 Kernan, F. J......Jan. 20, 04 Reade, P. .Aug. 13, 03 Ames, R. F......May 6, 07 Kennedy, C. W...Jan. 24, 04 Van Orsdale, J.T.Aug. 14, 03 Getty, R. N......Oct. 1, 07 Griffith, T. W....Mar. 29, 04 Huston, J. F....Aug. 15, 03 Jones, F. B.......Oct. 4, 07 McIver, G. W....Mar. 29, 04 Hoyt, R. W....... .Dec. 3, 03 Byrne, C. ..Oct. 25, 07 Richardson, W. P..Apr. 7, 04 Williams, C. A...Jan. 23, 04 Majors. Barth, C. H. .Apr. 7, 04 Maus, M. P......Jan. 24, 04 Abercrombie, W. R... Bundy, O, .July 12, 04 Smith, F. A.....Jan. 24, 04 Sept. 27, 01 Hatch, E. E. ....Oct. 20, 04 Woodbury, T. C. Mar. 29, 04 Nichols, W. A....Oct. 5, 01 Shanks, D. C... Nov. 5, 04 Pratt, E. B......Dec. 16, 04 Terrett, C. P.... ..Oct. 7, 01 Allaire, W. H.....Nov. 5, 04 Cowles, C. D....Apr. 11, 05 Phister, N. P....Oct. 15, 01 Stamper, W. Y....Dec. 16,04 Scott, Walter S..Oct. 30, 05 Paxton, A. R.....Oct. 16, 01 Blauvelt, W. F....Apr. 9, 05 Gardener, C.....Dec. 26, 05 Torrey, Z. W..... Nov. 8, 01 Hodges, H. C., jr..July 15, 05 Reynolds, A.....Feb. 17, 06 Jackson, J. B....Nov. 11, 01 Hirst, R. L.......July 20, 05 Allen, L. C...... April 5. 06 Turner, R. B.....Dec. 8, 01 Roberts, H. L....July 28. 05 Pitcher, W. L...June 15, 06 Frederick, D. A..Jan. 31, 02 Chatfield, W. H...Aug. 15, 05 Dent, J. C.. July 2, 06 Tillson, J. C. F.Mar. 12, 02 Morrison, J. F......Oct. 6, 05 McGunnegle, G. K.July 3, 06 Browne, E. H..Mar. 28, 02 Rowan, A. S..... Oct. 11, 05 Greene, H. A....Oct. 20, 06 Ducat, A. C.....Apr. 14, 02 Andrus, F. B......Oct. 80, 05 Bolton, E. B.....Dec. 2, 06 Travis, P. M. B.Apr. 14, 02 Steedman, R. R... Feb. 17, 06 Loughborough, RHR.Mar. 7,07 Goe, J. B... Apr. 15, 02 Cotter, J. .Mar. 3, 06 Yeatman, R. T..Mar. 26, 071 Liggett, H.. May 5, 02 Sage, W. H......Mar. 23, 06 Davis, T. F......Apr. 4, 07 Kennon, L. W. V.May 28, 02 Goodin, J. A......April 5, 06 Brush, D. H......May 4, 07 Lassiter, W.. May 28, 02 Root, E. A.......May 25, 06 Booth, C. A......Oct. 1, 07 Morton, C. G....May 28, 02 Hale, H. C.......June 15, 06 Crane, C. J.. ...Oct. 25, 07 Pickering, A......June 9, 02 Taggart, E. F....June 25, 06 Lieutenant Colonels. Maney, J. A....June 28, 02| Faison, S. L......June 30, 06 Bailey, H. K.....Oct. 31, 03 Bailey, H. I.....June 29, 02 Hasbrouck, A.....July 2, 06 Paulding, W.....Jan. 20, 04 Mallory, J. S......July 8, 02 Krepps, J. F......July 3, 06 Sharpe, A. C....Mar. 29, 04 Palmer, G.......July 15, 02 Cabell, H. C......July 13, 06 Bowen, W. H. C. Mar. 29, 04 Miller, S. W.....July 30, 02 Perkins, F........Aug. 7, 06 Robinson, H. E...Apr. 7, 04 Benham, H. H..Sept. 24, 02 Burnham, W. P..Aug. 20, 06 Mason, C. W....Oct. 20. 04 Van Vliet, R. C...Oct. 3, 02 Arrasmith, J. M.Sept. 11, 06 Williams, A......Dec. 16, 04 Buck, W. L....Oct. 11, 02 Johnston, W. H..Oct. 20, 06 Irons, J. A.......Apr. 9, 05 Clark, W. O....Nov. 28, 02 Atkinson, B. W..Oct. 20, 06 Lovering, L. A..Apr. 11, 05 Chynoweth, E....Dec. 5, 02 Pursell, B. M....Oct. 30, 06 Evans, R. K....Apr. 14, 05 Plummer, E. H.Dec. 31, 02 Beall, F. M. M...Oct. 31, 06 Cooke, G. F......July 28, 05 Kirby, H.. ...Feb. 4, 03 Nichols, M... .Dec. 2, 06 Chubb, C. St. J...Oct. 11,05 Howe, E. W...Feb. 10, 03 Vance, Z. B.......Jan. 1, 07 Wood, W. T......Feb. 3, 06 Dunning, S. W.Mar. 19, 03 O'Neil, J. P.. .Jan. 31, 07 Evans, W. P....Feb. 17, 06 Partello, J. M. T.Apr. 17, 03 Simpson, W. L....Mar. 7, 07 Hardin, E. E....Mar. 23, 06 Truitt, C. M....June 23, 03 Dentler, C. E....Mar. 12, 07 Wilson, R. H.... April 5, 06 Bell, G., jr.... July 26,031 Thompson, J. K..Mar. 26, 07 Feliger, L........May 8, 06 Clarke, C. J. T..July 29, 03 Styer, H. D..... ..May 6, 07 French, F. H....June 25, 06 Parke, J. S., jr..July 31, 03 Fremont, F. P....May 25, 03 Augur, A. A......July 2, 06 McCoy, F. B.....Aug. 8, 03 Ayer, W. E...... .Oct. 1, 07 McClure, C.......July 3, 06 Noyes, C. R....Aug. 12, 03 Noble, R. H... ..Oct. 4, 07 Wolf, S. A.......July 13, 06 Blatchford, R. M.Aug. 13, 03 Morse, B. C.... .Oct. 20, 07 Buttler, W. C.....Oct. 6, 06 Beacom, J. H...Aug. 14, 03 Finley, J. P......Oct. 23, 07 Rogers, J. S.....Oct. 20, 06 May, W. T......Aug. 14, 03 Day, F. R.. ...Oct. 25, 07 Young, G. S.....Oct. 30, 06 Hearn, L. J.....Aug. 15, 03 Reichmann, C.....Nov. 8, 07 THE NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. Board of Managers-The President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the United States, the Secretary of War. ex officiis; Major James W. Wadsworth, New York, president, 346 Broadway (New York Life Building), New York (term expires 1910); General Thomas J. Henderson, first vice-president, Princeton, Ill. (term expires 1908); Colonel Walter P. Brownlow, secretary, Jonesboro, Tenn. (term expires 1908); General Charles M. Anderson, Greenville, Ohio (term expires 1912); Captain Henry E. Palmer, Omaha, Neb. (term expires 1910); John M. Holley, La Crosse, Wis. (term expires 1910); Major William Warner, Kansas City, Mo. (term expires 1912); Colonel Henry H. Markham, Pasadena, Cal. (term expires 1910); Lieutenant Franklin Murphy, Newark, N. J. (term expires 1912); Colonel Edwin P. Hammond, Lafayette, Ind. (term expires 1908); Major Moses Harris, general treasurer; Colonel W. E. Elwell, inspector general and chief surgeon. The principal officers of branch homes are: Central, Dayton, Ohio; governor, A. J. Clark; treasurer, W. H. Ortt; surgeon, F. W. Roush. Northwestern, Milwaukee, Wis.; governor, Cornelius Wheeler; treasurer, J. E. Armitage; surgeon, Oscar Chrysler, Eastern, Togus, Me.; governor, John T. Richards; treasurer, A. L. Smith; surgeon, Major B. D. Ridlon. Southern, Hampton, Va.; governor, T. T. Knox; treasurer, J. T. Hume; surgeon, John A. Johnston. Western, Leavenworth, Kan.; governor, Sidney G. Cooke; treasurer, W. W. Martin; surgeon, John L. Fryer. Pacific, Santa Monica, Čal.; governor, O. H. La Grange; treasurer, T. J. Cochrane; surgeon, O. C. McNary. Marion, Marion, Ind.; governor, George W. Steele; treasurer, J. W. Sanderson; surgeon, Harry Miller. Danville, Danville, Ill.; governor, Isaac Clements; treasurer, M. J. Barger; surgeon, D. C. Jones. Mountain, Johnson City, Tenn.; governor, J. P. Smith; treasurer, P. E. Divine; surgeon, H. F. Alexander. Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, S. D.; governor and surgeon, E. T. West. The requirements for admission include an honorable discharge from the United States service and disability which prevents the applicant from earning his living by labor. Soldiers or sailors whose pensions exceed $16 a month are not eligible unless the reasons are explained to the manager and are satisfactory to him. There are also thirty state homes, located as follows: Veterans' Home of California, Yountville; Colorado Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Monte Vista; Fitch's Home for Soldiers, Noroton, Conn.; Idaho State Soldiers' Home, Boisé; Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Quincy; Indiana State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette; Iowa State Soldiers' Home, Marshalltown; Kansas State Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge; Massachusetts State Soldiers' Home, Chelsea; Michigan State Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids; Minnesota State Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha; Missouri State Federal Soldiers' Home, St. James; Montana State Soldiers' Home, Columbia Falls; Nebraska State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Grand Island; Nebraska State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Milford; New Hampshire State Soldiers' Home, Tilton; New Jersey State Soldiers' Home, Kearny; New Jersey State Home for Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Their Wives, Vineland; New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath; New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home, Oxford; North Dakota State Soldiers' Home, Lisbon; Ohio State Soldiers' Home, Sandusky; Oregon State Soldiers' Home, Roseburg; Pennsylvania State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Erie; Rhode Island State Soldiers' Home, Bristol; South Dakota State Soldiers' Home, Hot Springs; Vermont State Soldiers' Home, Bennington; Washington State Soldiers' Home, Orting; Wisconsin Veterans' Home, Waupaca; Wyoming State jutants general: THE NATIONALIZED MILITIA, 1907. An act of Congress, approved Jan. 21, 1903, defined as the organized militia of the! United States the regularly enlisted, organized and uniformed militia of the various states and territories, and provided that the organization, armament and discipline of this militia should be within five years from the date of the approval of the act the same as those prescribed for the regular and volunteer forces of the United States. The federal government now issues stores and supplies to the militia and conducts joint manoeuvres of regular and militia forces. The following table gives the militia strength in each state and territory, the state headquarters and names of state adjutants general. States and territories. Alabama Strength in officers and men. Headquarters. Adjutants general. Brig. Gen. Carlton A. Kelley. Atlanta.... Brig. Gen. A. G. Scott. Arizona Arkansas California Colorado 696 Connecticut 2,759 Delaware 424 District of Columbia. 1,600 Honolulu.. Boise... Springfield. Col. John W. Jones. Brig. Gen. David Vickers. Jefferson City. Brig. Gen. James A. DeArmond Helena.. Lincoln. Carson City. Brig. Gen. A. M. Alderson. SUPERINTENDENT, COLONEL HUGH L. SCOTT, U. S. A. The United States Military Academy at West Point was founded in 1802. Each Congress district and Territory, the District of Columbia and Porto Rico is entitled to have one cadet at the academy. Each State is also entitled to have two cadets at the academy from the State at large. Forty are also appointed from the United States at large. The appointments (except those from the United States at large and from the District of Columbia) are made by the Secretary of War at the request of the Senator, Representative or Delegate in Congress; and the person appointed must be an actual resident of the State, District or Territory from which the appointment is made. The appointments from the United States at large and from the District of Columbia are specially conferred by the President. The appointment of the cadet from Porto Rico is made by the President on the recommendation of the Resident Commissioner from Porto Rico. The nun.ber of students is thus limited to 522. Appointments are required by law to be made one year in advance of date of admission, and may be made either after competitive examination or given direct, at the option of the Representative. For each candidate appointed there may be nominated two alternates, who will be examined with the regular nominee, and one of whom may be admitted in the event of the latter's failure to pass the prescribed preliminary examinations. Appointees to the Military Academy must be between seventeen and twenty-two years of age at date of admission, at least five feet three inches in height, weigh 100 pounds, be unmarried, free from any infectious or moral disorder, and, generally, from any deformity, disease or infirmity; must be well versed in reading, In writing, including orthography, in arithmetic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar, of descriptive geography (particularly of the United States), and of the history of the United States. The course of instruction requires four years, and is largely mathematical and professional. The principal subjects taught are mathematics, French, drawing, tactics of all arms of the service, natural and experimental philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, geology and electricity, history, international, constitutional and military law, Spanish, and civil and military engineering and science of war. Academic duties commence September 1 and continue until June 1. Examinations are held in each December and June, and cadets deficient in either conduct or studies are discharged. From about the middle of June to the end of August cadets live in camp, engaged only in military duties and receiving practical military instruction. Cadets are allowed but one leave of absence during the four years' course and, as a rule, it is granted at the expiration of the first two years. The pay of a cadet, with commutation for ration, is $609 50 a year, and with proper economy is sufficient for his support. Upon graduating cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Army. MANNER OF APPLICATION.-Applications may 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 Congress district in which his resider.ce is situated. Immediately after his admission, and before receiving his warrant of appointment, the cadet 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 United States Military Academy, I will serve in the Army of the United States for eight years, unless sooner discharged by competent authority. In the presence The candidate must then take the following oath or affirmation: "I, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States 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 United States." UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME COMMISSION. Commissioners-Major General F. C. Ainsworth, Adjutant General, president; Quartermaster General James B. Aleshire, Commissary General Henry G. Sharpe, Surgeon General Robert M. O'Reilly, Judge Advocate General G. B. Davis, Brigadier General Alexander Mackenzie, Chief of Engineers, and Brigadier General Hamilton S. Hawkins (retired); secretary of the board, N. Hershler. Officers of the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington-Brigadier General Hamilton S. Hawkins (retired), governor; Brigadier General William P. Rogers (retired), deputy governor; Major Henry M. Kendall (retired), secretary and treasurer; Major Wm. H. Arthur, attending surgeon. TROOPS IN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES. Number of enlistments in the army, navy and marine corps in the war of 1861-'65, taken from latest revised reports of the government; many men who served in the war enlisted two or three times and are counted that number of times in the table: Number of deaths, by causes, in the U. S. Army during the Civil War: 1Indians. 2 Number not credited on the quota of any State. This item includes all deaths resulting from quarrels, riots and the like which are not definitely reported as murder; from being shot for insubordination or by provost guards or sentinels in attempting to escape or pass the lines; from exhaustion or exposure; killed while depredating upon the property of citizens, and all other causes not mentioned in the foregoing table. Desertions (estimated by War Department). 117,247. No trustworthy deductions with regard to the nativity of soldiers in service during the Civil War can be made from any existing statistics. |