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of Congress, in agreeing upon a plan of reorganization of the Army suitable to our present require; ments, and the urgent necessity for early action, I am induced to present the matter to you officially, and to ask the attention of Congress to it, believing that when they have the matter fairly before them, they will do what should be done speedily.

At the present time settlements are springing up with unusual rapidity in the district of country be tween the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean, where heretofore the Indians were left in undisputed poзsession. Emigrants are pushing to those settlements and to the gold-fields of the Rocky Mountains by every available highway. The people flocking to those regions are citizens of the United States and entitled to the protection of the Government. They are developing the resources of the country to its great advantage, thus making it our interest as well as our duty to give them military protection. This makes a much greater force west of the Mississippi necessary than was ever heretofore required. A small military force is required in all the States lately in rebellion, and it cannot be foreseen that this force will not be required for some time to come. It is to be hoped that this force will not be necessary to enforce the laws, either State or national. But the difference of sentiment engendered by the great war which has raged for four years, will make the presence of a military force necessary to give a feeling of security to the people; all classes disposed to obey the laws of the country will feel this alike. To maintain order, the Government has been compelled to retain volunteers. All white volunteers

have become dissatisfied, and claim that the contract with them has been violated, by retaining them after the war was over. By reason of dissatisfaction they

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are no longer of use, and might as well be discharged The colored volunteer has equal right to claim his discharge, but as yet he has not done so. How long will existing laws authorize the retention of this force, even if they are content to remain ? for the reorganization of the Army which, in my opin The United States Senate passed promptly a bill ion, is as free from objection as any great measure could possibly be, and it would supply the minimum requisite force. It gives but a few thousand additional men over the present organization, but gives a large number of additional batteries and companies. The public service, guarding routes of travel over the plains, and giving protection to the Southern States, demands the occupation of a great number of posts. For many of them a small company is just as efficient as one with more men in it would be. The bill before Congress, or the one that has passed the Senate, gives increased number of rank and file of each company. It is an exceedingly appropriate measure in this particular, for it provides for the increase when occasion requires more men. The company is the smallest unit of an organization that can be used without materially injuring discipline and efficiency.

The belief that Congress would act promptly on this matter, if their attention were called to it, has induced me to respectfully ask your attention to it. If you agree with me in this matter, I would also ask, if you deem it proper, that this, with such indorsement as you may be pleased to make, be laid before Congress through the Speaker of the House.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.

Finally, at a late hour of the session, a committee of conference was appointed to reconile the differences between the two bills. The chief struggle was with regard to the number of Veteran Reserve regiments to be incorporated in the army. Mr. Schenck having yielded

this point, the committee agreed upon the Senate bill, with some amendments, which immediately passed both Houses almost unanimously, and on July 28, 1866, became a law. Its main features may be thus recapitulated: The peace establishment of the country will consist of five regiments of artillery, ten of cavalry, and fortyfive of infantry. The artillery regiments are to have the same organization as was prescribed by law for the fifth regiment of that arm in 1861. The cavalry regiments are to consist of the six previously in the service, of twelve companies each, with four new regiments, similarly organized, of which two are to be composed of colored men; the original vacancies in the grades of first and second lieutenant to be filled by selection from among the officers and soldiers of volunteer cavalry, and two-thirds of the original vacancies in the higher grades from officers of volunteer cavalry, and one-third from officers of the regular Army, all of whom have served two years in the field during the war, and been distinguished for capacity and good conduct. The President is authorized, at his discretion, to arm and drill any portion of the cavalry force as infantry or dismounted cavalry. The forty-five regiments of infantry are to consist of the first ten regiments, of ten companies each, now in the service; of twentyseven regiments, of ten companies each, to be formed by adding two companies to each battalion of the remaining nine three-battalion regiments; and of eight new regiments, of ten companies each, four of which are to be comthe grade of first and second lieutenants are to posed of colored men, and four to be called the Veteran Reserve Corps. Original vacancies in be filled by selection from among the officers and soldiers of volunteers; and of those occurring in the higher grades, half are to be filled from officers of volunteers, and half from officers of the regular Army, all of whom must have served two years during the war, and been distinguished for capacity and good conduct. The Veteran Reserve Corps are to be officered by appointment from officers and soldiers of volunteers or the regular Army, who have been wounded in the service, but are nevertheless competent for garrison or similiar duty. All persons receiving appointment in any branch of the service must have previously passed a satisfactory examination before a board of officers, convened under the direction of the Secretary of War, and such appointments are to be without regard to previous rank. Persons who have served in any capacity under the Confederate Government are precluded from holding any office or position in the Army of the United States. The infantry companies are to have a maximum strength of one hundred men, and a minimum strength of fifty men, and the organization, with respect to officers, will be similar to that of the first ten regiments of infantry in the service. The number of bands in the army is reduced to fifteen, to be assigned to brigades in time of war, and in time of peace to

assembled brigades, or to forts or posts at which the largest number of troops shall be ordinarily stationed. Enlistments into the cavalry must be for the term of five years, and into the artillery and infantry for three years, and recruits may be enlisted into the Veteran Reserve Corps from men who have been wounded in the military service of the country, provided they are found to be fitted for garrison or other light duty, to which, when enlisted, they are to be assigned. The general officers of the Army are to comprise one general, one lieutenant-general, five major-generals, and ten brigadier-generals, who are entitled to the same pay, emoluments, and staff as heretofore provided by law.

The military establishment of the country, as reorganized by the act of July 28, 1866, will thus consist of ten regiments, or one hundred and twenty companies, of cavalry, five regiments, or sixty companies, of artillery, and forty-five regiments, or four hundred and fifty companies, of infantry. Should all the companies be filled to their maximum strength of one hundred men, the army would comprise a total of nearly 76,000 men, rank and file, of all arms, who may be thus classed:

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were enlisted for the regular Army, and that at the latter date its strength was 38,545 men. This is exclusive of one thousand Indian scouts, authorized by the act of July 28, 1866, of whom six hundred have been assigned to Lieut.-General Sherman, for his Division of the Missouri, two hundred to Maj.-General Halleck for the Division of the Pacific, and two hundred to Maj.-General Sheridan for the Department of the Gulf. As soon as the ranks of the Army are well filled, it is intended to place restric tions upon the recruiting service, in order to diminish the number of men received, so that it will correspond to the number required to keep up the strength of the regiments as they become reduced by casualties or other causes. This will be done by raising the standard of qualifications as to height, age, etc., which will at the same time improve the personnel of the army.

The following table gives the commanding officers of the new regiments of cavalry, infantry, and Veteran Reserve Corps, so far as appointed at the close of 1866:

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Colonels.

Andrew J. Smith.
John I. Gregg.

Edward Hatch.

Benjamin H. Grierson.
Wm. S. Ketchum.

C. C. Augur.

Isaac V. D. Reeve.

Charles C. Lovell.
Oliver Shepherd.
Caleb C. Sibley.
S. P. Heintzelman.
H. V. Carrington.
Samuel K. Dawson.
Frederick Steele.
George Stoneman.
David S. Stanley.
Jefferson C. Davis.
A. C. Gillem.
Gordon Granger.
J. J. Reynolds.
John E. Smith.
Charles H. Smith.
O. B. Wilcox.

John D. Stevenson.
P. R. de Trobriand.

Thos. L. Crittenden.
Thos. H. Rogers.

A. V. Kautz (Lieut.-Col.).
Charles Griffin.

John Gibbon.

George W. Getty.
Wm. B. Hazen.

Joseph A. Mower.

Nelson A. Mills.

Geo. W. Schofield (Major). (Vet. Res.). Daniel E. Sickles.

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By General Orders, No. 95, the two additional regiments of cavalry composed of white men, are to be known as the 7th and 8th, and those composed of colored men as the 9th and 10th. The ten regiments of infantry in the service at the commencement of the war retain their old designations. The first battalions of

the nine three-battalion regiments, organized in 1861, retain the designation of the regiments to which they belonged, and under the new organization will be known as the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th regiments of infantry. The second battalions of the three-battalion regiments become respectively the 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th regiments of infantry; and the third battalions the 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 37th regiments of infantry. The four regiments to be composed of colored men will be designated the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st regiments of infantry. The remaining four regiments will be designated the 42d, 43d, 44th, and 45th regiments of infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps, and will be regarded as a distinct organization, in which promotions will be regulated accordingly.

In the following table will be found a list of the several military departments into which the country has been divided, with the troops assigned to each:

1. The Department of the East, Major-General George G. Meade to command, to embrace the New England States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Fort Delaware. Headquarters at Philadelphia. First regiment of artillery, 10 companies; Third regiment of artillery, 10 companies; Fourth regiment of artillery, 3 companies; Fourth regiment of infantry, 7 companies; Forty-second regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

2. The Department of the Lakes, Brigadier and Brevet Major General Joseph Hooker to command, to embrace the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Headquarters at Detroit. Fourth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Fourth regiment of infantry, 3 companies; Forty-third regiment of infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies.

3. The Department of Washington, Brigadier and Brevet Major General E. R. S. Canby to command, to embrace the District of Colum bia, Alexandria and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, and the States of Maryland and Delaware, except Fort Delaware. Headquarters at Washington. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 3 companies; Fourth regiment of artillery, 7 companies; Twelfth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirtieth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fortieth regiment of infantry, recruiting in Washington; Forty-fourth regiment of infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies.

4. The Department of the Potomac, Brigalier and Brevet Major General John M. Schofild to command, to embrace the States of Virginia, except Alexandria and Fairfax CounSes, and West Virginia. Headquarters at Richmond. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 1 company; Fifth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery and 4 companies; Eleventh regiment of infantry, 20 companies; Twentieth regiment of infantry, 1) companies; Twenty-first regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-ninth regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

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5. The Department of the South, MajorGeneral Daniel E. Sickles to command, to embrace the States of North and South Carolina. Headquarters at Charleston. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 4 companies; Third regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Sixth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Eighth regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

6. The Department of the Tennessee, Major-General George II. Thomas to command, to embrace the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Headquar ters at Louisville. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 4 companies; Second regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fifteenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Sixteenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-fourth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-fifth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-third regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-fourth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Forty-fifth regiment of infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies.

7. The Department of the Gulf, MajorGeneral Philip H. Sheridan to command, to embrace the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Headquarters at New Orleans. Fourth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Sixth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Ninth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; First regiment of artillery, 2 light batteries; Fifth regiment of artillery, 6 companies; First regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Seventh regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Seventeenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-sixth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-fifth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-ninth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Forty-first regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

8. The Department of the Arkansas, Brigadier and Brevet Major General E. O. C. Ord to command, to embrace the State of Arkansas and Indian Territory west. Headquarters at Little Rock. Fifth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Nineteenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-eighth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-seventh regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

9. The Department of the Missouri, MajorGeneral Winfield S. Hancock to command, to embrace the States of Missouri and Kansas, and the Territories of Colorado and New Mexico. Headquarters at Fort Leavenworth. Second regiment of cavalry, 2 companies; Third regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Seventh regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Fourth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Third regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fifth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Tenth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Thirty-eighth regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

10. The Department of the Platte, Brig. adier and Brevet Major General Philip St. George Cooke to command, to embrace the State of Iowa, the Territories of Nebraska and Utah, so much of Dakota as lies west of the

assembled brigades, or to forts or posts at which the largest number of troops shall be ordinarily stationed. Enlistments into the cavalry must be for the term of five years, and into the artillery and infantry for three years, and recruits may be enlisted into the Veteran Reserve Corps from men who have been wounded in the military service of the country, provided they are found to be fitted for garrison or other light duty, to which, when enlisted, they are to be assigned. The general officers of the Army are to comprise one general, one lieutenant-general, five major-generals, and ten brigadier-generals, who are entitled to the same pay, emoluments, and staff as heretofore provided by law.

The military establishment of the country, as reorganized by the act of July 28, 1866, will thus consist of ten regiments, or one hundred and twenty companies, of cavalry, five regiments, or sixty companies, of artillery, and forty-five regiments, or four hundred and fifty companies, of infantry. Should all the companies be filled to their maximum strength of one hundred men, the army would comprise a total of nearly 76,000 men, rank and file, of all arms, who may be thus classed:

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Colonels.

Andrew J. Smith.
John I. Gregg.

Edward Hatch.

Benjamin H. Grierson.

Wm. S. Ketchum.

C. C. Augur.

Isaac V. D. Reeve.
Charles C. Lovell.
Oliver Shepherd.
Caleb C. Sibley.
S. P. Heintzelman.
H. V. Carrington.
Samuel K. Dawson.
Frederick Steele.
George Stoneman.
David S. Stanley.
Jefferson C. Davis.
A. C. Gillem.
Gordon Granger.
J. J. Reynolds.
John E. Smith.
Charles H. Smith.
O. B. Wilcox.
John D. Stevenson.
P. R. de Trobriand.
Thos. L. Crittenden.

Thos. H. Rogers.

A. V. Kautz (Lieut.-Col.). Charles Griffin.

John Gibbon.

George W. Getty.

Wm. B. Hazen.

Joseph A. Mower.

Nelson A. Mills.

Geo. W. Schofield (Major). (Vet. Res.). Daniel E. Sickles.

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John C. Robinson. Thos. G. Pitcher. Wager Swayne.

By General Orders, No. 95, the two additional regiments of cavalry composed of white men, are to be known as the 7th and 8th, and those composed of colored men as the 9th and 10th. The ten regiments of infantry in the service at the commencement of the war retain their old designations. The first battalions of

the nine three-battalion regiments, organized in 1861, retain the designation of the regiments to which they belonged, and under the new organization will be known as the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th regiments of infantry. The second battalions of the three-battalion regiments become respectively the 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th regiments of infantry; and the third battalions the 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 33d, 34th, 35th, 36th, and 37th regiments of infantry. The four regiments to be composed of colored men will be designated the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st regiments of infantry. The remaining four regiments will be designated the 42d, 43d, 44th, and 45th regiments of infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps, and will be regarded as a distinct organization, in which promotions will be regulated accordingly.

In the following table will be found a list of the several military departments into which the country has been divided, with the troops assigned to each:

1. The Department of the East, Major-General George G. Meade to command, to embrace the New England States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Fort Delaware. Headquarters at Philadelphia. First regiment of artillery, 10 companies; Third regiment of artillery, 10 companies; Fourth regiment of artillery, 3 companies; Fourth regiment of infantry, 7 companies; Forty-second regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

2. The Department of the Lakes, Brigadier and Brevet Major General Joseph Hooker to command, to embrace the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Headquarters at Detroit. Fourth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Fourth regiment of infantry, 3 companies; Forty-third regiment of infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies.

3. The Department of Washington, Brigadier and Brevet Major General E. R. S. Canby to command, to embrace the District of Colum bia, Alexandria and Fairfax Counties, Virginia, and the States of Maryland and Delaware, except Fort Delaware. Headquarters at Washington. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 3 companies; Fourth regiment of artillery, 7 companies; Twelfth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirtieth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fortieth regiment of infantry, recruiting in Washington; Forty-fourth regiment of infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies.

4. The Department of the Potomac, Brigalier and Brevet Major General John M. Schofield to command, to embrace the States of Virginia, except Alexandria and Fairfax Counties, and West Virginia. Headquarters at Richmond. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 1 company; Fifth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery and 4 companies; Eleventh regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twentieth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-first regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-ninth regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

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5. The Department of the South, MajorGeneral Daniel E. Sickles to command, to embrace the States of North and South Carolina. Headquarters at Charleston. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 4 companies; Third regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Sixth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Eighth regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

6. The Department of the Tennessee, Major-General George II. Thomas to command, to embrace the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Headquarters at Louisville. Fifth regiment of cavalry, 4 companies; Second regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fifteenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Sixteenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-fourth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-fifth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-third regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-fourth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Forty-fifth regiment of infantry, Veteran Reserves, 10 companies.

7. The Department of the Gulf, MajorGeneral Philip H. Sheridan to command, to embrace the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Headquarters at New Orleans. Fourth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Sixth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Ninth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; First regiment of artillery, 2 light batteries; Fifth regiment of artillery, 6 companies; First regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Seventh regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Seventeenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-sixth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-fifth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-ninth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Forty-first regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

8. The Department of the Arkansas, Brigadier and Brevet Major General E. O. C. Ord to command, to embrace the State of Arkansas and Indian Territory west. Headquarters at Little Rock. Fifth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Nineteenth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Twenty-eighth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Thirty-seventh regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

9. The Department of the Missouri, MajorGeneral Winfield S. Hancock to command, to embrace the States of Missouri and Kansas, and the Territories of Colorado and New Mexico. Headquarters at Fort Leavenworth. Second regiment of cavalry, 2 companies; Third regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Seventh regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Fourth regiment of artillery, 1 light battery; Third regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Fifth regiment of infantry, 10 companies; Tenth regiment of cavalry, 12 companies; Thirty-eighth regiment of infantry, 10 companies.

10. The Department of the Platte, Brig adier and Brevet Major General Philip St. George Cooke to command, to embrace the State of Iowa, the Territories of Nebraska and Utah, so much of Dakota as lies west of the

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