3. MILITARY GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS. The Eastern Division, composed of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Military De- The Western Division, composed of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Military Departments, is situated within the following limits: The country west of the line from Fond du Lac, Lake Superior, to Cape Sable (except Oregon and California), embracing the part of Wisconsin west of said line; Minesota; the States of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas; the part of Florida west of said line; the Indian country west of the Mississippi River; and the Territory of New Mexico. The Pacific Division, composed of the 10th and 11th Military Depart- 4. MILITARY GEOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENTS. No. 1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Head-quarters at Fort Adams, R. I. No. 2. Michigan, Wisconsin (east of the line from Fond du Lac to Cape Sable), Ohio, and Indiana. Command suspended. No. 3. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Head-quarters at Baltimore, Md. No. 4. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and that part of Florida lying within the Eastern Division. Head-quarters at Fort Monroe, Va. No. 5. The portion of Florida within the Western Division, the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Headquarters at Fort Brooke, Florida." No. 6. Wisconsin (west of the line from Fond du Lac to Cape Sable), Minesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri above the 37th degree of north latitude. Head-quarters at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. No. 7. The country west of the Mississippi, south of the 37th degree of north latitude, north of Louisiana and Texas, and east of Department No. 9. Head-quarters at Fort Smith, Arkansas. No. 8. That part of Texas lying south and east of a line drawn from a point on the Rio Grande opposite the southernmost limit of the island south of El Paso, containing the towns of San Elizario, Socorra, and Isletta, to the junction of the Ensenada Choctau (Choctaw Creek) with the Colorado or Red River, and down said river to the western boundary of Arkansas. Head-quarters at San Antonio, Texas. No. 9. New Mexico, and the territory north and west of the aforesaid line from the Rio Grande to and down the Colorado or Red River, formerly claimed as a part of New Mexico. Head-quarters at Fort Union, N. Mex. No. 10. The State of California. Command merged in that of Pacific Division. No. 11. The Territory of Oregon. 1 There is a national armory at Springfield, Mass., Bvt. Lt. Col. J. W. Ripley. Commander, and one at Harper's Ferry, Va., Bvt. Col. B. Huger, Commander. The Champlain Arsenal and Ordnance Depot at Vergennes, Vt.; The Rome, at Rome, N. Y.; The Apalachicola, at Chattahoochee, Fla.; The St. Augustine, at St. Augustine, Fla.; and the Santa Fé, at Santa Fé, New Mexico, are under charge of military store-keepers. The Bellona Arsenal is not used at present. An Ordnance Sergeant is at the post in charge of the buildings and grounds. * Ten companies of the 4th Infantry are on the Pacific Coast. 1853.] ARMY LIST. Permanent Commanders. Garrison. Fort Moultrie, Charleston Har Department No. 5. Castle Pinckney, Fort Sumter. Fort Marion, New Smyrna, Florida, Fort Capron, WESTERN DIVISION. Key West, Fort Myers, Fort Meade, Fort Brooke, Fort Pickens, Oglethorpe Barracks, bor, S. C. Georgia, Indian River, Baton Rouge Barracks, Fort Smith, Fort Towson, Fort Washita, Via Austin, Post on head of Llano,] Via San Antonio, Via San Antonio, Austin, Via Austin, New Mexico, Via Waco, 1st artillery. Bvt. Lt. Col. G. Nauman, Ist artillery. Capt. J. B. S. Todd, Maj. Geo, Andrews, Col. H. Wilson, Maj. G. B. Crittenden, Bvt. Maj. J. H. Carleton, 6th infantry. 1 drag. & 6 inf. 7th infantry. 7th infantry. 7th infantry. 7th infantry. Mtd. riflemen. 4th artillery. 1 drag.& 3 inf. NOTE. The commanding officers of the posts above named are entitled to double rations when the garrison consists of not less than one company. 7. MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. Abstract of the United States Militia, from the Army Register for 1852, H. W. Stanton, 1st dragons Via Columbia Bks., 1st Lt. J. J. Woods, *No returns from Iowa, California, Oregon, and New Mexico. 2,202,113 |