OF THE

SECRETARY OF WAR;

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BEING PART OF

THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS

COMMUNICATED TO THE

TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS

AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I, ANNUAL REPORTS.

Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War

Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army...

Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army...

Brig Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge, Inspector-General, U. S. Army.

Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S. Army, Department of the East....

Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. Army, Department of the Missouri..

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, U. S. Army, Department of California..

Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. Army, Department of Dakota..........

Brig. Gen. John R. Brooke, U. S. Army, Department of the Platte..

Brig. Gen. A. McD. McCook, U. S. Army, Department of the Colorado..

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, U. S. Army, Department of Texas...

Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, U. S. Army, Department of the Columbia.....

Page.

3-54

55-66

67-88

89-101

102-108

108-110

110-116

117-130

131, 132

132-144

144-147

148-160

Col. James W. Forsyth, Seventh Cavalry, Cavalry and Light Artillery School. 160-167

Col. E. F. Townsend, Twelfth Infantry, Infantry and Cavalry School....

Lieut. Col. Royal T. Frank, Second Artillery, Artillery School...

Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army...

Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge, Inspector-General, U. S. Army.

167-173

173-178

179-196

197-216

Col. G. Norman Lieber, Acting Judge-Advocate-General, U. S. Army..

Brig. Gen. R. N. Batchelder, Quartermaster-General, U. S. Army...

217-246

247-340

Brig. Gen. John P. Hawkins, Commissary-General of Subsistence, U. S. Army. 341-352

Brig. Gen. George M. Sternberg, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army.

Brig. Gen. William Smith, Paymaster-General, U. S. Army.

Brig. Gen. A. W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army ..

353-466

467-480

481-504

Col. F. C. Ainsworth, U. S. Army, Chief Record and Pension Office

Board of Publication Official Records of the Rebellion .....

Board of Commissioners Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia

Inspection of the Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia....

Board of Visitors U. S. Military Academy

505-512

512-516

517-536

537-568

569-648

Col. O. H. Ernst, Engineers, U. S. Army, U. S. Military Academy.

Board of Ordnance and Fortification..

649-678

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Index

735-779

NOTE.-The annual reports of the Chief of Engineers and Chief of Ordnance are
published in Volumes II and III, respectively.