OFFICER& ENL/STIrl REM 10 cavalry regiments 430 7,206 5 artillery regiments 278 2,387 25 infantry regiments 851 10,978 Engineer battalion, recruiting parties, ordnance de partment, hospital service, Indian scouts, West Point, and general service 568 3,026 2,127 24,902The military arrangement of the country for the distribution of the army is as follows: 1. Military division of the Missouri, commanded by lieut.gen. P. H. Sheridan, head quarters, Chicago; comprehends the departments of the Missouri (gen. Pope); Dakota (gen. Terry); Texas (gen. Ord); and the Platte (gen. Crook). In this division are 8 regi ments of cavalry and 18 of infantry.
2. Military division of the Pacific, commanded by maj.gen. Irwin McDowell, head San Francisco; includes the departments of California (gen. McDowell); the Columbia (vacant, 1881); Arizona (gen. O. B. Willcox); includes 1 regiment of artil lery, 2 of cavalry, and 4 of infantry.
3. Military division of the Atlantic, commanded by maj.gen. W. S. Hancock, head quarters New York; includes department of the east (gen. Hancock); department of the south (gen. C. C. Augur, Newport Barracks, Ky). There is also the department of West Point. This division includes 4 regiments of artillery and 3 of infantry. Under existing laws the maximum strength of the army is 2,153 commissioned officers, and 25,000 enlisted men. The following table exhibits the existing number of each rank in the army: The medical department of the U. S. army is allowed by law to consist of 1 surgeon
gen., with the rank of brig.gen.; 1 assistant surgeon.gen., with the rank of col. of cavalry; 1 chief medical purveyor; 4 surgeons, with the rank of col. : 2 assistant medical purveyors; 8 surgeons, with the rank of lieut.col.; 50 surgeons, with the rank of maj.; 125 assistant surgeons, with the .rank of lieuts. of cavalry for the first 5 years' service, and of capts. of cavalry after 5 years' service. No person shall be appointed an assistant sur geon unless he shall have been examined and approved by an army medical board, to consist of not less than three surgeons or assistant surgeons, who shall be designated for that purpose by the secretary of war, and no person shall receive the appointment of surgeon unless he shall have served at least five years as an assistant surgeon. He must also be examined by an army medical board. All candidates for appointment in the medical corps of the army must apply to the secretary of war to be admitted to examina tion, and such candidates must be between 21 and 28 years of age, and graduates of a regular medical college; and the morals, habits, physical and mental qualifications, and general aptitude for the service are subjects for examination by the board.