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II. State Finance: Department

The actual commissioned and enlisted strength of the army varies very little from that authorized, and is organized as follows :- General and General Staff, Ordinance Department, Engineer Department 10 Regiments of Cavalry, 5 Regiments of Artillery, 25 Regiments of Infantry, Non-commissioned staff, enlisted men not attached to regiments, Indian scouts, etc., Total, - Officers.

Men. 400 58 450 113 500 432 6,050 289 3,675 877 12,125 - 2,200 25,000 2,169 Of the officers of the regular army there are 19 general officers, 70 colonels, r lieutenant colonels, 221 majors, 612 captains.

The 9th and 10th regiments of cavalry, and 24th and 25th regiments of infantry, are composed of negro soldiers, but with white officers.

Besides the regular army each State is supposed to have a militia in which all men from 18 to 45 capable of bearing arms ought to be enrolled, but in several States the organization is imperfect. The organized militia numbers 8,312 officers and 106,269 men. The number of citizens who in case of war might be enrolled in the militia is upwards of 72 millions. In 1880 the males of all classes between 18 and 44 years of age numbered 10,231,239, of whom 7,000,000 were native-born whites and 1,242,354 colored.

The territory of the United States is divided for military purposes into eight departments, and five of these are grouped into three military divisions, namelythree military divisions, namely- Division of the Atlantic, composed of the Department of the East; Division of the Missouri, composed of the Departments of the Platte and Dakota; Division of the Pacific, composed of the Departments of California and Columbia; and three independent Departments, viz., the Departments of the Missouri, of Texas, and Arizona. The United States has a military academy at West Point,