lery. The Mounted Rifles
were changed into the 3d Cavalry, and the two dragoon regiments into the
1st and 2d Cavalry. The old 1st and 2d Cavalry became the 4th and 5th.
All cavalry regiments have now twelve companies, and the new infantry
regiments are formed on the latest French system of three battalions, of
eight companies each, with a colonel, lieutenant-colonel, and three
majors. Each of the 24 companies has 82 privates.

[Footnote A: Scott's _Military Dictionary_.]

The old regular army comprised, when full, about 18,000 officers and
men. As increased, the total complement is over 43,600, including five
major-generals, nine brigadier-generals, thirty-three aides-de-camp,
besides the field officers of the various regiments and the company
officers. In addition to these officers (but included in the aggregate
above given) are the various staff departments, as follows:

_Adjutant-Generals._--1 brigadier-general, 2 colonels, 4
lieutenant-colonels, 13 majors.

_Judge-Advocates._--1 colonel.

_Inspector Generals._--14 colonels, 5 majors.

_Signal Corps._--1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors.

_Quartermaster's Department._--1 brigadier-general, 3 colonels, 4
lieutenant-colonels, 11 majors, 48 captains, 12 military
storekeepers.

_Subsistence Department._--1 brigadier-general, 2 colonels, 2
lieutenant-colonels, 8 majors, 16 captains.

_Medical Department._--1 brigadier-general, 2 colonels, 16
lieutenant-colonels, 50 majors, 5 captains, 109 first lieutenants,
6 storekeepers, 119 hospital chaplains, 70 medical cadets.

_Pay Department._--1 colonel, 2 lieutenant-colonels, 25 majors.

_Corps of Engineers._--1 brigadier-general, 4 colonels, 10
lieutenant-colonels, 20 majors, 30 captains, 30 first lieutenants,
10 second lieutenants. The battalion of engineers comprises a total
of 805.

_Ordnance Department._--1 brigadier-general, 2 colonels, 3
lieutenant-colonels, 6 majors, 20 captains, 20 first lieutenants,
12 second lieutenants, 15 storekeepers, and a battalion of 905 men.

These figures all pertain to the _regular army_. A considerable number
of the officers in the regiments have been appointed from civil life;
but in the staff departments the officers are almost exclusively
graduates from the Military Academy at West Point.

The raising of the immense volunteer force necessitated a great increase
i