Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, BOSTON, January 1, 1866. To His Excellency JOHN A. ANDREW, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. GOVERNOR,-I have the honor to submit herewith the Annual Report of the Adjutant-General, for the year 1865. Respectfully, Your obedient servant, WILLIAM SCHOULER, Adjutant-General. ANNUAL REPORT. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Boston, December 31st, 1865. To His Excellency JOHN A. ANDREW, Governor and Commander-in-Chief: GOVERNOR,-In commencing my Annual Report for the year 1865, I congratulate your Excellency and the Commonwealth that the terrible war which has been waged for more than four years by the loyal people of the country against rebels, has been brought to a successful termination. Ten regiments of Infantry and two batteries of Light Artillery were mustered out during the year 1864, leaving in service one year ago, seventeen regiments of Infantry, two regiments of Cavalry, one regiment of Heavy Artillery and five batteries of Light Artillery in the armies of the Potomac and the James before Richmond and Petersburg; two regiments of Infantry, the Second and Thirty-Third, with General Sherman, who had completed his victorious march from Chattanooga to the sea, and were then encamped near Savannah, in the State of Georgia; four regiments of Infantry and two regiments of Cavalry in the Army of the Shenandoah; one regiment of Infantry and six batteries of Light Artillery in the Department of the Gulf; two regiments of Infantry in the Department of the South; four regiments of Infantry and one regiment of Heavy Artillery in the Department of North Carolina; two regiments and two unattached companies of Heavy Artillery, and one battery of Light Artillery in the Department of Washington; one regiment of Cavalry (Fifth) at City Point, Virginia, and one battalion of Heavy Artillery was on duty in the defences of Boston at Forts Warren, Independence and Winthrop. The war having ended, all of these organizations have been mustered out of service and have returned home with the exception of the Twenty-Fourth and Thirtieth Regiments of Infantry. The Twenty-Fourth is at Richmond, Virginia, and the Thirtieth is at Sumpter, South Carolina. They will probably remain there until the spring. No orders have yet been issued by the War Department for their muster-out and return home. It has been my purpose from the beginning, to give to each regiment and battery its own record from the day it left the State until its return, and these records have been faithfully preserved in my reports for 1861, 1862, 1863 and 1864, bringing the narratives of each regiment up to the close of the year 1864. In this Report I shall be able to conclude these narratives and close up the history of each Massachusetts regiment and battery from the commencement of the rebellion in April, 1861, to its final termination in the spring of 1865. APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. The appropriations for this Department for the year 1865, and the expenditures from January 1st, 1865, to January 1st, 1866, have been as follows: Appropriation for extra clerk hire and messengers, Balance, $101 24 $5,000 00 5,216 62 Appropriations for fees and expenses of magistrates in holding military elections, and for the purchase of books In addition to the above, the sum of $3,158.47 has been charged to the War Fund for incidental expenses. CLERKS AND MESSENGERS' SALARIES. The following named persons have been employed in this office as clerks during the year 1865, and have been paid the amounts set against their names: F. Hendee Russell, 12 months, $1,320 00 1,320 00 1,320 00 1,320 00 1,320 00 1,320 00 1,320 00 1,320 00 1,260 00 1,080 00 |