REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF THE ARMY. WAR DEPARTMENT, INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D, C., October 1, 1894. SIR: The single general inspection of the entire military establishment, and the several inspections of money accounts, and all the special inspections made by officers on duty in this department, have been reported upon in detail from time to time to the responsible authorities with all the completeness that could be attained. The clearly defined criticisms of inspectors are usually acquiesced in, and, as a rule, adequate remedial measures have followed as far as within the power of the local authorities to apply them; and while the same information may reach you from the sources more directly responsible, the gratification may also be permitted to the inspectors to state that the professional instruction, harmony, military ardor, and discipline of our Army to-day, within the limits of its numbers and lack of organized reserves, is prob ably up to the best of any civilized nation in the world. It is unquestionably better fed, barracked, and clothed than at any other period of its existence, and as thoroughly contented as a just administration can insure or we can reasonably expect of men under effective, rigid, and reliable military discipline and instruction. MILITARY COLLEGES. At the close of the fiscal year 1894 there were 98 educational institutions having officers of the Army detailed as professors of military science and tactics, against 85 at the close of the previous year. Details were withdrawn during the year from 8 colleges and added to 21 others, and the officers were changed at 28 other colleges, so that of the 98 on duty exactly one-half began their work at the beginning or during the school year. Of the 21 new colleges, several had no military department before the arrival of the military professor, and others were not well organized. In spite of these changes, and other unfavorable conditions, the school year just closed has been the most successful in the history of these details, not only in the military enrollment, but also in the interest manifested, the enthusiasm created, and the results accomplished; and it is submitted that every encouragement and support should be extended to a system which has worked so well and is improving so rapidly, and every proper effort be made to develop it, and |