REPORT

OF THE

SECRETARY OF WAR;

IllIS

BEING PART OP

THE MESSAGE AND DOCUMENTS

COMMUNICATED TO THE

TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS

AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,

CONTENTS.

VOLUME I, ANNUAL REPORTS.

Page.

Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War

3-54

Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army.

55-66

Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army.

67-88

Brig Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge, Inspector-General, U. S. Army.

89-101

Maj. Gen. 0. O. Howard, U. S. Army, Department of the East...

102-108

Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. Army, Department of the Missouri.

108-110

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger, U. S. Army, Department of California.

110-116

Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. Army, Department of Dakota.....

117-130

Brig. Gen. John R. Brooke, U. S. Army, Department of the Platte....

131, 132

Brig. Gen. A. McD. McCook, U. S. Army, Department of the Colorado. 132-144

Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton, U. S. Army, Department of Texas....

111-147

Brig. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, U. S. Army, Department of the Columbia..... 148-160

Col. James W. Forsyth, Seventh Cavalry, Cavalry and Light Artillery School. 160-167

Col. E. F. Townsend, Twelfth Infantry, Infantry and Cavalry School... 167-173

Lieut. Col. Royal T. Frank, Second Artillery, Artillery School.....

173-178

Brig. Gen. George D. Ruggles, Adjutant-General, U. S. Army...

179-196

Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge, Inspector-General, U. S. Army.

197-216

Col. G. Norman Lieber, Acting Judge-Advocate-General, U. S. Ariny.

217-246

Brig. Gen. R. N. Batchelder, Quartermaster-General, U. S. Army.

247-340

Brig. Gen. John P. Hawkins, Commissary-General of Subsistence, U. S. Army. 311-352

Brig. Gen. George M. Sternberg, Surgeon-General, U. S. Army.

353-166

Brig. Gen. William Smith, Paymaster-General, U. S. Army.

467-180

Brig. Gen. A. W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer, U. S. Army.

481-504

Col. F. C. Ainsworth, U. S. Army, Chief Record and Pension Office

505-512

Board of Publication Official Records of the Rebellion

512-516

Board of Commissioners Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia

517-536

Inspection of the Soldiers' Home, District of Columbia....

537-568

Board of Visitors U. S. Military Academy.

569-648

Col. O. H. Ernst, Engineers, U. S. Army, U. S. Military Academy...

649-678

Board of Ordnance and Fortification.

679-734

Index

735-779

NOTE.-The annual reports of the Chief of Engineers and Chief of Ordnance are
published in Volumes II and III, respectively.