Home, Marshalltown; Kansas State Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge; Massachusetts Soldiers' Home, Chelsea; Michigan State Soliders' Home, Grand Rapids; Minn State Soliders' Home, Minnehaha; Missouri State Federal Soldiers' Home, St. Ja Montana State Soldiers' Home, Columbia Falls; Nebraska State Soldiers and Sa Home, Grand Island; Nebraska State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Milford; New H: shire State Soldiers' Home, Tilton; New Jersey State Soldiers' Home, Kearny; Jersey State Home for Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Their Wives, Vineland; York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath; New York State Woman's Relief C Home, Oxford; North Dakota State Soldiers' Home, Lisbon; Ohio State Soldiers' H Sandusky; Oregon State Soldiers' Home, Roseburg; Pennsylvania State Soldiers Sailors' Home, Erie; Rhode Island State Soldiers' Home, Bristol; South Dakota Soldiers' Home, Hot Springs; Vermont State Soldiers' Home, Bennington; Washin State Soldiers' Home, Orting; Wisconsin Veterans' Home, Waupaca; Wyoming Soldiers' Home, Buffalo. An act of Congress approved January 21, 1903, defined as the organized militi the United States the regularly enlisted, organized and uniformed militia of various states and territories, and provided that the organization, armament discipline of this militia should be within five years from the date of the appr of the act the same as those prescribed for the regular and volunteer forces of United States. By an act approved May 27, 1908, the time limit within which formity must be effected was extended to January 21, 1910. The following table g the militia strength in each state and territory: Adjutants general. 3,093 Montgomery.. Brig. Gen. Bibb Graves. 1,327 Little Rock... 774 Denver. 2,677 Hartford. Col. Lewis W. Coggins. Brig. Gen. George M. Cole. 361 Wilmington... Brig. Gen. 1. P. Wickersham 1,329 Washington. 1,242 Tallahassee.. 557 Honolulu. 592 Boise. Officers. Men. 43 129 192 Colorado 71 Connecticut 186 Delaware 40 Dist. of Columbia.. 136 Florida 101 1,383 Topeka.. Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland 157 1,911 Annapolis. Massachusetts 443 5,538 Boston.. Michigan 204 2,578 Lansing. Minnesota 201 Mississippi 127 2,747 St. Paul.. Missouri 223 40 Nebraska 102 Nevada New Hampshire... 131 New Jersey.. 369 New Mexico. 27 New York.. 981 North Carolina. 215 North Dakota. 64 Ohio 495 Oklahoma 56 Oregon 112 Pennsylvania 732 Rhode Island. 110 South Carolina. South Dakota. Tennessee Texas 216 Utah 47 3,217 Jefferson City.. Carson City.. 663 Bismarck. 2,378 Austin.. 359 Salt Lake City. Lieut. Col. Samuel E. Smile Col. John W. Jones. Brig. Gen. A. M. Rowe. Col. Frank S. Dickson, Actin Brig. Gen. Guy E. Logan. 1Officers below the rank of brigadier general receive 10 per cent on the yearly pay of the grade for each term of five years' NOTES.-First-The lieutenant general may select two aids and a military secretary who shall have the rank of a lieutenant Fifth-Regimental and battalion or squadron staff officers receive the pay of their respective grades on and after May 11, 1908. Ninth Chaplains appointed prior to April 21, 1904, are entitled to pay of captain; appointed subsequent to April 21, 1904, en- Tenth-Retired officers below the grade of lieutenant colonel detailed for active duty other than at colleges are entitled to the UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME COMMISSION. Commissioners-Major General F. C. Ainsworth, Adjutant General, president; Quartermaster General James B. Aleshire, Commissary General Henry G. Sharpe, Surgeon General George H. Torney, Judge Advocate General G. B. Davis, Brigadier General William L. Marshall, Chief of Engineers, and Brigadier General Hamilton S. Hawkins (retired). Officers of the United States Soldiers' Home, Washington-Brigadier General Hamilton S. Hawkins (retired), governor; Brigadier General William P. Rogers (retired), deputy governor; Brigadier General Crosby P. Miller (retired), constructing officer; Major Henry M. Kendall (retired), secretary and treasurer; Major W. D. Crosby, Medical Corps, surgeon. TROOPS IN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES. Number of enlistments in the army, navy and marine corps in the war of 1861–’65, taken from latest revised reports of the government; many men who served in the war enlisted two or three times and are counted that number of times in the table: States. White Sailors Territories, etc. of army. marines. Arkansas 8,289 California Officers. Number of deaths, by causes, in the United States army during the Civil War: Causes of death. 1Indians. 2Number not credited on the quota of any state. This item includes all deaths resulting from quarrels, riots and the like which are not definitely reported as murder; from being shot for insubordination or by provost guards or sentinels in attempting to escape or pass the lines; from exhaustion or exposure; killed while depredating upon the property of citizens, and all other causes not mentioned in the foregoing table. Desertions (estimated by War Department), 117,247. No trustworthy deductions with regard to the nativity of soldiers in service during the Civil War can be made from any existing statistics. The actual strength of the personnel of the navy on June 30, 1909, was 2,802 officers and 44,129 enlisted men-total, 46,931. There were lost to the navy during the year ended June 30, 1909, 165 officers and 11,367 enlisted men. Of the officers 34| died from casualties or disease. Of the men 215 died from casualties or disease, the remainder representing men discharged at expiration of term of service for disability, by sentence of court martial, desertions and retirements. In the Marine Corps on June 30, 1909. there were 318 officers and 9,330 enlisted men. The corps lost 10 officers and 3.638 enlisted men during the year ended June 30, 1909. NAVAL STATIONS AND COMMANDERS. (Corrected to December 1, 1909.) Atlantic Fleet (Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, commander in chief). First Division: Connecticut, Kansas, Vermont, Louisiana. Second Division (Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, commanding): Minnesota, Idaho, Mississippi, New Hampshire. Third Division (Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, commanding): Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island. Fourth Division (Rear Admiral Samuel P. Comly, commanding): Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Wisconsin. Armored Cruiser Squadcommanding): North Carolina, Montana, New York. ron Pacific Fleet (Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree, commander in chief):-First Squadron -First Division: Tennessee, California, South Dakota, Washington. Second Division (Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry, commanding): West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania. Second Squadron: Milwaukee, St. Louis. Third Squadron (Rear Admiral Giles B. Harber, commanding)-First Division: Charleston, Cleveland, Denver, Galveston. Second Division: Chattanooga, Wilmington, Villalobos, Callao, Mindoro, Samar, Arayat, Paragua, Helena, Rainbow. Naval Station, Boston.-Rear Admiral William Swift, commandant. Naval Station, New York.-Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdock, commandant. Naval Station, Philadelphia.-Rear Admiral Uriah R. Harris, commandant. Naval Station, Norfolk.-Captain William A. Marshall, commandant. Naval Station, Narragansett Bay.-Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers, SuperIntendent Naval Training Service. Naval Station, Portsmouth, N. H.-Captain Frank A. Wilner, commandant. Naval Station, Washington, D. C.-Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze (retired), commandant. Naval Station, Mare Island, Cal.-Rear Admiral Thos. S. Phelps, commandant. Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.-Rear Admiral John A. Rodgers, commandant. NAVAL OFFICERS ABOVE THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT. Captains. (Rank with colonel.) Bowyer, J. M. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. Rush, W. R. Knapp, H. S. Commanders. Hayden, E. E. Van Duzer, L. S. Plunkett, C. P. Chase, V. O. Hourigan, P. W. Slocum, G. R. Lt. Commanders. Basset, F. B., jr. Steiguer, L. R. de. Cole, W. C. Brand, C. A. Williams, P. Terhune, W. J Mitchell, G. G Davis, C. Harrison, W. Belknap, R. F |