IRON AND WOODEN STEAM VESSELS.

Sp'd. Max.

Dis- Kn'ts Indic.

Built. pl'mt. p. h'r. H. P.

WOODEN SAILING VESSELS,

Constellation, training ship, 17 guns; Jamestown, marine hospital service; Monongahela, practice ship; Portsmouth, naval militia, 12 guns; Saratoga, public marine school; St. Mary's public marine school.

TUGS.

Fortune (iron), Iwana (steel), Leyden (iron), Narkeeta (steel), Nina (iron), Rocket (wood), Standish (iron), Traffic (wood), Triton (steel), Unadilla (steel), Wahneta (steel), Samoset (steel), Penacook (steel), Pawtucket (steel).

WOODEN STEAM VESSELS UNFIT FOR SEA SERVICE.

Franklin, receiving ship, 5 guns; Iroquois, marine hospital service; Marion, 14 guns; Minnesota, naval militia, 16 guns: Nipsic, naval station, 4 guns: Omaha, marine hospital service; Pensacola; Richmond, receiving ship, 2 guns; Thetis, 1 gun; Wabash; Yantic.

WOODEN SAILING VESSELS UNFIT FOR SERVICE.

Constitution, in ordinary, 5 guns; Dale, naval militia: Independence, receiving ship, 4 guns; New Hampshire, naval militia, 2 guns; St. Louis, naval militia; Vermont, receiving ship,

REVENUE CUTTERS.-Algonquin, 2 guns: Calumet, 2 guns; Corwin; Grant; Gresham; Hamilton, 1 gun; Hudson, 3 guns; Manning, 3 guns; McCulloch; McLane; Morrill, 2 guns; Perry; Rush; Windom, 1 gun; Woodbury, 7 guns.

LIGHT-HOUSE TENDERS.-America, 2 guns; Mangrove, 2 guns; Maple, 2 guns; Suwanee, 2 guns.
FISH COMMISSION VESSELS.-Albatross, Fish Hawk.

ABBREVIATIONS.-B.L.H., breech-loading howitzer; B.L.R., breech-loading rifle; B.S., battleship; b.t., barbette turret; C.D., coast defense: Cr., cruiser; Dis. B., dispatch boat; Dyn. G.B., dynamite gunboat; Gat., gatling; G.B., gunboat; H.R.C., Hotchkiss revolving cannon; H.D., harbor defense; H., Howell; L.W., long Whitehead; M., monitor; mm., millimetre; M.L.R., muzzle-loading rifle: M. Sch., marine school; N. Mil., naval militia; pdr., pounder; P. Cr., protected cruiser; R.F., rapid ire; R.F.G., rapid-fire gun; S.B., smooth bore; S.B.H., smooth-bore howitzer; S.C.L., sea-going coast-line; t.. turret; Tr. S., training ship; T.B.D., torpedo-boat destroyer; T.B., torpedo boat; Trans., transport; Unp. Cr., unprotected cruiser; W., Whitehead.

THE ARMY.

Before the war with Spain, the strength of the army of the United States, as fixed by statute or n pursuance thereof, was:

528

710 1,180

By act of Congress the regular army was increased temporarily to 62,000 men. It is impracticable, at this writing, to give any accurate figures showing the strength of the army in officers and men and the distribution of troops by geographical departments.

The military departments in the United States and their boundaries are as follows:

DEPARTMENT OF THE COLORADO.-Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA.-Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho.
DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA.-California and Nevada.

DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.-Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI.-Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA.-Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. DEPARTMENT OF THE LAKES.-Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and

Tennessee.

DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.-North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC.-Embracing the Philippine Islands.

DEPARTMENT OF PORTO RICO.-Embracing the Island of Porto Rico.

DEPARTMENT OF SANTIAGO.-Embracing all that part of the Island of Cuba, and the islands and keys adjacent thereto, as are under the control and jurisdiction of the United States. The boundary of this department is liable to change at any time.