Ind. (term expires 1914); General Joseph S. Smith, Bangor, Me. (term expires 1914); Major Moses Harris, general treasurer; Colonel W. E. Elwell, inspector general and chief surgeon. The principal officers of branch homes are: Central, Dayton, Ohio; governor, A. J. Clark; treasurer, W. H. Ortt; surgeon, F. W. Roush. Northwestern, Milwaukee, Wis.; governor, Cornelius Wheeler; treasurer, R. W. Corbett; sugeon, Oscar Chrysler. Eastern, Togus, Me.; governor, John T. Richards; treasurer, A. L. Smith; surgeon, Major B. D. Ridlon. Southern, Hampton, Va.; governor, T. T. Knox; treasurer, J. T. Hume; surgeon, John A. Johnston. Western, Leavenworth, Kan.; governor, Sidney G. Cooke; treasurer, W. W. Martin; surgeon, John L. Fryer. Pacific, Santa Monica, Čal.; governor, O. H. La Grange; treasurer, E. W. Moore; surgeon, O. C. McNary. Marion, Marion, Ind.; governor, George W. Steele; treasurer, J. W. Sanderson; surgeon, Harry Miller. Danville, Danville, Ill.; governor, Isaac Clements; treasurer, M. J. Barger; surgeon, D. C. Jones. Mountain, Johnson City, Tenn.; governor, J. P. Smith; treasurer, P. E. Divine; surgeon, J. E. Miller. Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, S. D.; governor and surgeon, E. T. West. The requirements for admission include an honorable discharge from the United States service and disability which prevents the applicant from earning his living by labor. Soldiers or sailors whose pensions exceed $16 a month are not eligible unless the reasons are explained to the manager and are satisfactory to him. There are also thirty state homes, located as follows: Veterans' Home of Callfornia, Yountville; Colorado Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Monte Vista; Fitch's Home for Soldiers, Noroton, Conn.; Idaho State Soldiers' Home, Boisé; Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Quincy; Indiana State Soldiers' Home, Lafayette; Iowa State Soldiers' Home, Marshalltown; Kansas State Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge; Massachusetts State Soldiers' Home, Chelsea; Michigan State Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids; Minnesota State Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha; Missouri State Federal Soldiers' Home, St. James; Montana State Soldiers' Home, Columbia Falls; Nebraska State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Grand Island; Nebraska State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Milford; New Hampshire State Soldiers' Home, Tilton; New Jersey State Soldiers' Home, Kearny; New Jersey State Home for Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Their Wives, Vineland; New York State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Bath; New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home, Oxford; North Dakota State Soldiers' Home, Lisbon; Ohio State Soldiers' Home, Sandusky; Oregon State Soldiers' Home, Roseburg; Pennsylvania State Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Erie; Rhode Island State Soldiers' Home, Bristol; South Dakota State Soldiers' Home, Hot Springs; Vermont State Soldiers' Home, Bennington; Washington State Soldiers' Home, Orting; Wisconsin Veterans' Home, Waupaca; Wyoming State Soldiers' Home, Buffalo. THE NATIONALIZED MILITIA, 1908. An act of Congress, approved Jan. 21, 1903, defined as the organized militia of the United States the regularly enlisted, organized and uniformed militia of the various states and territories, and provided that the organization, armament and discipline of this militia should be within five years from the date of the approval of the act the same as those prescribed for the regular and volunteer forces of the United States. The federal government now issues stores and supplies to the militia and conducts joint manœuvres of regular and militia forces. The following table gives the militia strength in each state and territory, the state headuarters and names of state adjutants general: Hawaii Idaho Headquarters. Adjutants general. Montgomery.. Brig. Gen. Bibb Graves. Phoenix. Denver. Wilmington.. Honolulu. Boise. Georgia 2,806 452 469 Illinois 5,813 Indiana 2,121 Iowa 2,455 Kansas 1,275 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Springfield.. Annapolis. Helena.. Carson City.. Col. Lewis W. Coggins. Maj. Gen. Paul Little. Brig. Gen. William H. Thrift. Brig. Gen. James A. DeArmond. Adjutants general. Brig. Gen. James O. Newton. UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. Situated at West Point, N. Y. Superintendent, Colonel Hugh L. Scott, U. S. A. The United States Military Academy at West Point was founded in 1802. Each Congress district and Territory, the District of Columbia and Porto Rico is entitled to have one cadet at the academy. Each state is also entitled to have two cadets at the academy from the state at large. Forty are also appointed from the United States at large. The appointments (except those from the United States at large and from the District of Columbia) are made by the Secretary of War at the request of the Senator, Representative or Delegate in Congress; and the person appointed must be an actual resident of the state, district or territory from which the appointment is made. The appointments from the United States at large and from the District of Columbia are specially conferred by the President. The number of students is 522. Appointments are required by law to be made one year in advance of the date of admission, and may be made either after competitive examination or given direct, at the option of the Representative. For each candidate appointed there may be nominated two alternates, who will be examined with the regular nominee, and one of whom may be admitted in the event of the latter's failure to pass the prescribed preliminary examinations. Appointees to the Military Academy must be between seventeen and twenty-two years of age at date of admission, at least five feet three inches in height, weigh 100 pounds, be unmarried, free from any infectious or moral disorder, and, generally, from any deformity, disease or infirmity; must be well versed in reading, in writing (including orthography), in arithmetic, and have a knowledge of the elements of English grammar, of descriptive geography (particularly of the United States), and of the history of the United States. The course covers four years. The principal subjects taught are mathematics, French, drawing, tactics of all arms of the service, natural and experimental philosophy, chemistry, mineralogy, geology and electricity, history, international, constitutional and military law, Spanish, and civil military engineering and science of war. Academic duties commence September 1 and continue until June 1. Examinations are held in each December and June, and cadets deficient in either conduct or studies are discharged. From about the middle of June to the end of August cadets live in camp and receive practical military instruction. The pay of a cadet is $600 a year. Upon graduating cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants. Manner of Application.-Applications may be made at any time, by letter, to the Secretary of War, to have the applicant's name registered for submission to the proper Representative when a vacancy occurs. The application must exhibit the full name, date of birth and permanent abode of applicant, with the number of the Congress district in which his residence is situated. Immediately after his admission, and before receiving his warrant of appointment, the cadet must sign the following engagement for service, in the presence of the Superintendent or some officer deputed by him: "I, of the State (or Territory) of —, aged years months, do hereby engage (with the consent of my parent or guardian) that, from the date of my admission as a cadet of the United States Military Academy, I will serve in the Army of the United States for eight years, unless sooner discharged by competent authority. In the presence The candidate must then take do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and bear true allegiance to the National Government; that I will maintain and defend the sovereignty of the United States paramount to any and all allegiance, sovereignty or fealty I may owe to any State or country whatsoever, and that I will at all times obey the legal orders of my superior officers, and the rules and articles governing the armies of the United States.' the following oath or affirmation: "I, 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 Robert M. O'Reilly, 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: Number of deaths, oy causes, in the United States army during the Civil War: 9,584 349,944 359,528 8This item includes 1Indians. 2Number not credited on the quota of any state. 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. 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 The actual strength of the personnel of the navy on June 30, 1908, was 2,684 officers and 39,048 enlisted men-total, 41,732. There were lost to the navy during the year ended June 30, 1908, 155 officers and 11,754 enlisted men. Of the officers 66 died from casualties or disease. Of the men 204 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, 1908, there were 267 officers and 9,100 enlisted men. The corps lost 10 officers and 4,462 enlisted men during the year ended June 30, 1908. NAVAL STATIONS AND COMMANDERS. (Corrected to December 1, 1908.) *Atlantic Fleet (Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, commander in chief). First Division: Connecticut, Kansas, Vermont, Minnesota. Second Division (Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, commanding): Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island. Third Division (Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, commanding); Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri. Fourth Division (Rear Admiral W. P. Potter, commanding): Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Kearsarge. Third Squadron (Rear Ad-' miral C. H. Arnold, commanding); Dolphin, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hamp shire, North Carolina; auxiliaries, Ajax, Culgoa, Glacier, Panther, Relief, Yankton. Pacific Fleet (Rear Admiral William T. Swinburne, commander in chief). First Squadron-First Division: West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania. Second Division-(Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree, commanding): Tennessee, California, South Dakota, Washington. Third Division-Charleston, Milwaukee. Third Squadron (Rear Admiral Giles C. Harber, commanding): Chattanooga, Cleveland, Denver, Galveston, Rainbow, Callao, Concord, Helena, Samar, Villa Lobos, Wilmington, Monadnock, Monterey. Auxiliaries: Alexander, Arethusa, Cæsar, Iris, Justin, Nanshan, Pompey, Saturn. Special Service Squadron (Captain Ten Eyck D. W. Veeder, commanding)Alabama, Maine. Naval Station, Boston.-Rear Admiral William Swift, commandant. Naval Station, New York.-Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich, commandant. Naval Station, Philadelphia.-Rear Admiral Edmund C. Pendleton, commandant. Naval Station, Norfolk.-Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, commandant. Naval Station, Narragansett Bay.-Rear Admiral John P. Merrill (retired), Superintendent Naval Training Service. Naval Station, Portsmouth, N. H.-Rear Admiral Edwin K. Moore, commandant. Naval Station, Washington, D. C.-Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze, commandant. Naval Station, Mare Island, Cal.-Captain Thomas S. Phelps, commandant. Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash. commandant. Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C.-Rear Admiral Wm. J. Barnette, sup't. NAVAL OFFICERS ABOVE THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT. Admiral. Giles B. Harber. N. E. Mason.. .Nov. 12, 1908 Arthur P. Nazro. William W. Kimball.. .Dec. 15, 1908 *The Atlantic fleet will return in February to American waters. |