OUR REGULAR ARMY: ITS PRESENT ORGANIZATION; CHANGES DURING THE PAST YEAR (3/15/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 3/15/1862

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The official Army Register for 1862, published by order of the Secretary of War, has been issued from the Adjutant-General's Office. Compared with previous Registers, it is quite a large book. The new Registers are always anxiously looked for by army officers, who, besides having a personal interest in the changes which are constantly occurring, are also desirous of seeing how their classmates and brother officers are affected. Many of the young officers who have not been in the service twelve months, will be gratified to find their names well up in the list of First Lieutenants, with a very early chance of being made Captains; and some of the old army officers, graduates of West Point, who have had to serve ten or eleven years before they got their companies, will not be very much pleased to find that, in lineal rank, they stand upwards of one hundred degrees below men who were appointed from civil life, nine months ago.

The last register was published in September, 1861, and was a special one, called for by the numerous resignations, dismissals, promotions and appointments which had taken place during the previous part of the year. As the personnel of the army has been considerably changed even since September last, the following resume may not be uninteresting.

According to the tabular statements given in the register, the organized forces the United States amount to 595,525 men, as follows:

Officers. Rank and file. Aggregate

Regular army........... 2,009 37,264 39,273
Volunteer force.........19,882 536,430 556,252
Grand aggregate.........................595,525

But as the new regiments, viz.: one cavalry, one artillery and nine infantry, the organization dates from May 14, 1861, are not yet full, the actual number of regulars in the service does not reach the aggregate given above. Secretary CAMERON,

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The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

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Our Regular Army: Its Present Organization – 3-4
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News from Washington: The Rebels Supposed to Still Occupy Fredericksburgh – 4-5
“New-Madrid is Ours!” – 5-6
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Editorial: The Work of Gen. Halleck – 6-7
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A Fire in the Rear – 7
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