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American State Papers --INDEX TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. VOLUME III.

American State Papers [Military Affairs: Volume 3] : Index
INDEX TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. VOLUME III.

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• A.
• ... Page.
• Abel, John S--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95, 97
• Abolishing the office of major general of the army.--Report of a committee on the expediency of ... 820
• Academy at West Point.--(See Military Academy.)
• Adams, on Brenton's Point.--Fortifications at Fort ... 136, 141, 359
• Adjudication of claims of States for military services.--Report of Secretary of War relative to rules for the ... 167
• Admission to the Military Academy at West Point.--Rules for the selection of cadets for ... 109

  Age of the cadet required for ... 147

• Advances for the services of their militia.--Report of the Secretary of War, stating the rules for adjusting the claims of States for ... 167
• Advances for the services of her militia in the war of 1812.--Message of the President on the claim of Massachusetts to repayment of ... 8

  Report of a committee thereon ... 93

  Message of the President, with report of the Third Auditor on the claim of Massachusetts for ... 104

  Report of a committee on the claim of Massachusetts for ... 159

  Report of the Secretary of War on the claim of Massachusetts for ... 167, 835

• Aikin's company of volunteers for gallant conduct at the battle of Plattsburg.--Respecting the presentation of arms to Captain Martin J ... 261
• Alabama, relative to the fortifications at Dauphin island, and an armory and arsenal in that State.

  Resolution of the legislature of ... 230

• Alabama to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 255
• Albemarle, Pamlico, and Ocracoke sounds.--Relative to the defence of ... 292
• Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown.--Relative to the defence of ... 292
• Allowances to brevet officers on account of their brevet rank.--Statement of the pay and ... 98
• Amicus Patrioe to James Barbour, Secretary of War, on the subject of the organization and instruction of the militia.--A communication from ... 453
• Annapolis harbor.--Relative to the defence of ... 291
• Appointments of cadets at the Military Academy.--Report of the Secretary of War, giving the number, names, and manner of the ... 218, 794

  Opinion of the Attorney General on the construction of the laws relating to the number and ... 223

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to an increase of the number of the ... 227

  Relative to the rule for the ... 109, 218, 794, 808

• Appropriations for fortifications and armament of the same for the year 1828.--Letter of the Secretary of War relative to ... 824
• Arkansas.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 256
• Armory at Harper's Ferry.--Expenditures from 1820 to 1827 at the ... 676
• Armory on the western waters.--Message of the President relative to the selection of a site for a national ... 92

  Application of inhabitants of Pendleton county, Kentucky, for the establishment, at the Horse-shoe Bend, of a national ... 154

  Application of Tennessee for the establishment, at the Narrows of Harpeth, of a national ... 188

  Correspondence with the Louisville and Portland Canal Company relative to a site and water power for a national ... 188

  Resolutions of the legislature of Pennsylvania, proposing to cede lands for a site for a national ... 229

  Resolutions of the legislature of Alabama relative to an arsenal and ... 230

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the establishment at the Ohiopile falls, in Pennsylvania, of a national ... 234

  Memorial of citizens of Connelsville, Pennsylvania, relative to a national ... 235

  Relative to the selection of Tygart's Valley river as a site for a national ... 263

• Armories and arsenals for the first three quarters of 1825.--Statement of the accounts of ... 131

  For the first three quarters of the year 1826.--Tables showing expenditures and work done at the ... 354, 355, 356

• Armories for the year 1825.--Report of the Secretary of War of the operations of the national ... 244

  At Springfield and Harper's Ferry, operations of the ... 244, 596

  For the year 1826.--Report of the Secretary of War of the operations of the national ... 595

  For the year 1827.--Report of the Secretary of War of the operations of the national ... 803

• Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition of the militia of the United States.--Abstract of the returns of ... 131, 238, 239, 240
• Arms made at the national armories during the year 1825.--Report of Secretary of War, showing the ... 244

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• Arms to the militia in the year 1825.--Table showing the apportionment of ... 357, 358
• Arms to the militia in 1826.--Table showing the apportionment of ... 594
• Arms to the militia in 1827.--Table showing the apportionment of ... 653
• Arms made at the national armories in 1826.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the ... 595
• Army who were brevetted, and the compensation of such brevet rank.--Message of the President, giving the names af the officers of the ... 94

  Statement of the pay and allowances to officers of the ... 98

  Report of a committee on a reorganization of the Quartermaster General's department of the ... 100, 161

  Report of a committee on the subject of a gradual increase of the corps of engineers and topographical engineers of the ... 102

• Army for 1825.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the condition of the ... 108

  Report of Major General Brown, showing the condition of the ... 110

  Table showing the organization of the ... 112

  General return of the ... 113, 114

  Distribution of troops in the eastern department of the ... 114

  Distribution of troops in the western department of the ... 114

  Whole number of recruits enlisted for the ... 116

  Annual report of the Quartermaster General of the ... 116

  Annual report of the Commissary General of Subsistence of the ... 122

  Annual report of the Paymaster General of the ... 125

  Annual report of the Surgeon General of the ... 125

  Annual report of the Commissary General of the ... 126

  Annual report of the Ordnance department of the ... 128

  Annual report of the operations of the Engineer department of the ... 135

• Army.--Report of a committee recommending an increase of the corps of engineers and topographical engineers of the ... 102, 184

  Recommendation of an increase of the corps of engineers and topographical engineers by the Chief Engineer of the ... 140

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the deaths and desertions in 1823, '24, and '25, in the ... 193, 273

  List of officers of the general staff of the, for 1826 ... 200

  Statement showing the organization in 1825 of the ... 212

  Resignations since 1825 in the ... 213

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to vaccination in the ... 236

  Report of the Secretary of War on the augmentation of the corps of engineers in the ... 278

• Army for 1826.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the condition of the ... 330

  Report of Major General Brown on the state of the ... 332

  Statement showing the enlistment of recruits in the ... 333

  Statement showing the organization of the ... 335

  General return of the ... 336

  Position and distribution of the troops in the eastern department of the ... 339

  Position and distribution of the troops in the western department of the ... 341

  Annual report of the Commissary General of the ... 343

  Annual report of the Quartermaster General of the ... 334

  Annual report of the Paymaster General of the ... 344

  Annual report of the Surgeon General of the ... 347

  Annual report of the Commissary General of Subsistence of the ... 343

  Annual report of the Commissary General of Purchases of the ... 347

  Annual report of the Ordnance department of the ... 351

• Army.--Relative to the organization of the topographical engineers of the ... 492

  On account of brevet rank from 1822 to 1825.--Amount paid to each officer of the ... 498

  On account of extra services.--Statements of payments to officers of the ... 499--508

  Amount received by the general, field, and staff officers of the ... 527

  Who have been brevetted since 1821.--List of officers of the ... 529

  And to fix the military peace establishment.--Report of a committee on the construction of the act of 1821 to reduce the ... 559--590

  Relative to desertions in the ... 108, 110, 193, 228, 273, 686

  With a view to its giving efficiency to the militia in actual service.--Memoir by Major General Macomb on the organization of the ... 458

  A review of the memoir of Major General Macomb on the organization of the ... 465

• Army for 1827.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the condition of the ... 615

  Table showing the organization of the 619

  Position and distribution of the troops in the eastern and western departments of the ... 623, 625

  Whole number of recruits enlisted in the ... 627

  Annual report of the Chief Engineer of the ... 628

  Annual report of the Quartermaster General of the ... 640

  Annual report of the Paymaster General of the ... 641

  Annual report of the Commissary General of Subsistence of the ... 642

  Annual report of the Surgeon General of the ... 649

  Annual report of the Ordnance department of the ... 649

  Who have received pay according to their brevet rank.--Names of officers of the ... 823

• Army.--Report of the Secretary of War on brevet rankin in the ... 830

  Report of a committee on the expediency of abolishing the office of major general of the ... 820

• Arrangement of officers under the act of 1821 to reduce the army and to fix the military peace establishment.--Relative to the ... 590
• Army Register for 1826.--Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating the ... 200

  For 1827.--Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating the ... 561

  For 1828.--Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating the ... 660

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• Arsenal at Augusta, in Georgia.--Message of the President and report of the Secretary of War, respecting the unhealthiness of the site of the United States ... 241

  Report of a committee respecting the removal of the United States ... 262

  At Augusta, Maine.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the establishment of an ... 577

  Report of a committee in favor of a further appropriation for the ... 793

  At Detroit to the city of Detroit.--Report of the Secretary of War on an application for the surrender of the grounds belonging to the ... 302, 586

  At Mount Dearborn.--Report of a committee relative to the retrocession to South Carolina of the site of the ... 267

  At Mount Dearborn.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the ... 656

  At Pensacola.--Report of a committee on the establishment of an ... 681

  At St. Louis.--Report of a committee on the erection of an ... 269

  At Watervliet, New York.--Report of a committee on the purchase of additional land for the site of the ... 271, 490

• Arsenals and armories for 1825.--Statements of the accounts of and work done at the ... 131, 132

  For 1826.--Statements of the accounts of and work done at the ... 354, 355, 356

• Arsenals and military posts.--Tables showing the ... 576, 674
• Artillery corps.--Salutary effects of the school of practice at Fortress Monroe in the improvement of the ... 108
• Artillery officers.--Statements showing the lineal rank of the ... 201, 571

  For 1826.--Names and rank of ... 206, 207, 208

  For 1827.--Names and rank of ... 565, 566

• Artillery school of practice at Fortress Monroe.--Salutary effects upon the artillery and cavalry corps of the ... 108

  Benefits to the graduates of the military academy of the ... 110

  How composed ... 211, 574, 673

  Report of General Brown in relation to the ... 332

  Message of the President relative to the ... 602

  Correspondence of the subject of the ... 602--608

• Artillery tactics.--Report on the Secretary of War relative to a system of cavalry and ... 331
• Atkinson, Henry.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Attorney General relative to the construction of the laws regulating the number of cadets at the Military Academy.--Opinion of the ... 223
• Augusta, Georgia.--Message of the President respecting the unhealthiness of the site of the United States arsenal at ... 241

  Report of a committee respecting the removal of the United States arsenal at ... 262

• Augusta, Maine.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the establishment of an arsenal at ... 577

  Report of a committee in favor of a further appropriation for the United States arsenal at ... 793

• B.
• Bache, Richard.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Baden, N.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Baker, Daniel.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Baltimore.--Relative to the defence of the harbor of ... 291
• Bankhead, James.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Barracks, quarters, and storehouses at various military posts.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the erection of ... 588

  At New Orleans.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the construction of ... 243, 826

  Report of a committee in favor of erecting ... 685

• Barrataria.--Relative to fortifications at ... 806
• Batteries as an aid in the defence of the coast.--Report of General Bernard on the use of steam ... 305

  Report of Commodore Patterson on the use of steam ... 306

• Battery of Castle Clinton, in that city.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs (House of Representatives) on the application of the city of New York for the reconveyance of the ... 6
• Bayou Bienvenue.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141
• Bayou Dupré.--Relative to the erection of a town at ... 589
• Beall, Thomas J.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Beaufort harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 292
• Bender, George.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Bernard on the use of steam batteries as a means of coast defence.--Report of General ... 305
• Bernard and Totten on a system of national defence.--Report of Generals ... 283
• Beverly harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 288
• Bigger's company of rangers for their services in 1813 and 1814.--Report of a committee in favor of granting compensation to Captain James ... 231
• Bissell.--Proceedings of the Senate in executive session on the nomination of Colonel Daniel ... 328
• Bliss, John.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Blount, governor of Tennessee, in reference to the trial of certain Tennessee militiamen in 1814--

  Letters of Willie ... 697, 699, 700, 701, 702

  Calling into service Colonel Pipkin's regiment of Tennessee militia.--Order of Willie ... 829

• Board of visitors at the Military Academy at West Point.--Reports of the ... 144, 372, 382, 637
• Bogue Point.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141, 359
• Bomford, George.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96

  Report on a proposed increase of the ordnance corps ... 578

• Boston harbor.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141

  Report on the defence of ... 288, 359

• Bounty land to officers in the war of 1812.--Report of a select committee in favor of granting ... 327

  To a soldier erroneously returned as a deserter.--Report of a committee on allowing ... 587

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• Bradford, William.--Brevet rank and brévet pay of ... 94, 96
• Brady, Hugh.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Brant, Joshua B.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Brenton's Point.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141
• Brevet rank, and the compensation of such rank.--Message of the President, giving the names of the officers of the army upon whom was conferred ... 94

  Letter of the Secretary of War, with statements of payments to officers on account of their ... 496

  Statements of moneys paid to officers on account of ... 498, 505

  Since 1821.--List of officers who have received ... 529

  Names and grades of officers who have received double rations and pay and allowances according to their ... 608, 823

  In the army.--Report of the Secretary of War on ... 830

• Broad river or Port Royal Roads.--Report on the defence of ... 293
• Brooke, George M.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Brooks, Alexander S.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 96
• Brown, Major General Jacob.--Statement of his pay and emoluments from 1820 to 1828 ... 833
• Browning, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Burbank, Sullivan.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Burd, John A.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Buzzard's bay.--Report on the defence of ... 289
• C.
• Cadets at the Military Academy at West Point.--Report of the Secretary of War, giving the number, names, and manner of the appointment of the ... 218, 794

  Opinion of the Attorney General on the construction of the laws relative to the appointment of ... 223

  Report of the Secretary of War in relation to increasing the number of appointments of ... 227

  Report of the board of visitors for 1826 on the general plan of instruction and discipline for the government of the ... 375, 382

  Attached to the army as supernumerary officers for 1828 ... 672

  Reference to the rule respecting the selection and appointment of ... 109, 808

  Course of instruction prescribed for the ... 104, 150

  Not under 15 nor over 18 years of age before admitted as ... 147

• Calhoun.--Fortifications at Fort ... 137, 141, 359
• Canal.--Relative to the survey of the route of the Chesapeake and Ohio ... 109, 138

  Between the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain, relative to the survey of the route for a ... 138

  To connect the Ohio with Lake Erie, relative to the survey of a route for a ... 138

  Between Buzzard and Barnstable bays, relative to the survey of a route for a ... 138

  Between Lake Memphremagog and Connecticut river, and between Connecticut river and lake, relative to surveys for a ... 138

  Report of Colonel Gratiot on the Dismal Swamp ... 365

• Canals and roads.--Report of the Chief Engineer on the surveys of routes for certain ... 360
• Cape Fear river.--Report on the defence of the ... 292
• Castle Clinton, in that city.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, on the application of the city of New York for the reconveyance of the Battery of ... 6
• Cavalry discipline and infantry system.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, Senate, on the claim of William Duane for certain works upon ... 87
• Cavalry tactics.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to a system of artillery and ... 331
• Chambers.--Proceedings of a court-martial in the case of Colonel Talbot ... 307

  Report of a committee on the proceedings of the court-martial in the case of Colonel Talbot ... 327

• Charleston, South Carolina.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the construction of fortifications for the defence of ... 217, 489

  Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on the defence of ... 293

• Chef Menteur.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141, 359
• Chesapeake and Ohio canal.--Reference of the Secretary of War to the completion of the reconnoisance of a route for connecting the eastern and western waters by the ... 109, 138
• Chesapeake bay.--Report on the defence of ... 291
• Churchill, Sylvester.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Claims of States for militia services.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to rules for the adjudication of the ... 167
• Clark, Newman S.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Clinton, in New York.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, on an application of the city of New York for a reconveyance of the Battery of Castle ... 6
• Clothing for the army for 1826.--Statement showing the cost of the ... 214
• Clothing for the army for the years 1825--'26--'27.--Comparative cost of the ... 350
• Cloyd, William.--Report of a committee on his claim for the repayment of a fine under the militia law ... 489
• Coast.--Revised report of the board of engineers, Generals Bernard and Totten, on a system of defence for the ... 283

  Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on a system of defence for the northeastern section of the ... 287

  Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on a system of defence for the middle section of the ... 289

  Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on a system of defence for the southern section of the ... 292

• Coast of Louisiana.--Report of General Bernard on the use of steam batteries for the defence of the ... 305

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• Command of the militia when called into service.--Opinion of the President of the United States on the constitutional right of the government to ... 56

  Opinion of James Monroe, Secretary of War ... 66, 67, 68, 69, 75

  Opinion of three justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts ... 71, 72

  Views of the President (Mr. Monroe) on the question of the liability of the United States for the expenses of the militia of a State called into service where the executive of the State refuses to recognize the right of the general government to take command ... 104

  Views of a committee of the House of Representatives respecting the right of the government to ... 160

• Commissary General of Purchases for the year 1825.--Report of the ... 126

  For the year 1826.--Report of the ... 347

  For the year 1827.--Report of the ... 645

• Commissary General of Subsistence of the army for 1825.--Annual report of the ... 122
• Commissary General of Subsistence of the army for 1826.--Annual report of the ... 343
• Commissary General of Subsistence of the army for 1827.--Annual report of the ... 642
• Conduct at the battle of Plattsburg.--Respecting the presentation of rifles to Captain Aikin's volunteers for good ... 261
• Connecticut to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 252
• Connecticut line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 536
• Connelsville, Pennsylvania, relative to a national armory at Ohiopile falls, in Pennsylvania.--

  Memorial of citizens of ... 235

• Construction of the act of 1821, to reduce the army, and to fix the military peace establishment.--

  Report of a committee on the ... 559

  Difference of opinion between the President and the Senate upon the ... 560

• Continental line of the army of the revolution who served to the end of the war.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 529
• Contractors of the army.--Statement of payments to ... 345
• Course of instruction pursued at the Military Academy at West Point.--Report of the board of visitors on the ... 144
• Court-martial.--Application of William King to be restored to the army after being dropped by the sentence of a ... 157
• Court-martial in the case of Colonel Talbot Chambers.--Proceedings of a ... 307

  Report of a committee on the proceedings of the ... 327

• Court-martial on certain Tennessee militiamen in 1814.--Report of a committee upon the proceedings of a ... 693

  Report of the Secretary of War, with correspondence in relation to the ... 695

  Proceedings of the ... 703

  Letters of Governor Blount, of Tennessee, in reference to the ... 697, 699, 700, 701, 702

• Courts-martial--Report of Adjutant General Jones in relation to the organization of ... 307

  Report of a committee relative to the organization of ... 327

• Craig, Henry K.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Crane, J. B.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Crozet, civil engineer, relative to Tygart's Valley river as a site for a national armory.--Report of C. ... 263
• Cumberland road.--Reference by the Secretary of War to the work on the ... 109

  Report of the Chief Engineer of the army on the ... 139, 361, 362

• Cutler, Enos.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• D.
• Dalliba, James.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Dauphin island.--Resolutions of the legislature of Alabama relative to the military defences at ... 230
• Davenport, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Davidson and Wooster.--Report of a select committee in favor of erecting monuments to the memories of Generals ... 103
• Deaths and desertions in the army in 1823,--'24,--'25.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the ... 193, 273
• Defence of New Orleans.--Report of a committee recommending the construction of a military road for the ... 8

  Of the northwestern frontier.--Report of a committee relative to the adoption of further measures for the ... 215

  Letter of the Secretary of War, with a report of Major General Jacob Brown on the subject of the ... 215

  Of Charleston.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the construction of fortifications for the ... 217, 489

  Of Pensacola.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the construction of fortifications for the ... 158

  Report of a committee relative to the construction of fortifications for the ... 217

  Of the United States.--Report of the board of engineers, exhibiting a system of fortifications for the ... 257

  Of the seaboard.--Report of the board of engineers, Generals Bernard and Totten, on the ... 283

  Importance of fortifications as a means of national ... 284

  Of the maritime frontier of the United States.--Classification of the proposed fortifications for the ... 299

  Table showing the cost of proposed fortifications for the ... 301

  Of Barrataria, Louisiana.--Relative to the ... 806

  For the Mississippi river.--Report of the Secretary of War, with report of General Bernard, relative to works of ... 304

  Report of General Bernard relative to the use of steam batteries as a permanent means of coast ... 305

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• Defence of New Orleans--

  Report of Commodore Patterson on the use of steam batteries as a permanent means of coast ... 306

  Letters of General Gaines and General Duncan relative to the use of mounted volunteers for frontier ... 828

• Delaware.--Fortifications at Fort ... 137, 141, 359
• Delaware to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 253
• Delaware for the services of her militia.--Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the claims of ... 167
• Delaware bay and city of Philadelphia.--Report on the defence of the ... 290
• Delaware line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 549
• Department of the army in 1826.--Position and distribution of the troops in the eastern ... 339

  Position and distribution of the troops in the western ... 341

• Department of the army in 1827.--Position and distribution of the troops in the eastern ... 623

  Position and distribution of the troops in the western ... 625

• Deserter.--Report of a committee on allowing pay and bounty land to a soldier erroneously returned as a ... 587
• Desertions in the army.--Plan recommended by the Secretary of War to prevent ... 108

  Plan suggested by Major General Brown to prevent ... 110

• Desertions in the army in 1823, 1824, 1825.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the deaths and ... 193, 273

  Report of the Secretary of War on the subject of ... 228

  Proposed to be prevented by increasing the pay of the rank and file of the army ... 686

• De Treville, Richard.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Detroit for the surrender of the grounds on which the United States arsenal is located.--Report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of the mayor and citizens of ... 302, 586
• Digges, relative to the purchase of his land for enlarging the site of Fort Washington.--Letters of William Dudley ... 266, 267
• Dismal Swamp canal.--Report of Colonel Gratiot on the ... 365
• District of Columbia to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in the ... 253
• District of Columbia.--Relative to the defence of the ... 292
• Donoho, Saunders.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Double rations and pay according to their brevet rank.--Names of officers who have received ... 608
• Duane, William.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to a judgment against him, with a statement of his accounts ... 1
• Duane, William.--Letter to the Secretary of War relative to a uniform for the army ... 4

  Report of a committee on the services and accounts of ... 87

  In relation to his "military library" and hand-books on infantry and cavalry discipline.--

  Letter of ... 88, 89

  Letter of the Secretary of War on the same subject ... 90

  Letter of D. Parker, late Secretary of War, on the same subject ... 91

• Duncan and General Gaines relative to the use of mounted volunteers for frontier defence.--Letters of General Joseph ... 828
• E.
• Elk river.--Relative to the defence of ... 292
• Engineer corps for 1826.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 205
• Engineer department for the year ending 30th September, 1825.--Report of the operations of the ... 135, 141, 142, 143

  For the year ending the 30th September, 1826.--Report of the operations of the ... 358

  For the year ending September 30, 1826.--Statement of the fiscal concerns of the ... 368

  For the year ending September 30, 1827.--Annual report of the ... 628

  For the year ending September 30, 1827.--Statement of the fiscal concerns of the ... 633

• Engineers.--A system of fortifications recommended by the board of ... 257

  On the defence of the seaboard.--Report of the board of ... 283

• Engineers and topographical engineers of the army.--Report of a committee relative to a gradual increase of the corps of ... 102

  Recommendation of the Chief Engineer of an increase of the corps of ... 140

  Report of a committee recommending an increase and reorganization of the corps of ... 184

  Letter of James Barbour, Secretary of War, relative to the first introduction into the military service of the corps of ... 185

  Table showing the distribution of the corps of engineers according to its present number and its future increase ... 187

  Report of the Secretary of War on an increase of the ... 278

  First organization of the corps of ... 279

  Letters of J. J. Abert relative to the organization of the ... 492

• Enlargement of the site of Fort Washington.--Report of a committee on the subject of the ... 265, 819

  Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the ... 266

• Enlargement of the site of Fort McHenry.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the ... 267
• Enlargement of the arsenal grounds at Watervliet.--Report of a committee relative to the ... 271, 490
• Enlistment of recruits for 1826.--Statement showing the ... 333
• Eustis, Abraham.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Executive session on the nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell.--Proceedings of the Senate in ... 328
• Expenditures at the national armories during the year 1825, and the arms made therein.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the ... 244
• Expenditures for fortifications from July 1, 1815, to December 31, 1816.--Statement of ... 246
• Expenditures for fortifications from 1794 to September 30, 1824.--Statement of ... 248, 249, 250, 256
• Extra services.--Statement of payments made to officers of the army on account of ... 499, 508

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• F.
• Fanning, Alex. C. W.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Farley, John.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Fenwick, John R.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Fine under the militia laws.--Report of a committee on a claim for the repayment of a ... 489
• Florida.--Report of the Quartermaster General on the subject of certain military roads in ... 117
• Fort Adams, at Brenton's Point.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141
• Fort Calhoun.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141, 359
• Fort Delaware.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141, 359
• Fort Gibson to Natchitoches.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs (H. R.) in favor of constructing a military road from ... 229
• Fort Hamilton, at New Utrecht.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141, 359
• Fort Jackson.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141, 359
• Fort McHenry.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the enlargement of the site of ... 267
• Fort Monroe.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141, 359
• Fort Washington.--Fortifications at ... 141

  Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the enlargement of the site of ... 266

  Report of a committee relative to the purchase of additional land for the site of ... 265, 819

• Fortifications.--Report of the Engineer department for the year ending the 30th September, 1825, showing the condition of the ... 135
• Fortifications at Boston harbor, Oak island, Bogue Point, George's island, Brenton's Point, (Fort Adams,) New Utrecht, (Fort Hamilton,) Fort Delaware, Fort Monroe, Fort Calhoun, Mobile Point, Chef Menteur, Fort Jackson, Bayou Bienvenue ... 136, 137, 141, 359

  For the year ending 30th September, 1825.--Statement of expenditures on certain ... 141

  At the harbor of Pensacola.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to ... 158, 242, 491, 595

  At the harbor of Pensacola.--Report of a committee on the expediency of constructing ... 217, 696

  At Charleston, South Carolina.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the erection of ... 217, 489

  At Throg's Point, on Long Island.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to ... 224

  At Dauphin island.--Resolutions of the legislature of Alabama relative to the ... 230

  Recommended by the board of engineers.--Message of the President respecting a system of ... 245

  Report of the board of engineers, exhibiting a system of ... 257

  From July 1, 1815, to December 31, 1816.--Statement of expenditures for ... 246

  From the year 1794 to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures for ... 248, 249, 250

  In the several States and Territories, from the year 1794 to September 30, 1824.--Statement of the amounts expended for ... 256

  On our coast as a national defence.--The importance of ... 284

  For the defence of the maritime frontier of the United States.--Classification of the proposed ... 299

  On Staten Island to the United States.--Message of the President relative to the proposition of New York to sell the ... 582

  Extract from the report of the board of engineers in relation to ... 585

• Fortifications for the year 1826.--Report of the Chief Engineer, showing the condition of ... 358

  For the defence of Charleston harbor.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to ... 489

  For the year 1827.--Letter of the Secretary of War, showing the condition of the ... 615

  For the year 1827.--Annual report of the Chief Engineer on the condition of the ... 628

  At Barrataria, Louisiana.--Relative to ... 806

  And armament of the same, for the year 1828.--Letter of the Secretary of War relative to appropriations for ... 824

• Foster, Wm. S.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 94, 96
• Frontier.--Report of a committee on the construction of roads and military works for the protection of the northwestern ... 215

  Letter of the Secretary of War, with a report of Major General Jacob Brown, on the subject of the defence of the northwestern ... 215

  Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on a system of defence for the Gulf of Mexico ... 294

  Classification of the proposed fortifications for the defence of the maritime ... 299

  Cost for the proposed fortifications for the defence of the maritime ... 301

  Letters of Generals Gaines and Duncan relative to the use of mounted volunteers for the defence of the ... 828

• G.
• Gadsden, James.--Report of the survey of the route for a road from St. Augustine to Cape Florida, by ... 118
• Gaines, Edmund P.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Gaines relative to the use of mounted volunteers for frontier defence.--Letter of General ... 828
• Gallant conduct at the battle of Plattsburg.--Respecting the presentation of rifles to Captain Aikin's company of volunteers for ... 261
• Gardiner's bay.--Report on the defence of ... 290
• Gates, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• General staff of the army for 1826.--List of the officers of the ... 200
• General staff of the army.--Organization of the ... 450
• George's island.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141, 359
• Georgetown, Washington, and Alexandria.--Relative to the defence of ... 292
• Georgia to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 254
• Georgia, for militia services in 1792--'93--'94.--Report of a committee on the claim of Colonel Wm. Melton and others, of ... 495
• Georgia line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 558

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• Gloucester harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 288
• Gratiot on the Dismal Swamp Canal.--Report of Colonel ... 365
• Gulf frontier since 1821.--Names of officers who have died on the ... 659
• Gulf of Mexico frontier.--Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on a system of defence for the ... 294
• H.
• Half pay for life.--List of the names and rank of the officers of the revolutionary army who were entitled to ... 529
• Hamilton.--Fortifications at Fort ... 136, 141, 359
• Hampton Roads, James river, and Norfolk.--Report on the defence of ... 291
• Harbors and rivers.--Report of the Chief Engineer in relation to surveys of certain ... 363, 628
• Harper's Ferry.--Operations of the armory at ... 244, 596

  Statement of the expenditures from 1820 to 1827 at the armory at ... 676

• Heileman, J. F.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Hindman, Jacob.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Hook, James B.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Horse-shoe Bend.--Application of inhabitants of Pendleton county, Kentucky, for a national armory at the ... 154
• Humphreys, Enoch.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• I.
• Illinois to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 255
• Increase of the number of the cadets at the Military Academy.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to an ... 227
• Increase of pay of certain captains in the army.--Application for an ... 166

  Report of a committee in favor of granting an ... 230

• Increase of the corps of engineers.--Report of the Secretary of War on the ... 278
• Increase of the ordnance corps.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to an ... 577
• Indian tribes.--Reference of the Secretary of War to the subject of treaties with the various ... 109
• Indiana to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 255
• Infantry officers for 1825.--Statement showing the lineal rank of ... 202, 572

  For 1826.--Names and rank of ... 208, 209, 210

  For 1827.--Names and rank of ... 572

• Infantry system and cavalry discipline.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs (Senate) on the claim of William Duane for certain works upon the ... 87
• Instruction at the Military Academy at West Point.--Report of the board of visitors on the course of ... 144

  Synopsis of the course of studies or ... 150

• Internal improvements.--Relative to the operations of the board of engineers for ... 137

  Report of the Chief Engineer upon certain ... 358, 628

• J.
• Jackson and the Secretary of War relative to the Tennessee militia--Correspondence between General Andrew ... 785
• James river, Hampton Roads, and Norfolk.--Relative to the defence of ... 291
• Jones, John.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Jones, Roger.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• K.
• Kearney, Stephen W.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Kennebec river.--Relative to the erection of defensive works on the ... 287
• Kentucky, for a national armory at the Horse-shoe Bend.--Application of inhabitants of Pendleton county, in ... 154

  To September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 254

• Ketchum, Daniel.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• King, Colonel William.--Application to be restored to the army ... 157
• Kinnard, Andrew.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Kirby, R. M.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• L.
• Land for the site of Fort Washington.--Report of a committee on the purchase of additional ... 265, 819

  Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the purchase of additional ... 266

  For the site of Fort McHenry.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the purchase of additional ... 267

  For the site of the arsenal at Watervliet.--Report of a committee relative to the purchase of additional ... 271

  To officers who served in the war of 1812.--Report of a committee in favor of granting ... 327

  Reserved for military uses in Detroit.--Relative to the exchange of certain ... 302, 586

• Larrabee, Charles.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Lawrence, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Lead mines in Missouri and near Fever river for the year ending September 30, 1826.--Report of the operations of the ... 365

  The year ending September 30, 1827.--Report of the operations of the ... 654

• Leavenworth, Henry.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96

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• Liability of the United States for expenses incurred by States for militia services.--Report of a committee sitting for the conditions of the ... 93

  Letter of the President of the United States to the Secretary of War on the subject of the claims of Massachusetts ... 56

  Message of the President on the claim of the State of Massachusetts ... 104

  Report of a committee of the House of Representatives relative to the ... 160

  Report of the Secretary of War respecting the ... 167

• Lindsay, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Lineal rank of artillery officers.--Statements showing the ... 201--571
• Lineal rank of infantry officers.--Statements showing the ... 202--572
• Long Island Sound.--Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the purchase of Throg's Point for a fortification on ... 224
• Louisiana.--Report of the Secretary of War of the cost of constructing a military road from Fort

  St. Philip to the English Turn, in ... 6

  In relation to a military road from Fort St. Philip to the English Turn.--Memorial of the State of ... 7

  Report of a committee recommending the construction of a military road from Fort St. Philip to the English Turn in ... 8

  To September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 254

  Report of General Bernard on the use of steam batteries for the defence of the coast of ... 305

  Report of Commodore Patterson on the use of steam batteries for the defence of the coast of ... 306

  Relative to the erection of a town at Bayou Dupré in ... 589

• Louisville and Portland Canal Company, relative to a site and water power for a national armory.-- Correspondence with the ... 188
• M.
• McCabe, Robert A.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95--97
• McHenry.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the enlargement of the site of Fort ... 267
• McNeal, jr., John.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 94--96
• Macomb, Alexander.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 94--96
• Macomb, on the organization of the army with a view to its giving efficiency to the militia when in actual service.--Memoir of Major General Alexander ... 458

  A review of the memoir of Major General Alexander ... 465

• Macrea, William.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 94--96
• Maine.--Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the establishment of an arsenal in ... 577
• Maine.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 251
• Maine and Massachusetts, in relation to the services of their militia in the war of 1812 and 1815.-- Joint memorial of the delegations of ... 10

  Letter of Mr. Lloyd to the Secretary of War relative to the claims of ... 11

  Letter of A. Bradford to Governor Brooks, giving a detailed account of the operations of the Maine and Massachusetts militia in the war of 1812, and the expenses thereof ... 15, 17

  Letter of J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, in relation to the claims of ... 18

• Major General of the army.--Report of a committee on the expediency of abolishing the office of ... 820
• Marblehead harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 288
• Maritime frontier of the United States.--Report of Generals Bernard and Totten, on the defence of the ... 283, 299
• Marston, Morril.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95--97
• Martha's Vineyard Sound.--Report on the defence of ... 289
• Maryland, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 253
• Maryland line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 549
• Massachusetts, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 251
• Massachusetts line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 531
• Massachusetts for the services of her militia during the war of 1812--'15.--Message of the President in relation to the claim of ... 8

  Joint memorial of the States of Maine and Massachusetts in relation to the claim of ... 10

  Letter of A. Bradford to Governor Brooks, giving in detail the operations of the militia of Massachusetts and Maine in the war of 1812, and the expenses thereof ... 11, 16

  Letters of J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, in relation to the claims of Maine and, ... ... 18, 19, 20

  Letter of Peter Hagner to the Secretary of War, November 4, 1823 ... 19

  Letter of George Sullivan and Joseph H. Peirce to the Secretary of War, November 10, 1823 ... 20, 21

  Division orders No. 1 to 77 included ... 21--39

  Correspondence relative to the defence of the towns of Falmouth and Sandwich ... 39, 40, 42

  Correspondence relative to the defence of the town of Brewster ... 43

  Correspondence relative to the defence of the town of Orleans ... 44, 45

  Correspondence relative to the defence of the town of Scituate ... 46, 46, 47, 48

  Correspondence relative to the defence of the town of Duxbury ... 48, 79

  Letter of the selectmen of Plymouth in relation to the defence of that place ... 49

  Letter of Benjamin Lincoln to Major General Goodwin in relation to the defence of New Bedford ... ... 49, 50, 52

  Letter of the selectmen and the committee of safety of New Bedford to General Goodwin relative to the defence of that place ... 51

  Letter of General Goodwin to the selectmen of New Bedford ... 51

  Letter of the committee of safety of Rochester to General Goodwin relative to defence of that place ... 52, 53

  Letter of General Goodwin in relation to the defence of Wareham ... 52, 53

  Letter of Daniel B. Loring relative to defence of Mattapoisett ... 53

  Letter of Benjaman Lincoln to General Goodwin relative to Westport harbor ... 50, 54
  VOL. III--118 a

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• Massachusetts for the services of her militia during the war of 1812--'15.--Message of the President in relation to the claim of--

  General Goodwin to Colonel Lincoln relative to Westport harbor ... 53

  General Goodwin to Colonel Lincoln relative to New Bedford and Fairhaven ... 54

  Colonel Lincoln to General Goodwin relative to New Bedford ... 55

  General Goodwin to Colonel Lincoln relative to New Bedford ... 55

  Decision of the President on the claims of Massachusetts for the services of her militia, December 22, 1823 ... 56

  Letter of George Sullivan to the Secretary of War relative to the constitutional difficulty between the United States and Massachusetts respecting the command of her militia, February 23, 1824 ... 57

  Speech of Governor Eustis to the legislature of Massachusetts ... 57

  Answer of the house of representatives of Massachusetts to the governor's speech ... 59

  Answer of the senate of Massachusetts to the governor's speech ... 59

  Resolve of Massachusetts respecting her claims against the United States, February 11, 1823 ... 60

  Letter of W. Eustis relative to the refusal of a former governor of Massachusetts to order out the militia of the State, December 19, 1823 ... 60

  Letter of W. Eustis urging the speedy settlement of the claims of Massachusetts, January 17, 1824 ... 61

  Report of the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, communicating further information relative to the claims of Massachusetts, February 18, 1817 ... 61

  Letter of James Lloyd and W. H. Sumner to the Secretary of War, setting forth the grounds of the claim of Massachusetts for the services of her militia, February 3, 1817 ... 61

  Letter of the Acting Secretary of War to James Lloyd and William H. Sumner, February 9, 1817 ... 65

  Letter of William B. Giles, chairman of Committee on Military Affairs, to the Secretary of War, on the subject of relative command of officers of the regular army and of the militia when acting together, January 7, 1815 ... 66

  Reply of the Secretary of War to William B. Giles, on the subject of relative command of army and militia officers when acting together, February 11, 1815 ... 66

  Circular letter of William Eustis, Secretary of War, to the governors of States, April 5, 1812 ... 69

  Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Massachusetts, calling for a quota of militia, June 12, 1812 ... 69

  Letter of the Secretary of War to the same, July 21, 1813 ... 69

  Circular letter of John Armstrong, Secretary of War, to the governors of the States, July 4, 1814 ... 70

  Letter of Caleb Strong, governor of Massachusetts, to the Secretary of War, giving his reasons for not executing the order of the President calling upon him for a quota of the militia of the State, August 5, 1812 ... 70

  Opinion of justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts on the constitutional power of the President of the United States to command the militia of a State ... 71

  Letter of Major General Dearborn to Caleb Strong, governor of Massachusetts, calling for a detachment of militia, July 8, 1814 ... 72

  Letter of Governor Strong to General Dearborn, July 12, 1814 ... 73

  General Dearborn to the Secretary of War, September 5, 1814, and October 15, 1814 ... 73

  Governor Strong to the Secretary of War relative to reimbursing the State of Massachusetts the expenses of her militia, September 7, 1814 ... 73

  General orders to the whole of the militia of the State of Massachusetts, September 6, 1814 ... 74

  Letter of James Munroe, Secretary of War, to Governor Strong, relative to the obligations of the United States for the expenses of the militia of a State, September 17, 1814 ... 75

  General orders to the militia of Massachusetts, July 3, 1812 ... 76

  General orders to the militia of Massachusetts, September 6, 1814 ... 76

  Major General King to Adjutant General Brooks, June 27, July 8, and September 8, 1814 80, 81

  H. H. Dearborn to T. H. Perkins relative to the defence of Governor's Island and Fort Independence, September 25, 1814 ... 81

  Report of a select committee of the House of Representatives in favor of the claim of ... 82

  Letter of H. Dearborn to Governor Strong relative to the defence of certain ports and harbors on the sea-coast, June 22, 1812 84 H. Dearborn to Major General Brooks, September 5, 1814 ... 85

  Remonstrance of sundry militia officers against being put under an officer of the regular army, September 24, 1814 ... 85

  Report of a committee on the claim of the State of ... 93

  Message of the President communicating report of the Third Auditor on so much of the claims of Massachusetts as relate to the militia commanded by Major Generals King and Sewall ... 104

  Report of a committee on the claim of the State of ... 159

  Report of the Secretary of War respecting rules for the adjudication of the claims of States for militia services, and communicating report of the Third Auditor on the claim of the State of ... 167

  Reports of the Third Auditor on the claims of the State of ... 104, 167, 172, 174 ... 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184

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• Massachusetts for the services of her militia in the war of 1812--'15.--Report of the Secretary of War, classifying the claims of ... 835

  ACCOMPANYING PAPERS :

  A. Statement applicable to such items as relate to expenditures for militia called for guard duty under the authority of a general order issued by direction of the State executive, on the 16th of June, 1814 ... 836

  B. Statement applicable to such items as relate to expenses occasioned by militia called out by alarms, under the authority of the State executive ... 846

  C. Statement applicable to such items as are claimed for militia called out under the general order of the State executive, of June 16, 1814 ... 860

  D. Statement applicable to such items as are claimed by virtue of calls of the State executive, the erection of defensive works and the purchase of arms, military stores, &c ... 879

  E. Statement relative to militia called out for the defence of Eastport ... 890

  F. Statement relative to militia ordered into service of the United States by the governor of Massachusetts ... 922

  G. Statement of inadmissible items ... 923

  H. Synopsis of the claim of Massachusetts ... 926

• Medical staff of the army for 1826.--List of the officers of the 200

  For 1827.--List of the officers of the 570

  For 1828.--List of the officers of the 669

• Melton and others, for militia services in 1792--'93--'94--Report of a committee on the claim of William 495
• Michigan, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 255
• Military Academy at West Point.--Report of a committee relative to the rank, pay and emoluments of the professors at the ... 102

  Recommendation by the Secretary of War of the purchase of horses for the ... 109

  Rule in regard to the selection of cadets at the ... 109

  Recommendation of the chief engineer of a system of riding, and the cavalry and artillery tactics for the ... 139

  Report of the Board of Visitors to the ... 144, 372, 382, 637

  Application to State of New York recommended for a cession of jurisdiction over the property of the United States connected with the ... 148

  Course of instruction and military discipline observed at the ... ... 148, 149, 150

  Statement of the ordinary expenses and a proposed organization for the ... 152, 153

  Names and rank of the officers in 1826, at the ... 211

  Report of the Secretary of War, giving the number, names, and manner of the appointment of the cadets and the manner of filling vacancies at the ... 218, 794

  Opinion of the Attorney General on the construction of the laws relative to the number of cadets to be appointed to the ... 223

  Report of the Secretary of War, relative to increasing the number of ... 227

  Report of the chief engineer in relation to the ... 358

  Report of a committee on the general condition, objects and improvement of the ... 375

  Names and rank of the officers in 1827, at the ... 574

  For 1827.--Annual report of the chief engineer on the condition of the ... 628

  Names and rank of the officers in 1828, at the ... 673

  Expenses of the visitors from 1817 to 1827, of the ... 803

  Expenses of the Board of Visitors paid from the appropriations for the support of the ... 807

  From its organization in 1802 to 1828. Statements showing the expenditures at the ... 816

• Military defences at Pensacola.--Report of the Secretary of War respecting ... 158
• Military defences for the northwestern frontiers.--Report of a committee on the construction of ... 215
• Military discipline.--Report of a committee on the claim of William Duane, for certain works upon ... 87
• Military establishment for 1825--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the operations of the ... 108

  For 1826.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the operations of the ... 300

  Memoir of Major General Macomb, in reference to the organization of the ... 458

  And fortifications during the year 1827.--Letter of the Secretary of War, showing the condition of the ... 615

• Military peace establishment.--Report of a committee upon the construction of the act of 1821, to reduce the army and to fix the ... 559, 590
• Military post for the protection of the Santa Fé trade.--Report of a committee relative to the establishment of a ... 615
• Military posts, where situated and the names of the officers commanding in 1826 ... 214
• Military posts and arsenals.--Table of ... 576, 675
• Military posts.--Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the erection of barracks, quarters, &c., at various ... 588
• Military rank of officers of the militia and the regular army when acting together.--Letter of James Monroe, Secretary of War, to William B. Giles, February 11, 1815, on the relative. ... 68

  Opinion of Theophilus Parsons, Samuel Sewall, and Isaac Parker, justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts, on the relative ... 72

  Remonstrance of certain officers of the militia against being placed under the command of an army officer ... 85, 86

• Military reservation at Detroit, used as a powder magazine and arzenal.--Memorial of the city of Detroit for the surrender of the arsenal grounds in the ... 303

  Report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of the city of Detroit for the surrender of the arsenal grounds in the ... 302, 586

• Military road from Fort St. Philip to the English Turn in Louisiana.--Report of the Secretary of War of the cost of constructing a ... 6

  Memorial of the State of Louisiana relative to a ... 7

  Report of a committee recommending the construction of a ... 8

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• Military road from Cantonment Gibson to Natchitoches.--Report of a committee in favor of constructing a ... 229
• Military roads placed under the charge of the Quartermaster General's department.--Report upon the condition of the ... 117
• Military roads and military works for the defence of the northwestern frontier.--Report of a committee on the construction of ... 215
• Militia in time of war.--Opinion of the President (James Monroe) on the constitutional power of the general government over the ... 56

  Opinion of the Secretary of War on the constitutional power of the general government over the ... 66, 67, 68, 69, 75

  Opinion of Theophilus Parsons, Samuel Sewall, and Isaac Parker, justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts on the constitutional power of the general government over the ... 71, 72

• Militia in time of war when not subject to the orders of the government.--Opinion of the Secretary of War (Mr. Monroe) that the United States are not answerable for the expenses of the ... 75
• Militia the great bulwark of defence in time of war.--Speech of Governor Eustis to the legislature of Massachusetts ... 57

  Answer of the house of representatives of Massachusetts to the speech of Governor Eustis ... 59

• Militia and the regular army when acting together.--Letter of James Monroe, Secretary of War, in reference to the relative rank of officers of the ... 68

  Opinion of judges of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts in reference to the relative rank of officers of the ... 72

  Remonstrance of certain militia officers against being placed under the command of an officer of the army ... 85, 86

• Militia.--Report of a board of officers relative to the organization of the ... 388

  Plan for the enrolment and organization of the ... 390

  Camps of instruction recommended for the ... 392

  Estimate of the probable expense of camps of instruction recommended by the board of officers, for the ... 393

• Militia a part of the system of national defence.--Report of Generals Bernard and Totten ... 283
• Militia force which may be concentrated at certain points in a proposed system of defence.--Table showing the amount of ... 301
• Militia.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the organization of the ... 330, 331
• Militia.--Circular letter of the Secretary of War to the governors of States and others proposing certain inquiries in respect to a uniform organization and instruction of the ... 393

  Correspondence in relation thereto ... 394--488

  Letter of Joseph Kent, governor of Maryland ... 394

  Letter of Richard Harwood, adjutant general Maryland militia ... 395

  Letter of John Tyler, governor of Virginia ... 395

  Letter of Bernard Peyton, adjutant general Virginia militia ... 395

  Letter of John H. Cocke to Bernard Peyton ... 397

  Letter of J. B. Harvie, brigadier general Virginia militia ... 400

  Letter of Beverly Daniel, adjutant general of North Carolina ... 401

  Letter of Richard J. Manning, governor of North Carolina ... 403

  Letter of John B. O'Neall to Governor Manning ... 404

  Letter of Oliver Wolcott, governor of Connecticut ... 405

  Letter of Ebenezer Huntington to Governor Wolcott ... 407, 409

  Letter of Amariah Kibbe, jr., major general Connecticut militia, to Governor Wolcott ... 410

  Letter of Morris Woodruff to Governor Wolcott ... 411

  Letter of Andrew Welles to Governor Wolcott ... 412

  Letter of G. M. Troup, governor of Georgia ... 412

  Letter of Gerard C. Brandon, governor of Mississippi ... 414

  Letter of H. Johnson, governor of Louisiana ... 415

  Letter of Edward Coles, governor of Illinois ... 416

  Letter of J. B. Ray, governor of Indiana ... 417

  Letter of P. S. Loughborough, assistant secretary of state of Kentucky ... 417

  Letter of John M. McCala, brigadier general Kentucky militia ... 418

  Letter of John O'Fallon, adjutant general Missouri militia ... 418

  Letter of Alexander Smyth, of Virginia ... 419

  Letter of Newton Cannon, governor of Tennessee ... 419

  Letter of John R. Wallace, colonel artillery Virginia militia ... 420

  Letter of Joseph Sewall, judge advocate Maine militia ... 425

  Letter of William Murphy, of Ohio, to Secretary of War ... 429

  Letter of T. Cadwalader, major general Pennsylvania militia ... 430

  Letter of R. Patterson to General Cadwalader ... 431

  Letter of John G. Watmough to General Cadwalader ... 432

  Letter of H. J. Williams to General Cadwalader ... 434

  Letter of J. R. Ingersoll ... 435

  Letter of J. G. Swift, of New York, to Secretary of War ... 436

  Letter of Wm. Theobald Wolfe Tone to Secretary of War ... 438

  Observations on the organization of the militia in reply to the letter of the Secretary of War ... 441

  Letter of P. A. Browne and Joseph S. Riley to General Cadwalader ... 445, 446

  Letter of Asa Howland, of Massachusetts, to Secretary of War ... 447

  Letter of John C. Hall to Secretary of War ... 448

  Letter of Henry Mankin, of Maryland militia, to Secretary of War ... 449

  Letter of P. J. Stryker, of New Jersey, to the Secretary of War ... 450

  Letter of Daniel Elmer to the Secretary of War ... 451

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• Militia.--Letter of Theodore Sill to the Secretary of War ... 452

  Letter of AMICUS PATRLE to the Secretary of War, dated Frankfort, Kentucky, October 7, 1826 ... 453

  Memoir of General Alexander Macomb upon the organization of the army in reference to the efficiency of the militia ... 458

  A review of the memoir of General Macomb ... 465

  Letter of William H. Sumner to the Secretary of War ... 468

  Letter of T. Pickering to the Secretary of War ... 470, 473

  Letter of Rufus G. Amory ... 473

  Letter of H. A. S. Dearborn to William H. Sumner ... 475

  Letter of N. Howland to William H. Sumner ... 475

  Letter of James Appleton to Wm. H. Sumner ... 477

  General observations or remarks ... 478--488

  Report of a committee upon the subject of the organization and discipline of the ... 597

• Militia, of the United States for 1825.--Report of the Secretary of War with annual returns of the ... 236

  For 1826.--Report of the Secretary of War with annual returns of the ... 591

  For 1827.--Report of the Secretary of War with annual returns of the ... 689

  Abstract of annual returns of arms and accoutrements procured for the ... 131, 288, 239, 240 ... 357, 358, 653

• Militia Fine.--Report of a committee in favor of refunding a ... 489
• Militiamen in 1814.--Report of a committee on the proceedings of a court-martial on certain Tennessee ... 693

  Report of the Secretary of War with correspondence in relation to the trial of certain Tennessee ... 695

  Proceedings of the court-martial for the trial of certain Tennessee ... 703

  Letters of Willie Blount, governor of Tennessee, in reference to the trial of certain Tennessee ... 697, 699, 700, 701, 702, 829

  Correspondence between General Jackson and the Secretary of War in relation to the Tennessee ... 785

• Militia services in 1792--'93--'94.--Report of a committee on the claim of certain citizens of Georgia for ... 495
• Militia services in the war of 1812.--Message of the President on the claim of Massachusetts to repayment of advances made for ... 8

  Report of a committee on the claim of Massachusetts for ... 93, 159

• Militia services when controled by States in opposition to the general government.--The United States not held liable for the expenses of (Rep. Com.) ... 93, 160
• Militia services where the executive of a State refuses to place her militia under the direction of the President, the United States not liable for the expenses incurred by a State for ... 104, 160
• Militia services.--Report of the Secretary of War respecting rules for the adjustment of the claims of States for ... 166
• Militia services in 1813 and 1814.--Report of a committee in favor of granting compensation to Captain James Bigger's company of rangers for ... 231
• Miller Chad.--Report of a committee on his claim for back pay and bounty land ... 587
• Mines near Fever river and in Missouri for the year ending 30th September, 1826.--Report of operations of the lead ... 365
• Mines near Fever river and in Missouri for the year ending September 30, 1827.--Report of the operations of the lead ... 654
• Mississippi, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 255
• Mississippi river.--Report of the Secretary of War on the subject of the defences on the ... 304

  Report of the chief engineer relative to the improvement of the Ohio and ... 361

• Missouri, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 255
• Mobile bay.--Report on the defence of ... 295
• Mobile point.--Fortifications at ... 137, 141, 359
• Monroe.--Fortifications at Fort ... 137, 141, 359
• Monuments to the memories of Generals Wooster and Davidson of the revolutionary army.--Report of a select committee (Senate) in favor of erecting ... 103
• Mordecai, Alfred.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Mount Dearborn arsenal.--Report of a committee on retroceding to South Carolina the site of the ... 268

  A report of the Secretary of War in relation to the ... 656

• Mount Desert island.--Report on the erection of defensive works on ... 287
• Mountford, John.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Mounted volunteers for the protection of the frontiers.-- Letters of Joseph Duncan and General Gaines relative to the efficiency of ... 828
• N.
• Narragansett bay.--Report on the defence of ... 289
• National armory on the western waters.--Message of the President relative to the selection of a site for a ... 92

  Application of inhabitants of Pendleton county, Kentucky, for the establishment at the Horse-shoe Bend of a ... 154

  Application of Tennessee for the establishment at the Narrows of Harpeth of a ... 188

  Correspondence with the Louisville and Portland Canal Company relative to a site and water power for a ... 188

  Resolutions of the legislature of Pennsylvania proposing to cede to the United States a site for a ... 229

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the establishment at the Ohiopile falls, in Pennsylvania, of a ... 234

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• National armory on the western waters--

  Proceedings and memorial of citizens of Connelsville, Pennsylvania, relative to the establishment at Ohiopile falls of a ... 235

  Relative to the selection of Tygart's Valley river as a site for a ... 263

• National armories and arms made therein during 1825.--Report of the Secretary of War showing the expenditures at the ... 244

  During 1826.--Report of the Secretary of War showing the expenditures at the ... 595

• National defence.--Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on a system of ... 283
• National road from Washington to New Orleans.--Reference by the Secretary of War to subject of the location of a ... 109

  Report of Alexander Macomb, chief engineer of the army ... 137, 138

• Nelson, Joseph S.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95, 97
• New Bedford harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 289
• New Bedport harbor.--Report on the erection of defensive works at ... 288
• New Hampshire for the services of her militia.--Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the claims of ... 167
• New Hampshire to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 251
• New Hampshire in the revolutionary war.--Names and rank of the officers of ... 530
• New Haven harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 290
• New Jersey to September 30, 1824.Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 253
• New Jersey line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 543
• New London harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 290
• New Orleans.--Report of a committee recommending the construction of a military road from Fort St. Philip to the English Turn, in Louisiana, for the defence of ... 8

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the construction of barracks at 243, 826

  And the Delta of the Mississippi.--Report on the defence of ... 295

  Report of a committee in favor of erecting barracks and storehouses at ... 685

• New Mexico.--Relative to the establishment of a military post for the protection of the Santa Fé trade in ... 615
• New Utrecht.--Fortifications at Fort Hamilton, at 136, 141
• New York for the reconveyance of the battery of Castle Clinton in that city.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs (House of Reps.) on the application of the city of ... 6
• New York for the services of her militia.--Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the claims of. ... 167
• New York to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 252
• New York harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 290
• New York line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 540
• New York to sell to the United States the fortifications on Staten Island.--Proposition of ... 584, 585
• Nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell.--Proceeding of the Senate in executive session on the ... 328
• Non-commissioned grades of the army.--Recommendation of Major General Brown of an increase of the pay of the ... 111
• Norfolk, Hampton Roads, and James river.--Relative to the defence of ... 291
• North Carolina to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 254
• North Carolina for the services of her militia.--Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the claims of ... 167
• North Carolina line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 556
• Northeastern coast.--Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on the defence of the ... 287
• Northwestern frontier.--Report of the Committee on Military Affairs on the adoption of further measures for the defence of the ... 215

  Letter of the Secretary of War and report of Major General Brown on the subject of the defence of the ... 215

• Nourse, Charles J.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• O.
• Oak island.--Fortifications at ... 136, 141, 359
• Ocracoke, Pamlico, and Albemarle sounds.--Relative to the defence of ... 292
• Office of major general of the army.--Report of a committee on the expediency of abolishing the ... 820
• Officers of the army who were breveted, and the pay of the brevet rank.--Message of the President giving the names of the ... 94
• Officers of the army, for an increase of pay.--Application of certain captains ... 166

  Report of a committee in favor of an increase of the pay of certain ... 230

• Officers of the army on account of brevet rank.--Letter of the Secretary of War, with statements of the amount paid to ... 496

  Statements of payments to ... 505

• Officers of the army who were dismissed by the sentence of a court-martial, to be reinstated.--Applications of ... 157
• Officers of the army.--Statements of payments to general, field, and staff ... 500, 501, 527
• Officers of the army for extra services.--Statement of payments made to ... 499, 508
• Officers of the army who have been breveted since 1821.--List of ... 529
• Officers of the army who have received double rations and pay according to brevet rank.--Names of ... 608
• Officers who have died on the Gulf frontier since 1821.--Statement showing the names of the ... 659
• Officers of the general staff of the army for 1826.--List of the ... 200

  For 1827.--List of the ... 569

  For 1898.--List of the ... 668

• Officers of the medical staff, and the pay and purchasing departments of the army for 1826.--List of the ... 200

  For 1827.--List of the ... 570

  For 1828.--List of the ... 669

• Officers of the revolutionary army who served to the end of the war, and were entitled to half-pay for life.--Names and rank of the ... 529

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• Officers of the war of 1812.--Report of a committee in favor of granting land to the ... 327
• Ohio and Mississippi rivers.--Relative to the improvement of the ... 361
• Ordnance corps.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to an increase of the officers of the ... 577
• Ordnance department of the army for the year 1825.--Report of the 128 For the year 1826.--Report of the 351 For the year 1827.--Report of the ... 649
• Organization of the army, with a view to giving efficiency to the militia when in actual service.-- Memoir of Major General Macomb upon the ... 458

  A review of the memoir of General Macomb upon the ... 465

• Organization of the army for 1825.--Statement showing the ... 212

  For 1826.--Statement showing the ... 335

  For 1827.--Statement showing the ... 619

• Organization and discipline of the militia of the United States.--Report of a committee upon the subject of the ... 597
• Organization of courts-martial.--Letter of Adjutant General Jones relative to the ... 307

  Report of a committee relative to the ... 327

• Pamlico, Albemarle, and Ocracoke sounds.--Report on the defence of ... 292
• Patterson on the use of steam butteries as a means of coast defence.--Report of Commodore ... 306
• Patuxent river.--Relative to the defence of the ... 291
• Pay of certain captains in the army.-- Application for an increase of the ... 166

  Report of a committee in favor of granting an increase of the ... 230

• Pay and allowances to officers of the army according to their brevet rank ... 98--496--498--608
• Pay and emoluments of Major General Jacob Brown from 1820 to 1828.--Statement of the ... 833
• Pay and purchasing departments of the army for 1826.--List of the officers of the medical staff and ... 200

  For the year 1827.--List of officers of the ... 570

  For the year 1828.--List of officers of the ... 669

• Paymaster General of the army for the first three quarters of the year 1825.--Report of the ... 125

  For the first three quarters of the year 1826.--Report of the ... 344

  For the first three quarters of the year 1827.--Report of the ... 641

• Paymasters of the army.--In relation to confirming rank upon the ... 344
• Peace establishment.--Report of a committee on the construction of the act of 1821, to reduce the army and to fix the military ... 559

  Report of a committee on the execution of the act of 1821, to reduce the army and to fix the military ... 590

• Pendleton county, Kentucky, for a national armory at the Horse-shoe Bend.--Application of inhabitants of ... 154
• Pennsylvania to cede to the United States a site for a national armory.--Resolutions of legislature of ... 229
• Pennsylvania, relative to a national armory at Ohiopile falls.--Memorial of citizens of Connelsville, in ... 235
• Pennsylvania, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 253
• Pennsylvania line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 544
• Penobscot bay.--Report on the erection of defensive works at ... 287
• Pensacola.--Report of the Secretary of War respecting fortifications at the harbor of ... 158, 242, 491, 595

  Report of a committee on the expediency of constructing fortifications at the bay of 217, 686

  Report of Generals Bernard and Totten on the defence of ... 295

  Report of a committee on the establishment of an arsenal at ... 681

• Perdido bay.--Report on the defence of ... 295
• Philadelphia and Delaware bay.--Report on the defence of the city of ... 290
• Pierce, Benjamin K.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Pipkin's regiment of Tennessee militia, in 1814.--Report of a committee on the proceedings of a court-martial on Colonel ... 693

  Order of Governor Blount calling into service Colonel ... 829

• Plattsburg.--Respecting the presentation of rifles to Captain Aikin's company of volunteers for good conduct at the battle of ... 261
• Plymouth and Provincetown harbors.--Report on the defence of ... 289
• Portland.--Report on the erection of defensive works at ... 287
• Portsmouth harbor.--Report on the erection of defensive works at ... 288
• Posts and arsenals.--Table of military ... 576
• Posts.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the erection of barracks, quarters, &c, at certain military ... 588
• Posts.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the cost of removing troops to and from the several military ... 655
• President of the United States on the claim of the State of Massachusetts for the services of her militia in the war of 1812.--Message of the ... 8

  Report of the Committee on Military Affairs (Senate) thereon ... 93

• President of the United States relative to the disputed authority of the government over the militia of a State, and directing the Secretary of War to audit the accounts of the State of Massachusetts for advances to her militia.--Letter of the ... 56

  Relative to the selection of a site for a national armory on the western waters.--Message of the ... 92

  Communicating a report of the Third Auditor on so much of the claims of Massachusetts for the services of her militia in the war of 1812 as relates to the militia commanded by Major Generals King and Sewall--Message of the ... 104

  Relative to the site of the United States arsenal at Augusta, Georgia.--Message of the ... 241

  Report of a committee thereon ... 262

  Relative to a system of fortifications recommended by the board of engineers.--Message of the ... 245

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• President of the United States.--Message of the-- With the proceedings of the court-martial in the case of Colonel Talbot Chambers ... 307

  Report of a committee thereon ... 327

  In relation to the nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell.--Message of the ... 329

  In relation to a proposition of New York to sell to the government the fortifications on Staten Island ... 582

  Relative to the artillery school of practice at Fortress Monroe ... 602

• Professors at the Military Academy at West Point.--Report of a committee on the subject of the rank, pay, and emoluments of the ... 102
• Promotion.--Report of a committee on the nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell, in relation to regimental ... 329
• Q.
• Quartermaster General of the army for the first, second, and third quarters of the year 1825.-- Report of the ... 116
• Quartermaster General of the army for the first, second, and third quarters of the year 1826.-- Report of the ... 334
• Quartermaster General of the army for the first, second, and third quarters of the year 1827.--Report of the ... 640
• Quartermaster General's department of the army.--Report of a committee on the reorganization of the ... 100, 161
• Quartermaster General's department of the army.--Letters and extracts from reports upon the subject of a reorganization of the ... 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166
• Quarters, &c., at military posts.--Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the erection of barracks ... 588
• R.
• Rangers, for services in 1813 and 1814.--Report of a committee in favor of granting compensation to Captain James Bigger's company of: ... 231
• Rangers or volunteers for frontier defence.--Relative to the efficiency of mounted ... 828
• Rank.--Message of the President, giving the names of officers who were breveted, and the pay attached to their brevet ... 94

  Names and grades of officers who have received pay and emoluments according to their brevet ... 608, 823

  Payment to officers from 1821 to 1825 on account of their brevet ... 496, 505, 529

  Report of the Secretary of War on brevet ... 830

• Rank of officers of the militia and regular army when called to act together.--Letter of James Monroe, Secretary of War, to Wm. B. Giles, relative to ... 68

  Opinion of three justices of the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts on the subject of the relative ... 72

  Remonstrance of certain officers of the militia against being placed under the command of an army officer ... 85, 86

• Rank of artillery officers for 1826.--Statement showing the lineal ... 201

  For 1827.--Statement showing the lineal ... 571

  For 1828.--Statement showing the lineal ... 670

• Rank in the army for 1826.--Statement showing the relative ... 203

  For 1827.--Statement showing the relative ... 562

  For 1828.--Statement showing the relative ... 661

• Rank of infantry officers for 1826.--Statement showing the lineal ... 202

  For 1827.--Statement showing the lineal ... 572

  For 1828.--Statement showing the lineal ... 671

• Rank upon paymasters in the army.--Relative to conferring ... 344
• Rations and pay, according to brevet rank.--Names of the officers who have received double ... 609
• Recruits enlisted from October 1, 1825, to September 30, 1826.--Statement showing the ... 333

  From January 1 to September 30, 1827.--Statement showing the ... 627

• Reduction of the army in 1821.--Report of a committee on the nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell after the ... 328
• Reduction of the army, and to fix the military peace establishment.--Report of a committee on the construction of the act of 1821, for the ... 559

  Difference of opinion between the President and the Senate upon the construction of the act of 1821, for the ... 560, 590

  Report of a committee on the execution of the act of 1821, for the ... 590

• Regimental promotion.--Report of a committee on the nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell in relation to ... 329
• Register for 1826.--Official army ... 200

  For 1827.Official army ... 561

  For 1828.--Official army ... 660

• Reimbursement of expenses incurred by a State for militia services not allowed, where the State refuses to place her militia under control of the general government ... 56, 93, 104, 160, 167
• Removal of troops to and from the several posts.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the ... 655
• Reservation at Detroit on which the United States arsenal is located.--Report of the Secretary of War on an application for the surrender of the military ... 302, 586
• Resignations in the army since 1825.--Statement showing the ... 213

  Since 1826.--Statement showing the ... 575

  Since 1827.--Statement showing the ... 673

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• Restoration to the army.--Application of Colonel William King, who was dropped by the sentence of a court-martial, for ... 157
• Retrocession of the arsenal grounds at Mount Dearborn to South Carolina.--Report of a committee on the. ... 268
• Revolutionary army who served to the end of the war and were entitled to half pay for life.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 529
• Rhode Island for militia services.--Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the claims of ... 167
• Rhode Island to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 252
• Rhode Island line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 539
• Rifles to Captain Aiken's company of volunteers for gallant conduct at the battle of Plattsburg.-- Respecting the presentation of ... 261
• Rivers and harbors.--Report of the Chief Engineer relative to the improvement of certain ... 363, 628
• Roach, jr, Isaac.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Road from Washington to New Orleans.--Reference by the Secretary of War to the subject of a national ... 109

  Report of the Chief Engineer of the army in relation to a national ... 137, 138

  From Pensacola to St. Augustine.--Report of the Quartermaster General of the progress made upon the ... 117

  From Suwaney to Cape Sable, Florida.--Report of the Quartermaster General of the progress made upon the ... 117

  From St. Augustine to Cape Florida.Report of the Quartermaster General on the survey of the route for a ... 117

  Report of James Gadsden of the survey of the route for a ... 118

  From Coleraine, Georgia, to Tampa Bay,Florida.Report of the Quartermaster General in relation to the ... 117

  From Fort Towson to Fort Gibson.--Report of the Quartermaster General in relation to a ... 117

  From Cantonment Gibson to Natchitoches.--Report of a committee in favor of constructing a ... 229

• Roads and military works for the protection of the northwestern frontier.--Report of a committee on the construction of ... 215

  And canals.--Report of the Chief Engineer in relation to surveys of routes for certain ... 360

  Placed under the direction of the Quartermaster General.--Report on the progress of ... 117, 640

• Rules for the adjustment of the claims of States for militia services.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to ... 167
• Rules for the appointment of cadets at the Military Academy ... 109, 218, 794, 808
• S.
• St. Helena Sound.--Report on the defence of the ... 293
• St. Louis, Missouri.--Report of a committee on the erection of an arsenal at ... 269
• St. Mary's.--Relative to the defence of the harbor of ... 291
• Salem harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 288
• Santa Fé trade in New Mexico.--Report of a committee relative to the establishment of a military post for the protection of the ... 615
• Santee rivers and Bull's Bay.--Report on the defence of the ... 293
• Savannah and the Savannah river.--Report on the defence of the ... 293
• School of practice at Fortress Monroe.--Salutary effects in the improvement of the artillery and cavalry corps of the ... 108

  Benefits to the graduates of the Military Academy of the ... 110

  How composed ... 211, 574, 673

  Report of Major General Brown, relative to the artillery ... 332

  Message of the President relative to the artillery ... 602

• Schmuck, Jacob.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Scott, Winfield.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Seaboard.--Report of the board of engineers on the defence of ... 283

  Classification of proposed fortifications for the defence of the 299 Searle, Frederick.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97

• Senate in executive session on the nomination of Colonel Daniel Bissell.--Proceedings of the ... 328
• Sheep's Cut.--Report on the erection of defensive works at ... 287
• Site for a national armory on the western waters.--Message of the President relative to a ... 92
• South Carolina to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 254
• South Carolina line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 557
• Spotts, Samuel.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Springfield.--Operations of the armory at 244, 596
• Staff of the army.--Organization of the general ... 459
• Staff of the army for 1826.--List of the officers of the general ... 200

  For 1827.--List of the officers of the general ... 599

  For 1828.--List of the officers of the general ... 668

• Staten Island.--Message of the President relative to the purchase of the fortifications on ... 582

  Extract from the report of the board of engineers in relation to fortifications on ... 585

• Steam batteries as aid to the permanent defence of the coast of Louisiana.--Report of General Bernard on ... 305

  Report of Commodore Patterson on the use of ... 306

• Stockton, Thomas.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Stonington harbor.--Report on the defence of ... 290
• Storehouses at New Orleans.--Report of a committee in favor of erecting barracks and 685 Supernumerary officers under the act of 1821 for the reduction of the army.--Report of a committee defining the ... 561
• Surgeon General of the army for the first three quarters of the year 1825.--Report of the ... 125
• Surgeon General of the army for the first three quarters of the year 1826.--Report of the ... 347
• Surgeon General of the army for the first three quarters of the year 1827.--Report of the ... 649

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• Surgeon General relative to vaccination in the army.--Report of the ... 236
• Survey of a route for a national road from Washington to New Orleans.--Relative to the execution of the ... 109, 137
• Survey of a route for a canal to connect the waters of the Ohio river with Lake Erie.--Relative to the138
• Survey of a route for a canal between Buzzard and Barnstable bays.--Relative to the ... 138
• Surveys upon which the civil and topographical engineers have been employed during the year 1826.--Report of the ... 360
• T.
• Tactics.--Report of a committee on the claim of William Duane for certain works on infantry and cavalry ... 87

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to a system of cavalry and artillery ... 331

• Talcott, George.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Taylor, Joseph P.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Tennessee for the establishment of a national armory at the Narrows of Harpeth.--Application of ... 188
• Tennessee, to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 254
• Tennessee militia in 1814.--Order of Governor Blount calling into service Colonel Pipkins' regiment of ... 829
• Tennessee militiamen.--Report of a committee on the proceedings of a court-martial upon certain ... 693

  Report of the Secretary of War, with correspondence in relation to the trial of certain ... 695

  Letters of Willie Blount, Governor of Tennessee, in reference to the trial of certain ... 697, 699, 700, 701, 702

• Thayer, Sylvester.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Third Auditor on the claims of Massachusetts for the services of her militia.--Reports of the ... 104, 168, 172, 174, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 835, 922, 923, 928
• Throg's Point on Long Island Sound for a fortificalion.--Report of the Secretary of War on the purchase of ... 224

  Report of the Chief Engineer relative to fortifications at ... 359

• Topographical Engineers.--Report of a committee on the subject of a gradual increase of the corps of ... 102, 184

  Names and rank of the officers of the corps of ... 206, 564, 664

  Recommendation by the Secretary of War of an increase of the corps of ... 109

  Recommendation of the Chief Engineer of the army of an increase of the corps of ... 140

  Report of the Secretary of War on the organization of the corps of ... 278

  First organization of the corps of ... 279

  Letter of J. J. Abert, relative to the organization of the corps of ... 492

• Totten, Joseph G.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95, 97
• Totten and Bernard on a system of national defence.--Report of Generals 283 Town at Bayou Dupré, Louisiana.--Relative to the erection of a ... 589
• Towson to be a colonel of cavalry.--Report of a committee on the appointment of Paymaster General Nathan ... 559
• Transfer of troops to and from the several posts.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the ... 655

  Correspondence between General Andrew Jackson and the Secretary of War relative to the ... 785

• Troops to and from the several posts.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to the transfer of the ... 655

  Tuttle, Stephen.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97

• Twiggs, David E.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94, 96
• Tygart's Valley River as a site for a national armory.--Relative to the selection of ... 263
• U.
• Unhealthiness of the site of the United States arsenal at Augusta.--Message of the President relative to the ... 241

  Report of a committee thereon ... 262

• Uniform for the army.--Letter from William Duane to the Secretary of War relative to a ... 4
• Upper Canada.--Expenditures for fortifications in ... 256
• V.
• Vaccination in the army.--Report of the Secretary of War relative to ... 236
• Virginia for the services of her militia.--Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the claim of ... 167
• Virginia to September 30, 1824.--Statement of expenditures on account of fortifications in ... 253
• Virginia line of the revolutionary army.--Names and rank of the officers of the ... 552
• Visitors at the Military Academy at West Point for 1825.--Report of the board of ... 144

  At the Military Academy at West Point for the year 1826.--Report of the board of ... 372, 382

  At the Military Academy at West Point for the year 1827.--Report of the board of ... 637

  At the Military Academy from 1817 to 1821.--Report of the Secretary of War, showing the expenses of the ... 803

  At the Military Academy from 1824 to 1827.--Names and expenses of the several boards of ... 809

• Volunteers for good conduct at the battle of Plattsburg.--Relative to the presentation of rifles to Captain Aikin's company of ... 261
• Volunteers for the defence of the frontiers.--Letters of General Gaines and Joseph Duncan relative to the efficiency of mounted ... 828
• Vose, Josiah H.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 94, 96

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• W.
• Walbach, John B.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 94, 96
• War.--Reports and letters from the Secretary of-- Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the accounts of and services of William Duane ... 1

  Report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of the State of Louisiana relative to a military road from Fort St. Philip to the English Turn, in Louisiana ... 6

  Opinion of Mr. Monroe, Secretary of War, on the constitutional power of the general government over the militia when called into actual service ... 66, 67, 68, 69, 75

  Opinion of Mr. Monroe, Secretary of War, that the United States are not liable for the expenses of militia called into service by a State, unless placed under the control of the President ... 75

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the claim of the State of Massachusetts for advances for the services of her militia in the war of 1812 ... 18, 20, 65, 69, 10, 167, 835

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the deaths and desertions in the army in 1823, 1824, and 1825 ... 193, 273

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to a site for a national armory on the western waters ... 92

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the expediency of providing for additional quartermasters and assistants in the army ... 100

  Letter of the Secretary of War, with a report of the Third Auditor, on the claims of Massachusetts for the services of her militia ... 104

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the operations of the military establishment of the United States for 1825 ... 108

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the operations of the military establishment of the United States for 1826 ... 330

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the operations of the military establishment of the United States for 1827 ... 615

  Report of the Secretary of War respecting fortifications at Pensacola ... 158, 242, 491, 595

  Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the reorganization of the Quartermaster General's department ... 161

  Report of the Secretary of War respecting rules for the adjustment of claims of States for militia services, and communicating a report of the Third Auditor on the claim of the State of Massachusetts ... 167

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the first introduction into the army of the corps of engineers and its present condition ... 185

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to a site and water-power for a national armory near Louisville, Kentucky ... 188

  Letter of the Secretary of War, accompanied by the Army Register for 1826 ... 20

  Army Register for 1827 ... 561

  Army Register for 1828 ... 660

  Letter of the Secretary of War and report of Major General Brown relative to the defence of the northwestern frontier ... 215

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the construction of fortifications at Charleston, South Carolina ... 217, 489

  Report of the Secretary of War giving the number, names, and manner of the appointment of the cadets at the Military Academy at West Point ... 218, 794

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the purchase of Throg's Point on Long Island sound for a fortification ... 224

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to increasing the number of cadets at the Military Academy at West Point ... 227

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to desertions in the army ... 228

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to a national armory at the Ohiopile Falls, in Pennsylvania ... 234

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to vaccination in the army ... 236

  Report of the Secretary of War.Annual returns of the militia of the United States for 1825 ... 236

  Annual returns of the militia of the United States for 1826 ... 591

  Annual returns of the militia of the United States for 1827 ... 689

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the erection of barracks at New Orleans ... 243, 826

  Report of the Secretary of War showing the operations of the national armories during the year 1825 ... 244

  Report of the Secretary of War showing the operations of the national armories during the year 1826 ... 595

  Report of the Secretary of War showing the operations of the national armories during the year 1827 ... 803

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to a system of fortifications ... 245

  Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the enlargement of the site of Fort Washington ... 266

  Report of the Secretary of War respecting the enlargement of the site of Fort McHenry ... 267

  Report of the Secretary of War on the augmentation of the corps of engineers of the army ... 278

  Report of the Secretary of War on the memorial of the mayor and citizens of Detroit for the surrender of the reservation on which the arsenal at that place is located ... 302, 586

  Report of the Secretary of War, with the report of General Bernard, on the means of defence for the Mississippi river ... 304

  Circular letter of the Secretary of War to the governors of States, &c., in relation to the organization and instruction of the militia ... 393

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• War.--Letter of the Secretary of War relative to payments to officers on account of brevet rank ... 496

  Report of the Secretary of War, giving the names and rank of the officers who served to the end of the revolutionary war, and were entitled to half-pay for life ... 529

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the establishment of an arsenal in Maine ... 577

  Report of the Secretary of War on the increase of the officers of the ordnance corps ... 577

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the purchase of fortifications on Staten Island by the government ... 582

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the erection of barracks, quarters, &c., at military posts ... 588

  Letter of the Secretary of War relative to the erection of a town at Bayou Dupré, La ... 589

  Report of the Secretary of War, giving the names of officers who have received double rations and pay according to their brevet rank ... 608

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to the removal of troops to and from the several posts ... 655

  Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the arsenal at Mount Dearborn ... 656

  Report of the Secretary of War, giving a list of officers who have died on the Gulf frontier since 1821 ... 659

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the expenditures at the Harper's Ferry armory from 1820 to 1827 ... 676

  Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the proceedings of a court-martial ordered for the trial of certain Tennessee militiamen in 1814 ... 695

  Report of the Secretary of War, communicating correspondence with General Andrew Jackson, in reference to the Tennessee militia ... 785

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the expenses of the visitors of the Military Academy from 1817 to 1827 ... 803

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing from what fund the expenses of the visitors to the Military Academy are paid ... 807

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the expenditures at the Military Academy from its organization in 1802 to 1828 ... 816

  Report of the Secretary of War, showing the amount paid to officers on account of their brevet rank in 1827 ... 823

  Report of the Secretary of War relative to appropriations for fortifications, and armament of the same, for 1828 ... 824

  Report of the Secretary of War on brevet rank in the army 830

  Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the amount of money paid to Major General Jacob Brown for pay and emoluments from 1820 to 1828 ... 833

  Report of the Secretary of War on the claims of the State of Massachusetts for the services of her militia in the war of 1812 ... 835

• Washington.--Report of a committee on the purchase of additional land for the site of Fort ... 265, 819

  Letter of the Secretary of War respecting the enlargement of the site of Fort ... 266

• Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria.--Relative to the defence of ... 292
• Washington, William T.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95, 97
• Water power for a national armory.--Correspondence with the Louisville and Portland Canal Company relative to a site, and ... 188
• Watervliet, New York.--Report of a committee relative to the enlargement of the site of the arsenal at ... 271, 490
• Watson, Benjamin.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95--97
• Welch, David T.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 95--97
• West Point, Military Academy at.--(See Military Academy.)
• Whartenby, Richard.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94--96
• Whistler, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94--96
• Whiting, Henry.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95--97
• Wilson, William.--Brevet rank and brevet pay of ... 94--96
• Wooster and Davidson.--Report of a select committee in favor of erecting monuments to Generals ... 103
• Worth, William J.--Brevet rank and pay of ... 95--97

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