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NAVY DEPARTMENT.

The Navy Department consists of the Navy Department proper, being the office of the Secretary and of five bureaus attached thereto, viz.: Bureau of Navy-yards and Docks; Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair; Bureau of Provisions and Clothing; Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography; and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

The following is a statement of the duties of each of these offices and of the force employed therein:—

SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

Secretary of the Navy, chief clerk, and eleven clerks. The Secretary of the Navy has charge of everything connected with the naval establishment, and the execution of all laws relating thereto is intrusted to him, under the general direction of the President of the United States, who, by the Constitution, is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy. All instructions to commanders of squadrons, and commanders of vessels, all orders of officers, commissions of officers both in the navy and marine corps, appointments of commissioned and warrant officers, orders for the enlistment and discharge of seamen, emanate from the Secretary's office. All the duties of the different bureaus are performed under the authority of the Secretary, and their orders are considered as emanating from him. The general superintendence of the marine corps forms, also, a part of the duties of the Secretary, and all the orders of the commandant of that corps should be approved by him.

BUREAU OF NAVY-YARDS AND DOCKS.

Commodore Joseph Smith, chief of the bureau, four clerks, one civil engineer, and one draughtsman. All the navy-yards, docks, and wharves, buildings and machinery in navy-yards, and everything immediately connected with them, are under the superintendence of this bureau. It is also charged with the management of the Naval Asylum.

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, AND REPAIR.

Chief of the bureau, eight clerks, and one draughtsman. The office of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy is attached to this bureau, who is assisted by three assistant engineers. This bureau has charge of the building and repairs of all vessels-of-war, purchase of materials, and the providing of all vessels with their equipments, as sails, anchors, water-tanks, etc. The Engineer-in-Chief superintends the construction of all marine steam-engines for the navy, and, with the approval of the Secretary, decides upon plans for their construction.

BUREAU OF PROVISIONS AND CLOTHING.

Purser, United States Navy, chief of bureau, and four clerks. All provisions for the use of the navy, and clothing, together with the making of contracts for furnishing the same, come under the charge of this bureau.

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE AND HYDROGRAPHY.

Captain Duncan Ingraham, chief of bureau, four clerks, and one draughtsman. This bureau has charge of all ordnance and ordnance stores, the manufacture or purchase of cannon, guns, powder, shot, shells, etc., and the equipment of vesselsof-war, with everything connected therewith. It also provides them with maps, charts, chronometers, barometers, etc., together with such books as are furnished ships-of-war. "The United States Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office," at Washington, and the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, are also under the general superintendence of the chief of this bureau.

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Dr. William Whelan, Surgeon, United States Navy, chief of bureau, one passed assistant surgeon United States Navy, and two clerks. Everything relating to medicines and medical stores, treatment of sick and wounded, and management of hospitals, comes within the superintendence of this bureau.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Secretary of War, chief clerk, seven subordinate clerks, two messengers, and four watchmen. The following bureaus are attached to this Department:

COMMANDING GENERAL'S OFFICE.

This office, at the head of which is Lieutenant-General Scott, is at New York.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Colonel Samuel Cooper, Adjutant-General. Assistants: Brevet-Major E. D. Townsend, Brevet-Captain S. Williams, and Brevet-Captain J. P. Garesche. Judge-Advocate, Brevet-Major John F. Lee; nine clerks and one messenger. In this office are kept all the records which refer to the personel of the army, the rolls, etc. It is here where all military commissions are made out.

QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Brevet-Major-General T. S. Jesup, Quartermaster-General. Assistants:Colonel C. Thomas, Captain M. S. Miller, and Brevet-Major J. Belger; eleven clerks, and one messenger.

PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Colonel B. F. Larned, Paymaster-General; Major T. J. Leslie, District Paymaster; eight clerks, and one messenger.

COMMISSARY-GENERAL'S OFFICE.

General George Gibson, Commissary-General; Assistant: Captain M. D. L. Simpson; six clerks, and one messenger.

SURGEON-GENERAL'S OFFICE.

General Thomas Lawson, Surgeon-General; Assistants: Dr. R. C. Wood, and Dr. G. K. Wood; three clerks.

ENGINEER'S OFFICE.

General Joseph G. Totten, Chief Engineer; Assistant: Captain H. G. Wright; five clerks, and one messenger.

TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU.

Colonel J. J. Abert, colonel of the corps; Assistant: Captain J. C. Woodruff; four clerks, and one messenger.

ORDNANCE BUREAU.

Colonel H. R. Craig, Colonel of Ordnance; Assistant: Captain William Maynadier; eight clerks, and one messenger.

THE

SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES

OF THE

AMERICAN UNION.

THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES THAT FORMED AND CONFIRMED THE UNION, BY THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

FIRST settled at Dover and Portsmouth, in 1623.

Embraced under the charters of Massachusetts, and continued under the same jurisdiction until September 18, 1679, when a separate charter and government was granted. A Constitution was formed January 5, 1776, which was altered in 1784, and was further altered and amended February 13, 1792.

This State ratified the Constitution of the United States, June 21, 1788.
Area, 9280 square miles. Population in 1850, 317,976.

MASSACHUSETTS.

First settled at Plymouth, by English Puritans from Holland, who landed December 22, 1620.

Chartered March 4, 1629; also chartered January 13, 1630; an explanatory charter granted August 20, 1726; and more completely chartered October 7, 1731. Formed a Constitution March 2, 1780, which was altered and amended November 3, 1820.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, February 6, 1788.
Area, 7500 square miles. Population in 1850, 994,514.

RHODE ISLAND.

Embraced under the charters of Massachusetts, and continued under the same jurisdiction until July 8, 1662, when a separate charter was granted, which continued in force until a Constitution was formed, September, 1842.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, May 29, 1790.

Area, 1360 square miles. Population in 1850, 147,545.

CONNECTICUT.

Embraced under the charters of Massachusetts, and continued under the same jurisdiction until April 23, 1662, when a separate charter was granted, which continued in force until a Constitution was formed, September 15, 1818.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, January 9, 1788.
Area, 4674 square miles. Population in 1850, 370,792.

NEW YORK.

Granted to Duke of York, March 20, 1664, April 26, 1664, and June 24, 1664. Newly patented February 9, 1674; formed a Constitution April 20, 1777, which was amended October 27, 1801, and further amended November 10, 1821. A new Constitution was formed in 1846.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, July 26, 1788.

Area, 47,000 square miles. Population in 1850, 3,097,394.

NEW JERSEY.

Held under same grants as New York; separated into East and West Jersey March 3, 1677. The government surrendered to the Crown in 1702, and so continued until

the formation of a Constitution, July 2, 1776.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, December 18, 1787.

Area, 8320 square miles.

Population in 1850, 489,555.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Chartered February 28, 1681; formed a Constitution September 28, 1776; amended, September 2, 1790.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, December 12, 1787.

Area, 46,000 square miles. Population in 1850, 2,811,786.

DELAWARE.

Embraced in the charter, and continued under the government of Pennsylvania until the formation of a Constitution, September 20, 1776; a new Constitution formed June 12, 1792.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, December 7, 1787.

Area, 2120 square miles. Population in 1850, 91,532.

MARYLAND.

Chartered June 20, 1632; formed a Constitution August 14, 1776, which was amended in 1795 and 1799, and further amended in November, 1812.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, April 28, 1788.

Area, 9356 square miles. Population in 1850, 583,034.

VIRGINIA.

Chartered April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612; formed a Constitution July 5, 1776; amended, January 15, 1830.

Ratified the Constitution of the United States, June 26, 1788.

Area, 61,352 square miles. Population in 1850, 1,421,661.

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