Winfield Scott, Major-General, General-in-Chief :-Head Quarters, Washington City.

Brevet Major General E. P. Gaines, Department No. 1, New Orleans, La.
Brigadier-General John E. Wool, Department No. 5, Troy, N. Y.

INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE ARMY.

Colonel George Croghan.
Colonel S. Churchill.

Lieut. Col. R. B. Mason,
Major Clifton Wharton.

Second Dragoons.

Col. D. E. Twiggs,

Lieut. Col. W. S. Harney,
Major T. T. Fauntleroy.
First Artillery.

*Col. A. Eustis,

Lieut. Col. B. H. Pierce,
Major L. Whiting.

Second Artillery.

Col. James Bankhead,

Lieut. Col. A. C. W. Fanning,

Major M. M. Payne.

Third Artillery.

*Col. W. B. Armistead,

Lieut. Col. W. Gates,
Major John Erving.

Fourth Artillery.

Col. J. B. Walbach,
Lieut. Col. J. B. Crane,
Maj. F. S. Betton.

First Infantry.

*Col. Z. Taylor,
Lieut, Col. H. Wilson,
Major G. Dearborn.

Col. J. B. Many,

Lieut. Col. E. A. Hitchcock,
Major W. W. Lear.

Fourth Infantry.

Col. J. H. Vose,

Lieut. Col. John Garland,
Major Thomas Staniford.

Fifth Infantry.

Col. G. M. Brooke,

Lieut. Col. J. S. McIntosh,
Major W. V. Cobbs.

Sixth Infantry.

Col. W. Davenport,
Lieut. Col. G. Loomis,
Major W. Hoffman.

Seventh Infantry.

Col. M. Arbuckle,
Lieut. Col. W. Whistler,
Major J. S. Nelson.

Eight Infantry.

*Col. W. J. Worth,
Lieut. Col. N. S. Clarke,
Major W. G. Belknap.

* Brigadier General by Brevet.

GENERAL RETURNS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,
Corrected at the Adjutant-General's Office, Dec. 1, 1842.

The number of non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers and privates, in the several regiments of dragoons, artillery and infantry, according to the last returns received, is 8,768; which, including the West Point detachment of 111, and other small detachment and recruits en route to join companies, (681,) make an excess over the standard fixed by the act of August 23, 1842, (7,590,) of 1,970 men. This excess is continually decreasing, but will not be entirely merged in the supply of vacancies occasioned by discharges, deaths and desertions, before the close of the year 1843.

MILITIA FORCE THE UNITED STATES.
As stated in the Army Register for 1842.

Oglethorp Barracks

Portsmouth, N. H.-
Portland, Me..
Eastport, Me..
Near Houlton, Me.

On the Aroostook, Me.
On Fish River, Me..

Baltimore, Md.
Annapolis, Md..

Left bank of Potomac, Md.
Old Point Comfort, Va.

.......

Near Smithville, N. C.......
Oak Island, N. C.
Near Beaufort, N. C. .......
Charleston harbor, S. C.
Savannah, Ga...........

Capt. J. M. Washington.
Capt. G. Drane.

Capt. C. S. Merchant.

Brev. Col. A. C. W. Fanning.

Brev. Maj. J. Dimick.
Capt. G. Porter.

Capt. J H. Winder.

Lieut. Col. B. K. Pierce.

Capt. D. Van Ness.

Capt. L. B. Webster.

Lieut. Col. J. B. Crane.
Brev. Major J. L. Gardner.
Col. J. B. Walbach.

Brev. Lieut. Col. T. Childs.

Brev. Major W. L. McClintock.
Brev. Brig. Gen. W.K. Armistead.
Major J. Erving.

The following arrangement of Military Geographical Departments, having been duly submitted and approved, is published for the Government of the Army.

Department, No. 1. West Florida, and the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky. Head-Quarters, from the 1st of November to the 30th of June in each year, at New Orleans, and for the remainder of the year at the Bay of St. Louis, or Baton Rouge, as the Commander may elect. Commanded by Brevet Major-General E. P. Gaines.

Department, No. 2. The country west of the Mississippi, north of Louisiana and Texas, and south of 37th degree of north latitude. Head-Quarters, Fort Smith. Commanded by Brevet Brig. Gen. Z. Taylor.

Department, No. 3. The State of Missouri, (above the 37th degree of north latitude;) the State of Illinois; the Iowa Territory; that part of the Wisconsin Territory west of the 13th degree of longitude west from Washington; and the Indian country north and west of the lines indicated. Head-Quarters, Jefferson Barracks. Commanded by Col. S. W. Kearny.

Department, No. 4. The States of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan; the part of the Wisconsin Territory not included in Department, No. 3, and the Indian country north. Head-Quarters, Detroit. Commanded by Brevet Brig. Gen. H. Brady.

Department, No. 5. The States of Pennsylvania, New-York, Vermont, New-Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Head-Quarters, Troy, N. York. Commanded by Brigadier-Gen. John E. Wool.

Department, No. 6. The States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Head-Quarters, Portland. Commanded by Brevet Brig. Gen. A. Eustis. Department, No. 7. The States of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Head-Quarters, Fort Monroe. Commanded by Col. J. B. Walbach.

Department, No. 8. The States of North-Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Head-Quarters, Sullivan's Island, Harbor of Charleston. Commanded by Brevet Brig. Gen. W. K. Armistead.

Department, No. 9. East and Middle Florida. Head-Quarters, Fort Brooke. Commanded by Brevet Brig. Gen. W. J. Worth.

The senior officer in the command of troops in a department, will command such department until an officer of higher rank shall be sent to the same.

ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES.

The principal officers are a Secretary of War, a Major-General, two Brigadier-Generals, an Adjutant-General, two Inspectors-General, a QuartermasterGeneral, a Commissary-General, a Surgon-General, a Paymaster-General, and a Chief Engineer.

The whole army (Dec. 1842,) consists of two regiments of Dragoons; four regiments of Artillery, and eight regiments of Infantry. The regular army numbers 10,628 officers and men.