The officer designated, in pursuance of the President's order of January 23, 1874, to take charge of the contribution to be made by the War Department at the International Exhibition of 1876, has labored to organize the means within the Department of making a dis play of our war-materials equal in extent and variety to any similar contribution to like exhibition in this or foreign countries. Co-operation on the part of the several contributing bureaus has been secured through the medium of officers selected by their respective chiefs, and to whose duties has been superadded that of collecting, arranging, and disposing of the articles and materials designed to be displayed under the direction of the officer referred to. The total expense of making a full and satisfactory exhibit of our war-materials has heretofore been estimated at $200,000. Congress, at the last session, appropriated only $133,000 of this amount, and burdened the appropriation with a prorata share of the expense of any building that might be erected for the accommodation of the entire Government exhibit. Experience has shown that the amount thus left for the practical exhibit of the War Department is inadequate, and I recommend that Congress supplement the appropriation already made with a further one, granting sufficient to make up the sum of $200,000 for the practical exhibit of the Department. This amount is set down at $89,000, which includes an item of $22,000 as re-imbursement for moneys expended in the erection of the Government building at the Exhibition. I believe that the Government, in appearing as a voluntary contrib utor at this Exhibition, international as it is in character, should avoid the mortification of an inconsiderable or discreditable display. WM. W. BELKNAP, Secretary of War. REPORT OF THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Saint Louis, Mo., November 2, 1875. SIR Since the date of my last annual report, October 24, 1874, the following changes have been made, by order of the President, in the boundaries of divisions and departments, viz: The Department of the Gulf was by General Orders No. 1, Headquarters Division of the Missouri, January 4, 1875, (ratified by the President,) added to the Military Division of the Missouri; by General Orders No. 18, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, March 11, 1875, the Department of the Missouri was extended to the northern boundary of Texas; and by General Orders No. 65, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, June 22, 1875, the Department of the Platte was extended to include so much of the Territory of Idaho as lies east of a line formed by the western boundary of Utah to the northeastern boundary of Idaho, including the post of Fort Hall. The geographical commands, therefore, consist 1. Of the Military Division of the Atlantic, commanded by Maj. Gen. W. S. Hancock; headquarters, New York. 2. Of the Military Division of the South, commanded by Maj. Gen. I. McDowell; headquarters, Louisville. 3. The Military Division of the Missouri, Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheridan; headquarters, Chicago. 4. The Military Division of the Pacific, Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield; headquarters, San Francisco. There are no departments in the Division of the Atlantic. The Division of the South embraces but one department, the division commander exercising a double command. The Division of the Missouri embraces 1. Department of Dakota, Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry; headquarters, Saint Paul. 2. Department of the Platte, Bvt. Maj. Gen. George Crook; headquarters, Omaha. 3. Department of the Missouri, Bvt. Maj. Gen. John Pope; headquarters, Fort Leavenworth. 4. Department of Texas, Bvt. Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord; headquarters, San Antonio; and, 5. Department of the Gulf, Bvt. Maj. Gen. C. C. Augur; headquarters, New Orleans. The Division of the Pacific embraces 1. Department of the Columbia, Bvt. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard; headquarters, Portland, Oreg. 2. Department of California, over which the division commander exercises the authority of department commander; and, 3. Department of Arizona, Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. V. Kautz; headquarters, Prescott. |