There is a national armory at Springfield, Mass., Bvt. Lt. Col. J. W. Ripley, Commander, and one at Harper's Ferry, Va., Bvt. Col. B. Huger, Commander. The Champlain Arsenal and Ordnance Depot at Vergennes, Vt.; The Rome, at Rome, N. Y.; The Apalachicola, at Chattahoochee, Fla.; The St. Augustine, at St. Augustine, Fla.; and the Santa Fé, at Santa Fé, New Mexico, are under charge of military store-keepers. The Bellona Arsenal is not used at present. An Ordnance Sergeant is at the post in charge of the buildings and grounds.

6. MILITARY POSTS.*

1st Lt. A. H. Dearborn,

Ordnance.

1st Lt. R. A. Wainright,

Ordnance.

Bvt. Capt. A. B. Dyer,
Capt. J. A. J. Bradford,
1st Lt. C. P. Kingsbury,

Ordnance.

Ordnance.

Ordnance.

Ordnance.

Ordnance.

Plattsburg Barracks,

West Point,

Fort Columbus,

Fort Wood,

Fort Hamilton,

Fort Lafayette,

Fort Mifflin,

Carlisle Barracks,

Fort McHenry,

Maryland,

Fort Washington,

Department No. 4.

Fort Monroe,

Virginia,

NewYork Har-
bor, N. Y.

Newport,

New London,

Sault S. Marie,
Mackinac,
Fort Gratiot,

Bvt. Col. F. S. Belton, 3d artillery.

Bvt. Capt.G.W.Getty, 4th artillery.
Bvt. Maj. T.Williams, 4th artillery.
Not garrisoned.

Youngstown, Capt. J. P. McCown, 4th artillery.
Oswego, Bvt. Maj.S.C. Ridgely, 4th artillery.

Sacket's Harb., Not garrisoned.

Plattsburg,
West Point,
New York,

Bvt. Col. R. E. Lee, Engineers.
Bvt.Col. M. M. Payne, 4th artillery.
Bvt. Maj. J.T.Sprague. General Depot.
Bvt. Maj. W. W.Morris 4th artillery.
Garrison temporarily withdrawn.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Capt. Jos. Roberts, 4th artillery.
Carlisle, Bvt. Maj C. F. Ruff, Cavalry Depot.
Baltimore, Bvt.Lt.-Col. F.Taylor, 1st artillery.
F. Washington, Bvt. Maj.JohnB.Scott, 4th artillery.

O. P. Comfort, Bvt.Brig. Gen.J. Bank

* Ten companies of the 4th Infantry are on the Pacific Coast.

NOTE. The commanding officers of the posts above named are entitled to double rations when the garrison consists of not less than one company.

7. MILITIA FORCE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Abstract of the United States Militia, from the Army Register for 1852.

* No returns from Iowa, California, Oregon, and New Mexico.

8. TABLE OF PAY, SUBSISTENCE, FORAGE, ETC. OF ARMY OFFICERS.

On the 1st of January, 1852, the whole number of commissioned officers in the regular army was 896; that of non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, 9,233; total, 10,129.