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Though not strictly within the terms of the resolution of the house of delegates, it is perhaps required by its spirit, that the allowances to the officers of the general assembly, so far as they have been fixed by law, should be added.
'The speaker of the senate is entitled, under the act of 16th February, 1822, to 86 per day, mileage and ferriages. The speaker of the house of delegates, to $8 per day, mileage and ferriages. The clerk of the senate, to $75 per week. The sergeant at arms to the senate, to $30 per week. The sergeant of the house of delegates, to $28 per week, and fees for ar- rests. The clerks of each of the committees to the house of delegates, to $35 per week. The door keepers to both houses, each to $28 per week. The printer to the senate, to $600 for the session. The only clerks of com- mittees of the house of delegates, whose allowances were fixed by the act of 16th February, 1822, were those of propositions and grievances, elections and claims, courts of justice, and roads and navigation. Other clerks of committees have been occasionally appointed, and their wages paid by a special clause in the annual appropriation law."
It may also be proper to add, that pursuant to the resolution of the gene- ral assembly of 21st February, 1833, the executive has employed an agent to examine certain revolutionary documents, with a salary of $1,200 per amnum.
LAWS.
On the third of July, 1776, the convention which met to adopt a constitu-
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tion for the state, having declared it independent, passed an ordinance de- claring that " The common law of England, all statutes or acts of Parlia- ment made in aid thereof prior to the fourth year of the reign of King James the first, and which were of a general nature and not local to that kingdom, should be considered as in full force, until the same should be altered by the Legislature."
After this the Legislature re-enacted by special acts all of the statutes of the British Parliament which they thought applicable and necessary ; and on the 27th December, 1792, declared that no statute or act of Parliament should have any force or authority within this commonwealth,-saving all judicial and remedial writs which might have been sued out before that act.
The common law, the constitution and statutes of Virginia, the constitu- tion of the United States and the laws and treaties made in pursuance thereof, constitute the whole law of Virginia.
RELIGION.
Although the bill of rights, in 1776, declared that all men were equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of con- science, yet the first constitution contained no express provision on the sub- ject. The legislature, in 1785, passed an act for establishing religious free- dom, and subsequently repealed all laws which recognized the Protestant . Episcopal Church as the legal establishment. The glebe lands, and other church property, were vested in the overseers of the poor, for charitable uses, reserving only to the living incumbents an estate for life, and exempt- ing the church buildings from confiscation. The new constitution of 1830 fully recognises absolute religious freedom as a part of the fundamental Jaw. The Episcopal church, which, after the loss of its revenues, suffered almost total extinction in Virginia, has revived, in the last twenty years, by the voluntary support of its friends, and is now distinguished by numerous and wealthy members, and by a pious and intelligent clergy. In 1834 the number of ministers in the State, including two bishops, was 59, churches, 58, and 2840 communicants. In the same year, the Presbyterians num- bered 117 churches, 100 ministers, 11,413 communicants; the Methodists, 168 ministers, communicants 34,316 whites, and 7,447 colored, total 41,763; the Baptists, 261 ministers, churches 450, and communicats 54,302, of whom it is conjectured that one-half are slaves. The precise distinction be- tween the regular Baptists and the Reformers, called the disciples of Christ, not being in all cases drawn, there is no coming to any thing like certain knowledge, but it is supposed they do not exceed 10,000 in number, neither are they so systematically arrayed as to afford any accuracy in their statis- tics, either as to the number of teachers, congregations, meeting-houses, &c. . Attempts are now being made for a better arrangement of their af- fairs. The increase of new members, for the last two or three years, has been so great that it has not been possible to keep pace with the demand for preachers, meeting-houses, &c. They have advanced in the U. States, within 10 years, from a few in number, to something like 150,000. The Catholics have 5 ministers, and 10 congregations; but the number of lay members is not ascertained. It will be perceived that the Baptists and Me- thodists are the most numerous sects in the state; and the estimate does not include a considerable number of separatists from both communions. Be- sides these, there are Friends, Lutherans, Dunkers, Unitarians, Jews, &c.
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scattered through the state, whose numbers are not accurately known. The Presbyterians have a theological seminary in Prince Edward, and the Epis- copalians one near Alexandria, both of which institutions have flourished by private liberality. The state, in its political capacity, has always mani- fested a strong jealousy of all ecclesiastical establishments; yet the Virgi- nians are generous in private contributions towards objects of religion and benevolence. Sunday schools, and societies for promoting temperance, Af- rican colonization, &c., have been extensively patronized in late years.
EDUCATION.
LITERARY FUND .- This Fund was established by the Legislature in 1809, by devoting the proceeds of all escheats, fines, and forfeitures, to the encouragement of learning. In 1816 it was encreased by the liberal appro- priation of the debt due from the United States to Virginia, on account of advances made by the State in the late war with Great Britain. The per- manent capital of this fund amounted, in September, 1833, to 81,551,857 47 Of this there was invested in stocks, loans and debts, $1,551,803 34
Leaving in the treasury to the credit of the fund, 54 13 To which balance must be added the undrawn school
quotas, amounting to $20,256 74 First deducting the amt. invested in bank stock, of 7,150 00
13,106 74
Which leaves a total balance to the credit of the fund of $13,160 87 The revenue arising from this fund amounted, in 1833, to $78,340 61 Of which there was expended 62,927 18
Leaving a balance, to enerease the capital, of $15,413 43
When the Legislature appropriated the United States debt to this fund, it at the same time gave 8230,000, and an annuity of $15,000 from the fund, to the University of Virginia.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS .- The sum of 845,000 annually has been appropri- ated from the revenue of the Literary Fund, to the different counties, in pro- portion to their white population, for the sole purpose of instructing poor children in the elements of learning. This sum is placed under the manage- ment and control of School Commissioners, appointed by the Court of each county.
The primary school system has been modified from time to time since its es- tablishment,-and is now under the control of the Second Auditor, who renders an annual report to the Legislature, of the disbursement of the fund, founded on the returns of the county commissioners .- As the public boun- ty is confined to the offspring of indigent parents, a plan is now partially in operation, by which contributions may be received from individuals to es- tablish schools free for all classes of pupils; and strong hope is entertained that the experiment will prove successful, notwithstanding the difficulties which arise from the mixed population of one portion of the state, and the scattered population and rugged surface of the other. Experience has al- ready demonstrated the utility of even the existing system, and thousands who must have groped through life in the darkness of ignorance, have had the cheering light of knowledge shed upon them by means of the primary
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schools. We annex the Second Auditor's abstract of the number of poor children taught in each county, the expense, &c. for the year 1832-3:
ABSTRACT of School Commissioners' Reports for the year 1832, receiv- ed between 30th September, 1832, and Ist October, 1833.
COUNTIES
AND
TOWNS.
No. of School Commissioners
No. of common schools at-
tended by poor children.
No. of poor children in each
No. of poor children sent to
Aggregate number of days
dren at school.
Average number of days at-
tendance of each poor child
Rate of tuition per diem in
Average amount paid for each!
poor child, including allj
Expenditures in 1832, for tui,
tion, and all other expenses.
Albemarle,
15
19
600
181
13020
71
cts.
$3 15
$570 74
Amelia,
8
13
120
49
6117
125
4
5 57
273 08
Amherst,
15
25
250
85
5383
63
4
2 87
213 74
Alleghany,
8
10
80
4:2
2016
48
4
08
87 29
Accomac,
12
30
750
256
14895
51
3ª
2 31
592 22
Augusta,
15
65
600
437
21003
48
4
2 02
883 59
Bath,
10
17
100
99
3901
39
- 100
1 14
1.12 53
Bedford,
15
29
150
338
19656
58
.1
2 55
861 65
Berkeley,
15
3.4
530
319
21518
70
3+
2 45
851 14
Botetourt,
19
15
325
300
22813
70
4
3 28
982 58
Brooke,
9
29
-110
268
19383
72
81
3 67
498 90
Cabell,
7
17
200
117
6399
55
4
2 10
280 76
Caroline,
8
29
450
157
11577
74
1
3 31
519 88
Charlotte,
8
23
300
95
8072
85
4
3 79
360 16
Chesterfield,
11
30
500
178
14042
79
4
3 38
601 65
Culpeper,
15
49
500
330
22927
69
4
3 07
1012 93
Cumberland,
9
20
100
91
8617
95
4
4 14
376 73
Dinwiddie,
12
20
120
61
9658
158
4
6 77
412 94
Essex,
7
12
300
56
4120
79
4
3 26
183 92
Elizabeth City,
7
2
50
21
776
37
4
2 16
45 39
Fairfax,
9
23
500
183
10650
58
4
2 38
435 50
Fanquier,
9
24
500
285
14093
49
3}
1 82
518 50
Fayette,
1
100
650
428
31500
74
4
2 77
1186 85
Floyd,
6
6
150
33
1.4.1.1
4.1
4
3 20
105 52
Fluvanna,
8
18
100
43
3711
86
4
3 88
166 83
Grayson,
7
41
350
307
13010
42
4
1 77
544 15
Greenbrier,
10
20
500
239
12106
50
4
2 25
537 90
Giles,
6
19
225
128
73.12
57
31
2 20
281 66
Gloucester,
14
15
160
36
2615
73
4
3 48
125 42
Goochland,
11
25
250
57
6030
106
1
4 60
262 57
TIalifax,
12
1000
2.19
16541
69
4
2 91
701 21
Hampshire,
1.4
48
800
515
220.18
40
4
1 67
912 14
Hanover,
12
50
350
36
3186
97
4 59
165 20
Hardy,
15
21
250
100
7616
76
3 32
332 23
Harrison,
15
86
900
751
36200
48
21
1 29
976 13
Henry,
5
10
90
65
4312
66
2 30
119 52
Henrico,
Isle of Wight,
10
29
350
198
9902
50
4
2 21
4.12 98
James City,
-
-
-
4
2 12
214 57
Charles City,
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
Buckingham,
10
65
250
136
11188
Brunswick,
-
-
-
Campbell,
8
29
350
115
5968
52
at school.
each county.
expenses.
county.
school.
attendance of poor chil-
1 98
530 13
Franklin,
Frederick,
9
Greensville,
in each county.
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Jackson, Jefferson,
11
31
350
217
17105
78
.1
3 25
705 26
Kanawha,
14
21
450
298
19217
61
4
2 73
811 72
King & Queen,
9
25
200
117
71:29
61
103
4
7
8
150
45
2506
56
4
2 84
117 91
Lee,
10
21
500
163
9726
60
4
2 18
404 34
Lewis,
9
31
500
235
11651
50
21
1 30
301 99
Logan,
Loudon,
15
75
900
420
29383
70
4 2 96
1230 18
Louisa,
12
27
250
123
12260
100
4
4 10
505 13
Lunenburg,
11
15
300
83
6256
75
4
3 40
282 41
Madison,
9
15
200
78
5981
76
4
3 18
218 10
Mason,
9
19
175
127
6697
53
31
2 23
283 41
Matthews,
6
13
90
62
6075
112
3
3 55
220 29
Mecklenburg,
10
80
300
151
11282
91
4
4 11
625 62
Middlesex,
9
10
150
133
11359
85
4
4 06
539 91
Monongalia, Monroe,
11
25
450
192
10151
51
34
2 05
395 40
Montgomery,
8
9
300
68
47.15
70
4
3 05
207 41
Morgan,
6
9
150
66
3783
57
33
2 16
162 75
Nansemond,
11
20
150
66
5373
81
1
3 60
238 51
Nelson,
7
18
217
57
3689
65
4
4
3 65
102 22
Nicholas,
7
18
150
99
5214
52
3
1 82
179 80
Norfolk County,
8
33
300
15.4
11123
74
1
3 13
482 36
Norfolk Borough,
6
30
100
80
22136
280
1}
4 28
3.12 55
Northampton,
9
16
130
99
6835
69
4
3 00
297 65
Northumberland,
9
17
190
89
5331
58
4
2 73 .
242 89
Nottoway,
8
16
150
40
5390
135
4
6 19
247 70
Orange,
11
40
2.10
90
77.15
86
4 21-12
1 84
520 06
Patrick,
12
19
150
135
8786
65
3
2 09
281.92
Page,
6
20
250
109
5169
50
2 17
237 25
Pendleton,
15
36
400
35G
14298
·10
31
1 45
515 43
Preston,
23
220
190
9374
49
3
1 61
306 14
Petersburg,
1:2
18
200
30
6900
230
3
7 62
228 57
Prince Edward,
10
15
150
38
3008
79
4
3 33
126 45
Prince George,
11
12
120
26
3028
116
4
5 30
137 80
Prince William, Princess Anne,
8
14
200
50
6121
124
4
2 36
267 94
Pittsylvania,
15
51
1100
368
19752
5.1
3ª
2 26
830 62
Powhatan,
6
20
80
23
2596
113
4
4 64
106 84
Pocahontas,
5
17
120
100
6018
60
3
2 11
211 29
Randolph,
9
22
350
197
79.17
40
1 37
280 64
Richmond County,
9
45
400
70
15750
225
31
8 42
497 70
Rockbridge,
12
4.1
460
320
21692
67
31
2 73
873 76
Rockingham,
13
85
700
351
22510
6.4
2 51
890 05
Russell,
8
17
300
187
11608
62
3
2 21
418 44
Stafford,
9
15
250
152
8299
5.1
31
2 00
305 11
Shenandoah,
13
82
800
522
35675
68
1
2 89
1512 61
Scott,
7
23
175
113
5592
39
1 69
212 61
Smyth,
Southampton,
11
26
250
212
12203
57
4
2 43
515 45
Spottsylvania,
12
30
200
120
8961
75
4
3 35
402 39
Surry
5
9
130
80
84.19
105
4
1 67
374 27
Sussex,
11
25
200
95
7919
83
4
3 57
338 95
Tazewell,
11
20
450
216
10958
51
-
-
-
--
-
-
4 08
20 12
Westmoreland,
-
-
-
-
-
7
1
20
1
239
60
1
3 11
12 56
9
80
1000
637
32311
51
21
2 23
320 22
King Ceorge,
6
8
150 200
56
5766
5118
81
4
3 52
236 10
Lancaster,
-
-
-
-
-
- .:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tyler,
1 20
259 46
Washington,
Warwick,
9
37
5
198
40
Williamsburg,
8
18
400
178
11655
65
4
2 81
500 18
Ohio,
10
40
500
282
23032
81
3 70
333 78
New Kent,
9
9
150
28
2037
73
2 96
169 0G
.
Richmond City,
-
-
-
-
-
1 39
889 15
King William,
9
2.19 92
67
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Wythe,
10
29
250
159
9137
59
31
2 35
373 53
Wood,
9
31
400
288
11627
40
3
1 27
366 34
York,
7
11
120
83
7020
48
4
3 52
292 68
2333 32301 16669
1033105
42033 06
1
2
3
5
RECAPITULATION.
Number of schools in 100 counties and towns, as per column 1,
Number of poor children in ditto, asper column 2, -
32,801
Number of poor children sent to common schools in ditto, as per column 3, 1
16,669
Number sent to district schools, as per statement A, Total number of poor children educated,
412
Amount expended for tuition at common schools, and all other . expenses, for books, compensation to officers, &c. as per col- umn 5, 42,033 06
963 21
Ditto, at district frec schools, as per statement A, Total expenditure for tuition, &c. $12,996 27
Average number of days actual attendance of each poor child at common schools,
65
Average amount paid for each poor child, including books and writing materials, clerks' and treasurers' compensation, at common schools,
$2 523
Ditto, at district free schools, per statement A,
2 333
Average rate paid for each day's actual attendance at common schools, including books, &c. and officers' compensation, -
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STATEMENT A.
Abstract of School Commissioners' Reports, shewing the operations of the District Free Schools, in the Counties in which they have been establish- ed, during the year ending 30th September, 1832 :
COUNTIES.
No. of district in cach county
No. of districts in which free
schools have been estab-
Annual compensation allow-
ed teachers by school com-
missioners.
Annual compensation allow-
ed teachers by inhabitants.
Total annual compensation
Whole number of children
paid by
school commissioners, to
teachers, for books, &c.
Number of poor children at
Franklin,
31
8
398 00
-
-
436
3.122 25
154
Monroc,
31
2
51 21
10
Washington,
49
21
911 00 3167 00 4031 00
1067
566 75
218
953 21
412
i
amount
for poor children.
schools.
:
The actual payments made by school commissioners to teachers, being $963 21, the actual cost of cach poor child, for the portions of the year for which such payments were made, will average 82 332.
COLLEGES.
WILLIAM AND MARY-This institution, which is at Williamsburg, formerly the capitol of Virginia, and next to Harvard College, the oldest in the United States, derives its name from William and Mary, sove-
to teachers.
at schools.
lished.
Actual
2,833
17,081
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OF VIRGINIA.
reigns of England, by whom its charter was granted in 1691. It re- ceived with its charter a grant of £1,985, 20,000 acres of land, and a penny a pound on tobacco exported from Virginia and Maryland; and it was fur- ther aided by private donations, particularly by the munificence of the Hon. Robert Boyle. In 1693, the Assembly of Virginia ordered that it should be built at Williamsburg, and made some additional grants, so that its an- nual income became upwards of €3,000; but it was subsently greatly di- minished .- " The funds," as recently stated by the President of the college, "consist of bonds, stocks, lands, and houses, amounting in all to about $150,000, not yielding, however, a revenue in proportion to the amount."- "No regular list of students or graduates, has been kept till within the last few years; the number, therefore, of alumini we cannot determine; but it is certainly greater than from any other college south of the Potomac .- Owing to peculiar circumstances, the graduates have always been few. Nine-tenths of the students have gone through one course without apply- ing for a degree." Many of the most eminent men of Virginia were edu- cated here. The condition of the college, at different periods, has been very variable; but, after a period of declension, it has had, for some years past, a considerable degree of prosperity. It is under the legislative government of a board of 24 trustees who supply the vacancies in their own body.
.The college edifice is a large misshapen pile of buildings. The college library contains 3,500, and the students' library, 600 volumes.
The Rev. James Blair, D. D. was named president in the charter, but is said not to have entered upon the duties of the office till 1729; he died in 1742, and was succeeded by the Rev. William Stith, who died in 1750 .- The Rev. James Madison, D. D. (Bishop of Virginia,) was president from 1777 to 1812. His successors have been the Rev. W. H. Wilmer, Dr. J. Augustine Smith, and the Rev. Dr. Adam Empic.
Faculty in 1833 .- Rev. Adam Empie, D. D., Pres. &. Prof. Mor. Phil. William B. Rogers, Prof. Chemistry and Nat. Philosophy.
Dabney Brown, Prof. Humanity.
Thomas R. Dew, Prof. History, Metaphysics, S.c.
Robert Saunders, Jr. Prof. Mathematics.
Beverley Tucker, Prof. Law.
Number of students in the Senior and Junior classes in 1833, 26; irre- gular students 15; law students 12; academical 37; total 90. Graduates in 1829, 5; in 1830, 7; in 1831, 15; in 1832, 11.
Commencement is on the 4th of July .- One vacation, from commence- ment to the last Monday in October.
Annual Expenses-for a Junior student; board and lodging $100; wash- ing, fuel, candles, &c. $20; three fees for the moral, mathematical and che- mical courses, and half a fee for the metaphysical course, $70; matricula- tion $5 ;- total $195. For a senior student $185. The law course com- mences at the opening of the college, and terminates on the Saturday be- fore the last Monday in April. Expenses, board, washing, and fuel, $90; tuition $20; matriculation 85 ;- total, $115.
The grammar school opens on the 15th of October, and closes on the 1st of August. Erpenses, board, including every thing, $100; tuition #20 ;- total $120.
HAMPDEN SYDNEY, in Prince Edward county :
WASHINGTON COLLEGE, in Rockbridge:
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
RANDOLI MACON, at Boydton, in Mecklenburg co : are all flourishing institutions, and a full account may be seen of them in their respective coun- ties. We pass on to the principal literary institution of the state, the
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA .- The legislature of Virginia at the session of 1817-18, adopted measures for establishing an institution then proposed to be named Central College, and 24 commissioners were appointed to select a site for it. They accordingly selected a pleasant and elevated spot nearly two miles from Charlottesville, in the county of Albemarle, not far from the centre of the population of the state. Their choice was confirmed by the legislature in 1819, and an act was passed incorporating the institution by the title of the University of Virginia, which went into operation in 1825. It was erected and endowed by the state; and it owes its origin and peculiar organization chiefly to Mr. Jefferson. It has a fine collection of buildings, consisting of four parallel ranges about 600 feet in length, and 200 feet apart, suited to the accommodation of 9 professors and upwards of 200 stu- dents; which together with the real estate, cost $333,996. It posseses a very valuable library of 10,000 volumes, and a philosophical apparatus, which together cost $36,948. The state gives annually $15,000 for the support of the institution. The whole annual income of the University is about $18,500. The professors are paid partly by a fixed salary and part- ly by fees received from the students; but the sums which they severally receive are widely different, varying in ordinary years from $1,600 to $3,500.
The plan of this University differs materially from that of other institu- tions of the kind in the United States. The students are not divided into four classes, with a course of studies embracing four years; but the differ- ent branches of science and literature here caught are styled schools, and the student is at liberty to attend which he pleases, and graduate in each, when prepared. 'The first degree was conferred in 1828-the number of graduates in that year was 10; in 1829, 12; 1830, 30; 1831, 20; 1832, 46; total, 118; of these 16 were graduates in ancient languages; 14 in mathe- matics; 23 in natural philosophy; 9 in chemistry; 17 in moral philosophy; 22 in medicine; and 17 in law. The title of "Master of Arts of the Uni- versity of Virginia," was conferred on one student at the commencement of 1832, and on several in each year since. To obtain this title it is necessa- ry to gradaute in the several schools of mathematics, ancient languages, moral philosophy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and by a recent enactment in some two of the modern languages. L Ancient Languages, from 1825 to '33, 519-in 1833, 58
Modern Mathematics,
66
425- 22
Number of Stu- dents in the
Natural Philosophy,
66
619-
=
76
Chemistry & Materia Medica, 66
407
69
. School of
Medicine,
238 .6
40
Anatomy and Surgery,
183- 252-
35
Moral Philosophy,
38
Law, 6
201-
: 37
410- = 83
Annual Expenses .- Board, including bed, washing, and attendance, dur- ing the session from September 10 to July 20, $100; fuel and candles $15; room-rent $8; use of library and public rooms, $15; fees to three profes- sessors (to one only $50; to two, $30 each; if more than two, $25 each,) $75; total $213.
83
OF VIRGINIA.
Faculty in 1834 .- Gesner Harrison, Prof. Ancient Languages.
George Blætterman, Prof. Modern Languages.
Charles Bonnycastle, Prof. Mathematics. Robert Patterson, Prof. Natural Philosophy.
John P. Emmet, Prof. Chemistry and Materia Medica. Augustus L. Warner, Prof. Anatomy and Surgery. Alfred T. Magill, Prof. Medicine.
George Tucker, Prof. Moral Philosophy and Political Economy. John A. G. Davis, Prof. Law.
Chairman of the Faculty, in 1834, Professor Bonnycastle .- The chair, man is annually chosen from the professors, by the Visitors.
Board of Visitors, in 1834, Joseph C. Cabell, Rector, Chapman Johnson, John . H. Cocke, Thomas J. Randolph, W. C. Rives, and William H. Brod- nax. The Visitors are appointed by the governor and council, every four years, and choose their own rector. A more detailed account of this insti- tution is given in Albemarle county.
MILITARY ORGANIZATION, ARMS, &c.
Abstract of the annual return of the Militia of the State of Virginia, for
the year 1833-viz:
General Staff,
- 104
Cavalry, -
- 7,635
Artillery, -
5,301
Grenadiers, Light Infantry, Riflemen, and Infantry of the line, 89,079
Total Militia, -
102,119
Decrease during 1833,
672.
Which are divided as follows :
Divisions, - -
5|Companies of Grenadiers, - 5
Brigades, - - -
22
do. Light Infantry, 74
Regiments, - 154 -
do. Riflemen, 120
Troops of Cavalry, - 110
do. Infantry of the line,927
Companies of Artillery, - 72
In these divisions the officers and men, are divided thus :
Major Generals. 4 Surgeons, - 138
Brigadier Generals - -
21 Surgeons Mates, -
-
130
Adjutant Inspector and Quar- ter Master General,
Captains,
1080
Aids-de-Camps,
29
Ensigns,
588 77
Division Quarter Masters,
4 Cornets, 4 Sergeant Majors, - 126
Brigade Inspectors, -
22 Quarter Master Sergeants, 115
Brigade Quarter Masters,
19
Musicians, -
860
Colonels,
139 Buglers and Trumpeters,
53
Lieutenant Colonels,
-
135 Sergeants, 3642
Majors,
-
135 Corporals,
- 2158
Adjutants, -
138 Privates, -
91128
Quarter Masters,
.
141 Commissioned Officers, - 4037
Paymasters, -
137
Chaplains, -
2
Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians and Privates, 98082
-
1
1 Lieutenants, 1095
Division Inspectors,
-
84
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Arms, &c. in the hands of the militia, and remaining in the Lexington Arsenal, September 30, 1833, viz:
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