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Joseph Holt (search for this): chapter 19
the President of the United States, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the Army of the United States. His general staff will be: Brevet Major-General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant-General. Brevet Major-General R. B. Marcy, Inspector-General. Brevet Major-General M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General. Brevet Major-General A. B. Eaton, Commissary-General Subsistence. Brevet Major-General J. K. Barnes, Surgeon-General. Brevet Major-General B. W. Brice, Paymaster-General. Brevet Major-General Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate-General. Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers. Brevet Major General A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance. Brevet Brigadier-General A. J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer. His personal staff, Aids-de-Camp with the rank of Colonel from this date, will be: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. McCoy, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel L. M. Dayton, Captain, Seventh Cavalry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Audenried, Captain, Si
R. B. Marcy (search for this): chapter 19
e twenty-six express provisions of statute law, or regulations having the force of law. Based upon the above order General Sherman issued the following: [General orders no. 12.] headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's office, Washington, March 8, 1869. By direction of the President of the United States, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the Army of the United States. His general staff will be: Brevet Major-General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant-General. Brevet Major-General R. B. Marcy, Inspector-General. Brevet Major-General M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General. Brevet Major-General A. B. Eaton, Commissary-General Subsistence. Brevet Major-General J. K. Barnes, Surgeon-General. Brevet Major-General B. W. Brice, Paymaster-General. Brevet Major-General Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate-General. Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers. Brevet Major General A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance. Brevet Brigadier-General A. J. Myer, Chief Signal Offic
Sheridan (search for this): chapter 19
staff officer, the Adjutant-General, through whom the Secretary, in behalf of the President, that is, the President, speaks when he sees fit, in matters pertaining to the army.—[7 Opinions, 473. And yet General Sherman, in the first line of his assignments, boldly invaded the official household of the President, his military superior, and ordered the chief staff officer there to report to him at the headquarters of the army. This did not differ, in any material respect, from what General Sheridan or any other general officer would be guilty of in issuing an order directing staff officers to report to him, who, by express provision of law, had been placed under the General of the Army. The Quartermaster and Commissary Departments are placed by law directly under the Secretary of War, and yet General Sherman attached them both to his staff, and assumed that they were under his direction. The law regulating their duties reads as follows: In addition to their duties in the f
Dix (search for this): chapter 19
ce the President, if possible, not to vary the first terms made with Johnston at all. So close were these relations as to suggest the idea that his present non-belief in a chief-of-staff dates from a few days later, when, in addressing General Grant after his terms had been rejected, he wrote: It now becomes my duty to paint in justly severe characters the still more offensive and dangerous matter of General Halleck's dispatch of April 26th to the Secretary of War, embodied in his to General Dix of April 27th. Out of the circumstances attending the rejection of the Johnston-Reagan terms, grew the controversy with the Secretary of War over the relative rights and powers of this officer and those of the General of the Army, which subject is discussed at some length in the Memoirs. Ever since Secretary Stanton's fearless performance of duty in connection with the political features of Johnston's surrender, General Sherman has maintained that this officer was a mere clerk, a
Peters (search for this): chapter 19
Subsequently, upon the establishment of a Navy Department, the supervision of naval affairs was withdrawn from the War Department. The Secretary of War is The regularly constituted organ of the President for the administration of the military establishment of the nation, and rules and orders publicly promulgated through him must be received as the acts of the Executive, and as such be binding upon all within the sphere of his legal and constitutional authority. —[U. S. vs. Eliason, 16 Peters, 291. The War Department has a staff officer, the Adjutant-General, through whom the Secretary, in behalf of the President, that is, the President, speaks when he sees fit, in matters pertaining to the army.—[7 Opinions, 473. And yet General Sherman, in the first line of his assignments, boldly invaded the official household of the President, his military superior, and ordered the chief staff officer there to report to him at the headquarters of the army. This did not differ, in any
Edwin M. Stanton (search for this): chapter 19
o paint in justly severe characters the still more offensive and dangerous matter of General Halleck's dispatch of April 26th to the Secretary of War, embodied in his to General Dix of April 27th. Out of the circumstances attending the rejection of the Johnston-Reagan terms, grew the controversy with the Secretary of War over the relative rights and powers of this officer and those of the General of the Army, which subject is discussed at some length in the Memoirs. Ever since Secretary Stanton's fearless performance of duty in connection with the political features of Johnston's surrender, General Sherman has maintained that this officer was a mere clerk, and in his last chapter he contends that the General of the Army should have command of all the heads of staff-corps, and that the President and Secretary of War should command the army through the general. What he leaves to the Secretary of War is thus described: Of course, the Secretary would, as now, distribute the fund
A. J. Myer (search for this): chapter 19
, Adjutant-General. Brevet Major-General R. B. Marcy, Inspector-General. Brevet Major-General M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General. Brevet Major-General A. B. Eaton, Commissary-General Subsistence. Brevet Major-General J. K. Barnes, Surgeon-General. Brevet Major-General B. W. Brice, Paymaster-General. Brevet Major-General Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate-General. Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers. Brevet Major General A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance. Brevet Brigadier-General A. J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer. His personal staff, Aids-de-Camp with the rank of Colonel from this date, will be: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. McCoy, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel L. M. Dayton, Captain, Seventh Cavalry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Audenried, Captain, Sixth Cavalry. Brevet Brigadier-General C. B. Comstock, Major, Corps of Engineers. Brevet Brigadier-General Horace Porter, Major, Ordnance Department. Brevet Brigadier-Ge
U. S. Grant (search for this): chapter 19
writes: I don't believe in a chief-of-staff at all. But up to the 18th of April, 1865, he sustained most intimate, cordial, and confidential relations with General Halleck as chief-of-staff, and on that date, as has been seen, wrote, asking him to influence the President, if possible, not to vary the first terms made with Johnston at all. So close were these relations as to suggest the idea that his present non-belief in a chief-of-staff dates from a few days later, when, in addressing General Grant after his terms had been rejected, he wrote: It now becomes my duty to paint in justly severe characters the still more offensive and dangerous matter of General Halleck's dispatch of April 26th to the Secretary of War, embodied in his to General Dix of April 27th. Out of the circumstances attending the rejection of the Johnston-Reagan terms, grew the controversy with the Secretary of War over the relative rights and powers of this officer and those of the General of the Army,
F. T. Dent (search for this): chapter 19
-General A. J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer. His personal staff, Aids-de-Camp with the rank of Colonel from this date, will be: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. McCoy, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel L. M. Dayton, Captain, Seventh Cavalry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. Audenried, Captain, Sixth Cavalry. Brevet Brigadier-General C. B. Comstock, Major, Corps of Engineers. Brevet Brigadier-General Horace Porter, Major, Ordnance Department. Brevet Brigadier-General F. T. Dent, Lieutenant-Colonel, Thirty-third Infantry. II. Generals commanding military departments, in addition to the duties heretofore required of them, will give their special atttention to the economical administration of all branches of the service within their command, whether of the line or staff, and to this end will exercise supervision and command of every part of the army within their limits not specially excepted. III. The military academy, general depots of supply, ar
Persifer F. Smith (search for this): chapter 19
e was ordered to California with Company F of his regiment, and assigned to staff duty as quartermaster and commissary. In March, 1847, he returned to company duty. The next month (April) he was assigned as aid-de-camp to General Kearney. In May General Kearney left California, and Lieutenant Sherman became acting assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Colonel R. B. Mason. In February, 1849, he was relieved from this service and assigned in the same capacity to the staff of General Persifer F. Smith. While thus acting his duties were changed to those of aid-de-camp on the same staff, in which capacity he continued to act until September, 1850, when he rejoined his company in St. Louis with the assurance that he would soon receive a regular staff appointment. This promise was soon after fulfilled, and on the 27th of the same month he was appointed captain and commissary of subsistence in the regular army. This position he held until his resignation some three years after, Se
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