The United State Dragoon Regiment 1781-1874 P. 1

My goal at this web site is to give you as many names, as I can so you may be able to fine your ancestor. The next four pages are of the Dragoon Regiments. Although there will be hundreds of names there will be very little information on then, that’s not to say there is none I just had no room for it. If you see a name and would like to see if there is more information on it, just let me know I will be happy to look. As there will be so many names you may want to do a name search, in this way you won’t have to look over all the names. Although by doing this you will miss out on some very interesting information on this Regiment you never know about. This information will cover the years of 1781 through 1874. If you have any questions you can reach me at the following: dsegelquist1@cox.net

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Note. This information comes from the many Departments of The Library of Congress.

March 17, 1781, The Board of War draw a warrant on the paymaster general in favor of Lieutenant Alexander Skinner, of Lieutenant Colonel Lee's legion, for seven hundred and forty-two dollars new emission, for his expenses on command, and for the incidental charges of conveying one sergeant and three light dragoons with six dragoon horses to the southern army.

February 28, 1781, Part of a letter from Artemas Ward to an unknown.

Sir I sincerely congratulate you on the following agreeable & very Interesting intelligence from the Southward by express this day arrived from Major General Green viz on the 1 7th of January last Brigadier General Morgan with a detachment from the army gained a complete victory over Liut. Colo Talton at a place called the Cowpens in South Carolina. The action lasted 80 minutes. Our loss was not more than 12 killed & 60 wounded. The Enemy lost 10 Commission officers & upwards of 100 Rank & file killed, 200 wounded, 29 Commission officers and above 500 Privates made Prisoners, two pieces of Artillery, two Standards, 800 Musquets, one traveling forge, 36 Baggage Wagons, 70 negroes & upwards of 100 dragoon horses, with all the musical Instruments belonging to the corps. The Enemy consisted of upwards of a thousand chosen British Troops, Morgan of 800, 530 of which were Militia. They pursued the Enemy upwards of twenty miles. This Genl. Morgan was a Captain at Roxbury in 1775. Sincerely wish this may prove a prelude to future success in the South, as the Bennington victory did to the North in 1777.

October 27, 1778, The sum of five hundred dollars be allowed to the field officers, captains, subalterns, chaplain and surgeon of the light dragoons respectively, in the service of these United States, to compensate the extraordinary expense of his horse and equipment, beyond that of officers of the like rank in the infantry; provided always, that any officer receiving such sum shall be liable to refund the same if he leaves the service during the present war. It was also noted, "Resolved, That upon the reduction of any corps of light Dragoons, which has performed actual service in the field each officer and each dragoon shall retain his horse, saddle and bridle as his own property."

February 6, 1797.
THE DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.

Jonathan Dyer, a dragoon a private full pension.

1812. John Jones, of Virginia, praying compensation for services rendered in the Revolutionary war as a dragoon in Bland's regiment of cavalry.

Charles F. V. De May, 1860.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MARCH 30, 1860.
Read twice, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be
printed.
Mr. FOSTER, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported
the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of Effisia C. De May, widow of Charles F. V. De
May, late a dragoon in the army of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to inscribe the name of Effisia C. De May, widow of Charles F. V. De May, late a dragoon in company C of the first regiment, on the rolls of invalid pensioners of the United States, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to be allowed and computed from the seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

APPOINTMENTS, 1850.

Graduates of the Military Academy attached to the Amry as brevet second lieutenants, in conformity with the fourth section of the act approved April 29, 1812, to take rank respectively from July 1, 1850:
Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Dragoon arm.

1. William T. Magruder. 2. Lucius M. Walker. 3. Robert Ransom, junior. 4. Jonas P. Holiday. 5. William R. Calhoun. 6. Robert Johnston. 7. Thomas Bingham.

July 3, 1840.

Repeating firearms.

The Secretary of War be directed to appoint a board of dragoon officers, to witness an exhibition of the improved repeating firearms, invented by Samuel Colt, and report the results, in detail, together with their opinion as to the advantages to be derived from the introduction of the same into the dragoon service; and if the result should prove favorable to their introduction, the Secretary is recommended to procure said arms, to the extent of the recommendation of the board, and pay for the same out of the appropriations for the support of the army.

September 30, 1850.

Repeating firearms.

The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to ascertain the opinion of the officers of the Ordnance bureau and of the United States mounted regiments who have used the repeating pistols invented by Samuel Colt, or other inventors, as to which is the most efficient, and as to their adaptation to the service of their respective commands, and what advantages they possess, if any, over the common dragoon pistol. Also, the opinion of such other officers of our mounted regiments who have not been supplied with repeating arms, as to whether or not the efficiency of their commands would be increased by substituting the most improved repeating pistol with which they are acquainted, for the common dragoon pistol they have now in use; and that the result of such inquiries be reported to the Senate, as far as ascertained, at the commencement of the next session of Congress, and if said repeating arms are wanted by the officers in command of our mounted troops.

March 21, 1826.
The petition of James Gibson, of Indiana, praying a pension, in consideration of a wound received whilst acting as a volunteer dragoon, in the campaign of 1811, on the Wabash.

August 10, 1850.
Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Dragoon arm.

1. Cadet Horace F. De Lano. 2. Cadet Beverly H. Robertson. 3. Charles W. Field.

PROMOTIONS.
July 13, 1842.
First Regiment of Dragoons.
Second Lieutenant William Bowman to be first lieutenant, June 27, 1842.

PROMOTIONS.
December 5, 1844.
First Regiment of Dragoons.
Second Lieutenant Daniel H. Rucker to be first lieutenant, October 8, 1844.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Henry W. Stanton to be second lieutenant, October 8, 1844.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.
First Lieutenant William J. Hardee to be captain, September 13, 1844.
Second Lieutenant Oscar F. Winship to be first lieutenant, September 13, 1844.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Richard H. Anderson, of the 1st Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, July 16, 1844
Brevet, Second Lieutenant George T. Mason, of the 1st Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, September 13, 1844.

GRADUATES OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY ATTACHED TO THE ARMY AS BREVET SECOND LIEUTENANTS, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW, TO TAKE RANK RESPECTIVELY FROM JULY 1, 1844.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the dragoon arm.
1. Cadet Joseph H. Whittlesey, of New York. 2. Cadet Alfred Pleasonton, of the District of Columbia. 3. Cadet Augustus Cook, of Kentucky. 4. Cadet John Y. Bicknell, of Tennessee.

December 23, 1817.
John Robertson.

A petition of John Robertson, late a private dragoon in the army of the United States, praying to be allowed the arrearages of pay, and bounty in money; as also a grant of the land due for his services, as aforesaid, which he alledges is unjustly and illegally withheld from him by the officers of the War Department.

PROMOTIONS.
January 20, 1848.

Third Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant Daniel Petigru to be captain, December 23, 1847.
Second Lieutenant Herman Thorn to be first lieutenant, July 16, 1847.
Second Lieutenant William Walker to be first lieutenant, December 23, 1847 Second Lieutenant J. C. D. Williams to be first lieutenant, January 8, 1848.

APPOINTMENTS.
January 20, 1848.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Arthur D. Tree, of Pennsylvania (late sergeant-major), to be second lieutenant.

PROMOTIONS.
December 17, 1849.

First Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant Richard S. Ewell to be captain, August 4, 1849.
Second Lieutenant Clarendon J. L. Wilson to be first lieutenant, August 4, 1849.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles H. Ogle to be second lieutenant, August 4, 1849

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant William H. Saunders to be captain April 25, 1849.
Second Lieutenant Alfred Pleasonton to be first lieutenant, September 30th, 1849.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles H. Tyler to be second lieutenant, April 25, 1849.
Brevet Second Lieutenant N. G. Evans, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant September 30, 1849.
Brevet Second Lieutenant George H. Steuart to be second lieutenant, November 11, 1849.

Graduates of the Military Academy, attached to the Army with the brevet second lieutenant, in conformity with the fourth section of the act of April 29, 1812, to rank, respectively, from July 1, 1849

1. Cadet Horace F. De Lano. 2. Cadet Beverly H. Robertson. 3. Cadet Charles W. Field.

The following list of graduates of the Military Academy for appointment in the Army of the United States, to take rank from July 8, 1854.
To be brevet second lieutenants attached to the Dragoon arm.

1. Cadet John Pegram. 2. Cadet Charles G. Rogers. 3. Cadet Thomas J. Wright. 4. Cadet Milton T. Carr. 5. Cadet John B. Villepigue.

March 14, 1848.
Hezekiah L. Thistle.

The memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, of the State of New Jersey, praying that the Commissioner of Patents be directed to issue to the said Thistle letters patent for his invention of a dragoon saddletree; and, also, for a modification of the patent laws that shall prevent favoritism.

PROMOTIONS.
December 12, 1845.

First Lieutenant William Eustis to be captain, March 17, 1845.
Second Lieutenant Andrew J. Smith to be first lieutenant, March 4, 1845.
Second Lieutenant James H. Carleton to be first lieutenant, March 17, 1845.
Second Lieutenant Richard S. Ewell to be first lieutenant, September 18, 1845.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Hammond to be second lieutenant, March 4, 1845.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Rufus Ingalls, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, March 17, 1845.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Cave J. Couts, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, March 31, 1845.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Whittlesey, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, September 18, 1845.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Alfred Pleasonton, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, November 3, 1845.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Dragoon Arm.
1. Cadet Bezaleel W. Armstrong, of Ohio. 2. Cadet William T. Allen, of Virginia. 3. Cadet John W. Davidson, of Virginia. 4. Cadet James M. Hawes, of Kentucky. 5. Cadet Newton C. Givens, of Kentucky. 6. Cadet Richard C. W. Radford, of Virginia. 7. Cadet Delos B. Sacket, of New York. 8. Cadet Joseph McElvain, of Indiana.

Feburary 4, 1845.
Charles Devol.

A memorial of Charles Devol, of the State of Ohio, praying remuneration for a six months' tour of service as a dragoon in the Ohio militia during the late war with Great Britain.

REGULAR PROMOTIONS.
December 14 1853.

First Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant Abraham Buford to be captain, July 1, 1853.
Second Lieutenant Samuel D. Sturgis to be first lieutenant, July 15, 1853.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Robert Williams to be second lieutenant, July 15, 1853.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Kenner Garrard to be second lieutenant, October 31, 1853.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Major Philip St. George Cooke to be lieutenant-colonel, July 15, 1853.
Captain Enoch Steen, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be major, July 15, 1853.
First Lieutenant Patrick Calhoun to be captain, September 6, 1853.
Second Lieutenant John Buford, jr., to be first lieutenant, July 9, 1853.
Second Lieutenant Charles H. Tyler to be first lieutenant, September 6, 1853.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles E. Norris to be second lieutenant, July 9, 1853.
Brevet Second Lieutenant David S. Stanley to be second lieutenant, September 6, 1853.

Dragoon arm.

1. Cadet Thomas Hight. 2. Cadet Nelson B. Sweitzer. 3. Cadet Benjamin Allston. 4. Cadet William W. Lowe. 5. Cadet Henry B. Davidson.

December 30, 1847.
Mathew Bell.
The petition of Caleb Bell, administrator of Mathew Bell, deceased, late of Monroe county, and State of Indiana, praying that a balance due the said Mathew Bell, who was a dragoon in the service of the United States at the time of his death, may be paid to his heirs-at-law.

The following-named officers (late of the old Army) for reappointment in their former regiments and corps, in conformity with the fourth section of the act entitled, "An act to amend an act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act for the prosecution of the existing war between the United States and the Republic of Mexico,' and for other purposes," approved July 19, 1848.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Fowler Hamilton (late lieutenant-colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry) to be first lieutenant, to date from August 31, 1843, and to take place on the Army Register.

To be brevet second lieutenants attached to the Dragoon Arm.

1. Cadet John Buford, jr. 2. Cadet Charles H. Tyler. 3. Cadet Charles H. Ogle. 4. Cadet N. G. Evans. 5. Cadet George H. Stewart.

Feburary 16, 1835.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of the Territory of Florida, praying that a lot of land belonging to the United States, lying in the city of St. Augustine, called the old dragoon barracks, may be granted to them, for the purpose of erecting a church thereon.

On December 28, 1832, there was a report on converting the Corps of mounted rangers into a regiment of dragoons, upon an examination of the organization of the present battalion of mounted rangers it does appear to the committee to be very defective. The companies are too large for men serving on horseback, and differ too materially from the organization of the other troops composing the army, there being in each company of rangers one hundred and ten men, exclusive of officers, which, when drawn into line, will make a very considerable front, nearly equal to that of a squadron of cavalry. There is but one field officer (and he a major, unprovided. with any staff) to command 660 men, while in a regiment of infantry, where the duties cannot be so arduous, and the regiment composed only of 514 men, it has been deemed necessary to provide three field officers and an adjutant and certain non-commissioned staff, with a due proportion of music, none of which are provided for the rangers. He Regular dragoons, it is believed, are fully competent to discharge all the duties that can be required of mounted rangers. In celerity of movement they will, of course, be equal, and as it is the duty of dragoons to serve on horse or foot, they may be trained to the use of the rifle and sword as occasion may require.

REPORT ON THE EXPEDITION OF DRAGOONS, UNDER COLONEL HENRY DODGE, TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1835.

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Appointments.
April 18, 1856.

FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

To be captains.

First Lieutenant Delos B. Sacket, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.
First Lieutenant Thomas J. Wood, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.
First Lieutenant Samuel D. Sturgis, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.

To be first lieutenants.

Second Lieutenant Robert Ransom, jr., of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.
Second Lieutenant David Bell, of the 2d Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.
Second Lieutenant David S. Stanley (late 2d lieutenant Second Dragoons), March 27, 1855.

To be second lieutenants.

Second Lieutenant John A. Thompson, of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, June 25, 1855.

SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

To be captains.

Brevet Captain James Oakes, first lieutenant in the 2d Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.
First Lieutenant George Stoneman, jr., of the First Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.

To be first lieutenants.

Second Lieutenant Nathan G. Evans, of the 2d Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.
Second Lieutenant Charles W. Field, of the 2d Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855. Second Lieutenant Kenner Garrard, of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.

To be second lieutenants.

Second Lieutenant William W. Lowe, of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, March 3, 1855.

Appointments in the Army of the United States.
May 1, 1812.

New York.
John Sammons, Cornet, Light Dragoons.
Jonas Holland, Captain, Light Dragoons

Pennsylvania.
Charles Smith, Captain, Light Dragoons.
Maryland.
William Neilson, Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, 1st regiment.

South Carolina.
Louis Laval, Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, 1st regiment.

March 12, 1845.
JAMES W. SCHAUMBURG, Second Lieutenant U. S. Dragoons.

The Department of War, they find that the said James W. Schaumburg, on the 6th day of June, 1836, being then a second lieutenant of dragoons, and stationed at Fort Des Moines, on the upper Mississippi, transmitted his resignation to the then Secretary at War, General Cass, in the following terms:
"I herein desire that my resignation as second lieutenant of the United States regiment of dragoons be accepted, to take effect the 31st of October, 1836.

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APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS IN THE NEW REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.
June 1, 1836.

Colonel.
David E. Twiggs, of Georgia.

Lieutenant-colonel.
Wharton Rector, of Arkansas.

Major.
Thomas T. Fontleroy, of Virginia.

Captains.
1. William Gordon, of Missouri. 2. John Dougherty, of Missouri. 3. John F. Lane, of Indiana. 4. James A. Ashby, of South Carolina. 5. Jonathan L. Bean, of Missouri. 6. Stinson H. Anderson, of illinois. 7. William W. Tompkins, of New York. 8. Henry W. Fowler, of Louisiana. 9. Benjamin L. Beall, of the District of Columbia. 10. Edward I. Winder, of Maryland.

First lieutenants.

1. Thornton Grimsley, of Missouri. 2. Theophilus H. Holmes, of North Carolina. 3. Horatio Grooms, of Kentucky. 4. Thomas S. Bryant, of Pennsylvania. 5. John Graham, of New York. 6. Townsend Dade, of Virginia. 7. Erasmus D. Bullock, of North Carolina. 8. Marshall S. Howe, of Maine. 9. Charles Spalding, of Georgia. 10. James W. Hamilton, of Missouri. 11. George A. H. Blake, of Pennsylvania.

Second lieutenants.

1. William Gilpin, of Delaware. 2. William H. Ward, of Kentucky. 3. George Forsyth, of Michigan. 4. Croghan Ker, of Louisiana. 5. John H. D. O'Neale, of the District of Columbia. 6. John W. S. McNiel, of Massachusetts. 7. Zebulon M. P. Maury, of Tennessee. 8. Seth Thornton, of Alabama. 9. Charles E. Kingsbury, of Connecticut. 10. Charles A. May, of the District of Columbia.

PROMOTIONS.
April 23, 1846.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant Hamilton W. Merrill to be captain, March 31, 1846.

APPOINTMENTS.

Quartermaster's Department.

Brevet Captain Ripley A. Arnold, first lieutenant of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.
First Lieutenant Robert H. Chilton, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

REAPPOINTMENTS.
Philip Kearny, jr.

First Regiment of Dragoons.

Philip Kearny, jr., of New York, late first lieutenant in the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be first lieutenant, to take effect July 22, 1639, the date of his former commission, which he resigned the 6th instant and now desires to recall.

APPOINTMENTS.
February 25, 1812.

Massachusetts.
Samuel D. Harris, Captain, Light Dragoon.
Abel Wheelock, First Lieutenant, Light Dragoon.
John Roulstone, Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoon.

Maryland.
Henry Hall, Captain, Light Dragoon.

North Carolina.
John R. Stokes, Captain, Light Dragoon.
Archibald H. Sneed, First Lieutenant, Light Dragoon.
David Evans, Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoon.

Tennessee.
Edward Conway, Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoon.
Harman Hays, Cornet, Light Dragoon.

Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the United States.
December 27, 1836.

First Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant Abram Van Buren to be Captain, 4th July, 1836.
Second Lieutenant James M. Bowman to be 1st lieutenant, 15th October, 1836.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Philip R. Thompson to be 2d lieutenant, 26th May, 1836.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Richard G. Stockton to be 2d lieutenant, 4th July, 1836.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Thomas McCrate to be 2nd lieutenant, 31st July, 1836.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant Lloyd J. Beall to be captain, 19th October, 1836
Second Lieutenant William Gilpin to be 1st lieutenant, 19th October, 1836.

APPOINTMENTS.

William S. Harney, late paymaster, to be lieutenant-colonel 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 15th August, 1836.
Croghan Kerr, 2d lieutenant 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, to be 1st lieutenant 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 6th October, 1836.
Alexander S. Macomb, 2nd lieutenant 1st Regiment of Dragoons, to be 1st lieutenant 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 6th October, 1836.
Nathaniel W. Hunter, late lieutenant 7th Infantry, to be 2nd lieutenant 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 6th October, 1836.
Robert B. Lawton, Rhode Island, to be 2nd lieutenant 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 12th October, 1836.
Nathan Darling, New York, to be 2nd lieutenant 2nd Regiment of Dragoons, 23d November, 1836.
George W. Suggett, Kentucky, to be 2nd lieutenant 1st Regiment of Dragoons.
Richard West, jun'r, Maryland, to be 2nd lieutenant 1st Regiment of Dragoons.
Fayette Robinson, Virginia, to be 2nd lieutenant 1st Regiment of Dragoons.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, in Texas, on the 8th and 9th of May, 1846, to date from the 9th of May, 1846.

Second Lieutenant Delos B. Sackett, 1st Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant or meritorious services in California.

Captain Henry S. Turner, 1st Dragoons, to be major by brevet, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of San Pasqual, San Gabriel, and Plains of Mesa, to date from the 6th of December, 1846.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the conflicts at Embuco and Taos, New Mexico, to date from the 4th of February, 1847.

Second Lieutenant R. Ingalls, 1st Dragoons, since first lieutenant, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Second Lieutenant C. J. L. Wilson, 1st Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Second Lieutenant O. H. P. Taylor, 1st Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Buena Vista, Mexico, on the 22d and 23d of February, 1847, to date from the 23d of February, 1847.

Captain Unawake Steel, 1st Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
Captain Daniel H. Rucker, 1st Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
Captain James L. Carleton, 1st Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
First Lieutenant Reuben P. Campbell, 2d Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.
First Lieutenant Abram Buford, 1st Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.
Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Whittlesey, 1st Dragoons, since 1st lieutenant, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Second Lieutenant Newton C. Givens, 2d Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Wood, 2d Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Brevet Second Lieutenant George F. Evans, 1st Dragoons, since second lieutenant, to be first lieutenant by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Sacramento, near Chihuahua, Mexico, on the 28th of February, 1847, to rank from that day:

Captain Philip R. Thompson, 1st Dragoons, to be major by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the affair at Madelin, Mexico, March 25, 1847, to rank from that day:

Second Lieutenant Lewis Neill, 2d Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Second Lieutenant Orren Chapman, 1st Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Brevet Second Lieutenant James Oakes, 2d Dragoons, since second lieutenant, to be first lieutenant by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, on the 17th and 18th of April, 1847, to date from the 18th of April, 1847.

Colonel William S. Harney, 2d Dragoons, to be brigadier-general by brevet.
Major Edwin V. Sumner, 2d Dragoons, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, August 20, 1847, to rank from that day.

Captain Croghan Ker, 2d Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
Captain William J. Hardee, 2d Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
Captain Philip Kearny, jr., 1st Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
Captain Andrew T. McReynolds, 3d Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
First Lieutenant Richard S. Ewell, 1st Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.
First Lieutenant William Steele, 2d Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.
First Lieutenant Philip W. McDonald, 2d Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.
First Lieutenant Hermann Thorn, 3d Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.
Second Lieutenant James M. Hawes, 2d Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.
Second Lieutenant Arthur D. Tree, 2d Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle Molino del Rey, Mexico, September 8th, 1847, to rank from that day.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, major 2d Dragoons, to be colonel by brevet.
Brevet First Lieutenant James Oakes, 2d lieutenant 2d Dragoons, to be captain by brevet.

List of officers for brevet promotion, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the affair at Atlixco, Mexico, October 10, 1847, to rank from that day.

Captain Lemuel Ford, 3d Dragoons, to be major by brevet.
Second Lieutenant John W. Martin, 3d Dragoons, to be first lieutenant by brevet.

Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the United States.
July 2, 1836.

PROMOTIONS. First Regiment of Dragoons.

Lt. Col. Stephen W. Kearny to be colonel, from the 4th July, 1836.
Major Richard B. Mason to be lieut. colonel, from the 4th of July, 1836.
Captain Clifton Wharton to be major, from the 4th July, 1836.
First Lieut. Isaac P. Simonton to be captain, from the 4th July, 1836.
Second Lieut. William Eustis to be 1st lt., 15th June, 1836.
Second Lt. Lucius B. Northrop to be 1st lt., from the 4th July, 1836.
Brevet 2d Lieut. Abram R. Johnston to be 2d lieut., 26th May, 1836.
Brevet 2d Lieut. Benjamin S. Roberts to be 2d lieut., 31st May, 1836.
Brevet 2d Lieut. William N. Grier to be 2d lt., 15th June, 1836.

APPOINTMENTS.

Cadet Richard G. Stockton to be brevet 2d lieutenant 1st Regiment of Dragoons, 1st July, 1836.
Cadet Lloyd Tilgman to be brevet 2d lieutenant 1st Regiment of Dragoons, 1st July, 1836.
Cadet Thomas McCrate to be brevet 2d lieut. 1st Regiment of Dragoons, 1st July, 1836.

Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the United States.
August 6, 1841.

PROMOTIONS.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Second Lieutenant William H. Saunders to be first lieutenant, 23d June, 1841.
Brevet 2d Lieutenant Daniel G. Rogers to be 2d lieutenant, 23d June, 1841.

Graduates of the Military Academy attached to the Army as supernumerary officers of the lowest grade by brevet (2d lieutenant), according to the recommendation of the academical staff.

Cadet Philip W. McDonald to be brevet 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 1st July, 1841.
Cadet Leonidas Jenkins to be brevet 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 1st July, 1841.
Cadet John Love to be brevet 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 1st July, 1841.
Cadet Patrick Calhoun to be brevet 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 1st July, 1841.
Cadet Elias K. Kane to be brevet 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 1st July, 1841.
Cadet Abram Buford to be brevet 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 1st July, 1841.

APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, May 27, 1834.

Regiment of Dragoons.

Isaac P. Simonton, of the 2d Infantry, to be 1st lieutenant of dragoons, 4 March, 1833.
Albert M. Lea, of the 7th Infantry, to be 2d lieutenant of dragoons, 4 March, 1833.

Appointments in the Army of the United States.
March 16, 1814.

Joseph Kean, 1st Lt. Light Dragoons, to be a Captain in the 4th regiment of Riflemen.
Henry Whiting, 1st Lt. Light Dragoons, to be a Captain in the 4th regiment of Riflemen.
Thomas B. Barton, 2d Lt. Light Dragoons, 1st Lieutenant in the 4th regiment of Riflemen.

Appointments in the Army of the United States.
July 12, 1813.

Sylvester Booth, Cornet, 2d Dragoons, Maryland.
John Harris, Third Lieutenant, 2d Dragoons, New York.
Charles Rowan, Third Lieutenant, 2d Dragoons, Pennsylvania.

A Bill, An act for making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States, February 3, 1792.

1Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
2 States of America in Congress assembled, That the battalion of artillery, and
3 two regiments of infantry now in service, be completed in their numbers, according
4 to the establishment.

1Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be raised, for a term not
2 exceeding three years, three additional regiments of infantry, each of which, exclusively
3 of the commissioned officers, shall consist of nine hundred and twelve
4 non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians. And the President may employ
5 as many of the said troops as riflemen as he shall think proper: Provided,
6 That the said three regiments shall be discharged as soon as the United States
7 shall be at peace with the Indian tribes.

1Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said additional regiments shall be
2 organized in the same manner as the regiment of infantry described in the act,
3 passed during the second session of the first Congress, entitled An act for regulating
4 the military establishment of the United States."

1Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be raised a squadron of
2 light dragoons, which, exclusively of the commissioned officers, shall consist of
3 three hundred and four non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, and
4 that it shall be a condition in their enlistments to serve as infantry whenever they
5 shall be ordered thereto. That the organization of the said squadron of light
6 dragoons shall be as follows, viz: one major commandant, one adjutant, one
7 quartermaster, our paymaster, one surgeon's mate, and four troops; each of
8 which shall consist of one captain, one lieutenant, one comet, four sergeants, four
9 corporals, one farrier, one saddler, one trumpeter, and sixty-five dragoons; and
10 the said squadron shall be raised for a term not exceeding three years

1Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the non-commissioned officers, privates,
2 and musicians, of the said three regiments of infantry, and the squadron of light
3 dragoons, shall be enlisted for the term of three years, unless previously
4 discharged.

1Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That every recruit, who shall be enlisted by
2 virtue of this act, shall receive six dollars bounty, and that the same shall be made
3 up to the non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, now in service, who
4 have enlisted for three years since the passing of the aforesaid act, entitled "An
5 act for regulating the military establishment of the United States."

1Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioned officers, who shall be
2 employed to recruit for the establishment, shall be entitled to receive for every
3 recruit duly enlisted and mustered, two dollars.

1Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the monthly pay of the commissioned
2 officers, non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, on the military establishment
3 of the United States, and of the three regiments and squadron of
4 light dragoons, authorised by this act, shall be in future as follows, free of all
5 deductions, to wit:

6General Staff.--A major general, one hundred and sixty-six dollars; a brigadier
7 general, one hundred and four dollars;quartermaster, one hundred dollars;
8 adjutant, sixty dollars, inspector, fifty dollars; chaplain, fifty dollars; surgeon,
9 seventy dollars deputy quartermaster, fifty dollars; aid-de-camp, in addition to
10 his pay in the line, twenty-four dollars; brigade major, in addition to his pay in the
11 line, twenty-four dollars.

12Regimental.--Lieutenant colonel commandant, sixty dollars; majors commandant
13 of dragoons and artillery, fifty-five dollars; paymaster, in addition to his
14 pay in the line, ten dollars; quartermaster, in addition to his pay in the line,
15 eight dollars; adjutant, in addition to his pay in the line, ten dollars; majors of infantry,
16 fifty dollars; captains, forty dollars; lieutenants, twenty-six dollars, ensigns
17 and cornets, twenty dollars; surgeons, forty-five dollars; mates, thirty dollars;
18 sergeant majors and quartermaster sergeants, eight dollars; senior musicians,
19 seven dollars; sergeants, seven dollars; corporals, six dollars; privates, four
20 dollars; musicians, four dollars; artificers allowed to the light dragoons and artillery,
21 and included as privates, eight dollars; matrons and nurses in the hospital,
22 eight dollars.

1Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the rations, or money in lieu thereof,
2 for the commissioned, non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, of the
3 additional troops herein mentioned, shall be the same as described in the aforesaid
4 act, entitled "An act for regulating the military establishment of the United
5 States," and in the act passed in the third session of the first Congress, entitled,
6 "An act for raising and adding another regiment to the military establishment of
7 the United States, and for making further provision for the protection of the
8 frontiers."

1Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the forage to be allowed to the officers
2 of the additional regiments authorised by this act, be the same as described
3 by the acts before mentioned.

1Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the allowance of clothing for the non-commissioned
2 officers and privates of the three regiments and squadron aforesaid,
3 shall be the same as is by law established. That suitable clothing be provided for
4 the cavalry, and adapted to the nature of the service, and conformed as near as
5 may be to the value of the clothing allowed the infantry and artillery.

1Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That all the commissioned and non-commissioned
2 officers, privates, and musicians, of the three regiments and squadron
3 aforesaid, shall take the same oaths, shall be governed by the same rules and regulations,
4 and, in cases of disabilities shall receive the same compensations, as are
5 described in the before-mentioned act, entitled "An act for regulating the military
6 establishment of the United States."

1Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of
2 the United States to forbear to raise, or to discharge after they shall be raised,
3 the whole or any part of the said three additional regiments of infantry, or the
4 squadron of light dragoons, in case events shall, in his judgment, render his so
5 doing consistent with the public safety.

1Sec. 14. And whereas, in case the forbearing to raise the whole or some part
2 of the said three additional regiments should he deemed not consistent with the
3 public safety, it will stall be desirable that all unnecessary expense should, as far
4 as possible, be avoided; and to that end, that the officers for the same should only
5 be appointed from time to time, as occasion may require: Be it enacted, that the
6 President alone be authorised to make all such appointments as may not be required
7 previous to the close of the present session of the Senate, and may become
8 necessary before the next session of Congress.

1Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be,
2 and he hereby is, authorized to engage, in lieu of the whole or any part of the
3 three regiments authorised by this act, or in addition to the same, such number
4 of infantry or cavalry as in his judgment the public service may require: Provided,
5 that the entire number of non-commissioned officers and privates, including
6 such part of the said regiments as may be raised and not discharged, shall not exceed
7 six thousand: And provided, that the infantry and cavalry shall not be engaged
8 for a longer term than nine months, nor be allowed, the infantry, more
9 than twenty-five cents per day, nor the cavalry, each person engaged finding his
10 own horse, arms, and accoutrements, and at his own risque, seventy-five cents
11 per day, and twenty-five cents per day in lieu of rations and forage; provided he
12 furnish himself therewith: And the allowance to the non-commissioned officers,
13 whether in the infantry or cavalry, shall not exceed to those of the infantry thirty-three
14 cents and one third of a cent per day, and to those of the cavalry one
15 dollar and twenty-five cents per day.

1Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That the President alone be, and he hereby is,
2 authorized to appoint, for the infantry and cavalry so to be engaged, the proper
3 commissioned officers, who shall not exceed in number and rank the proportions
4 assigned to the said three regiments and squadron, respectively; and whose pay,
5 and other allowances, shall not exceed those of officers of corresponding rank in
6 the said regiments and squadron.

1Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be
2 authorized, in case he shall deem the measure expedient, to employ a number,
3 not exceeding one thousand, of Indians, belonging to the tribes in alliance with
4 the United States, to act against the hostile Indians; and also, to make them such
5 compensations as he shall judge right, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in
6 the whole.

1792, February 1: Passed the House of Representatives.

Appointments 1808.

South Carolina.
Wade Hampton, Colonel, Light Dragoon, Cot. 10, 1808.
George Haig, Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoon, 1808.

North Carolina.
Alexander S. Lyle, First Lieutenant, Light Dragoon, May 3, 1808.

Maryland.
James J. Bowie, First Lieutenant, Light Dragoon, May 3, 1808.

New Jersey.
David Brearly, Captain, Light Dragoon, May 3, 1808.

New York.
Electus Backus, Major, Light Dragoon, Oct. 7, 1808.

Connecticut.
Noah Lester, Captain, Light Dragoon, June 18, 1808.

Massachusetts.
James Thomas, Captain, Light Dragoon, July 1, 1808.

Pennsylvania.
George Birch, Cornet, Light Dragoon, 1808.

Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the United States, June 15, 1846.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Berzaleel W. Armstrong, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, April 1, 1846.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Newton C. Givens, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, May 9, 1846.
Brevet Second Lieutenant Richard C. W. Radford, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, May 18, 1846.

L. B. NORTHROP.
June 19, 1846.

First Lieutenant Northrop, of the First Dragoons, who stands first on the list of first lieutenants in his regiment, left his company October 6, 1839, in consequence of a severe wound occasioned by the accidental discharge of his pistol while on detached service in the Cherokee country, and has not since performed military duty, except from October 7, 1842, to March, 1843, when he acted as an assistant commissary in the Subsistence Department. December 6, 1843, he addressed a letter to the Adjutant-General, expressing his unwillingness to remain a burden on the service, and, under a nice sense of professional honor, stated that it was his intention to pursue another profession. For this purpose, he asked for three years to qualify himself for the medical profession, at the termination of which, if not then able to resume his military duties, he said he would leave the Army. His request was acceded to, and Lieut. Northrop is now absent and cannot perform the duties of a lieutenant, as will be seen from his last report to the Adjutant-General, dated Charleston. S. C., April 1, 1846, to wit:

"I hereby certify that I am unfit to perform my regimental duty ill consequence of the crippled condition of my right knee in which the ball is still lodged; impairing its usefulness and keeping it irritable and unfit for motion (either quick or continued). The tissues around the joint are thickened, the circulation is affected and by motion or a pendant position the limb soon becomes turgid and heavy, with a variable degree of pain.
(Signed)"L. B. NORTHROP,
"1st. Lt. 1st. Reg't, U. S. D."

The following appointments in the troops to be raised by virtue of an act, entitled "An act to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force," passed on the 12th day of April, 1808.

Leonard Covington, of Maryland, to be appointed Lieutenant Colonel, in the regiment of Light Dragoons.
George E. Mitchell, of Maryland, to be appointed Captain, in the regiment of Light Dragoons.

Appointment in the Regular Army.
March 23, 1848.

Third Regiment of Dragoons. Hiram B. Yeager, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant.