Consolidated report of the Ambulance Corps, &c.-Continued.

Horses

Command Gain Killed Died Transfer- On hand

red

Second

Corps 21 ...... 8 96 565

Fifth Corps 48 4 1 44 510

Ninth Corps ....... ....... ...... ....... 440

Cavalry

Corps ....... ....... ...... ....... 359

Engineer

Brigade ....... ...... ...... ....... 32

General

Patrick's

brigade ........ ....... ...... ....... 29

Sixth Corps

a ........ ....... ...... ...... ......

On hand

July 1 69 4 9 140 1,935

On hand

July 31 ....... ....... ...... ...... 1,974

Total

authorized ....... ....... ...... ....... 1,998

Mules

Command Gain Killed Died Transfer- On hand

red

Second

Corps 16 ...... 1 50 278

Fifth Corps 27 1 3 25 376

Ninth Corps ...... ...... ...... ...... 162

Cavalry

Corps ...... ..... ..... ...... 179

Engineer

Brigade ...... ...... ..... ....... ......

General

Patrick's

brigade ....... ...... ..... ...... 24

Sixth Corps

a ....... ...... ...... ...... ......

On hand

July 1 43 1 4 75 1,019

On hand

July 31 ...... ...... ...... ..... 980

Total

authorized ...... ....... ...... ..... 976

Stretchers.

Command Gain Worn out, Total on hand

lost, &c.

Second Corps 89 89 247

Fifth Corps 21 8 287

Ninth Corps ........... .......... 196

Cavalry Corps ........... .......... 86

Engineer Brigade ........... ........... 24

General Patrick's

brigade ........... ........... 11

Sixth Corps a ........... ........... .........

On hand July 1 110 97 851

On hand July 31 ........... ............ 1,069

Total authorized ........... ............ 1,089

Present for duty Officers

Command Officers Men Total Gain Transfe-

rred

Second

Corps 16 676 692 1 4

Fifth Corps 17 632 647 2 2

Ninth Corps 12 393 405 ....... ......

Cavalry

Corps 9 330 339 ....... .......

Engineer

Brigade 1 47 48 ....... ......

General

Patrick's

brigade 2 36 38 ....... .......

Sixth Corps

a ....... ....... ....... ....... ......

On hand

July 1 55 2,114 2,169 3 6

On hand

July 31 52 2,045 2,107 ....... .......

Total

authorized 53 2,064 2,117 ....... .......

Officers Men

Command Total loss Gain Wounded

Second Corps 4 16 ..........

Fifth Corps 2 25 1

Ninth Corps ........ ........ ............

Cavalry Corps ........ ......... ............

Engineer Brigade ......... ........... ............

General Patrick's

brigade ......... .......... ............

Sixth Corps a ......... .......... .............

On hand July 1 6 41 1

On hand July 31 ......... ............ ............

Total authorized ......... ............ .............

Men

Command Transferred Sent to Total loss

hospital

Second Corps 57 6 63

Fifth Corps 31 6 63

Ninth Corps ......... .......... ...........

Cavalry Corps .......... ........... ...........

Engineer Brigade .......... ........... ...........

General Patrick's

brigade .......... ........... ............

Sixth Corps a .......... ........... .............

On hand July 1 88 12 126

On hand July 31 ........... ............. ............

Total authorized ........... ............ ............

a The reports of the Sixth Corps have not been received.

THS. A. MCPARLIN,

Surgeon U. S. Army, Med. Director, Army of the Potomac.

Numbers 5. Report of Surg. Edward B. Dalton, U. S. Army, Chief medical Officer of Depot Field Hospital.

DEPOT FIELD HOSPITAL, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,

City Point, Va., December [31], 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report upon the origin and development of the depot field hospital of the Army of the Potomac, from May to October of the present year:

On the 7th of May, 1864, it was ordered from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac that all the wounded from the battle-fields of the Wilderness should be taken across the Rapidan River, via Ely's Ford, to Rappahannock Station, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and thence sent by rail to Washington, and I was ordered to take general charge of their transportation. Owing to