Weekly report of effective force of the Department of the Cumberland, &c.-Continued.

Artillery. Total.

Command. Officer Men. Total. Officer Men.

s. s.

Unassigned Troops:

Nashville, Tenn., ... ... ... 69 1.276

Brigadier General

R. S. Granger.

Nashville and ... ... ... 77 1.457

Northwest

Railroad,

Brigadier General

A. C. Gillem.

Total. ... ... ... 146 2.733

Unassigned

Artillery:

Reserve Artillery, 42 1.186 1.228 42 1.186

Nashville, Tenn.

Garrison

Artillery:

Nashville, Tenn. 15 437 452 15 437

Murfreesborough, 22 490 512 22 490

Tenn.

Fort Donelson, 3 96 99 3 96

Tenn.

Clarksville, Tenn. 6 72 78 6 72

Columbia, Tenn. 10 152 162 10 152

Gallatin, Tenn. 3 124 127 3 124

Bridgeport, Ala. 3 276 279 3 276

Stevenson, Ala. 4 134 138 4 134

10th Wisconsin 5 113 118 5 113

Battery,

Cleveland, Tenn.

2nd Kentucky 3 83 86 3 83

Battery,

Tullahoma, Tenn.

a.

1st Kansas 3 79 82 3 79

Battery, Nashville

and Northwestern

Railroad.

Total. 119 3.242 3.361 119 3.242

Signal Corps, ... ... ... 21 118

Captain P.

Babcock, jr. b.

Grand total. 222 7.109 7.331 4.969 95.494

Command. Aggrega Horses. Guns.

te.

Unassigned Troops:

Nashville, Tenn., Brigadier 1.345 ... ...

General R. S. Granger.

Nashville and Northwest Railroad, 1.534 ... ...

Brigadier General A. C. Gillem.

Total. 2.879 ... ...

Unassigned Artillery:

Reserve Artillery, Nashville, Tenn. 1.228 450 52

Garrison Artillery:

Nashville, Tenn. 452 95 33

Murfreesborough, Tenn. 512 16 53

Fort Donelson, Tenn. 99 88 11

Clarksville, Tenn. 78 143 6

Gallatin, Tenn. 162 71 6

Columbia, Tenn. 127 ... 4

Bridgeport, Ala. 279 32 6

Stevenson, Ala. 138 8 6

10th Wisconsin Battery, Cleveland, 118 80 4

Tenn.

2nd Kentucky Battery, Tullahoma, 86 35 4

Tenn. a.

1st Kansas Battery, Nashville and 82 90 6

Northwestern Railroad.

Total. 3.361 1.108 191

Signal Corps, Captain P. Babcock, 139 ... ...

jr. b.

Grand total. 100.463 13.229 410

a April 17, 1864.

b Not in grand total.

No reports from Sixteenth, Forty-second, and Forty-fourth U. S. Colored Troops and Fifth Tennessee Cavalry.

Respectfully submitted.

WM. L. PORTER,

Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Chattanooga, May 3, 1864.

General M. C. MEIGS,

Washington, D. C.:

GENERAL: I received yours of April 26 and agree with you that the chief quartermasters of the army, if they want to control its economy, should be with the main armies in the field, and not at Louisville, Chicago, and Washington. I think Secretary Stanton has made a mistake in denying me the services of General Allen. By a general supervision of the whole department he could save more money to the Treasury than by scrutinizing 1,000,000 separate vouchers of purchase and expenditure. Also by providing means of transportation at the very time and in the manner demanded by events which cannot always by foreseen, a quartermaster can assist in achieving success, and, being at headquarters, he could be consulted and could act understandingly instead of receiving short categorical orders by the telegraph, which is