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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Official War Department communication dated December 23, 1801, from Secretary H. Dearborn to the House Speaker, providing a statement of the U.S. military establishment (5,438 personnel, needing 1,384 more) and an estimate for garrisons at various forts and stations across states, totaling 20 artillery and 20 infantry companies.
Merged-components note: The table details the military posts and is integral to the War Department report on the military establishment.
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| Names of Posts. | Where Situated. | No. of Comp. of Artillery. |
| Michilimackinac, N.W. Territory, 1 | Detroit, | 1 |
| Detroit, | Niagara, | 1 |
| Fort Wayne, | Pittsburgh & Cincinnati, | 1 |
| St. Vincennes, | Fort Massac, | 1 |
| New-York, | S.W. Point, &c. | 1 |
| New-York, | Chickasaw | 1 |
| New-York, | Bluffs, | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Adams, | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Wilkinson & Fort Cumberland | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Greene, | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Wilkinson & Fort Cumberland | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Wilkinson & Fort Cumberland | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Wilkinson & Fort Cumberland | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Wilkinson & Fort Cumberland | 1 |
| Pennsylvania & Cincinnati, | Fort Wilkinson & Fort C |
War-Department, 23d Dec. 1801.
SIR,
In obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant. I have the honor of transmitting herewith, a statement of the present military establishment of the United States (marked A) and an estimate of all the posts and stations for which garrisons will be expedient, and of the number of men requisite, in my opinion, for each garrison, (marked B) and request you to lay the same before the House.
I have the honor of being,
With respectful consideration,
SIR,
Your very obedient servant,
H. DEARBORN.
The honorable the Speaker of the
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
[A.]
Military Establishment.
Brigadier General 1, Quarter Master Gen. 1, Pay Master Gen. 1, Inspector of the Army 1, Inspector of Artillery 1, Division Quarter Master 1, Brigade Inspectors 2, Inspector of Fortifications 1, Brigade Quarter Masters 2, Aid-de-Camp 1, Judge Advocate 1, Lt. Cols. Commandants 6, Majors 16, Captains 74, First Lieutenants 106, Second Lts. 42, Paymasters 6, Quarter Masters 6, Adjutants 6, Surgeons 6, Surgeon's Mates 12, Cadets 106, Sergeant Majors 16, Q. Master Sergeants 16, Senior Musicians 10, Sergeants 296, Corporals 296, Drummers 50, Fifers 50, Trumpeters 2, Artificers 262, Privates 4040--Aggregate 5438.
Wanting to complete this establishment, 1 Inspector of Fortifications, 2 Brigade Quarter Masters, 1 Lt. Colonel, 1 Major, 5 Captains, 17 First Lieutenants, 11 Second Lieutenants, 5 Surgeon's Mates, 94 Cadets, 4 Sergeant Majors, 5 Quarter Master Sergeants, 5 Senior Musicians, 62 Sergeants, 74 Corporals, 3 Fifers, 1 Trumpeter, 124 Artificers, 975 Privates—Aggregate 1384.
Signed,
T. H. CUSHING, Maj. & Insp'r
[B.]
Estimate of all the Posts and Stations where Garrisons will be expedient, and of the number of Men requisite for each Garrison.
Posts. | Where Situated. | No. Comp.
Fort Moultrie, &c. and Fort | South-Carolina and North- | 3
Johnston, | Carolina,
Fort Norfolk, | Virginia and |
&c. and Fort | Maryland, |
M'Henry, | |
Fort Mifflin & | Near Philadelphia, |
the Arsenal, | Pennsylvania, | 2
Fort Jay and | New-York, |
West Point, | |
Fort Wolcott & Rhode-Island & | |
Fort Trumbull, | Connecticut, | 2
Fort Indepen- | |
dence, and the | Massachusetts, |
Magazine at | |
Springfield, | | 21
Fort Constitution New-Hampshire | |
& Fort, & District Maine | | 1
Total Twenty Companies of Artillery, and Twenty Companies of Infantry, each Company to consist of Seventy-six Men, exclusive of Commissioned Officers and Cadets.
H. DEARBORN.
War Department, 23d Dec. 1801.
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Transmission of statements on the present military establishment totaling 5438 personnel across various ranks and roles, with 1384 more needed to complete it, and an estimate for garrisons at posts including Fort Moultrie, Fort Norfolk, Fort Mifflin, Fort Jay, West Point, Fort Wolcott, Fort Trumbull, Fort Independence, Fort Constitution, requiring 20 companies of artillery and 20 of infantry.