INDEPENDENT POSTS.

Fort Ontario,, N. Y.

16th United States(recruits), Captain Charles H. Lewis. Fort

Independence, Mass.

Major Jonathan W. Gordon.

11th United States (recruits), Lieutenant James Kennington. Volunteer recruits, Lieutenant Edwin Thomas.

Clark's Point, Mass.

Massachusetts Heavy Artillery (6th Company), Captain John A. P. Allen.

Fort Adams, R. I.

Headquarters 15th United States, Colonel Oliver L. Shepherd.

Portsmouth Grove, R. I.

Hospital Guards, Rhode Island Volunteers, Captain Chris. Blanding.

Fort Preble, Me.

Major George L. Andrews.

17th United States, Company C, Captain Nathaniel Prime.

Fort Trumbull, Conn.

Headquarters 3rd U. A. Artillery, Colonel William Gates. 14th United States (recruits), Captain John D. O'Connell.

Fort Warren, Mass.

Colonel Justin Dimick.

1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Battalion, Major Stephen Cabot.

Fort Constitution, N. H.

New Hampshire Heavy Artillery (1st Company), Captain Charles H. Long.

Camp at Portland, Me.

7th Maine (detachment), Captain John W. Freese.

Abstract from return of the Department of the East, Major General John A. Dix. U. S. Army, commanding, for the mont of July, 1863; headquarters, New York City.

Present for Pieces of

duty artillery

Command Officers Men Aggregate Aggregate Aggregate Hea-vy Field

pre-sent pre-sent last

and return

absent

General 81 6 92 92 87 --- --

headquarters

New York City 101 2, 277 2, 876 4, 427 996 327 6

and Harbor

[Canby]

Fort Ontario, 1 15 17 27 15 17 --

N. Y.

Fort Niagara, --- --- --- --- --- 16 4

N. Y. [not

garrisoned]

Fort 4 111 170 212 198 58 --

Trumbull,

Conn.

Fort Adams, 3 51 97 121 87 200 --

R. I.

Portsmouth 3 63 83 88 88 --- --

Grove, R. I.

Fort 4 24 412 423 338 56 --

Independence,

Mass

Fort Warren, 12 364 489 600 720 96 --

Mass

Clark's 4 75 89 146 146 19 --

Point, Mass

Fort 3 129 138 144 --- 20 4

Constitution,

N. H.

Fort Preble, 5 67 95 119 121 44 --

Me.

Portland, 4 10 22 67 97 --- --

Me.

GRAND TOTAL 225 3, 192 4, 580 6, 466 2, 893 853 14