[Inclosure.]

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Camp near Brandy Station, Va., April 13, 1864.

Memoranda for General Meade:

3 infantry corps, 33,000 men each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,000

1 cavalry corps, 15,000 men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000

Artillery, with corps and in reserve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000

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Aggregate of officers and men present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,000

Allowance of wagons.

4 corps headquarters:

2 wagons each for baggage, mess stores, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 wagons each for subsistence, forage, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

14 division headquarters:

1 wagon each for baggage, mess stores, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 wagons each for subsistence, forage, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

1 wagon each for armorers' tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Artillery Reserve:

1 wagon for baggage, mess stores, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 wagons for subsistence, forage, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

39 infantry and cavalry brigades:

1 wagon each for baggage, stores, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1 wagon each for subsistence, forage, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

1 wagon each for sales to officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

7 brigades of artillery:

1 wagon each for baggage, mess stores, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1 wagon each for subsistence, forage, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1 wagon each for sales to officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 infantry corps, for intrenching tools, 6 wagons each. . . . . . . . 18

182 regiments infantry, 2 wagons each for baggage, mess stores, &c., for field, staff, and line officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

33 regiments cavalry, same as above. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Each corps of infantry, for a supply train to carry ten days' subsistence for the officers and men of the corps and 10 days' forage (ten pounds of grain per day to each animal) for the team animals, 280 wagons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840

The cavalry corps, for a supply train to carry ten days' subsistence for the officers and men of the corps and ten days' forage (10 pounds of grain per day to each animal) for team animals, 150 wagons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

To each cavalry division a forage supply train for cavalry horses, of 50 wagons each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

For every 1,000 men, infantry and cavalry, for carrying 100 rounds per man of small-arm ammunition, 5 wagons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

14 divisions infantry and cavalry, for forage for ambulance trains, 2 wagons each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

To every 1,500 men for hospital supplies, 3 wagons. . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

30 six-gun batteries:

For baggage, mess stores, &c., 1 wagon each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

For subsistence, forage, &c., 4 wagons each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

8 four-gun batteries:

For baggage, stores, 7c., 1 wagon each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

For subsistence, forage, &c., 3 wagons each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

6 wix-bun horse batteries:

For baggage, mess stores, &c., &c., 1 wagon each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

For subsistence, forage, &c., 4 wagons each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

6 four-gun batteries:

For baggage, mess troes, &c., 1 wagon each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

For subsistence, forage, &c., 4 wagons each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Ammunition.

124 12-pounder guns, 124 * 122: 112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

98 rifled guns, 98 * 50: 140. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

44 rifled guns, horse battery, 44 * 100: 140. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31