OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE MILITIA OF MAINE, DECEMBER 31, 1842. Published agreeably to Resolve of March 22, 1836. AUGUSTA: W. R. SMITH & Co., PRINTERS TO THE STATE. STATE OF MAINE. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, His Excellency JOHN FAIRFIELD, Governor and Commander in Chief. SIR:-Agreeably to the requirements of law, I have the honor herewith to transmit, the annual inspection returns of the Militia of this State for 1842. A duplicate thereof has also been forwarded to the President of the United States. By the present organization, the Militia of the State, as will be seen by the accompanying abstract, is divided as follows, viz: 9 Divisions; 18 Brigades; 59 Regiments of Infantry, Light Infantry and Riflemen; 9 Regiments and 15 Battalions of Artillery and Cavalry; 702 Companies; 45729 aggregate military force. Inspection Returns have been received from all the Regiments excepting the 1st Regiment, 2d Brigade and 3d Division, and the 4th Regiment, 2d Brigade and 4th Division. Annual Brigade Returns have been received from all the Brigades, excepting the second Brigade, in the seventh Division. Eight hundred and ninety officers have been commissioned, and six hundred and two discharged the present year. Twenty seven companies have been disbanded— Cavalry-4; Artillery-2; Infantry-4; Light Infantry-12; Riflemen-5. |