The following letter we find in the Bal.
lisore Clipper

WAsulNerus, Jan, 10Th lsi7.
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hAsllN6fns, Jan, 10Th lel1.


BY the report of the Adiulant General,
transmitted To Congress 10 day. tho whole
number ofvounleefs received into the ser.
vice under The provisions of the act of The
18th ol May, 1916 exclusive of the forces
called for IN November and December,
now being raised If which only few
returns have been reeeised) is 22s compa.
nirs. l,07l commissioned officers. aud
% 600 men; in the aggregate 2i,77O.-
Ii appears from the statement enclosed
lhai iiiiy.scven volunteers were killed al
Monterey on the 2i,l, 22l aud 23l Of
September, Of whom iaur were commits
sioned olliccr' and that nineteen have
died Of their wounds. Ordinary deaths
637i discharged 8 1902 nearly all reported
Tor disability. Desefiian :i3l.


The strength ol the rank aud Gle, ac
eording lo the latest IeluIns. is li,55r,
including sick, which deducted from the
regiments at the time they were mustered
into service, show loss OF 400 within
tue period, for the mosi pat. Of sixty and
pineiy days, after joining the army in the
field. The statement does mol include one
regiment ol nine companies ol Missouri
volunteer inlanlry. neither dnes il embrace
a company OF mounted Iowa volunteers.