The District Commanders may receive their monthly returns directly from their Assistant Adjutants General soon. (Other reports will be collected and submitted by their Chiefs of Staff.) There are three key numbers on the returns:
Aggregate Absent: These men are in the hospital or prisoners. They could still return to the regiment
Aggregate Present: These men are with there regiments or batteries and present for duty.
Aggregate Absent and Present: Total men still on the rolls of the unit.
Original Strength - Aggregate Absent and Present = Number of men who are never coming back to the unit. This could be those who were killed, discharged on surgeons certificate, died in the hospital, or deserted.
For infantry regiments, the strength at muster-in is 1,000 men
For cavalry regiments, the strength at must in is 900 men
For batteries, the strength at must in is 20 men per gun.
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