There are also some officers of this stamp in our own service, but they are regarded by the army with universal contempt.

The staff of our army requires a new and different organization, and should be considerably enlarged.
The following is the composition of a regularly organized general staff in the French service, for an army of forty or fifty thousand men divided into two _corps d'armee_ and a reserve.
1st.

The marshal (or general) commanding-in-chief; and one colonel or lieutenant-colonel, one major, three captains and three subalterns, as aides-de-camp.
2d.

A lieutenant-general as chief-of-staff, with the title of _major-general_, assisted by one colonel or lieutenant-colonel, three majors, five captains, and one subaltern, as aides-de-camp.
3d.

Three lieutenant-generals, commanding the _corps d'armee_ and reserve.