changes that since the Crimean War have been made in the Administration of the Army by the abolishing or changing those Public Departments which formed, as it were, the Outworks of the Treasury, and by the creation of a Hybrid Department charged with Functions so Vast, Miscellaneous, and Undefined.
However, for any statements on this or other subjects contained in the Work, authorities will be found in the Notes; and I may add that I have carefully avoided availing myself of any information with reference to Departmental arrangements that cannot be substantiated by reference to Public Documents.