Catalogue description Office of the Commander in Chief and War Office: Distribution of the Army Monthly Returns

These are the printed summarized returns issued by the Quartermaster General, to 1881, the Adjutant General, 1881 to 1904, and the Army Council, after 1904. They show the distribution of the Army month by month (a) by divisions and stations and (b) by regiments in numerical order. They give the station of each battalion or company, the numbers of officers and rank and file present or absent, and other statistical information.

For further Quarter Master General and Adjutant General records see Division within WO

Commander-in-Chief, Quartermaster General, 1667-1870

War Office, Adjutant General, 1895-1904

War Office, Army Council, 1904-1964

War Office, Commander-in-Chiefs Military Department, Adjutant General's Division, 1870-1895

War Office, Commander-in-Chiefs Military Department, Adjutant Generals Division, Quartermaster Generals Subdivision, 1870-1888