Contains an annual report for 1879 from the Massachusetts Adjutant General's Office to the Governor of Massachusetts.

Annual report of the Adjutant General --Report of Surgeon General -- Report of Judge Advocate General -- Reports of delegates to national militia convention -- Reports of commanding oficers of encampments -- Rifle competitions -- General orders -- Special orders -- Appendix -- Table I Enrolled militias of Massachusetts for year 1879 -- Table II Organization of volunteer militia -- Table III Location of headquarters of brigades, regiments, battalions, and armories of companies, by cities, towns, and counties-- Table IV Appropriations and expenditures, Adjutant and Quartermaster-General's Department, for 1879 -- Table V Armory rent-roll -- Table VI Property account -- Table VII Consolidated report of attendance at Camp, First Brigade M.V.M., at South Framingham, Sept. 16-20, 1879 -- Table VIII Report of attendance at inspection and drill under Sect. 104, Chap. 265, Acts of 1878 -- Register -- Governor's staff -- First Brigade. General and staff -- First Regiment Infantry -- Second Regiment Infantry -- Sixth Regiment -- Battery B, Light Artillery -- Company F, Cavalry, Unattached -- Second Brigade. General and staff -- Fifth Regiment -- Eighth Regiment -- Ninth Regiment Infantry -- First Battalion Cavalry -- First Battalion Light Artillery -- First Corps of Cadets -- Second Corps of Cadets -- Casualties -- Summary of casualties -- Commissions vacant, Dec. 31, 1879 -- Discharges of enlisted men other than by expiration of term -- Summary -- Roster -- Commander-in-Chief and staff -- Brigadier-Generals and staff -- Field and staff officers of Infantry -- Line officers of Infantry -- Field, line, staff, and officers of Cavalry -- Field, staff, and line officers of Artillery -- Index to register and roster.