of South Carolina:-Brigadier and Brevet Major-General A. Ames, Brigadier-General J. F. Croxton, and Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Charles Devens.

11. To report for duty to Major-General F. B. Steedman, commanding Department of Georgia:-Major-General F. H. Wilson, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General F. H. King, and Brigadier-General F. D. Stevenson.

12. To report for duty to Major-General F. G. Foster, commanding Department of Florida:-Brigadier-General F. Newton and Brigadier-General B. Alvord.

13. To report for duty to Major-General H. W. Slocum, commanding Department of Mississippi:-Major-General P. G. Osterhaus, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General M. F. Force, Brigadier-General Charies Ewing, and Brigadier and Brevet Major-General F. W. Davidson.

14. To report for duty to Major-General C. K. Woods, commanding Department of Alabama:-Brigadier and Brevet Major-General B. H. Grierson, Major-General H. E. Davis, and Brigadier-General G. A. De Russey.

15. To report for duty to Major-General E. R. S. Canby, commanding Depart ment of Louisiana :-Brigadier-General C. H. Doolittle and Brigadier and Brevet Major-General T. W. Sherman.

16. To report for duty to Major-General H. G. Wright, commanding Department of Texas:-Major-General A. J. Smith, Major-General F. Steele, Major-General D. S. Stanley, Major-General J. A. Mower, Major-General Wesley Merritt, Major-General G. A. Custer, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General G. A. Smith, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General A. Gibbs.

17. To report for duty to Major-General J. J. Reynolds, commanding Department of Arkansas and the Indian Territory:-Major-General T. J. Wood, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General A. S. Williams, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General H. J. Hunt, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General E. A. Carr, and Brigadier-General C. H. Morgan.

18. To report by letter for duty to Major-General Irvin McDowell, commanding Department of California:-Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Edward M. McCook.

19. All officers now on duty in the Military Division of the Pacific will remain on duty until relieved by proper orders; all other general officers not named in this order, except those commanding colored troops, those on staff duty, and those specially detailed in orders from the War Department, will be relieved without delay, and their names reported to the Adjutant-General of the Army. Officers herein assigned, who are on duty under special assignment by the War Department, will report by letter to their Department Commanders, and also to the Adjutant-General, stating the nature of their present service, number and date of order.

20. Thirty days' leave of absence is hereby granted to all general officers relieved by this order.

By direction of the President of the United States, the following Army Corps

1865.]

OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Bureau of Rebel Archives.

[General Orders No. 127.]

WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July 21, 1865.

Ord red, That a bureau be organized at the Adjutant-General's Office, for the collection, safe-keeping, and publication of Rebel archives that have come into the possession of the Government. The Bureau to consist of one Chief, with the pay of colonel of cavalry, and one assistant, with the pay of lieutenant-colonel of cavalry, and such number of clerks, to be detailed by the Adjutant-General, as may be found necessary for the speedy collection of the archives.

Dr. Francis Lieber is hereby appointed Chief of said Bureau, and the Quartermaster-General is directed to furnish suitable apartments and buildings for the collection and custody of the archives mentioned.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

Dishonorably Dismissed.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July 14, 1865.

By direction of the President, the following officers are hereby dishonorably dismissed the service of the United States, with forfeiture of all pay and allowances, of dates set opposite their respective names, for violation of orders and neglect of duty, in allowing their regiments to disband, thus delaying the payments and final discharge thereof, embarrassing the public service, and causing suffering and inconvenience to the enlisted men under their control:

Colonel I. C. Edwards, 32d Massachusetts Volunteers, July 1, 1865. Colonel W. S. King, 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, June 21st, 1865. Commanding Generals of Military Divisions and Departments will promulgate this Order to their respective commands.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, July 29, 1865.

By direction of the President, the following named officers of the 21st New York Cavalry are hereby dishonorably dismissed the service of the United States, for neglect of duty, in allowing the enlisted men of their commands to break open stores and rob them, and to commit other acts of violence, whilst their regiment was en route over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; with stoppage of all pay and alowances until further orders:

Captain P. L. Hogeboom.

First Lieutenant Charles Cramer.
First Lieutenant E. A. Kirker.

Second Lieutenant W. L. Messer.

Second Lieutenant E. McWhorten.

First Lieutenant James McCormack.

Commanding Generals of Military Divisions and Departments will promulgate this Order to their respective commands.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.

Regular Navy.

Orders, &c.

JULY.

July 8.-Commodore John S. Missroon, detached from ordnance duty at Boston, on the 17th instant, and to await orders.

July 14.-Commodore C. K. Stribling, detached from the command of the East Gulf Squadron, and ordered to haul down his flag, and on waiting orders.

July 21.-Commodore Henry H. Bell, appointed to command the East India Squadron, ordered to report to the Commandant of the New York Yard, where his flag-ship, the Hartford, is now preparing for service.

July 27.-Commodore Thomas Turner, detached from special duty, under RearAdmiral Gregory, and ordered for duty at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, in taking charge and the laying up of iron-clads. Commodore Joseph Lanman, detached from special duty at New York, and ordered to the command of the Powhatan.

July 7.-Captain John P. Gillis, detached from the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, and waiting orders.

July 11.-Captain Theodore P. Greene, detached from command of the Richmond, and waiting orders. Captain John B. Marchand, detached (on the 25th instant) from special duty under Admiral Gregory, and ordered from that date for duty at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia. Captain Daniel B. Ridgely, ordered for duty (from the 25th instant) as relief to Captain Marchand under Rear-Admiral Gregory. July 14.-Captain R. W. Meade, suspended from duty for three years, by sentence of Naval General Court-Martial. Sentence approved, to commence May 1st last.

July 18.-Captain George F. Emmons, detached from the command of the Lackawanna, and waiting orders,

July 24.-Captain William Rogers, ordered to report to Capain M. Smith for duty on the Board of which he is the presiding officer, Washington. Captain Melancthon Smith, appointed senior officer of the Board to examine and report on "Naval Howitzers Afloat," Washington.

July 27.-Captain Charles W. Pickering, on completion of special duty in connection with the Franklin, detached from the command of the Vanderbilt, and ordered for duty at the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H

July 31.-Captain B. F. Sands, detached from command of the Fort Jackson (when out of commission), and ordered for duty at the Boston Navy Yard. Captain William M. Walker, detached from special duty at New York, and ordered to command the De Soto.

July 1.-Commander William Reynolds, detached from command of the New Hampshire, on reporting of relief (Lieutenant-Commander Richard L. Low), and ordered to return North.

July 3.-Commander Somerville Nicholson, detached from the command of the Galatea, and waiting orders.

July 6.-Commander John C. Beaumont, ordered to command the Agawam July 11-Commander John C. Beaumont, orders to command the Agawam revoked, and granted sick leave.

July 12.-Commander Robert Handy, detached from command of the Dale, and waiting orders.

July 13.-Commander Richard T. Renshaw, ordered to the command of the Aga

wam.

July 19.-Commander Roger N. Stembell, ordered for duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, as inspector. Commander Reed Werden, detached from command of the Powhatan, and also as fleet-captain of the East Gulf Squadron, and waiting orders.

July 21.-Commander Daniel Ammen, ordered to report at Washington for special duty.

July 22.-Commander Thomas Pattison, detached from the Mississippi Squadron, and granted leave from August 1st.

July 24.-Commander George B. Balch, ordered to report to Captain M. Smith

for duty as a member of the Board of which he is the presiding officer, at Washington. Commander Henry A. Wise, leave extended three months.

July 27.-Commander Alexander Murray, on reporting of his relief (Commander N. B. Harrison) detached from the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., and waiting orders. Commander N. B. Harrison, detached from special duty at Philadelphia, and ordered for duty at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Commander Foxhall A. Parker, detached from the command of the Potomac Flotilla (lately broken up), and granted leave from the 31st instant; tendered thanks of the Department for energy, &c., while in command.

July 28.-Commander Alexander Murray, detached from the Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., but will still continue on special duty in connection with the survey of public property, &c., in the Naval Storekeeper's Department. Commander William N. Jeffers, order of the 27th ultimo to command the Swatora revoked, will continue duties assigned by Ordnance Bureau.

July 29.-Commander William Ronckendoff, detached from the command of the Monadnock, and ordered to the command of the Tonawanda.

July 1.-Lieutenant-Commander Richard L. Low, ordered to command the New Hampshire.

July 3.-Lieutenant-Commander Le Roy Fitch, ordered for duty at Newport in the Practice Squadron. Lieutenant-Commander B. B. Thayer, detached from the command of the Kanawha, and waiting orders.

July 7.-Lieutenant-Commander R. W. Meade, detached from the command of the Chocura, and ordered for duty at the Naval Academy and in the Practice Squadron. Lieutenant-Commander Trevett Abbott, detached from the command of the Owasco, and granted leave for three months."

July 10.-Lieutenant-Commander Henry Erben, Jr., detached from the command of the Panola, and waiting orders. Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. Greene, detached from the command of the Katahdin, and waiting orders.

July 11.-Lieutenant-Commander Charles L. Norton, detached from the Richmond, and waiting orders.

July 12-Lieutenant-Commander Byron Wilson, ordered for duty on board the Saranac, Pacific Squadron. Lieutenant-Commander Allen V. Reed, orders to the Saranac revoked, and on waiting orders. Lieutenant-Commander H. B. Seely, orders of the 28th ultimo modified, and will be relieved by Lieutenant-Commander A. V. Reed, instead of Lieutenant-Commander Byron Wilson. Lieutenant-Commander James Parker, detached from special duty in the Atlantic Squadron, and waiting orders at Newark, N. J.

July 15.-Lieutenant-Commander A. W. Johnson, ordered for temporary duty at the Naval Observatory.

July 19.-Lieutenant-Commander Joseph M. Bradford, detached from the command of the Pawnee, and waiting orders.

July 21-Lieutenant-Commander William P. McCann, detached from the command of the Taluma, and waiting orders.

July 22.-Lieutenant-Commander Edward Barrett, detached from the command of the Catskill, and waiting orders.

July 24.-Lieutenant-Commander Samuel Magaw, ordered to the command of the Tallapoosa, Gulf Squadron. Lieutenant-Commander John Irvin, detached from the command of the Genesee, and waiting orders. Lieutenant-Commander D. B. Harmony, detached from the command of the Sebago, and waiting orders. Lieutenant-Commander George E. Belknap, ordered for duty in the Practice Squadron, Newport, R. I. Lieutenant-Commander Henry Wilson, detached from the command of the Cayuga, and waiting orders. Lieutenant-Commander James S. Thornton, detached from the command of the Closco, and waiting orders.

July 27.-Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Chaplin, ordered for temporary command of the Don. Lieutenant-Commander A. E. K. Benham, detached from the command of the Penobscot, and waiting orders.

July 28.-Lieutenant-Commander E. P. Williams, ordered to temporary command of the U. S. S. Shawnee. Lieutenant-Commander Charles L. Franklin, detached from the Agawam, and waiting orders. Lieutenant-Commander Clarke Merchant, detached from the Naval Academy, and ordered to the Powhatan for duty. July 29.-Lieutenant-Commander O. P. Stanton, detached from the Powhatan, and waiting orders.

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July 31.-Lieutenant-Commander John A. Howell, ordered for duty on board the De Soto.

July 1.-Lieutenant S. P. Gillett, orders of the 19th ultimo, detaching him from the Sangamon, revoked, and ordered to report to Acting Rear-Admiral Radford for duty in the Atlantic Squadron. Lieutenant John H. Reed, orders to the Nyack revoked, and ordered for duty on board the Hartford.

Jl 3-Lieutenant John McFarland, detached from the Galatea, and waiting orders.

Juy 5.-Lieutenant Moreau Forrest, detached from the Mississippi Squadron, and waiting orders.

July 6.-Lieutenant Henry C. Tallman, detached from the Sangamon, and waiting orders.

Jul 7.-Lieutenant N. H. Farquhar, ordered for duty at the Naval Academy. July 10.-Lieutenant E. T. Brower, ordered for duty on board the Hartford.

July 12.-Lieutenants William II. Barton and C. D. Jones, detached from tho Lackawanna, and waiting orders. Lieutenant Thomas S. Spencer, detached from the Muscoota, and granted (sick) leave.

July 19.-Lieutenant William Whitehead, detached from the Pawnee, and waiting orders.

July 21.-Lieutenant A. S. Mackenzie, detached from the Naval Academy, and ordered for duty on the staff of Commodore C. II. Bell.

July 22.-Lieutenant Rufus K. Duer, detached from the Shamrock, and granted sick leave. Lieutenant W. P. Buckner, detached from ordnance duty at New York, and ordered for duty in the Practice Squadron off New London, Conn.

July 24-Lieutenant W. P. Buekner, orders of the 22d instant, detaching him from ordnance duty at New York, revoked. Lieutenant A. N. Mitchell, ordered for duty on board the Wasp, at Philadelphia.

July 28.-Lieutenant John W. North, ordered for duty on board the Powhatan. Lieutenant Silas W. Terry, ordered for duty on board the Agawam. Lieutenant Charles F. Blake, detached from the Naval Academy, and ordered to the Powhatan.

July 31.-Lieutenant Symmes H. Hunt, detached from the Fort Jackson, and waiting orders. Lieutenant James O. Kane, ordered for duty on board the Savannah. Lieutenant Edward A. Walker, ordered for duty on board the Savannah. Lieutenant Moreau Forrest, ordered for duty on board the Savannah. Lieutenant Theodore F. Kane, ordered for duty on board the Savannah. Lieutenant George W. Sumner, ordered for duty on board the De Soto.

July 6-Acting Ensign Clarence Rathbone, detached from the Lackawanna, and waiting orders.

July 10-Ensign A. S. Crowingshield, ordered for duty on board the Hartford. Acting Ensigns William C. Wise and Roland C. Irwin, ordered for duty on board the Hartford.

July 11.-Ensigns Philip H. Cooper and G. A. Wadleigh, and Acting Ensigns Lewis Clark, C. M. Chester, and A. H. Wright, detached from the Richmond, and waiting orders.

July 12.-Ensign Frank Wildes and Acting Ensign F. A. Cooke, detached from the Lackawanna, and waiting orders.

July 27.--Ensign James H. Sands, ordered for duty on board the U. S. S. Hartford.

July 28.-Ensign Henry Glass, ordered to the Powhatan for duty. Ensign Philip H. Cooper, ordered to the Powhatan for duty. Acting Ensign William A. Van Vleck, ordered to the Powhatan for duty. Ensigns Roland C. Irwin, A. G. Kellogg, and Francis Morris, det iched from the Powhatan, and waiting orders. July 31.-Acting Ensign William W. Maclay, orders of June 17th revoked, and waiting orders.

July 1.-Assistant Surgeon George T. Shipley, returned East from Mare Island Navy Yard, and granted leave for two months. Assistant Surgeon H. S. Pitkin, orders to the Naval Hospital revoked, and ordered for duty at the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.

July 6.-Surgeon John Y. Taylor, granted leave for three months.

July 10.-Assistant Surgeon J. R. Fryon, detached from the Naval Hospital. Pensacola, and granted sick leave.