OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. The Army. General Officers Mustered Out. [General Orders, No. 135.] WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, August 24, 1865. By direction of the President, the following named General Officers of United States Volunteers are hereby honorably mustered out of the service of the United States, their services being no longer needed: Major-Generals. Nathaniel P. Banks; Daniel Butterfield; Silas Casey; Abner Doubleday; Samuel P. Heintzelman; George L. Hartsuff; and John J. Peck. Brigadier-Generals. A. Asboth (Brevet Major-General); George L. Andrews (Brevet Major-General); Richard Arnold; Napoleon B. Buford; Mason Brayman; Henry Baxter; William Birney; Cyrus Bussey; William W. Belknap (Brevet Major-General); John Cook; Charles Cruft (Brevet Major-General); Joseph B. Carr (Brevet Major-General); Henry B. Carrington; William P. Carlin (Brevet Major-General); Charles T. Campbell; Powell Clayton; Joshua L. Chamberlain (Brevet Major-General); Thomas A. Davies (Brevet Major-General); Elias S. Dennis (Brevet Major-General); Alfred N. Duffie; E. J. Davis; Speed S. Fry; Edward Ferrero (Brevet MajorGeneral); Lawrence P. Graham; Cuvier Grover (Brevet Major-General); Robert S. Granger (Brevet Major-General); Charles K. Graham (Brevet Major-General); Kenner Garrard (Brevet Major-General); Lewis A. Grant (Brevet Major-General); Simon G. Griffin (Brevet Major-General); George H. Gordon (Brevet Major-General); Edward H. Hobson; Joseph Hayes (Brevet Major-General); Henry M. Judah; N. J. Jackson (Brevet Major-General); Nathan Kimball (Brevet Major-General); John R. Kenly (Brevet Major-General); Joseph F. Knipe; H. H. Lockwood; Jacob G. Lauman; Thomas J. McKean; John McArthur (Brevet Major-General); James D. Morgan (Brevet Major-General); Sullivan A. Meredith; William H. Morris; George F. McGinnis; Thomas H. Neill; John M. Oliver; William A. Pile; Byron R. Pierce (Brevet Major-General); Elliott W. Rice; James S. Robinson; Samuel D. Sturgis; Truman Seymour (Brevet Major-General); Frederick Salomon (Brevet Major-General); James H. Stokes; John P. Slough; Eliakim P. Scammon; Adam J. Slemmer; Thomas W. Sweeny; Alexander Schemmelfinnig; George J. Stannard (Brevet Major-General); Alexander Shaler (Brevet MajorGeneral); Erastus B. Tyler; Stephen Thomas; Daniel Ullman; Horatio P. Van Cleve; James C. Veatch (Brevet Major-General); William Vandever (Brevet Major-General); W. T. Ward (Brevet Major-General); Fitz Henry Warren; George D. Wagner; Walter C. Whitaker (Brevet Major-General); James A. Williamson. By order of the Secretary of War: Reducing the Army. [Circular No. 44.] E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Orders and instructions relative to the muster-out of certain volunteers, viz. :— Organizations of colored troops enlisted in Northern States, and certain white troops in various armies and departments. L-ORGANIZATIONS OF COLORED TROOPS ENLISTED IN NORTHERN STATES. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, September 8, 1865. To the Commanding General, Department of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.: The Secretary of War directs that all organizations of colored troops in your department, which were enlisted in the Northern States, be mustered out of service immediately The muster-out will be by entire organizations, including all additions thereto by recruits and from other sources. The musters-out, discharges, and payments will be made under the regulations promulgated in General Orders No. 94, current series from this office. ** THOMAS M. VINCENT, II.-WHITE TROOPS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS-SERVICES NO LONGER REQUIRED. 1. August 1, 1865.-Major-General Reynolds, commanding Department of Arkansas, was directed to muster out three thousand additional troops of his command. 2. August 24, 1865.-Major-General Hooker, commanding Department of the East, was directed to cause the two remaining “independent companies Marine Coast-Guards" to be mustered out. 3. September 1, 1865.—Major-General Hooker is directed to relieve from duty for muster-out, Companies A and B, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery, and Company D, 1st Battalion. 4. September 8, 1865.-Major-General Augur, commanding Department of Washington, was ordered to reduce the volunteer force in his command to six thousand commissioned officers and enlisted men of all arms. 25. By direction of the President, First Lieutenant G. F. Schwarz (Brevet Captain), 15th New York Heavy Artillery, is hereby dishonorably dismissed the service of the United States, for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty, in not promptly delivering the muster-out rolls of his regiment (with the care of which he was charged, under Paragraph 5, General Orders, No. 94, May 15th, 1865, from this office), thus embarrassing the public service and delaying the final payment and discharge of the regiment. He will receive no final payments, without a Special Order from the War Department. 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. On Restrictions upon Freedmen. [General Orders, No. 129.] WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, July 25, 1865. To secure equal justice and the same personal liberty to the freedmen as to other citizens and inhabitants, all orders issued by post, district, or other commanders, adopting any system of passes for them, or subjecting them to any restraints or punishments not imposed on other classes, are declared void. Neither whites nor blacks will be restrained from seeking employment elsewhere, when they cannot obtain it at a just compensation at their homes, and when not bound by voluntary agreement; nor will they be hindered from travelling from place to place on proper and legitimate business. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. Appointment of Cadets in the Army. [General Orders, No. 128.] WAR DEPARTMENT, I. The following named cadets, graduates of the Military Academy, are hereby appointed in the Army of the United States, with the rank indicated below, to date from June 23d, 1865: Corps of Engineers. 1. Cadet Charles W. Raymond, to be First Lieutenant, vice Dutton, promoted. 2. Cadet Lewis C. Overman, to be First Lieutenant, vice Mackenzie, promoted. 3. Cadet Alexander M. Miller, to be First Lieutenant, vice Gillespie, promoted. 4. Cadet Micah R. Brown, to be First Lieutenant, vice Burroughs, promoted. 5. Cadet Milton B. Adams, to be First Lieutenant, vice Suter, promoted. First Regiment of Cavalry. 23. Cadet J. Harrison Hall, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Burns, dropped(Company M). 28. Cadet Albert G. Forse, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Trimble, promoted(Company E). Second Regiment of Cavalry. 17. Cadet Alfred E. Bates, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Wells, promoted(Company D). 27. Cadet Cyrus M. Allen, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Spencer, dismissed(Company I). 31. Cadet Seneca H. Norton, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Quirk, promoted— (Company F). Fourth Regiment of Cavalry. 22. Cadet David R. Porter, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Sullivan, promoted— (Company F). 30. Cadet Clinton J. Powers, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Lee, promoted(Company C). Sixth Regiment of Cavalry. 19. Cadet Thomas M. Tolman, to be Second Lieutenant, vice McQuiston, retired— (Company E). 26. Cadet William A. Rafferty, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Stoll, promoted— (Company I). 36. Cadet Edwin Mauck, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Smith, whose appointment has been cancelled-(Company G). First Regiment of Artillery. 7. Cadet David W. Payne, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Egan, promoted— (Company I). 10. Cadet William H. Chase, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Humphrey, promoted -(Company A). Second Regiment of Artillery. 6. Cadet William R. Levermore, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, promoted (Company E). 8. Cadet William H. Heuer, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Southworth, killed in battle (Company H). 11. Cadet Thomas H. Handbury, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Burnes, died of wounds received in battle-(Company G). 12. Cadet Reuben W. Petrikin, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Clarke, transferred to First Cavalry-(Company I). Third Regiment of Artillery. 9. Cadet William S. Stanton, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Medary, promoted(Company E). Fifth Regiment of Artillery. 13. Cadet James C. Post, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Ludlow, promoted(Company H). 15. Cadet A. Nisbet Lee, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hickox, promoted→ (Company F). 16. Cadet James F. Gregory, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Burns, transferred to Second Artillery-(Company I). Seventh Regiment of Infantry. 14. Cadet John K. Hezlep, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Comba, promoted; and First Lieutenant, vice Comba, promoted-(Company H). Tenth Regiment of Infantry. 49. Cadet Alexander W. Hoffman, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Macy, promoted; and First Lieutenant, vice Reid, promoted-(Company B). Twelfth Regiment of Infantry. 24. Cadet Appleton D. Palmer, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Card, who resigns his regimental commission only. 34. Cadet George H. Burton, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Vanvalzah, promoted. 44. Cadet Jared L. Rathbone, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Stacey, promoted. 47. Cadet Edward Hunter, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Urmston, killed in action. 50. Cadet Edgar C. Bowen, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Meyer, dismissed. 59. Cadet George G. Greenough, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Burnett, promoted. Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry. 40. Cadet James M. Marshal, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Engle, promoted. 45. Cadet Thomas J. Lloyd, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Knox, promoted. 52. Cadet Benjamin D. Critchlow, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Clift, promoted. 56. Cadet William D. O'Toole, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Humphrey, deceased. 60. Cadet James D. Graham, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Tolles, promoted. 64. Cadet Archibald H. Goodloe, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Dickey, promoted. Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry. 39. Cadet Charles H. Breckenridge, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice King, resigned. 61. Cadet Warren C. Beach, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Melbourne, resigned. Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry. 20. Cadet John P. Story, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Theaker, promoted. 33. Cadet Edward H. Totten, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Cook, promoted. 46. Cadet Francis H. Ross, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice McConnell, promoted. 51. Cadet Charles Keller, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Cline, promoted. 54. Cadet John E. Hosmer, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Ingerton, promoted. 57. Cadet Charles E. Moore, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Mahan, dismissed 65. Cadet Cass Durham, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bartholomew, promoted; and First Lieutenant, vice Durnin, promoted. Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry. 21. Cadet Ormsby M. Mitchell, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Stimpson, deceased. 29. Cadet William H. McLoughlin, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Dowling, deceased. 37. Cadet Frederick W. Bailey, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Inman, resigned. 43. Cadet Charles P. Smith, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Parke, promoted. 53. Cadet Malcolm McArthur, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Crossman, killed. 63. Cadet Satterlee C. Plummer, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Lay, resigned. 66. Cadet Robert B. Wade, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Green, promoted. 68. Cadet Charles A. Dempsey, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Carter, resigned. Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry. 38. Cadet Thomas L. Brent, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Freeman, promoted; and First Lieutenant, vice Lind, resigned. 41. Cadet William S. Starring, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Galloway, whose appointment has been revoked; and First Lieutenant, vice Davis, resigned. 58. Joseph K. Hyer, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hitchcock, killed in battle; and First Lieutenant, vice Dick, deceased. Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry. 18. Cadet Henry B. Ledyard, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Jones, promoted. 25. Cadet James L. Sherman, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Gilbert, promoted. 32. Cadet Charles M. Reid, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Leamy, deceased. 35. Cadet George T. Olmsted, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Causten, promoted. 42. Cadet William Krause, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Lyster, promoted. 48. Cadet William A. Garland, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Johnson, resigned. 55. Cadet Samuel M. Mills, Jr., to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Moale, promoted. 62. Cadet Charles Morris, to be Second Lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy; and First Lieutenant, vice Bickham, dismissed. |