General F. C. Barlow sailed for Europe Nov. 9, hoping to restore his shattered health. The Secretary of War gave him his leave in a most complimentary order. Brigadier-General John A. Rawlings, chief of General Grant's staff, was in New York November 13th, staying at the residence of Colonel Hillyer. Brigadier-General Truman Seymour, has returned to the Sixth Corps. Brigadier-General Morgan L. Smith has been assigned to command at Vicksburg. Brigadier-General Ashboth has been compelled by his wounds, received in West Florida, to go to New Orleans for medical attendance. Brigadier-General Bailey succeeds him in command. Brigadier-General John P. Hatch has been relieved from the command of the District of Florida and ordered to take command of the Northern District, relieving Brigadier-General E. E. Potter, who takes command of the Hilton Head District. Brigadier-General E. P. Scammon has been relieved from the command of the Hilton Head District, and ordered to take command of the District of Florida. Brigadier-General H. N. Wessels has been appointed commissary-general of prisoners east of the Mississippi, and Brevet Brig.-Gen. Hoffman, west of that river. Brigadier-General W. F. Barry, who is prevented by severe illness from accompanying General Sherman in his present campaign, is temporarily with his family at Buffalo, New York. Brigadier General George J. Stannard has been promoted to be brevet majorgeneral of volunteers, for gallant services at Fort Harrison (Chapin's Farm), where he lost his right arm. Brigadier-General Nelson A. Miles has been appointed a major-general by brevet. He is the youngest general officer in the service. Brigadier-General Robert B. Porter has been brevetted major-general for distinguished and gallant conduct in the several actions since crossing the Rapidan, to rank from August 1st, 1864. Colonel Guy V. Henry, 40th Massachusetts, has been brevetted Brigadier-General for gallantry in the engagements before Richmond and Petersburg. Colonel S. M. Bowman, who was relieved from the command of the District of Delaware, and ordered to report to Major-General Wallace, at Baltimore, has, at the request of the Executive, been returned to the former command. Captain W. V. Hutchins has been appointed chief quartermaster of the Tenth Corps, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. The President has accepted the resignations of Major-General John A. McClernand and Brigadier-Generals E. A. Payne and Neal Dow, to date from Nov. 30. The Tenth and Eighteenth Corps have been discontinued. The white troops of both corps have been reformed into the Twenty-fourth Corps, Major-General E. O. C. Ord commanding. And all the black troops of the Ninth, Tenth, and Eighteenth Corps have been organized into a Corps d'Afrique, designated the Twenty-fifth Corps, under Major-General G. Weitzel. Rear-Admiral S. F. Dupont was in New York November 16, and visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee assumed command of the Mississippi Squadron Nov. 1. Acting Rear-Admiral C. H. Bell was relieved from the command of the Pacific Squadron October 25, and arrived in New York Nov. 4, in U. S. S. Rhode Island. Captain John A. Winslow, of the Kearsarge, landed in Boston November 8. OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Army Directory. The following is published for reference (future changes will be noticed as they occur): SECRETARY OF WAR. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton-Office, second floor War Department. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF WAR. Hon. P. H. Watson and Hon. C. A. Dana-Offices, third floor War Department. GENERAL-IN-CHIEF. Office in charge of Captain G. K. Leet, Assistant Adjutant-General, No. 29, Winder's Buildings, second floor. CHIEF OF STAFF. Major-General H. W. Halleck-Office, corner F and Seventeenth streets. ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Brigadier-General L. Thomas-Office, War Department. BUREAU OF MILITARY JUSTICE. Brigadier-General Joseph Holt, Judge-Advocate General-Office, Winder's Building, corner F and Seventeenth streets. JUDGES-ADVOCATE. Major L. C. Turner, Judge-Advocate, Department of Washington, &c.—Office, 539 Seventeenth street. Theophilus Gaines, Major and Judge-Advocate, Twenty-Second Army CorpsOffice, 534 Fourteenth streets. SOLICITOR OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Hon. William Whiting-Office, Rooms Nos. 29 and 31, War Department. INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Office, 537 Seventeenth street. BUREAU OF THE SIGNAL CORPS. Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. L. Nicodemus, Acting Chief Signal Officer-Office, 167 F street. PROVOST-MARSHAL GENERAL Brigadier-General James B. Fry-Office, War Department. QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. Brevet Major-General M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General-Office, Art Union Building, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventeenth street. Brigadier-General D. H. Rucker, Dépôt Quartermaster-Office, corner G and Eighteenth streets. Captain J. M. Moore, Chief Assistant Quartermaster-Office, corner Twenty-First and F streets. Colonel ་ Chief Quartermaster Department of Washington-Office, 534, 536, 538, and 540 Fourteenth street, near New York Avenue. Captain H. L. Thayer, Assistant Quartermaster Volunteers, Post Quartermaster -Office, 232 G street. Captain D. G. Thomas, Military Storekeeper-Office, 304 H, near Seventeenth street. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Brigadier-General A. B. Eaton, Commissary-General-Office, on La Fayette Square, corner H street and Jackson Place. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Bell, Dépôt Commissary-Office, 223 G street. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Brigadier-General J. K. Barnes, Surgeon-General-Office, corner Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Lieutenant-Colonel John M. Cuyler, Acting Medical Inspector-General, United States Army-Office, 302 H street, corner of Seventeenth street, first floor. Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Hamlin, Medical Inspector Department of Washington— Office, No. 4 Louisiana Avenue. Lieutenant-Colonel John Wilson, Medical Inspector United States Army, Inspector of the Army of the Potomac-Office, at Rev. Dr. Samson's, Columbian College, Washington, D. C Surgeon R. O. Abbott, Medical Director, Department of Washington-Office, 132 Pennsylvania Avenue. Surgeon Basil Norris, to attend officers of the Regular Army-Office, corner Fourteenth and G streets. Surgeon Thomas Antisell, to attend officers of the Volunteer Army-Office, in a frame building on the space between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, south side Pennsylvania Avenue. Surgeon C. Sutherland, U. S. A., Medical Purveyor-Office, 212 G street, near Eighteenth. General Hospitals are under the charge of Surgeon R. O. Abbott. UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM, H street, between Fourteenth street and New York Avenue. Open daily, except Sundays, from 9 A. M. until 4 P. M. EXAMINING BOARD FOR ASSISTANT SURGEONS OF VOLUNTEERS. Thomas Antisell, President-Office, in a frame building on the space between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, south side Pennsylvania Avenue. PAY DEPARTMENT. Colonel T. P. Andrews, Paymaster-General, detached on special duty. Major B. M. Brice, Acting Paymaster-General, in charge of the department-Office, corner F and Fifteenth streets. Chief Clerk E. H. Brooke, Examination of Accounts-Office, 211 F street. Major Hutchins-Discharge Office of all Officers, corner F and Fifteenth streets. Major Rochester-Discharge Office of all Officers, corner F and Fifteenth streets. Major Potter-Discharge office of Regulars, corner F and Fifteenth streets. Major Taylor-Discharge Office of Volunteer Soldiers, corner Thirteenth street and New York Avenue. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. Brigadier-General R. Delafield, Chief Engineer-Office, Winder's Building, corner F and Seventeenth streets. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Brigadier-General A. B. Dyer, Chief-Office, Winder's Building, corner F and Seventeenth streets. MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON. Major-General C. C. Augur, commanding department-Head-quarters, corner of Fifteenth-and-a-half street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Brigadier-General J. A. Haskin, Chief of Artillery, Department of WashingtonOffice with Major-General C. C. Augur, corner Fifteenth-and-a-half street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Captain H. W. Smith, Assistant Adjutant-General, Discharge Office for Department-Office, 536 Fourteenth street. Colonel T. Ingraham, Provost-Marshal, District of Washington-Office, corner Nineteenth and I streets. DEFENCES OF WASHINGTON. Brevet Major-General J. G. Barnard, Chief Engineer-Office, northwest corner Pennsylvania Avenue and Nineteenth streets. MISCELLANEOUS. Major-General E. A. Hitchcock, Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners-Office 28 Winder's Building, second floor. Brevet Brigadier-General William Hoffman, Commissary-General of PrisonersOffice 148 F street, corner of Twentieth street. Brevet Brigadier-General D. C. McCallum, Superintendent of Military Railroads— Office, 250 G street, near Seventeenth street. Brigadier-General A. P. Howe, Inspector of Artillery, U. S. A.-Office, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Nineteenth street. Cavalry Bureau-302 H street, under command of Major-General Halleck, Chief of Staff; Lieutenant Colonel Ekin, in charge of Purchase and Inspection of Horses, and Quartermaster duties-Office, No. 374 H street. Captain Henry Keteltas, 15th United States Infantry, Commissary of MustersOffice, corner Nineteenth and G streets. Brevet Colonel C. W. Foster, Assistant Adjutant-General, Chief of Colored Bureau-Office, 531 Seventeenth street, opposite War Department. The Army. Resignation of Gen. McClellan-Promotion of Gen. Sheridan. Ordered by the President, [General Orders No. 282.] WAR DEPARTMENT, I. That the resignation of GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, as Major-General in the United States Army, dated November 8, and received by the Adjutant-General on the 10th instant, be accepted as of the 8th of November. II. That for the personal gallantry, military skill, and just confidence in the courage and patriotism of his troops, displayed by PHILIP H. SHERIDAN on the 19th day of October, at Cedar Run, whereby, under the blessing of Providence, his routed army was reorganized, a great national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle, within thirty days, PHILIP H. SHERIDAN is appointed Major-General in the United States Army, to rank as such from the 8th day of November, 1864. By order of the President of the United States. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assist. Adj.-Gen. Insignia of Rank Dispensed with. [General Orders, No. 286.] WAR DEPARTMENT, Officers serving in the field are permitted to dispense with shoulder-straps and the prescribed insignia of rank on their horse equipments. The marks of rank prescribed to be worn on the shoulder-straps will be worn on the shoulder in place of the strap. Officers are also permitted to wear overcoats of the same color and shape as those of the enlisted men of their command. No ornaments will be required on the overcoats, hats, or forage caps; nor will sashes or epaulettes be required. By order of the Secretary of War. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assist. Adj.-Gen. Dismissals, For the Week ending November 5, 1864. Colonel H. L. Potter, 7th New York Volunteers, to date November 2, 1864, for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and involving complicity on his part in an attempt to defraud a soldier of his bounty. Captain William Neussil, 82d Ohio Volunteers, to date October 29, 1864, for having presented and certified to a fraudulent claim against the United States. Captain Edwin M. Newcomb, 16th Iowa Volunteers, to date October 29, 1864, for absence without leave. Captain John T. Croff, 16th unattached company Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, to date October 29, 1864, for conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. Captain James Cullen, 1st Michigan Cavalry, to date November 1, 1864, for drunkenness when in the presence of the enemy. Second Lieutenant Robert Harper, 5th New York Cavalry, to date November 1, 1864, for misconduct before the enemy, and drunkenness while on duty. Second Lieutenant G. B. Smith, 4th United States Infantry, to date September 26, 1864, for absence without leave, having been published officially and failed to appear before the Commission. The following officers, to date October 4, 1864, for the causes mentioned, having been published officially and failed to appear before the Commission: For being in the City of Washington without authority, and failing to report at Headquarters Military District of Washington, under arrest, as ordered. Second Lieutenant Charles B. Oliver, Battery C, Independent Pennsylvania Artillery. Desertion. First Lieutenant Michael Dempsey, 24th Michigan Volunteers. For gross intoxication, and conduct scandalous, disgraceful, and unbecoming an officer and gentleman. Captain Michael Gleason, 23d Illinois Volunteers. For the Week ending November 12, 1864. Major J. M. Daily, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, to date November 10, 1864, for absence without leave. Captain T. J. Manning, 73d New York Volunteers, to date November 10, 1864, for breach of arrest, and absence without leave while under charges for trial by court-martial. Captain Joseph W. Hall, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, to date November 7, 1864, for inefficiency, utter worthlessness, and absence without leave. Captain A. J. Ralph, 6th Michigan Volunteers (1st Heavy Artillery), to date November 7, 1864, for robbing and swindling enlisted men under his command, and neglect of duty in allowing them to desert. Captain Joseph M. Kirk, 39th Kentucky Volunteers, to date March 31, 1864. Captain Charles C. Smith, 13th United States Infantry, to date November 5, 1864. First Lieutenant A. C. Salisbury, 14th United States Colored Troops, to date November 11, 1864, for insolent and insubordinate conduct toward his commanding officer. First Lieutenant Alexander Anderson, 14th New York Cavalry, to date November 10, 1864, for absence without leave, in going to a private house to receive medical treatment when he was ordered to report at a general hospital. First Lieutenant Henry H. Weaver, 28th Iowa Volunteers, to date November 9, 1864, for protracted absence without leave from his regiment. First Lieutenant Martin Mahan, 16th United States Infantry, to date November 8. 1864, with loss of all pay and allowances that may be due him, for repeatedly enlisting minors contrary to law. First Lieutenant James O. Christie, Regimental Quartermaster 13th New York Cavalry, to date November 7, 1864. First Lieutenant H. F. Armstrong, 13th New York Cavalry, to date November 7, 1864. Second Lieutenant Jacob S. Parker, 115th United States Colored Infantry, to date November 7, 1864, for having tendered his resignation while under charges. Second Lieutenant Frank C. Kinnicutt, 34th Massachusetts Volunteers, to date November 8, 1864, for neglect of duty, and wanton abuse of a horse, the property of the United States, with loss of pay to the amount of $75, the depreciated value of said horse since in his possession. For the Week ending November 19, 1864. Colonel Thomas Stevens and Major George N. Richmond, 2d Wisconsin Cavalry, to date November 17, 1864, for general worthlessness, and for the good of the service. |