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To specification 3d, charge 1st--"Guilty of answering in manner stated in specification."

To specification 4th, charge 1st-" Not Guilty.”

To specification 5th, charge 1st--"Not Guilty."
To supplementary specification--" Guilty."
To charge 1st--"Not Guilty."

To specification of supplementary charge-Guilty."

To supplementary charge-" Guilty."

After mature deliberation, the Court finds the accused as follows:

Of the 1st specification to the 1st charge--" Guilty."

Of the 2d specification to the 1st charge--" Not Guilty."

Of the 3d specification to the 1st charge---" Guilty of answering in manner stated in specification."

Of the 4th specification to the 1st charge--" Not Guilty."

Of the 5th specification to the 1st charge-" Not Guilty."

Of the supplementary specification to the 1st charge---“ Guilty.”

Of the 1st charge-" Guilty."

Of the specification to the supplementary charge --" Guilty.”

Of the supplementary charge--" Guilty."

And does therefore sentence him, Captain Ross Deegan, 162d Regiment New York Volunteers, "to be cashiered."

V. In the case of 2d Lieutenant Frederick J. Fuller, 8th Vermont Volunteers, the proceedings and findings under the second charge are disapproved, there being no evidence to sustain it. The proceedings and findings under the first and second additional charges are disapproved. If the evidence before the Court was not sufficient to sustain the charge of "Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,” it will be found difficult ever to prove such a charge. Under the second additional charge, the Court finds the accused "Not Guilty " of the specification but "Guilty " of the charge, which is an absurdity. The charge is also an improper one. The proceedings, findings and sentences under the first charge, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth additional charges are confirmed.

2d Lieutenant Frederick J. Fuller, 8th Vermont Volunteers, ceases from this date to be an officer in the military service of the United States.

In the case of 2d Lieutenant Carter H. Nason, 8th Vermont Volunteers, the proceedings, findings and sentence under the first charge are disapproved, the Court having found the accused "Not Guilty" of the specification but "Guilty" of the charge. The proceedings, findings and sentence under the additional charges and specifications are approved.

2d Lieutenant Carter H. Nason, 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, ceases from this date to be an officer in the military service of the United States.

The proceedings in the case of Private Allen M. Wheeler, Company I, 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, are approved. The sentence will be carried into execution at Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

In the case of Sergeant Major J. W. Haight, Jr., 75th Regiment New York Volunteers, the proceedings and findings under the first charge are disapproved, there being zo such military offence. The proceedings and findings under the second charge and the sentence are approved. It will be carried into execution at Fort Jackson, Louisiana.

In the case of Sergeant E. B. Fish, Company F, 75th Regiment New York Volun teers, the proceedings, findings and sentence are disapproved. If convinced that there was no evil intent, the Court should have found "Guilty, but attach no criminality thereto." There was, however, no evidence to warrant such a finding. The statement of the accused, unsupported by evidence before the Court, is no tadmissible. The sentence is a farce. Sergeant Fish will be released from arrest and returned to duty.

In the cases of Privates William A. Decker and George Clemens, Company F, 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, the proceedings are confirmed, though not approved. The punishment for desertion is death, and the fact that the accused enlisted in other organizations is no mitigating circumstance. The sentences will be executed.

The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Private James Coyl, 1st Battery Maine Volunteers, are disapproved, the Court having found the accused not guilty of the specification, but guilty of the charge. Neither is there such a punishment as a reprimand for an enlisted man. He will be released from confinement and returned to duty.

In the case of Private John Connelly, Company B, 1st Louisiana Cavalry, the proceedings are approved. He will be released from confinement and returned to duty.

The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Private Edward White, Company D, 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, are confirmed, though not approved. The sentence should have been death. Ship Island is indicated as the place of confinement.

The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Private Philip Farley, 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, is approved, and the sentence will be carried into execution.

In the case of Private Charles Manning, 1st Maine Battery, the proceedings, findings and sentence are confirmed, though not approved. The punishment should have been a capital one.

In the case of Private James H. Lane, Company B, 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, the proceedings are disapproved, the prosecution having no right to offer evidence on a plea of guilty. The sentence is, however, confirmed.

The proceedings, findings and sentences in the case of Private Timothy Sullivan, Company I, 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, Corporal Royal D. Blodgett, Company C, 75th Regiment New York Volunteers, Private Silas Gardner, Company B, 2d Massachusetts Cavalry, and Sergeant John M. Allen, Company G, 75th Regiment New York Volunteers, are approved, and the sentences will be carried into execution.

The proceedings and findings in the cases of Private Harrison Sebring, Company G, 75th Regiment New York Volunteers, and Private Harlan Perkins, Company F, 75th Regiment New York Volunteers, are approved. They will be released from confinement and returned to duty.

The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Private David Larock, Company F, 8th Regiment Vermont Volunteers, are confirmed. though disapproved, being inadequate to the offence.

The proceedings, findings and sentences in the case of Second Lieutenant Emil Peterson, 3d Louisiana Native Guards, and First Lieutenant W. H. H. Smith, 2d Rhode Island Cavalry, are approved, and these officers cease from this date to be officers in the military service of the United States.

The proceedings in the cases of Captain Ross Deegan, 162d Regiment New York Volunteers, and Captain H. B. Brown, 161st Regiment New York Volunteers, are disapproved, and the execution of the sentences suspended. These officers were tried by courts some of the members of which were of an inferior rank to the accused. They are, however, recommended to the President for dismissal from the service.

The proceedings, findings and sentence in the case of Captain Lawrens J. Joyce, 15th Regiment Maine Volunteers, are disapproved, the evidence not being satisfactory to the mind of the Major General Commanding. The execution of the sentence is suspended until the pleasure of the President can be known.

VI. The General Court Martial, of which First Lieutenant J. H. HINMAN, 75th Regiment New York Volunteers, is President, is dissolved.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BANKS :

RICHARD B. IRWIN,

Assistant Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL:

Aide-de-Camp.

GENERAL ORDERS

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, 19TH ARMY CORPS,

No. 47.

Before Port Hudson, June 6, 1863.

I. The regiments of infantry of the Corps d'Afrique, authorized by General Orders No. 44, current series, will consist of ten companies each, having the following minimum organization :

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To the above may be added hereafter, at the discretion of the Commanding General, four corporals and forty-two privates; thus increasing the strength to the maximum fixed by law for a company of infantry. The regimental organization will be that fixed by law for a regiment of infantry.

II. The Commissary and Assistant Commissaries of Musters will muster the Second Lieutenant into service as soon as he is commissioned; the First Lieutenant when thirty men are enlisted; and the Captain when the minimum organization is completed.

III. The First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments of Louisiana Native Guards will hereafter be known as the First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments of Infantry of the Corps d'Afrique.

IV. The regiment of colored troops in process of organization in the district of Pensacola will be known as the Fifth Regiment of Infantry of the Corps d'Afrique.

V. The regiments now being raised under the direction of Brigadier General DANIEL ULLMANN, and at present known as the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Regiments of Ullmann's Brigade, will be respectively designated as the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Regiments of Infantry of the Corps d'Afrique.

VI. The First Regiment of Louisiana Engineers, Colonel JUSTIN HODGE, will hereafter be known as the First Regiment of Engineers of the Corps d'Afrique.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BANKS :

OFFICIAL:

RICHARD B. IRWIN,

Assistant Adjutant General.

Assistant Adjutant General.

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