CHAP.XIII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.

4. Lieut. G. W. Harrison, commanding Pinner's Point battery, major.

5. Lieut. R. R. Carter, commanding Pig Point battery, major.

6. Lieut. B. P. Loyall, assigned to Roanoke Island, captain.

7. Bvt. Capt. J. S. Taylor, formerly lieutenant in the Navy, who has not been appointed in the Confederate Navy, but has received the appointment of second lieutenant C.S. Army and brevet rank of captain (a most valuable artillery officer), commanding Lambert’s Point battery, now ordered to Roanoke Island, to rank as major--he to resign his former commission in the Army. The only other naval officer holding a commission in the Army is Bvt. Capt. Jas. F. Milligan, signal officer, who is second lieutenant C. S. Army and brevet captain. He was in the revenue service, resigned, and took service under the State of Virginia. He might retain his present commission, or be appointed captain, as considered best. The three batteries at Cedar Point, Barrel Point, and Pagan Creek, lately in charge of Commander R.L. Page (relieved and ordered away), have at present no naval officer in charge of them. The batteries at Day's Point and Harden's Bluff, James River, in First Brigade, have been in charge of naval officers. They were ordered there from Richmond, and have not reported to me. I would recommend a commander for rank of lieutenant-colonel, and lieutenant commanding battery the rank of major. As the pay of the navy rank of these officers is more than they would receive in the rank above mentioned, I presume they would be paid (as the act refers only to rank) as heretofore, except Capts. J. S. Taylor and J. F. Milligan, who have no navy rank, and must receive the army pay. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

BENJ. HUGER,

Major-General, Commanding. ----- HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA,

Goldsborough, January 9, 1862.

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Richmond, Va.:

GENERAL: I have received a communication from the adjutant-general of North Carolina of the 7th instant, informing me that the Thirty-third, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Regiments of North Carolina troops were under orders for New Berne, and the Thirty-fourth for Wilmington, N. C. All these regiments, it is understood, have been or will be paid by the State to the 31st December, 1861. They are to be turned over to the Confederate service as soon as they arrive at their destination. Six companies of the Thirty-third went down last night, which, with the three now in Hyde County, make nine in the service. The tenth, I learn, is nearly completed. The other regiments will follow as fast as transportation can be provided. To avoid the necessity of making out pay rolls for a few days, cannot the transfer of these regiments be made to take [effect] from the 1st January, 1862? I learn that the Thirty-third and Thirty-fifth Regiments are fully and well armed, but the other two imperfectly so. All, I am informed, are considerably reduced in effective men by sickness, principally measles and mumps. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

R. C. GATLIN,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.