SPECIAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE,

No. 124. Richmond, May 28, 1864.

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XIV. Captain John B. Vinet, Provisional Army, C. S., is assigned to duty in the Engineer Department, and will report to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel H. Lockett, chief engineer, &c., at Demopolis, Ala.

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By command of the Secretary of War:

JNO WITHERS,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

TUPELO, May 29, 1864.

Major General S. D. LEE:

The time has arrived, and if I can be spared and allowed 2,000 picked men from Buford's DIVISION and a battery of artillery, will attempt to cut the enemy's communication in Middle Tennessee.

N. B. FORREST,

Major-General.

MERIDIAN, MISS., May 29, 1864.

Brigadier-General ADAMS,

Canton, Miss.:

Gholson's brigade has been ordered to report to you at Canton. It left Columbus several days since.

WM. ELLIOTT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SELMA, May 30, 1864.

(Received 31st.)

General S. COOPER,

Adjutant and Inspector General:

The troops in this department have six month's pay due them, and all disbursing officers are without funds. The want of money, both by officers and men, is great, and interferes with the proper performance of duty. Major A. B. Cooke has returned from Richmond, failing to get funds after very exertion. Is there no remedy?

S. D. LEE,

Major-General.

[First indorsement.]

Respectfully submitted to Quartermaster-General.

JOHN W. RIELY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Second indorsement.]

MAY 31, 1864.

Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War.

This Department has made every exertion to produce funds, without success. Statements similar to this are reaching me almost every hour.

A. R. LAWTON,

Quartermaster-General.