and two days' rations for the horses; also forty rounds of ammunition to the man in cartridge-boxes, and sixty rounds additional for each man in wagons; also thirty rounds of pistol ammunition for each pistol, ten rounds to be issued, the balance held in wagons. You will also supply your command with five days' rations of hard bread and bacon, and hold it ready to be moved in wagons if hound necessary. Direct that all arms be put in perfect order, and all men supplied with guns who are without them.

By command of Major-General Forrest:

CHARLES W. ANDERSON,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

(To General CHALMERS.)

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. FIRST DIV., FORREST'S CAVALRY, Numbers 79.
Verona, June 28, 1864.

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By order of Brigadier-General Chalmers:

W. A. GOODMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF ALA., MISS., AND EAST LA., Meridian, June 29, 1864.

Authority is granted Oscar Postal, on secret service, to operate against the enemy with torpedoes on the MISSISSIPPI River between Memphis and Helena. This authority to last for three months from this date.

S. D. LEE,

Lieutenant-General.

TUPELO, June 29, 1864.

General CHALMERS,

Verona:

Need not cook rations until further orders. Keep the quantity on hand as ordered ready to be cooked.

N. B. FORREST,

Major-General.

TUPELO, June 29, 1864.

General CHALMERS,

Verona:

Organize your dismounted men into companies under competent officers; furnish them with wagon and cooking utensils and send them to Tupelo.

N. B. FORREST,

Major-General.