SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTER OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 255.
Washington, May 26, 1865.

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8. The cavalry force at present command by Bvt. Major General H. E. Davies, U. S. Volunteers, is hereby assigned to duty in the Department of Washington, and will be reported accordingly to Major-General Augur, commanding department.

By command of Lieutenant-General Grant:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

RICHMOND, VA., May 26, 1865.

(Received 2.10 p. m.)

General L. THOMAS:

The following telegram, forwarded by General Gregg, commanding at Lynchburg, Va., was received yesterday and is transmitted for the action of the lieutenant-general commanding:

Brigadier-General THOMAS,

Adjutant-General, Washington:

I respectfully ask permission to visit Washington on important private business.

J. LONGSTREET.

E. O. C. ORD,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
May 26, 1865-1 p. m.

Major-General GIBBON,

Commanding Twenty-fourth Army Corps:

Please send a battery to the custom house at 2 p. m. to-day to fire a salute for Government Peirpoint. The commanding officer will confer with Colonel Loomis, of the Treasury Department, as to details.

By order of Major-General Ord:

ED. W. SMITH,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. TWENTY-FOURTH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 61.
Richmond, Va., May 26, 1865.

In each and every regiment of this corps a list of such, officers as have particularly distinguished themselves, either by bravery, military capacity, or other soldierly qualities, will be prepared by the regimental commanders and forwarded through the proper channels to these headquarters. Brigade commanders will carefully note, in each case, their individual opinion of the officer's fitness for service and military capacity, and this will also be done by division commanders as far as practicable. Lists will also be forwarded by each brigade and division commander of staff officers who are now, or have been, serving with them. The chief of artillery will, in like manner, have prepared lists of all meritorious artillery officers. The major-general