WASHINGTON, June 6, 1865.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

I would recommend that all enlistments for the Veteran Reserve Corps be discontinued. Transfers from the volunteer service of men desiring to go into that corps and who are unfit for active service, should be the only increase allowed in my judgment.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General

WASHINGTON, June 6, 1865.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

I have the honor to recommend for promotion in the U. S. Army the following-named officers of my staff:

Captain Cyrus B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, lieutenant colonel and aid-de-camp and brevet brigadier-general, U. S. Volunteers to be major by brevet for meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg, to date from July 4, 1863; to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the battle of the Wilderness to date from May 6, 1864; to be colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the siege of Richmond, and especially in the attack on Fort Harrison, to date from September 15, 1864; to be brigadier-general by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the assault and capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from January 15, 1865. Major Theodore S. Bowers, assistant adjutant-general, U. S. Army, lieutenant-colonel by assignment and brevet colonel, U. S. Volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious services in the siege of Richmond, and especially for gallant conduct at the storming of New Market Heights, to date from August 16, 1864; to be colonel by brevet for meritorious services in the battles in front of Petersburg, Va. and in the pursuit and capture of the Army of Northern Virginia in the spring campaign of 1865, to date from April 9, 1865. Captain O. E. Babcock, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, lieutenant-colonel and aide-de-camp and brevet colonel, U. S. Volunteers, to be major by brevet for meritorious services in the defense of Knoxville, Tenn., and especially for gallant conduct in the defense of Fort Sanders, to date from November 29, 1863; to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the battle of the Wilderness, to date from May 6, 1864; to be colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the battles in front of Petersburg, and in the pursuit and capture of the Army of Northern Virginia in the spring campaign of 1865 to date from April 9, 1865. Major Frederick T. Dent, Fourth U. S. Infantry, brigadier-general of volunteers, formerly lieutenant-colonel and aide-de-camp and brevet colonel of volunteers, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the battle of the Wilderness to date from May 6, 1864; to be colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the battles in front of Petersburg and in the pursuit and capture of the Army of Northern Virginia, in the spring campaign of 1865, to date from April 9, 1865. Captain Horace Porter, Ordnance Department, U. S. Army, lieutenant-colonel and aide-de-camp and brevet colonel of volunteers, to be major by brevet for gallant conduct in the battle of the Wilderness to date from May 6, 1864; to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant conduct in the siege of Richmond, and especially at the storming of New Market Heights, to date from August, 16, 1864; to be colonel