Henry E. Noyes, Second U. S. Cavalry, to be assistant inspector-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; Captain Elias B. Carling, assistant quartermaster, to be chief quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel; Captain J. C. Read, commissary of subsistence of volunteers, to be chief commissary of subsistence, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, to date from December 4, 1864. These appointments, with the exception of the last, should be made to date from the 24th of October, 1864, the officers having performed their duties since that time.

I have also to request that First Lieutenant John N. Andrews, Eighth U. S. Infantry, may be appointed as an aide-de-camp on my personal staff, with the rank of major, to date from October 5, the date of my appointment to duty as a major-general by brevet. I hope the full staff may be allowed, as my command is extensive and demands all the activity and zeal the officers are capable of giving.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. H. WILSON,

Brevet Major-General.

HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Nashville, Tenn., December 4, 1864.

Lieutenant JOSEPH HEDGES,

Commanding Fourth U. S. Cavalry:

LIEUTENANT: General Wilson directs that you report to him with the Fourth U. S. Cavalry, at an early hour to-morrow, at his headquarters in Edgefield.

By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

E. B. BEAUMONT,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

LOUISVILLE, December 4, 1864.

Captain BEAUMONT,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

The Second Brigade, First Cavalry Division, marches for Nashville this morning.

O. H. LA GRANGE,

Colonel, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS, MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Camp near Louisville, Ky., December 4, 1864.

Byt. Major General J. H. WILSON,

Chief of Cavalry, Military Division of the Mississippi:

I have received your two dispatches of this date. Will consult with Major Chambliss, who will be in town to-morrow, and will probably be able to secure the most of the horses in Louisville on the 7th and 8th. You have a statement of how the command is armed. Shall I arm them with muskets or anything I can get? They have now on hand