commanders will report their action to-night, with the designation and strength of the regiments in which changes have been made. Disposition will hereafter be made of the dismounted regiments.

By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

E. B. BEAUMONT,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. CAVALRY CORPS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Edgefield, Tenn., December 10, 1864.

Brigadier General L. D. WATKINS,

Commanding Third Brigade, First Division:

GENERAL: The brevet major-general commanding directs that you move at once with your entire command, by rapid marches, to Bowling Green, Ky., where you will report to General McCook. Should you, however, meet Colonel La Grange's command before reaching that point, you will operate in conjunction with him, to prevent the Confederate General Lyon from making the railroad in that vicinity. General McCook leaves by special train to-night. If the battery belonging to your disposition is near you will take it with you.

Respectfully, &c.,

A. J. ALEXANDER,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff.

NASHVILLE, December 10, 1864.

Brigadier General ELI LONG:

Brigadier-General Meredith reports to General Thomas, from Paducah, that Lyon had crossed the Tennessee on the 8th with 2,500 men, and would probably try to cross the Cumberland and strike Green River bridge. General Thomas wishes you make arrangements to counteract any movement which may be developed in that direction. I will keep you advised as nearly as may be of what transpires looking to that.

J. H. WILSON,

Brevet Major-General.

WASHINGTON, D. C., December 10, 1864-3 p.m.

Colonel WINSLOW,

Cairo:

All troops from Missouri must go to General Thomas till further orders.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

HDQRS. SECOND Brigadier, FOURTH DIV., CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Cairo, Ill., December 10, 1864.

Lieutenant-Colonel BEAUMONT,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Cavalry Corps, Nashville, Tenn.:

COLONEL: I came here on business connected with my command. The detachments of the Third and Fourth Iowa and Tenth Missouri Regiments