LOCATION OF TROOPS.

FIRST SUB-DIVISION.

25th South Carolina Volunteers, Secessionville, James Island.

20th South Carolina Volunteers (seven companies), Secessionville, James Island.

Captain Blake's Light Battery, Secessionville, James Island.

Captain Kanapaux's Batteery, Clark's House, James Island.

Captain De Pass' Battery, Clark's House, James Island.

Palmetto Battalion Artillery (four companies), West Lines, James Island

Lucas' Battalion (three companies), Fort Pemberton, James Island.

2nd South Carolina Volunteer Artillery, Companies B and K at Fort Lamar, Company I at Fort Johnson, Company G at Battery Glover, Company C at Batteries Haig and Palmer, and the other five companies at East Lines, on James Island.

SECOND SUB-DIVISION.

20th South Carolina Volunteers (three companies), Sullivan's Island.

Captain Gaillrad's Light Battery, Mount Pleasant.

1st South Carolina Infantry, regulars (four companies), Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island.

1st South Carolina Infantry, regulars (two companies), Battery Bee, Sullivan's Island.

1st South Carolina Infantry, regulars (three companies), Battery Marshall, Sullivan's Island.

1st South Carolina Infantry, regulars (one company), Battery Beauregard, Sullivan's Island.

A detachment of Company G, 20th South Carolina Volunteers, at Palmetto Battery, Christ Church Parish.

A detachment of Company B, 20th South Carolina Volunteers, at Two- Gun Battery, Sullivan's Island.

Captain Sparks' Company of Cavalry (attached to 20th South Carolina Volunteers), Christ Church Parish.

5th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry (two companies), Christ Church Parish.

THIRD SUB-DIVISION, MORRIS ISLAND.

Lucas' Battalion, two companies (Gist Guard and Mathewes Artillery), Battery Wagner.

1st South Carolina Artillery (one company), Cumming's Point Battery.

1st South Carolina Artillery (two companies), at the new batteries, upper end of island.

1st South Carolina Artillery (five companies), Fort Sumter.

1st South Carolina Artillery (one company), Caslte Pinckney and Fort Ripley.

5th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry (three companies), Charleston.

Charleston Battalion (six companies), Charleston.

Respectfully submitted.

R. S. RIPLEY,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

RICHMOND, June 25, 1863.

General G. T. BEAUREGARD:

From causes into which it is needless to enter, the control of the Mississippi connection between the States east and west of it will be lost unless Johnston is strongly and promptly re-enforced within the next sixty days.

Can you give him further aid, without the probable loss of Charleston and Savannah? I need not state to you that the issue is vital to the Confederacy.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.