MEMPHIS, June 28, 1865.

Brigadier General W. D. WHIPPLE, Chief of Staff:

Up to this date I am without official information or instructions of the President's proclamation. Under instructions of the honorable Secretary of State, U. S. commissioners are administering the amnesty oath to citizens. I respectfully request to be instructed as soon as possible.

JNO. E. SMITH,

Brevet Major-General.

NASHVILLE, June 28, 1865.

Major General J. E. SMITH, Memphis:

Instructions as to how and by whom the amnesty oath is to be administered have been sent to the Adjutant-General for approval. If approved they will soon be promulgated. In the meantime act in regard to the amnesty as you think best under what has been published from Washington.

JNO. E. SMITH,

Brevet Major-General.

NASHVILLE, June 28, 1865.

Major General J. E. SMITH, Memphis:

Instructions as to how and by whom the amnesty oath is to be administered have been sent to the Adjutant-General for approval. If approved they will soon be promulgated. In the meantime act in regard to the amnesty as you think best under what has been published from Washington.

WM. D. WHIPPLE,

Brigadier-General, &c.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DIST. OF WEST TENNESSEE, Numbers 71. Memphis, Tenn., June 28, 1865.

No cause of dispute or litigation between civilians respect fin property, and in which the United States Government or some person in its service is not a party concerned, will be adjudicated or in any manner entertained by any officer of this command.

By order of Bvt. Major General John E. Smith:

W. H. MORGAN,

Brevet Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, June 28, 1865.

Major General G. H. THOMAS,

Commanding, &c., Nashville, Tenn.:

No changes in the troops now in Alabama and Mississippi will be made until further advised by you. I have turned over the Thirteenth Corps and nearly all of the cavalry of my command to General Sheridan. Of the white troops in Alabama and Mississippi only 7,000 are veterans. About 11,000 are entitled to muster out under the orders of the War Department, but I have suspended the muster until I could learn the number that would be available and the necessities. I shall need some of the cavalry now in the Department of Mississippi if it can be replaced by you.

E. R. S. CANBY,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, La., June 28, 1865.

Major General A. J. SMITH,

Commanding District of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala.:

GENERAL: In accordance with instructions from the lieutenant-general commanding the Armies of the United States, you will render