so, is it ready? They say they have been waiting all day. I was not here this a. m., but was informed that you had been requested to prepare trains.

SAML. B. LAWRENCE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

JULY 15, 1864.

Major THOMAS M. VINCENT,

Assistant Adjutant-General, War Department:

By authority from these headquarters during the time that communication was interrupted with Washington, Major Judd, at Wilmington, raised a regiment of infantry 900 strong and mustered them in for thirty days for duty here. He thinks he can raise another. I knew that for the emergency you would approve any reasonable action. Shall I direct him to raise another regiment for thirty days?

LEW. WALLACE,

Major-General of Volunteers.

WASHINGTON, July 15, 1864.

Major-General WALLACE:

The Department cannot grant authority to raise another Delaware regiment for thirty days. Your action in raising the first one for that period is approved by the Secretary of War.

THOS. M. VINCENT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

JULY 15, 1864.

Major JUDD,

Wilmington, Del.:

Your action in raising the one regiment for thirty days service is approved by the War Department,but no authority will be given for another regiment.

By command of Major-General Wallace:

SAML. B. LAWRENCE,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

JULY 15, 1864.

Brigadier General GEORGE M. ROBESON,

Camden, N. J.:

Captain Lee has reported with his company. Thanks for his and your promptness. If you have more companies I would be glad to receive them.

LEW. WALLACE,

Major-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE DEPARTMENT,
Baltimore, Md., July 15, 1864.

Brigadier General E. B. TYLER:

GENERAL: In compliance with orders of the honorable Secretary of War, you are hereby directed to return all the sailors in your