proper officers of the quartermaster's department, who are instructed to purchase all forage needed for the commands to which they belong, giving therefor vouchers on Form Numbers 12, properly filled out and signed. The indiscriminate taking of forage and referring the owner to different quartermasters for receipts will not be allowed. When supplies are taken to a greater extent than can be issued to the troops, or taken in the wagons, the officer giving the order or the receipt will be held personally responsible for the surplus amount.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS,

July 26, 1864.

As soon as the following regiments, viz, First Vermont Heavy Artillery, Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, rejoin this command, they will report to Brigadier-General Ricketts, commanding Sixth Corps, for assignment to the brigades to which they belonged before they were temporarily detached.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. H. WHITTELSEY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ORDERS.] HEADQUARTERS SIXTH AND NINETEENTH CORPS,

July 26, 1864-7. 45 a. m.

This command will move at once, upon the receipt of this order, by the Rockville road, thence to the Monocacy, in the following order: First, the cavalry under Colonel Lowell, who will also send a part of his force by the River road; second, the Sixth Corps, Brigadier-General Ricketts; third, the Nineteenth Corps, Brigadier-General Emory, including Kenly's brigade; fourth, the trains under the general direction of Captain Manning, acting chief quartermaster. The troops will encamp just the other side of Rockville. The teams will be parked in the same vicinity. General Ricketts will direct a regiment to report to Colonel Hyde, provost-marshal at these headquarters, to bringing up stragglers from the city.

By command of Major-General Wright:

C. A. WHITTIER,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ARMY CORPS,
July 26, 1864.

The corps will move at once in the following order: Third division, Second Division, First Division. Division commanders will direct the batteries attached to their respective commands to move as in the previous march.

By command of Brigadier-General Ricketts:

BENHJ. W. RICHARDS,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.