communication, copies of which are herewith forwarded. The most important of these have been heretofore forwarded, as will be seen by note attached.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES C. VEATCH,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
January 28, 1865-9 p. m.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C.:

I sent one regiment of infantry yesterday; will send another to-morrow or next day.

G. M. DODGE,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
January 28, 1865-10. 20 a. m.

Brigadier General ROY STONE, Alton, Ill.:

Send down four companies. I have troops on way here. As soon as they arrive will return them.

G. M. DODGE,

Major-General.

ALTON, ILL., January 28, 1865-4. 30 p. m.

Major-General DODGE,

Commanding Department of the Missouri:

Four companies One hundred and forty-fourth Illinois Volunteers will leave for Saint Louis this evening by special train.

ROY STONE,

Brigadier-General.

SAINT LOUIS, January 28, 1865.

Colonel BENNEVILLE, Benton Barracks:

Order Merrill's Horse, with camp and garrison equipage, to march to the city early to-morrow morning and report to Colonel Weydemeyer, commanding Post Saint Louis, for duty.

By order of Brigadier-General Ewing:

H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HERMANN, MO., January 28, 1865.

Brigadier General THOMAS EWING,

Commanding District of Saint Louis:

The River blocked by ice. Government stores and boat here exposed to attack of bushwhackers from counties opposite Hermann. Cannot the order for removal of Company I, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, be countermanded? The citizens claim protection. Please answer.

JOHN B. MICHE,

Postmaster.