[Inclosure.]

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
Memphis, Tenn., January 30, 1865.

Questions propounded to W. H. McClay, editor of the Memphis Evening Democrat, when examined on the 24th January, 1865:

Question. Have you any knowledge of the corrupt or improper conduct of any officer or person in or connected with the military service of the District of West Tennessee?

Answer. I have no such knowledge or information.

Question. Have you any information which leads you to believe that any other person, whose name you can give, does possess the knowledge of such corrupt conduct or practice?

Answer. I have no information of the name of any such person.

Question. What high places do you refer to in your article headed "Corruption," published in your paper of the 23rd instant?

Answer. I did not mean any particular places. I had heard vague rumors, but I cannot give the name of any person who uttered such rumors, nor can I state what persons or places they referred to.

GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 11.
Washington, January 30, 1865.

I. By direction of the President the Department of Kansas is merged into the Department of the Missouri, and Major-General Curtis is transferred to the Department of the Northwest. Headquarters of the Department of the Missouri is transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

II. Major-General Pope is appointed to the command of the Military Division of the Missouri, including the Departments of the Missouri and the Northwest, headquarters and Saint Louis.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 47.
Washington, January 30, 1865.

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25. Leave of absence for twenty days, with permission to visit Washington City, D. C., is hereby granted Brigadier General Thomas Ewing, Jr., U. S. Volunteers.

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41. In addition to his present duties, Major T. I. McKenny, additional aide-de-camp, will report in person without delay to the commanding general Department of Kansas to relieve Major B. S. Henning, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, in his duties as special inspector of cavalry for that department.

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By order of Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.