officer of the regiment at Baton Rouge, La., without delay. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

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By command of Major-General Hurlbut:

J. C. STONE,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
New Orleans, La., February 3, 1865.

Major General F. STEELE,

Commanding U. S. Forces, Kenner, La.:

SIR: The complete reorganization of the forces under your command will be announced in a few days. In the meantime I am directed to state that the following will be the organization of the First and Second Brigades of the First Division, viz: First Brigade, Brigadier General M. K. Lawler commanding--Forty-seventh Indiana, Twenty-first Iowa, Twenty-ninth Wisconsin, and Ninety-ninth Illinois. Second Brigade, Brigadier General E. S. Dennis commanding--Eighth, Eleventh, and Forty-sixth Illinois. These troops will immediately be prepared for embarkation to Mobile Point, Ala., one brigade to go by sea, the other via Lakeport and Lake Pontchartrain.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,
New Orleans, La., February 3, 1865.

Major General F. STEELE,

Kenner, La.:

The ocean steamer which is to take one of your brigades to Fort Morgan has capacity for some 700 more troops, and the commanding general directs that the Twenty-third Iowa and the Seventy-sixth Illinois, which are to be assigned to brigades now at Mobile, be forwarded by the same opportunity. As a rule, every foot of transportation must be made available. The Third Brigade under the new organization will consist of the Twenty-ninth Illinois, Thirtieth Missouri, One hundred and sixty-first New York, and Twenty-third Wisconsin; the latter not yet arrived from Arkansas. The first three regiments number about 1,600, and Colonel Sawtelle thinks he can have sea-going transportation ready for them by Sunday or Monday. Be pleased to hold them in readiness to embark the moment the steamers are ready.

By order:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. 1ST Brigadier, RESERVE CORPS,
MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 3.
Kenner, La., February 3, 1865.

The following has been officially announced as the organization of the First Brigade, First Division: First Brigade, Brigadier General M. K. Lawler