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a line from Springfield to Mount Vernon or Neosho, as you may deem most expedient. He says Mount Vernon will be of great advantage, and it will be difficult to keep it up west of that place. Shall I lay the matter before Captain Clowry, with request to have these lines established?
J. W. BARNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 39.
Saint Louis, Mo., February 16, 1865.Major James N. McElroy, judge-advocate, is hereby announced on the staff of the major-general commanding, in charge of judge-advocate's office, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
By command of Major-General Dodge:
J. W. BARNES,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Numbers 47.
Fort Leavenworth, February 16, 1865.1. Captain George S. Hampton, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, will return to Paola, Kans., and report to Major-General Bluntj, commanding District of South Kansas, for duty.
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By command of Major-General Dodge:
JOHN WILLANS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Fort Leavenworth, February 16, 1865.
The general commanding notices many irregularities in some of the districts, which no doubt were caused by the emergencies of the service, such as granting leaves of absence to soldiers and officers, authorizing the payment of claims by quartermaster, ordering contracts, &c. As no such emergency now exists, and as no such action can be taken, except by order of the War Department or department commander, it will cease; and hereafter district commanders will refer all matters that they have not the clear right to act on, by virtue of the regulations or order of the War Department, or by command of higher authority, to the department commander for decision.
By command of Major-General Dodge:
JOHN WILLANS,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Numbers 38.
Saint Louis, Mo., February 16, 1865.* * * *
2. Pursuant to instructions from department headquarters, two companies of the Thirty-ninth Missouri Volunteers will proceed on the
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