spared without detriment to the service and order them to return to the Department of the Gulf, the commanding officers to stop at Morganza on their way down the river and telegraph to headquarters Department of the Gulf for orders.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

VICKSBURG, March 2, 1865-9 a. m.

(Received 10th.)

Major General E. R. S. CANBY,

New Orleans:

Yours of February 27 received. Cavalry division provided for without taking artillery horses. About 4,200 effective. Pearl River as large as the Mississippi and rising and raining. Everything will be done as your order.

MORGAN L. SMITH.

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

LINDELL HOTEL, [Saint Louis, Mo.] March 2, 1865.

Major General JOHN POPE,

Commanding Military Division of the Missouri:

GENERAL: In order that I may be able to determine as to the propriety of the use of some of the means I have in contemplation for the future security of the people of Missouri, I have the honor to request that you will give me your views as to the best uses of the military forces of the United States in this department and their relation as to the present and prospective condition of this State.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

THOS. C. FLETCHER,

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, Numbers 57.
Springfield, Mo., March 2, 1865.

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IV. The new militia law of the State being about to take effect, whereby all militia organizations will be disbanded, Company G, Seventy-sixth Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, Captain George F. Bowers commanding, is hereby relieved from active duty, to date from February 28, 1865. All public property belonging to said company will be turned over to the proper officers of the staff department.

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By order of Brigadier General J. B. Sanborn:

WM. T. KITTREDGE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, MISSOURI MILITIA,

Macon, Mo., March 2, 1865.

His Excellency THOMAS C. FLETCHER,

Governor of Missouri:

DEAR SIR: I this day returned to my headquarters after a protracted absence eastward, and find your General Orders, Numbers 8, in the news-