CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. DISTRICT OF INDIAN TERRITORY,

Fort Towson, C. N., January 16, 1865.

The following letter, received from department headquarters, is hereby published for the information and guidance of the officers of this military district; a compliance therewith is required:

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant-General's Office, Shreveport, December 30, 1864.

Major W. H. HAYNES,

Chief Clothing Bureau:

MAJOR: I am directed by the general commanding to say that in making the uniform frock coats in future you will be guided, and governed by the regulations prescribed for the "uniform and dress of the Army," published in General Orders, No. 9. Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office, series of 1861, and the plates accompanying said orders. In the matter of trimming regulations cannot in all cases be carried out, but as to the length of the coat, it can always be done, and must be. You will give the necessary orders to meet the requirements of these instructions to the several officers of your department; and any deviation therefrom will subject the delinquent party to trial by court-martial, and removal from the position he may occupy. The district commanders will each be furnished with a copy of this letter.

I am, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

S. S. ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, December 31, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded to Major-General Maxey, commanding district of Indian Territory, for his information, and who will see that these instructions are fully carried out in his district.

By command of General E. Kirby Smith:

S. S. ANDERSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

By order of Major-General Maxey:

T. M. SCOTT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS CHURCHILL'S DIVISION, Numbers 14.
Camp Lee, January 16, 1865.

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V. Brigadier-Generals Roane, McNair, and Hawthorn will hold their brigades in readiness to march at a moment's notice to Dooley's Ferry and Fulton, each bringing all their axes, spades, &c., for working upon fortifications.

By command of Major-General Churchill:

J. J. GAINES,
Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS,

Washington, January 17, 1865.

Brigadier General, W. R. BOGGS,

Chief of Staff, Shreveport, La.:

GENERAL: I wrote you a few days since that Fort Smith was being evacuated, and that it would not be well to send up any considerable number of troops for its occupation and defense; first, because of the want of supplies; secondly, most of the troops ought to be kept in