ately to your headquarters. General Harrison is fully possessed of the views of the commanding general and he desires you to consult him, believing that he will be of assistance to you in dismounting the regiments of your command which are to be converted into infantry. The inclosed extract of a letter of this date,* addressed to General Buckner, will explain the organization which the commanding general hopes to effect.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. F. BELTON.

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.

Shreveport, February 8, 1865

Brigadier General H. P. BEE,
Commanding Brigade:

GENERAL: The general commanding desires me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, and to say that you are not under the orders of Major-General Magruder, and will therefore proceed at once to obey the orders from these headquarters directing you to report with your command to Major-General Wharton, at Nacogdoches, Tex. Should you have reached Lewisville you will proceed via Shreveport.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. R. BOGGS,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

[FEBRUARY 9, 1865. - For Lee's General Orders, Numbers 1, headquarters Confederate Army, assuming command of the military forces of the Confederate States, see Vol. XLVI, Part II, p. 1226.]

HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT,
Shreveport, February 9, 1865.

Major General S. B. MAXEY,

Commanding District of Indian Territory:

GENERAL: The general commanding directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 25th ultimo, and desires me to say he regrets you do not see "any particular service you can be here (there) longer. " Your duties as an administrative officer are very extensive, and the manner in which you have conducted those duties has done credit to yourself and been a source of great satisfaction to him. The necessities of the service may at any time strip one district of its best troops and throw the mass of troops into another district, but this should not interfere with the administrative duties connected with a district.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. R. BOGGS,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.

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*Not found as an inclosure, but see next, ante.

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