commissary of subsistence; Lieutenant James A. Snyder, U. S. Army, aide-de-camp. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. The current business of the office will be transacted between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m., except Sundays. Business requiring immediate attention will be attended to at all hours.

By command of Major-General Sykes:

GEO. S. HAMPTON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

WARRENSBURG, September 1, 1864.

Major-General SYKES, Paola, Kans.:

My troops report the statement concerning Morristown incorrect. Several troops go to show the guerrillas are moving south.

A. PLEASONTON,

Major-General.

PAOLA, KANS., September 1, 1864.

Lieutenant-Colonel PLUMB,

Olathe:

The enemy reported by General Pleasonton moving south, with his force after them. This was in the afternoon. As soon as it can be learned that they are bound south of you draw in Company I temporarily. Notify Major Anderson to-night and I will Coldwater Grove. Have your command fasten on their hats the strips of red, white, and blue, and keep them on.

T. MOONLIGHT,

Colonel.

HDQRS. SUB-DISTRICT NO.3, DIST. OF SOUTH KANSAS,
Paola, September 1, 1864.

Captain HENRY PEARCE,

Company C, Eleventh Kans. Vol. Cav., Coldwater Grove, Kans.:

CAPTAIN: Lieutenant Colonel P. B. Plumb has made the following change in the patrol system in his command on the border, to wit: Two men will leave Aubrey, going south, every ten minutes after 7 p. m. for two hours, making twenty-four men. They will go to a point half way below, on the Aubrey and Coldwater Grove road, and meet the pickets from Coldwater, and then go east or west, as the case may be, to another road, and observe the same order in going back. North of Aubrey the patrol will consist of one man instead of two. You will make the same change in your system of patrols until further orders.

By order of Colonel Moonlight:

IRA I. TABER,

First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST,
Milwaukee, Wis., September 1, 1864.

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

Chief of Staff of the Army, Washington, D. C.:

GENERAL: I have the honor to request instructions as to the disposition of Sioux prisoners held in confinement at Davenport, Iowa, in