cable. Three days' rations and sixty rounds of ammunition per man will be taken. It is desirable that you should get off as soon as possible. One section of artillery and 200 cavalry will report to you.

By command of Brigadier General M. K. Lawler:

B. WILSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES,
Morganza, October 8, 1864.

Colonel WILLIAM McE. DYE,

Commanding at Simsport:

You will return to camp at this place with your command, starting to-morrow morning early. Take your own time for making the return march, but be careful not to permit your men to straggle or be captured.

By command of Brigadier General M. K. Lawler:

B. WILSON,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

DEVALL'S BLUFF, October 8, 1864-6 p. m.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Eleven hundred men of General Dennis' division, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, have arrived. The command is designated as a brigade.

C. C. ANDREWS,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

LITTLE ROCK, October 8, 1864-7.25 p. m.

Brigadier-General ANDREWS,

Devall's Bluff:

Colonel Jones with his brigade, of General Dennis' division, is ordered to report to you. The general commanding directs that you place his command in camp at Devall's Bluff.

Respectfully,

W. D. GREEN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

PINE BLUFF, ARK., October 8, 1864.

Captain C. H. DYER,

Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Little Rock:

The Annie Jacobs left here for Little Rock this afternoon. No news of importance from the enemy.

POWELL CLAYTON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.