troops serving in the Department of Arkansas and the Department of the Gulf during the past year, have all been recaptured when on their way to the rebel War Department at Richmond.

Such of them as belong to regiments that are still in service will at once be restored, and the remainder will be sent to Washington to be disposed of as may be directed by the Secretary of War.

By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 61.
New Orleans, La., October 11, 1864.

Frequent complaints having been made to these headquarters of the unnecessary detention of steam-boats, private as well as public, at different military posts of the Mississippi River where such boats are required to touch, it is hereby ordered that the commanding officers of posts shall cause the quartermaster in charge of water transportation at each post to establish an office at or near the steam-boat landing, or on the wharf-boat (where there is one), and at all hours of the day or night there shall be to give quick dispatch to steamers touching. Whenever a public steamer is delayed more than one hour beyond the time required for ordinary business, the quartermaster in charge of water transportation shall give the master of the steamer a certificate of the fact, accompanied by the order in writing from the authority directing such detention. In case of private steamers detained more than one hour at any post, the quartermaster will give vouchers for the service (Form Numbers 22) and will report them on his monthly report of persons and articles hired, and the authority for the detention will accompany such report as a sub-voucher. No steamers will be detained by the military authorities, except in case of absolute public necessity.

By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.

CIRCULAR Numbers 8.] HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,

New Orleans, La., October 11, 1864.

Under instructions from the headquarters of the Army, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hamblin, Tenth Regiment U. S. Heavy Artillery (colored), will take station at Cairo, Ill., for the purpose of receiving and forwarding all recruits, drafted men, &c., arriving at that point from the north on their way to join their respective commands serving in this military division. Commanding officers of departments, districts, and other detached posts south of Cairo will, upon the receipt of this circular, furnish Lieutenant-Colonel Hamblin with complete lists of the regiments and batteries composing their commands and their present location, and will notify him promptly of any subsequent changes that may take place. Lieutenant-Colonel Hamblin will report to the commanding officer at Cairo, who is requested to furnish him with every necessary facility in the execution of this order.

By order of Major General E. R. S. Canby:

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General.