take off his hat or cap, and hold it vertically above his head. the challenged party will answer by taking off his hat or cap and holding it down by his right side. If near enough to speak, challenging party will call out "Who are you?" the answer, "Rosecrans." then the challenged party will call out "Who are you?" answer, "Babes in the wood." The different commanding officers will use discretion and great caution when communicating this and maintain it as private as possible, to avoid disaster or to provide against it being divulged.

By order of Colonel James H. Ford, commanding Fourth Sub-District:

EDWARD L. BERTGHOUD,

First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

(Copy furnished Colonel McFerran, April 11, 1864, with instructions to direct station commanders in his sub-district to use the same signals.)

[Inclosure No. 2.] HDQRS. FOURTH SUB-DIST., DIST. OF CENTRAL MO., Kansas City, Mo., April 7, 1864.

Major P. PENDLETON,

Paymaster, U. S. Army:

SIR: In obedience to orders received this day from Brigadier-General Brown, commanding District of Central Missouri, I have the honor to forward for your information the following list of stations, troops, &c., in the Fourth Sub-District, District of Central Missouri:

Station. Commander. Troops.

Kansas City Captain E. W. Company D, Ninth

Kingsbury Minnesota; Companies B

and D, Second Colorado

Cavalry.

Westport Captain William Detachment Company E,

H. Greene Second Colorado Cavalry.

Independence Lieutenant Detachment Second

Colonel T. H. Colorado Cavalry;

Dodd Company F, Ninth

Minnesota.

Little Santa Fe First Lieutenant Detachment Company E,

I. F. Evens Second Colorado Cavalry.

Hickman Mills Captain John Hall Company A, Second

Colorado Cavalry.

Blue Mills First Lieutenant Company F, Second

G. C. Manville Colorado Cavalry.

Snibar First Lieutenant Company H, Second

J. F. Bennett Colorado Cavalry.

Blue Springs Captain Thomas Company M, Second

Moses, jr. Colorado Cavalry.

Pleasant Hill Captain E. P. Company K, Second

Elmer Colorado Cavalry.

Morristown First Lieutenant Company G, Second

F. A. Spencer Colorado Cavalry.

Harrisonwille Major J. L. Company C, Second

Pritchard Colorado Cavalry.

Dayton Sergeant in Detachment Company L,

command Second Colorado Cavalry.

Johnstown Captain G. G. Do.

Norton

Pleasant Gap Second Lieutenant Squadron Company I,

R. O. Rizer Second Colorado Cavalry.

By order of Colonel James H. Ford, commanding Fourth Sub-District:

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

EDWARD L. BERTHOUD,

First Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

SNIBAR STATION, MO., April 8, 1864.

Captain THOMAS MOSES, JR.,

Second Colorado Cavalry, Commanding Battalion:

CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that in obedience to your instructions I left Snibar Station with 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 16 privates April 5, 1864, at 7 a. m. and proceeded to a point 3 miles