DARDANELLE, April 19, 1864.

Brigadier General N. KIMBALL:

The detail sent to Clarksville to repair telegraph lines has just arrived there. I will leave for Lewisburg this evening.

A. H. RYAN,

Colonel, Commanding.

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. THIRD DIV., 7TH ARMY CORPS, Numbers 15.
Camden, Ark., April 19, 1864.

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III. The Twenty-ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Fiftieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Forty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, one section of artillery, and the pioneer corps, all under command of Colonel Thomas H. Benton, jr., Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, are hereby designated for an expedition to meet our supply train, and will march immediately on the Mount Elba road. Some cavalry will be attached to the command. Colonel Thomas H. Benton, jr., will report to Major General F. Steele for instructions immediately.

By order of Brigadier General F. Salomon:

A. BLOCKI,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF THE FRONTIER,
DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS, Numbers 5. Fort Smith, April 19, 1864.

I. Major General James G. Blunt, in obedience to instructions from the War Department, April 17, 1864, having relinquished command of the Indian Territory and the military post of Fort Smith, they having been transferred to the Department of Arkansas, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the same.

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W. R. JUDSON,

Colonel Sixth Kansas Cavalry, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, Mo., April 19, 1864.

Honorable S. P. CHASE,

Washington, D. C.:

The exigencies of the provost-marshal service demand that I should have some contingent fund at my disposal. One of your detectives needs $ 3,500 to-day, which I must try and borrow. Please order remittance of $ 10,000. The last I had was turned over to General Thomas, except a small sum. Accounts go to-day.

W. S. ROSECRANS,

Major-General.

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