CAPE GIRARDEAU, May 2, 1864.

Brigadier-General EWING,

Commanding:

What do you think of sending one company of the colored troops to Bloomfield? It should be re-enforced.

J. B. ROGERS,

Colonel, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, May 2, 1864.

Colonel ROGERS,

Cape Girardeau:

Your telegram received. You will not send any of the colored troops to Bloomfield. It appears from your dispatch that there is a necessity that Bloomfield should be immediately re-enforced. You will therefore send Company C, Second Missouri Artillery, at once.

By order of Brigadier-General Ewing:

H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, May 2, 1864.

Brigadier-General EWING:

I know of no immediate or pressing necessity for re-enforcing Bloomfield, but the commanding officer at that post asks for re-enforcements. He says he has not sufficient force to do the necessary scouting and garrison the place.

J. B. ROGERS,

Colonel, Commanding.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, May 2, 1864.

Brigadier-General EWING,

Commanding:

Have you any orders as to which company of the Second Missouri Artillery shall go to Bloomfield?

J. B. ROGERS,

Colonel, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, Mo., May 2, 1864.

Colonel ROGERS,

Cape Girardeau:

You may detain the battery until further orders. There is a prospect of its being ordered up here soon to be fitted out for the field.

By order of Brigadier-General Ewing:

H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.