to the Thirteenth and Nineteenth Army Corps (now under orders to report to Major-General Banks) that can be spared from his command with safety, to report at these headquarters.

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

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 14. Mouth of Red River, La., May 14, 1864.

The commanding officer at Port Hudson will send forward, as soon as possible to the mouth of the Red River all regiments belonging to the Thirteenth and Nineteenth Army Corps (now under orders to mand with safety, to report at these headquarters.

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

C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
Major, Assistant Adjutant-General.

HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF WEST MISSISSIPPI,

Natchesz, Miss., May 14, 1864.

Major General N. P. BANKS,

Commanding Department of the Gulf, Alexandria, La.:

I have been assigned by the President to the command of the Military division of the West Mississippi. Please advise me at the earliest moment of your condition and prospects, the state of your supplies, and your wants in all respects; the condition of the gunboats and the stage of water in the river; the force of the enemy in your neighborhood, and what you may have ascertained of their future operations.

ED. R. S. CANBY,

Major-General, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
One and a half miles from Choctaw Bayou 14, 1864.

Brigadier General FITZ HENRY WARREN, or

OFFICER Commanding U. S. FORCES NEAR FORT DE RUSSY:

GENERAL: The army and navy arrived here to-night all right; will be at Marksville 12 o'clock to-morrow, and at Simsport, ready to move in any direction, on Monday. You will order all the transports at Fort De Russy, with all forage and subsistence to Simsport to meet the army there. You can join the army at Marksville if you can do so by 12 o'clock to-morrow days' rations, and without other baggage, moving very cautiously; or you can move by transports with your command to Simsport, according as your information may suggest.

By order of the commanding general:

W. DWIGHT,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.