[Fourth indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, June 15, 1864.

Respectfully referred to Captain Hoelcke, captain of engineers, Department of the Missouri, who will comply with the above instructions of the general commanding.

By order of Major-General Rosecrans:

J. F. BENNETT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Fifth indorsement.]

ENGINEER'S OFFICE, June 17, 1864.

Complied with the above orders as far as it was possible. The reports seems to be in many instances not very clear and accurate.

WM. HOELCKE,

Captain and Add. Aide-de-Camp, Chief Eng., Dept. of Mo.

WARRENSBURG, MO., June 9, 1864-7.30 p. m.

GEORGE D. DAVIS,

Glasgow, Mo.:

Do you know anything about a raid of bushwhackers upon Frankfort, Saline County, on the night of the 7th?

E. B. BROWN,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
Saint Louis, Mo., June 9, 1864.

General C. B. FISK,

Saint Joseph, Mo.:

Your telegram to Captain Thoms explains what General Douglass misunderstood. You must so arrange your details from the militia that they can be called into service as Provisional Enrolled Militia, in order that their pay and subsistence may be secured. It must not be left vague or indefinite whether these men are temporary volunteers turning out as home guards, or whether they expect pay. See to this. Report how the matter stands at present, what force you have armed, and, conforming to the foregoing directions, enable me, as commanding the militia, to give the necessary orders.

W. S. ROSECRANS,

Major-General.

OFFICE OF ASSISTANT PROVOST-MARSHAL,

Chillicothe, Mo., June 9, 1864-4 p. m.

Lieutenant Colonel J. M. BASSETT,

Dist. Prov. March of North Mo., Saint Joseph, Mo.:

SIR: Have just learned from R. Harrison the result of scout of 15, who started from here last night about 6 o'clock. They got to Widow Weldon's about midnight, divided, one squad going to guard Eb. Weldon's house and the balance remaining at the widow's, or rather