In accordance therewith I have ordered one tug to leave here to-morrow evening to report to you. I have also ordered Captain Fort to send the tug Little Giant from Memphis to report to you at once, if in suitable repaid, and, if not, to put her in repair as soon as possible and send her to you. Captain Rusch has a very fine gung, the Rumsey, at Vicksburg, which I have instructed should also be transferred for the service you require, as here place can be easily filled by some other boat, if necessary. The fourth I hope to be able to send from here within one or two days. Should either of these at Memphis or Vicksburg fail, which I think can hardly be the case, I will supply another as soon as advised thereof. In the interim, if necessary, any small boat might be taken in place of it.

Very respectfully,

LEWIS B. PARSONS,

Colonel and Chief Q. M. Western River Transportation.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. General 'S OFFICE, Numbers 206.
Washington, June 13, 1864.

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29. Brigadier General George H. Gordon, U. S. Volunteers, will report in person, without delay, to Major-General Canby, U. S. Volunteers, commanding Military Division of West Mississippi, for assignment to duty.

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By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF WEST MISSISSIPPI, Numbers 37.
New Orleans, La., June 13, 1864.

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3. The detachment of the Third Iowa Cavalry now serving in the Department of Arkansas will proceed, as soon as transportation can be procured, to Memphis, Tenn., and report to Major General C. C. Washburn, commanding that district.

The quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

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

DE WITT CLINTON,

Captain and A. D. C., Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Numbers 71.
New Orleans, June 13, 1864.

Major George B. Drake, assistant adjutant-general, U. S. Volunteers, having reported for duty at these headquarters, in obedience to paragraph 17, Special Orders, Numbers 544, of 1863, from the War Department, is announced as a member of the department staff, to date from January 15, 1864, the date of his entering upon duty as such.

By command of Major-General Banks:

WILLIAM DWIGHT,

Brigadier-General and Chief of Staff.