HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST,
New York City, November 7, 1864.

Major General JOHN J. PECK,

Syracuse:

GENERAL: Please ascertain whether General Green, who issued an order to his brigade at Syracuse on the 29th ultimo, holds a commission from Governor Seymour in the militia of New York; what is the number and efficiency of his force; of what arm of the service it is composed; and any facts showing its fitness for duty in the field.

Respectfully, yours,

JOHN A. DIX,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST,
New York City, November 7, 1864.

Colonel R. PROCTOR,

Commanding, Burlington, Vt.:

Have the First Vermont Cavalry armed with rifles, and send 100 men to Plattsburg on Tuesday, as soon as they have voted, and direct them to remain there two or three days after the election.

JOHN A. DIX,

Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST,
New York City, November 7, 1864.

Colonel R. PROCTOR:

Send 100 of the First Vermont Cavalry, armed with rifles, to Saint Albans, to report to Governor Smith as soon as they have voted, to remain there two or three days after the election.

JOHN A. DIX,

Major-General.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, D. C., November 8, 1864.

Major-General SHERIDAN,

Commanding Middle Military Division, Martinsburg, Va.:

The Secretary of War has granted thirty days' leave of absence, from and after the 12th instant, to Brigadier-General Seward, and he desires you to assign some other officer to relieve him in command at Martinsburg. Acknowledge receipt.

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE MILITARY DIVISION,
Cedar Creek, November 8, 1864.

Brevet Major-General EMORY,

Commanding Nineteenth Army Corps:

GENERAL: The major-general commanding directs that you have your corps under arms and artillery and teams all hitched up at daylight to-morrow morning.

Very respectfully,

JAS. W. FORSYTH,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff.