for a mere foray, except in case of the occupation of Fernandina by Sherman; on the latter, advisable only to seize and prevent contrqaband trade. You are authorized to occupy such land as may be necessary for the erection of batteries and defenses or for the encampment of your troops, and to take possession of any buildings which may be required for the preservation and security of public stores. As your command migh suffer from the want of fresh water before the requisite condensers can be furnished, you are also authorized, incase of emergency, to take such supplies of it as may have been collected for sale to naval and other vessels.

I am, &c.,

GEO. B. McCLELLAN,

Major-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

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GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF KEY WEST, Numbers 1.
Key West, Fla., February 21, 1862.

I. In accordance with General Orders, Numbers 3, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's Office, January 11, 1862, the undersigned assumes command of the Department of Key West.

II. The following officers are announced as the staff: Chief of staff, Captain Louis J. Lambert, assistant adjutant-general; medical director, Surg. C. H. Crane, medical department; assistant quartermaster, Captain Inham-Coryell; aide-de-camp, First Lieutenant Ira V. Germain, Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers.

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J. M. BRANNAN,

Brigadier-General, Commanding Department of Key West.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 15.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 13, 1862.

Captain Marcus J. Parrott, assistant adjutant-general, is relieved from duty with General Hunter, and will report forthwith by letter to the Adjutant-General U. S. Army.

By command of Major-General Hunter:

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Numbers 28.
Hilton Head, Port Royal, S. C., April 19, 1862.

I. In compliance with instructions received from the honorable Secretary of War, Colonel J. Wilson Shaffer, assistant quartermaster; Surg. Joseph K. Barnes, medical director; Major Charles G. Halpine, assistantk adjutant-general, and Captain J. W. Turner, commissary of subsistence, are hereby relieved from duty in this department, and will report in person to the general commanding the Department of the Mississippi.

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By command of Major General D. Hunter:

ED. W. SMITH,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

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