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GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 177.
Washington, October 31, 1862.The regiments and companies of volunteer engineers, recognized by the twentieth section of the act of July 17, 1862, will have the following organization:
Regiment of engineers (twelve companies).-One colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 3 majors, 1 adjutant (not an extra lieutenant), 1 quartermaster (not an extra lieutenant), 1 chaplain, 1 surgeon, 2 assistant surgeons, 1 hospital steward, 3 quartermaster-sergeants, 3 commissary-sergeants.
Company of engineers.-One captain, 2 first lieutenants, 1 second lieutenant, 2 musicians, 10 sergeants, 10 corporals, 64 artificers, 64 privates.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 179. Washington, October 31, 1862.Paragraph I, of General Orders, No. 92, of October 26, 1861, is so far modified as to require the submission to the Secretary of War of plans for hospital accommodation of the sick only in cases which, in the opinion of the Quartermaster-General or of the Surgeon-General, require special action of the Secretary.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
[OCTOBER 31, 1862.-For Halleck to McClellan, in regard to enlistments from the volunteer artillery in accordance with General Orders, No. 154, see Series I, Vol. XIX, Part Ii, p.516.]
NEW YORK, October 31, 1862.
Honorable E. M. STANTON:
Your order relating to Corcoran's brigade was received, and instructions issued immediately in accordance therewith. Affairs are progressing favorably. There are three Maine regiments here. Transports are engaged and supplies in preparation. I go to- night, via Albany, to confer with Governors of New York and New England. Will report from Boston. Merchants here and in New England are much interested in the success of the expedition. Our friends are greatly encouraged in regard to the election, which is believed to be safe, and in good spirits.
N. P. BANKS.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., October 31, 1862.
To GOVERNORS OR LOYAL STATES:
Please send me as soon as possible, first, the number of men enrolled in your State for draft; second, the number drafted; third,
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