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^ - MlltUry IJ^v^tment Orrteri. The following General Order from! Pfecott, aarignlug the reapoCtlvc.oomm «tOfflcort under Uc pew arrengemont ofl ■partmonls, will be read with Intereat igj||!*M'* , •* f.nbwc ftru (U i payi tbonlt;' Nnw You*, Not* UJ 1859.GINK1UL OB DIRS HO. If.t. The following namodOffloere are assigned to the I All ol command of the Departments organised In General wnn, Ordore No. M, from the War Department, vl* » lhi Brevet Major Uonoml John E. Wool, to the Depart*1 Wont of tbo Butt Brevet Major General David E. Twiggs, to the Department of the Weat | Brevet Ma-1 Jor General Peraifor P. Bmltb, to tbo Department of ^ Texas t Brevet Brigadier General John Garlaud, to V* the Department of New Mexico 5 Brevet Brigadier (11111 General Ethan A. Hitchcock, to the Depottment of the Pacific. The latter la, by dlrootlon of the Prcal* ww dent, placed on duty according to his brevet rank. . 43. Brevet Mgjor and Auiatant Adjutant General Wor Francis N. Page is asslged to duty at the Head-Quar- • tent of the Department of the West. He will report |u,r by letter to General Twiggs, and await bis ordore in Bt. Louis.Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General David R. Jones Is assigned to duty at the Head-Quarters of the Department of the Paolflo, and will report in person without delay.3. Until the arrangements contemplated with regard to the Indians ot Texas can bo carried out,the troops at Fort Belknap, Department of the West, will bo under tbo orders of the Commander of tho Department of Texas.4. Forspeclal reasons, the troops at tho PoBt about to bo established on the Rio Graude, opposite El Paso, Department of Texas, will, for the present, be under tho order of the Commander of the Department of New Mexico.6. Tho recordB of the Eastern and Western Divisions will be transferred to the Headquarters of tho Departments of the East and West respectively. Those of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th Departments will be sent to the Head-Quarters of the Department of tho East. Those of tho 6th and 7th Departments to the Head Quarters of the Department of tho West *, and those of th«. 10th and lltli Departments. If they have not already bceuf,,.»u «... apiitto tho HfMil-Omtrbraof tho Department of the Pacific.6. Whenever Military Posts are abandoned, tho records will bo sent to tho Head-Quarters of tho Department in which they are situated.7. The Armies, Arsenals and permanent Recording Depots are not included—except for purposes of inspection—in tho Department in which they are situated.8. Tho Head-Quartcra of the Gth Infantry will remain for the winter in Jefferson Barracks.8. When their services can be dispensed with in the Cherokee Nation, by Gen. Twiggs, the two companies of Mounted Riflemen. (A K) will proceed to the Head-Quarters of the Regiment in Texas. On their arrival, the two companies of tho 7th Iufantry, now In Texas, (A 1) will take post at Fort Belknap.By command of Major-General Scott.Irwin McDowkli., Ass’t. Adjutant General.AupcoufomM,BdayF■to;*Ci*oroffinautj:tic1tdncoiitin
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Savannah Daily Georgian
Savannah, Georgia, US
Thu, Nov 17, 1853
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