[Inclosure.] GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, I. The following is the maximum amount of transportation to be allowed in the field: To headquarters of an army corps, 2 wagons or 8 pack animals. To every 12 company officers, 1 wagon or 4 pack animals. To every 2 staff officers not attached to any headquarters, 1 pack animal. To every 10 staff officers not attached to any headquarters, 1 wagon or 4 pack animals. To every 16 non-commissioned officers and privates, 1 pack animal. To every 80 non-commissioned officers and privates, 1 wagon or 5 pack animals. The above will include transportation for all personal baggage, mess-chests, cooking utensils, desks, papers, &c. _The weight of officers' baggage in the field, specified in the Army Regulations, will be reduced so as to bring it within the foregoing schedule. All excess of transportation now with army corps, divisions, brigades, and regiments, or batteries, over the foregoing allowance, will be immediately turned in to the quartermaster's department, to be used in the trains. Commanding officers of corps, divisions, &c., will immediately cause inspections to be made, and will be held responsible for the strict execution of this order. Commissary stores and forage will be transported by the trains. Where these are not convenient of access, and where troops act in detachments, the quartermaster's department will assign wagons or pack animals for that purpose; but the baggage of officers or of troops, or camp equipage, will not be permitted to be carried in the wagons or on the pack animals so assigned. The assignment of transportation for ammunition will be made in proportion to the amount-ordered to be carried. II. Cavalry horses are often broken down or injured by permitting the riders to carry extra baggage. Cavalry officers will be held responsible for the immediate removal of this evil. The knapsacks of infantry soldiers will also be frequently inspected to see that they are properly packed and that nothing is carried in them except what is directed by regulations and orders. III. In ordinary marches, where the troops can receive daily issues from the trains, they will be required to carry only two days' rations; but in the immediate vicinity of the enemy, and where the exigencies of the service render it necessary for troops to move without baggage or trains, the men may be required to carry with them from eight to twelve days' rations, as follows: Five days' beef or mutton, to be driven on the ho f or collected in the country passed over. Three days' cooked rations, in haversacks. Five days' rations of bread and small stores, in knapsacks A change of underclothes, in knapsacks.. A blanket.. Total weight..... For twelve days. Nine days' rations of meat, on the hoof. Nine days' rations of biscuit and small stores, in knapsacks Total weight Pounds. 51 101 2 51 231 The underclothing should be packed in the knapsacks next to the back. One or two pack animals will march with each regiment, accord ing to its size, to carry camp-kettles, rice, beans, &c. Where cir. cumstances will permit, a wagon may be assigned to a brigade or division for this purpose. Officers' servants are expected to carry rations for their officers and themselves. Those of mounted officers are expected to be mounted, and to be able to carry small forage for their animals. Long forage must be sought for in the country. By increasing the ordinary meat ration and levying contributions of flour and meal in the country passed over, the bread and small rations carried as above by the soldier may be made to last from twenty to twenty-five days. In the proper season, the bread ration may be partially dispensed with by substituting green corn, which can be foraged in the fields. Movable columns in the field should be furnished with hand and horse mills for grinding the grain which they procure in the country. Within one week after the receipt of this order at their respective headquarters, inspectors of armies and army corps will report directly to the Adjutant-General of the Army every violation of this order, certifying in their reports that they have thoroughly inspected the several commands, and have reported therein every deviation from this order in regard to allowance of transportation. IV. The attention of all officers commanding forces in the field is called to the foregoing details, and they will adopt them as instructions in fitting out their command for movements which are to be made rapidly and without ordinary transportation. This order will be publisned at the head of every regiment. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. ALEXANDRIA, VA., August 7, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief: I sent a dispatch at 9 o'clock last night announcing my arrival here with my division. I am afraid the dispatch has miscarried. I have received no orders but to come to Alexandria. The division numbers, according to the last field return, a fortnight ago, 3,647 present for duty. A number have been reported sick since then. GEO. H. GORDON, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 7, 1863-9.40 a. m. Brig. Gen. GEORGE H. GORDON, Alexandria, Va.: Your division will embark on transports for Morris Island, to re-enforce General Gillmore. The commissary and quartermaster's departments will furnish you with all necessary supplies. Your destination will not be made public until you are at sea. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief. FORT MONROE, August 7, 1863-11.30 a. m. Hon. E. M. STANTON : I have this moment returned from a reconnaissance toward Fort Darling, and your dispatch requiring immediate action to protect the Cherrystone Light-House, telegraph station, &c., has just this moment been received. The cable having been cut, I regret that steps had not been taken before to place the light-houses in this department under guard. I was not aware, owing to my recent arrival here, that they were in such a state. The necessary steps are being taken by General Potter to protect the remaining light-houses, and a force goes over with him to endeavor to catch the marauders. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, J. G. FOSTER, Major-General, Commanding. CINCINNATI, OHIO, August 7, 1863. Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, General-in-Chief: General Scammon represents that a force largely superior to his own is pressing on him. I suppose he calls upon me because I have been in the habit of sending troops when needed in Western Virginia. After the receipt of your dispatch, I shall not assume the responsibility of sending troops out of my department without orders. A. E. BURNSIDE, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 7, 1863-11.45 a. m. Brigadier-General KELLEY, West Virginia: General Burnside telegraphs that General Scammon has applied to him for re-enforcements. What is the necessity of this; and is it made with your authority? H. W. HALLECK, NEW CREEK, W. Va., August 7, 1863. Brigadier-General CULLUM, On my arrival here yesterday I found a dispatch from General Scammon, in which he advised me that the enemy was concentrating a large force in his front, and that he feared an attack from toward Lewisburg, and asked for re-enforcements. I answered him that I had no troops to send him, but that I would relieve him from anxiety in the direction of Lewisburg and Huntersville, by a movement up this valley to Monterey; in answer to which I have just received the following dispatch. If a gunboat can be spared, I desire that one be sent to the Kanawha River: Brigadier-General KELLEY: CHARLESTON, W. Va., August 7, 1863-9 a. m. Telegram received. The enemy is in small force at Lewisburg. There are rumors of his having gone to the Narrows of New River-probably a move indicating an advance on my right. Will keep you advised. I left Hedgesville on Saturday, the 1st instant, and proceeded up the Valley of Back Creek to the Northwestern turnpike, and thence west by that road to Romney, which place my troops now occupy. My cavalry proceeded from Winchester, via Wardensville, to Moorefield. Found a portion of Imboden's force in this valley engaged in conscripting and gathering supplies. They have retreated up the valley. We captured on our march quite a number of guerrillas and horse thieves. Several hundred deserters from Lee's army have come in, and hundreds are yet secreted in the mountains, awaiting an opportunity to get inside our lines. B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier-General, Commanding Department. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Commanding Officer Cavalry Corps: I am instructed by the major-general commanding to inquire by what authority the several cavalry commands arrest citizens, living within our lines, against whom there is no evidence of having been engaged in committing depredations or aiding those engaged in such practices, but who merely decline to take the oath of allegiance. The general commanding directs that for the present such arrests will not be made, but will be limited to those engaged in the practice just referred to, and such others against whom there is suspicion of having been engaged in them, or of having been guilty of any disloyal act. 2 R R-VOL XXIX, PT II The mere fact of residence within the lines of this army, and an 'indisposition to take the oath of allegiance in a region alternately held by our troops and those of the enemy, should not in itself cause the arrest of an individual, unless there is some reason to believe that, directly or indirectly, the person is engaged in aiding those in arms against us. Very respectfully, &c., A. A. HUMPHREYS, Major-General, and Chief of Staff. AUGUST 8, 1863-10.30 a. m. Brigadier-General CRAWFORD, Commanding Fifth Corps: I omitted to mention in the instructions of last evening, under the impression that the order_had been already given, that as soon as the bridge near Beverly Ford was finished, a sufficient force would be sent across the river to occupy a position that would serve as a bridge head. The remainder of the corps and such of the artillery as is not in position will be held in readiness to be thrown across the river to seize the heights in front, in the event of any movement on the part of the enemy rendering such operation necessary. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Major-General PLEASONTON, A. A. HUMPHREYS, Major-General, Chief of Staff. AUGUST 8, 1863-10.30 a. m. Commanding Cavalry Corps: The major-general commanding directs me to say that you are authorized to withdraw a portion of General Buford's command-immediately in front of Rappahannock Station, leaving force enough for a strong picket, with reserves sufficient to hold the enemy in check, should he advance, until the infantry can come up to their support. The portion of the cavalry withdrawn should be stationed at the nearest point to Rappahannock Station where water and grazing can be had, and be prepared to move to the front again upon notification of the presence of the enemy in such force as to require them to be there. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. A. HUMPHREYS, Major-General, Chief of Staff. AUGUST 8, 1863-11 a. m. Major-General NEWTON, Commanding First Corps: The major-general commanding directs me to inform you that the Eleventh Corps has been ordered to guard the railroad from Warrenton Junction to Bealeton Station, including the guard at that station. |