Letter

Christopher C. Augur to THomas Sworps, May 6, 1864

QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE,

Col. THomas Sworps, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Cincinnati, Ohio: Communicate with the Governors of Ohio and Illinois, and furnish such transportation and quartermaster’s supplies as may be required for the troops now being raised in those States. By order of the Quartermaster-General : J. J. DANA,

Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Army.

Wark DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., May 6, 1864. Major-General CADWALADER, Commanding Forces at Philadelphia : Major-General Halleck directs that_two companies of the One hundred and eighty-sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers be

ordered to report to Lieutenant-Colonel Leech, commanding draft rendezvous at Camp Cadwalader, for duty as the permanent garrif that rendezvous. See etagtes LOUIS H. PELOUZE, Assistant Adjutant-General.

(Similar order to Lieut. Col. William A. Leech, commanding draft rendezvous, Philadelphia.)

GENERAL ORDERS, Hpgrs. DEPT. OF Washington, TWENTY-SECOND ARMY CORPS, No. 29. May 7%, 1864.

I. The attention of officers of this command is called to paragraph 449, Revised Regulations, U. 8. Army, edition 1863. This rule will govern in the approval of all requisitions for supplies.

I. I. Capt. W. H. W. Krebs, aide-de-camp, is hereby announced as chief ordnance officer, Department of Washington, in place of be respected and obeyed accordingly.

By command of Maj. Gen. C. C. Augur:

J. H. TAYLOR,
Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, Hpgrs. DEPT. OF Washington,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: C. C. Augur directs coordination with Ohio and Illinois governors to provide transportation and supplies for newly raised troops, and orders Pennsylvania regiment companies to garrison a draft rendezvous in Philadelphia.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1 View original source ↗