George Sykes to Frank Eno, September 1, 1864

Capt. FRANK ENO, Assistant Adjutant-General: I am concentrating the First lowa Cavalry Volunteers at Mexico to await orders from department headquarters. G. B:FISK, Brigadier-General.

Saint Lours, September 1, 1864. Brigadier-General DOUGLASS, Mexico, Mo.:

I want you to give the strength of the rebels in that country, and let me know what troops are needed to drive them from the country. Turn all your wits to teach our men the secret of expeditions to still-hunt and surprise the enemy. All that is wanted is to adopt the deer and bear hunting tactics. Our men must move by routes and at times to avoid being seen at all. No stopping at farm-houses or any other place to be seen.

W. 8. ROSECRANS, Major-General.

GENERAL ORDERS, HpQrs. DISTRICT OF SOUTH KANSAS, No. 23. : Paola, Kans., September 1, 1864. In conformity with Special Orders, No. 180, department headquarters, hereby assume command of this district. Orders heretofore in force will continue to be obeyed until otherwise directed. GEO. SYKES, Major-General, Commanding.

GENERAL ORDERS, Hpqrs. DistRIOT OF SOUTH KANSAS, No. 25. Paola, Kans., September 1, 1864.

The following officers are announced on the staff of the district commander: Capt. G. S. Hampton, U. S. Volunteers, assistant adjutantgeneral; Maj. B. G. Ross, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, district inspector; Maj. W. C, Ransom, Sixth Kansas Cavalry, judge-advocate and assistant commissary of musters; Surg. Philip Harvey, U. S. Volunteers, medical director; Capt. B. F, Simpson, Fifteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, acting assistant quartermaster and provost-marshal; Capt. George J. Clark, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry, ordnance officer; Lieut. R. J, Harper, regimental commissary Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, acting commissary of subsistence; Lieut. James A. Snyder, U. 8. Army, aidede-camp. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. The current business of the office will be transacted between the hours of 9 a.m. and3p.m., except Sundays. Business requiring immediate attention will be attended to at all hours.

By command of Major-General Sykes: