HEADQUARTERS MCINTOSH’S BATTALION, July 9, 1864

Respectfully forwarded.

Captain Dement represents that the term of service of thirty of his men will expire on the 13th instant, and of others from that time until September; sufficient in numbers, if discharged, to break up the company. The men claim and expect to be discharged. But the act of Congress of February 7, 1864, retaining troops in service, makes no exemptions, and information is desired to know if the act applies to Marylanders.

D. G. McINTOSH, Lneutenant- Colonel.