HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA FORCES, May 13, 1861

May 13, 1861.

! Richmond, Va., May 13, 1861.

Brigadier-General GWYNN, Commanding, &c., Norfolk, Va. :

GENERAL: Your letter of the 10th, requesting authority to call into service an additional cavalry company, has been received. It was supposed that four mounted companies would be sufficient for the service at Norfolk, as their duty would be mainly vedette. Your water communications and system of signals, it was hoped, would enable you to : lighten that service. It is an expensive force, difficult in that region to forage, and should not be increased beyond the actual necessities of the service. Should another company, however, be indispensable, you are authorized to call it out. It may be proper for you to keep in mind that there are no cavalry arms here for issue; so, unless it be already provided with arms, it cannot be equipped.

Major-General, Commanding.

ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’s OFFICE, Montgomery, May 14, 1861. Gov. JOHN B. FLoyp, Abingdon, Va.: Can you get in a brigade of your mountain riflemen with their own tried weapons? Proceed as far as you can. Answer by telegraph. JEFFERSON DAVIS.

; ABINGDON, May 14, 1861. His Excellency JEFFERSON DAVIS:

I can raise the brigade, and will begin instantly. . J. B. FLOYD.