L. Thomas, January 27, 1863

No. 43. Washington, January 27, 1863.

XVIII. Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Sullivan, captain and commissary of subsistence, is hereby relieved from duty as chief commissary of the Highth Army Corps, with rank of lieutenant-colonel. He will continue in the performance of his duties as depot commissary at Baltimore.

XIX. Lieut, Col. William D. Whipple, additional aide-de-camp, major and assistant adjutant-general, is hereby relieved from duty as assistant adjutant-general of the Eighth Army Corps, and will report to MajorGeneral Schenck, commanding Eighth Army Corps, for duty as aidede-camp.

X. X. In accordance with section 10 of the act approved July 17, 1862, and with General Orders, No, 212, from the War Department, dated December 23, 1862, the President orders the following assignments of officers to the staff of the army corps named, to wit:

Assistant Adjutants-General._—First Lieut. William H. Chesebrough, Eleventh Infantry, to the Highth Army Corps, with rank and pay of lieutenant-colonel from January 27, 1863.

Commissaries.—Capt. Joseph G. Crane, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers to the Highth Army Corps, with rank and pay of lieutenantcolonel from January 27, 1863.

By order of the Secretary of War: