Rear-Admiral to Gillmore wants me to telegraph you as follows, July 10, 1863

(Received 3.50 p. m.) Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK, ; General-in-Chief :

General Gillmore wants me to telegraph you as follows:

Port Royat, S. C., July 2, 1863.

We are destitute of serviceable horses here. Please order the Quartermaster’s Department to send 500 good ones. Q. A. GILLMORE,

I can send 200 in two or three days, by diverting 100 that are being shipped to New Berne. STEWART VAN VLIET, Quartermaster.

FLAG-STEAMER DINSMORE, July 11, 1863.

Brigadier-General GILLMORE, Commanding :

Sir: I have just received your note of this morning, and have already sent my flag lieutenant to say to you that it was 6 o’clock this morning when I heard of your movement. In fact, I have not yet received your message, for what I heard was. but a report, which will inform you why the monitors are not in. I will be obliged if you will order your messenger always to deliver his message tome. Any vessel of my command will give facilities for that purpose.

An effort will be made to check the movement of the re-enforcements. I will also order up all our marines and increase them by sailors.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,