river will constitute the new Military Department of Kentucky under Colonel Robert Anderson, U. S. A. Headquarters for the present, Louisville, Ky. 2d Lieutenant William W. McCreery, 4th Artillery, having tendered his resigna'tion when in the face of the rebels, his name will be stricken from the rolls of the Army. BY ORDER: L. THOMAS, Adjutant General. General Orders, No. 29. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, June 4, 1861. The following order has been received from the War Department and is published for the information of the Army: War DepartmENT, June 4, 1861. The death of a great statesman, in this hour of peril, cannot be regarded otherwise than as a national calamity. Stephen A. Douglas expired in the commercial capital of Illinois yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. A representative of the overpowering sentiment enlisted in the cause in which we are engaged. A man who nobly discarded party for his country. A Senator who forgot all predjudices in an earnest desire to serve the republic. A statesman who lately received for the Chief Magistracy of the Union a vote second only to that by which the President was elected, and who had every reason to look forward to a long career of usefulness and honor. A patriot, who defended with equal zeal and ability the constitution as it came to us from our fathers, and whose last mission upon earth was that of rallying the people of his own State of Illinois, as one man, around the glorious flag of our Union, has been called from the scene of life and the field of his labor. This department recognizing in the loss one common to the whole country, and profoundly sensible of the grief it will excite among millions of men, hereby advise the Colonels of the different regiments to have this order read to-morrow to their respective commands, and suggests that the colors of the republic be craped in mourning in honor of the illustrious dead. I. The State of Missouri is added to the Military Department of Ohio, In diana, Illinois, and portions of Western Pennsylvania and Virginia. Major General McClellan will extend his command accordingly. II.-The Headquarters of the Department of the West are removed from St. Louis to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. III. The three months' militia and the three years' volunteers will be paid at once to include the 31st of May, 1861. With this view, Commanding officers of these troops will cause duplicate muster rolls to be made out immediately, which they will forward to the Paymaster General in this city; and upon these rolls the officers of the Pay Department will pay in full, leaving any stoppages to be deducted at a future payment. IV.—The names of the following officers will be stricken from the rolls of the Army: Captain Charles H. Tyler, 2d Dragoons, for abandoning the command of, and deserting his post, Fort Kearny. 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Rundell, 4th Infantry, for continued disobedience of orders, absence without leave, and failing to render his accounts as required by the Act of January 31, 1823. 1st Lieutenant Andrew Jackson, 3d Infantry, for absenting himself from his company without permission, and failing to make any report: And Second Lieutenants Charles E. Patterson, 4th Infantry; Olin F. Rice, 6th Infantry, and Charles C. Campbell, 1st Cavalry, for tendering their resignations in the face of the enemy. BY ORDER: L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.. General Orders, No. 31. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, June 9, 1861. Women nurses will not reside in the camps, nor accompany regiments on the march; but those who apply for service, and are highly accredited, having certificates from two Physicians, and two Clergymen of standing; and will forward the same to Miss D. L. Dix, at Washington, will receive a certificate in return accrediting them for service in any Military Hospital in the United States where such services are required. I. From the date of this order Officers entitled to forage, will receive the amount authorized during a state of War. II.-The uniform and dress of the Signal Officer will be that of a Major of the General Staff. BY ORDER: L. THOMAS, Adjutant General. Number. General Orders, No. 33. WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, June 18, 1861. I. Organization of the eleven regiments, added to the Military establishment, in conformity with the President's Proclamation of May 3, 1861. The Officers will all take rank in their respective grades from May 14, 1861. |