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No. 22.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 18, 1861. Par. 4, General Orders No. 15, of May 4th, 1861, fixing the money value of clothing for Volunteers, is modified so as to allow to the Militia in the service of the United States the same money allowance for clothing as is provided for the Regular Army.

It is with pain that the Secretary of War announces to the service the loss of a distinguished veteran officer, the late Surgeon General THOMAS LAWSON, of the army, who died at Norfolk, Va., on the 15th instant.

Having in 1811 resigned from the Navy, where he had served two years, Dr. LAWSON passed immediately into the army-a service with which, from that time, he has been uninterruptedly connected. Full of a military fire, which not even the frosts of age could quench, and of a zeal for the honor of his profession, which made his administration of the Medical Department a model of inflexibility, efficiency, and economy, he never spared himself, and was always prompt to volunteer his services wherever they might be required. Thus, after having gone with credit through the war of 1812-15, he was one of the first to hasten with General Gaines to the relief of our forces in Florida; and, having been placed at the head of a regiment of volunteers by the suffrages of the gallant Louisianians who composed it, he acquitted himself with much credit in this new sphere of duty, and proved himself an able and effective Colonel.

In fact, so marked were the military traits in his character, and among these, especially, his personal intrepidity, that, at the close of the Mexican war, he was rewarded for his services in it by a Brevet of Brigadier General in the army.

As an appropriate tribute of respect to his memory, there will be fired at every military post, on the day after the receipt of this order, eleven minute guns, commencing at meridian-and the National flag will be displayed at half-staff from the same hour until sunset of the same day; and for thirty days the prescribed badge of mourning will be worn by the officers of the L. THOMAS, Adjutant General.

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BY ORDER:

General Orders,

No. 24.

WAR DEP'T, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 22, 1861. Promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States, made by the PRESIDENT, since the publication of "General Orders" No. 8, of April 3, 1861.

1.-PROMOTIONS.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Brevet Major William W. Mackall, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, May 11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy.

Brevet Captain Seth Williams, Assistant Adjutant General, to be Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of Major, May 11, 1861, vice Mackall, ⚫ promoted.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

Captain Edwin B. Babbitt, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quartermaster with the rank of Major, May 10, 1861, vice Clark, deceased.

Captain Robert E. Clary, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quartermaster with the rank of Major, May 17, 1861, to fill an original vacancy.

Captain Morris S. Miller, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quartermaster with the rank of Major, May 17, 1861, to fill an original vacancy.

Captain Robert Allen, Assistant Quartermaster, to be Quartermaster with the rank of Major, May 17, 1861, to fill an original vacancy.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.

Captain Amos B. Eaton, Commissary of Subsistence, to be Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Major, May 9, 1861, vice Lee, resigned.

Captain Alexander E. Shiras, Commissary of Subsistence, to be Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Major, May 11, 1861, to fill an original va

cancy.

Captain Charles L. Kilburn, Commissary of Subsistence, to be Commissary of Subsistence with the rank of Major, May 11, 1861, to fill an original vacancy.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

Surgeon Clement A. Finley, to be Surgeon General, May 15, 1861, vice Lawson, deceased.

Assistant Surgeon Elisha J. Baily, to be Surgeon, May 15, 1861, vice Finley, promoted.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

Second Lieutenant David C. Houston, to be First Lieutenant, May 2, 1861, vice Lee, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Walter McFarland, to be Second Lieutenant, May 1, 1861, vice Mead, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant John A. Tardy, jr., to be Second Lieutenant, May 2, 1861, vice Houston, promoted.

CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Haldimand S. Putnam, to be Second Lieutenant, April 1, 1861, the date of Captain Smith's resignation.

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.

Captain George D. Ramsay, to be Major, April 22, 1861, vice Huger, resigned. Captain William Maynadier, to be Major, May 5, 1861, vice Mordecai, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Moses H. Wright, to be Second Lieutenant, April 3, 1861, the date of Captain Gorgas's resignation.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Horace Porter, to be Second Lieutenant, April 22, 1861, the date of Captain Ramsay's promotion.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Theodore Edson, to be Second Lieutenant, April 22, 1861, vice Saunders, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Henry W. Kingsbury, to be Second Lieutenant, to date from May 6, 1861, to fill the vacancy occasioned by Captain Bradford's resignation.

FIRST REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin L. Beall, to be Colonel, May 13, 1861, vice Fauntleroy, resigned.

Major George A. H. Blake, to be Lieutenant Colonel, May 13, 1861, vice Beall, promoted.

Captain Henry H. Sibley, of the 2d Dragoons, to be Major, May 13, 1861, vice Blake, promoted.

First Lieutenant Isaiah N. Moore, to be Captain, April 20, 1861, vice Grier promoted into the Second Dragoons. [Company I.]

Second Lieutenant David McM. Gregg, to be First Lieutenant, March 21, 1861, vice Pender, resigned.

Second Lieutenant James Wheeler, jr., to be First Lieutenant, April 20, 1861, vice Moore, promoted. [Company G.]

Second Lieut. Rich'd S. C. Lord, to be First Lieutenant, April 23, 1861, vice Ogle, dismissed. [Company C.]

Second Lieutenant Marcus A. Renno, to be First Lieutenant, April 25, 1861, vice Johnston, resigned. [Company H.]

Second Lieutenant Richard H. Brewer, to be First Lieutenant, April 26, 1861, vice Mercer, resigned. [Company F.]

SECOND REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.

Captain William N. Grier, of the First Dragoons, to be Major, April 20, 1861, vice May, resigned.

First Lieutenant Beverly H. Robertson, to be Captain, March 3, 1861, vice Anderson, resigned. [Company A.]

First Lieutenant Jonas P. Holliday, to be Captain, May 9, 1861, vice Hawes, resigned. [Company C.]

First Lieutenant Charles E. Norris, to be Captain, May 11, 1861, vice Campbell, resigned. [Company E.]

First Lieutenant Thomas Hight, to be Captain, May 13, 1861, vice Sibley, promoted into the First Dragoons. [Company I.]

Second Lieutenant John Green, to be First Lieutenant, March 3, 1861, vice Robertson, promoted. [Company-.]

Second Lieutenant Ebenezer Gay, to be First Lieutenant, March 31, 1861, vice Villepigue, resigned. [Company H.]

Second Lieutenant Lewis Merrill, to be First Lieutenant, April 24, 1861, vice Mullins, resigned. [Company D.]

Second Lieutenant George Jackson, to be First Lieutenant, April 25, 1861, vice Anderson, resigned. [Company K.]

Second Lieutenant John K. Mizner, to be First Lieutenant, May 9, 1861, vice Holliday, promoted. [Company F.]

Second Lieutenant William P. Sanders, to be First Lieutenant, May 10, 1861, vice Pegram, resigned. [Company I.]

Second Lieutenant Charles J. Walker, to be First Lieutenant, May 11, 1861, vice Norris, promoted. [Company G.]

Second Lieutenant Wesley Merritt, to be First Lieutenant, May 13, 1861, vice Hight, promoted. [Company B.]

FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

Lieutenant Colonel John Sedgwick, of the Second Cavalry, to be Colonel, April 25, 1861, vice Lee, resigned.

Major Thomas J. Wood, to be Lieutenant Colonel, May 9, 1861, vice Emory, resigned.

Captain Samuel D. Sturgis, to be Major, May 3, 1861, vice Sacket, promoted into the Second Cavalry.

Captain George Stoneman, of the Second Cavalry, to be Major, May 9, 1861, vice Wood, promoted.

First Lieutenant James E. B. Stuart, to be Captain, April 22, 1861, vice Steuart, resigned. [Since resigned.]

First Lieutenant Elmer Otis, to be Captain, May 1, 1861, vice Walker, resigned. [Company G.]

First Lieutenant James B. McIntyre, to be Captain, May 3, 1861, vice Sturgis, promoted. [Company E.]

First Lieutenant Eugene W. Crittenden, to be Captain, May 7, 1861, vice McIntosh, resigned. [Company D.]

First Lieutenant John A. Thompson, to be Captain, May 14, 1861, vice Stuart, resigned. [Company K.]

Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Taylor, to be First Lieutenant, April 22, 1861, vice Stuart, promoted. [Company G.]

Second Lieutenant Charles S. Bowman, to be First Lieutenant, April 25, 1861, vice Lomax, resigned. [Company C.]

Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Alexander, to be First Lieutenant, May 1, 1861, vice Otis, promoted. [Company F.]

Second Lieutenant George G. Huntt, to be First Lieutenant, May 2, 1861, vice Ingraham, resigned. Company B.]

Second Lieutenant Napoleon B. McLaughlen, to be First Lieutenant, May 3, 1861, vice McIntyre, promoted. [Company I.]

Second Lieutenant Thomas H. McCormick, to be First Lieutenant, May 7, 1861, vice Crittenden, promoted. [Company A.]

Second Lieutenant Clarence Mouck, to be First Lieutenant, May 9, 1861, vice Riddick, resigned. [Company K.]

Second Lieutenant John A. Wilcox, to be First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861, vice Thompson, promoted. [Company H.]

SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

Major George H. Thomas, to be Lieutenant Colonel, April 25, 1861, vice Sedgwick, promoted into the First Cavalry.

Lieutenant Colonel George H. Thomas, to be Colonel, May 3, 1861, vice Johnston, resigned.

Major Delos B. Sacket, of the First Cavalry, to be Lieutenant Colonel, May 3, 1861, vice Thomas, promoted.

Captain James Oakes, to be Major, April 6, 1861, vice Smith, resigned.

Captain Innis N. Palmer, to be Major, April 25, 1861, vice Thomas, promoted. First Lieutenant William B. Royall, to be Captain, March 21, 1861, vice Bradfute, resigned. [Company G.]

First Lieutenant William P. Chambliss, to be Captain, April 6, 1861, vice Oakes, promoted. [Company D.]

First Lieutenant Robert N. Eagle, to be Captain, April 25, 1861, vice Palmer, promoted. [Company C.]

First Lieutenant George B. Cosby, to be Captain, May 9, 1861, vice Stoneman, promoted into the First Cavalry. [Company E.]

Second Lieutenant A. Parker Porter, to be First Lieutenant, March 20, 1861, rice Wetherell, deceased. [Company E.]

Second Lieutenant Wesley Owens, to be First Lieutenant, March 21, 1861, vice Royall, promoted. [Company C.]

Second Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee, to be First Lieutenant, March 31, 1861, vice Minter, resigned. [Since resigned.]

Second Lieutenant Manning M. Kimmel, to be First Lieutenant, April 1, 1861, vice Phifer, resigned. [Company F.]

Second Lieutenant Abraham K. Arnold, to be First Lieutenant, April 6, 1861, vice Chambliss, promoted. [Company D.]

Second Lieutenant John J. Sweet, to be First Lieutenant, April 16, 1861, vice Hood, resigned. [Company K.]

Second Lieutenant William Ó. Williams, to be First Lieutenant, April 25, 1861, vice Eagle, promoted. [Company H.]

Second Lieutenant Charles H. Tompkins, to be First Lieutenant, April 30, 1861, vice Jenifer, resigned. [Company B.]

Second Lieutenant William McLean, to be First Lieutenant, May 9, 1861, vice Cosby, promoted. [Company A.]

FIRST REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

First Lieutenant Lewis O. Morris, to be Captain, April 21, 1861, vice Magruder, resigned. [Company C.]

First Lieutenant Samuel F. Chalfin to be Captain, April 27, 1861, vice Jones, resigned. [Company F.]

Second Lieutenant Douglas Ramsay, to be First Lieutenant, February 25, 1861, vice Huse, resigned. [Company M.]

Second Lieutenant William M. Graham, to be First Lieutenant, March 1, 1861, vice Hill, resigned. [Company D.]

Second Lieutenant Samuel Breck, jr., to be First Lieutenant, April 11, 1861, vice Smead, dropped. [Company G.]

Second Lieutenant John W. Turner, to be First Lieutenant, April 21, 1861, vice Morris, promoted. [Company M.]

Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Sullivan, to be First Lieutenant, April 27, 1861, vice Talbot, who vacates his regimental commission. [Company H.]

Second Lieutenant Jeremiah H. Gilman, to be First Lieutenant, April 27, 1861, vice Chalfin, promoted. [Company K.]

SECOND REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

Captain Horace Brooks, to be Major, April 28, 1861, vice Brown, promoted into the Fourth Artillery.

First Lieutenant Charles Griffin, to be Captain, April 25, 1861, vice Elzey, resigned. [Company B.]

First Lieutenant Henry B. Hendershott, to be Captain, April 27, 1861, vice Anderson resigned. [Company D.]

First Lieutenant Frank H. Larned, to be Captain, April 28, 1861, vice Brooks promoted. [Company H.]

Second Lieutenant Henry A. Smalley, to be First Lieutenant, April 25, 1861, vice Simpson, who vacates his regimental commission. [Company F.]

Second Lieutenant Oliver D. Greene, to be First Lieutenant, April 25, 1861, vice Griffin, promoted. [Company B.]

Second Lieutenant Thomas Grey, to be First Lieutenant, April 27, 1861, vice Taylor, who vacates his regimental commission. [Company L.]

Second Lieutenant Michael P. Small, to be First Lieutenant, April 27, 1861, vice Hendershott, promoted. [Company H.]

Second Lieutenant Alexander S. Webb, to be First Lieutenant, April 28, 1861, vice Larned, promoted. [Company B.]

Second Lieutenant John W. Barriger, to be First Lieutenant, May 2, 1861, vice Merchant, resigned. [Company F.]

THIRD REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

Captain Thomas W. Sherman, to be Major, April 27, 1861; vice Winder, resigned.

First Lieutenant John Hamilton, to be Captain, April 27, 1861, vice Sherman, promoted. [Company E.]

Second Lieutenant George F. B. Dandy, to be First Lieutenant, March 8, 1861, vice White, resigned. [Company G.]

Second Lieutenant Abram C. Wildrick, to be First Lieutenant, April 27, 1861, vice Hamilton, promoted. [Company I.]

Second Lieutenant William Sinclair, to be First Lieutenant, April 30, 1861, vice Lyon, resigned. [Company L.]

FOURTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

Major Harvey Brown, of the Second Artillery, to be Lieutenant Colonel, April 28, 1861, vice Munroe, deceased.

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