of the Potomac, and desires that you will call upon the Army of the James for all the troops you may require, and that the troops of this army be ordered to the front.

ALEX. S. WEBB,

Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

CITY POINT, April 13, 1865. (Received 5 p.m.)

Lieutenant-General BOWERS,

Asst. Adjt. General, Hdqrs. Armies of the United States:

Have just returned form Richmond. General Ord places me on duty at once as marshal for his department. I am to take the Twentieth New York with me. Please cause such order to the be issued as will authorize my removal and to take the Twentieth so soon as I can close out here.

M. R. PATRICK,

Provost-Marshal-General.

PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ARMIES OPERATING AGAINST RICHMOND, City Point, April 13, 1865.

Brevet Major-General WEBB,

Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac:

I am ordered to Richmond forthwith and break up at this point. I have nearly 7,000 recruits and convalescents for the Army of the Potomac. The Massachusetts cavalry, with three regiments of Collis' command, can march these men up to the Army of the Potomac. The moment he leaves there will be no force here to guard them. Can General Collis be instructed to take charge of them till they are turned over at the front? I can see no other mode of disposing of them. This is the course suggested yesterday by General Grant. Please reply immediately.

M. R. PATRICK,

Provost-Marshal-General.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, April 13, 1865-4.20 p. m.

Brigadier-General Collis can take charge of the recruits and convalescents. What has become of the battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry?

ALEX. S. WEBB,
Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.

OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, ARMIES OPERATING AGAINST RICHMODN, City Point, Va., April 13, 1865.

Major-General WEBB,

Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac:

the battalion of Fourteenth Infantry is somewhere on the rail, between here and Burkeville.

M. R. PATRICK,

Provost-Marshal-General.