Provisional Congress. He will receipt to Howell Cobb for all documents, &c., which he may receive from him. Quartermaster's department will furnish transportation.

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By command of Brevet Major-General Wilson:

EDWARD P. INHOFF,

Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

EASTPORT, June 15, 1865.

(Received 16th.)

Major-General THOMAS:

I am obliged to send most of my cavalry into Marion County, Ala., to break up gangs of guerrillas who have refused to surrender. The teams hauling rations and forage can haul back Confederate cotton which these robbers have stolen.

E. HATCH,

Brevet Major-General.

HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS,
MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,

Eastport, Miss., June 15, 1865.

Bvt. Brigadier General D. E. COON,

Commanding Second Brigade, Fifth Division Cavalry:

GENERAL: You will direct Lieutenant Colonel C. C. Horton, with the portion of the Second Iowa Cavalry now at Iuka, to proceed, with fifteen days' rations and fifteen days' forage, to Smithville, Miss., and establish headquarters of the regiment at that place. Upon arrival at Smithville, Lieutenant-Colonel Horton will send four companies to Pikeville, Alaa., to garrison that point. Lieutenant-Colonel Horton is expected to keep order over as much country as practicable, and is authorized to seize all arms and ammunition found in possession of persons who cannot show authority for retaining the same. All serviceable U. S. horses in hands of citizens in that portion in that portion of the country will be taken up by the regimental quartermaster, Second Iowa Cavalry, who will make proper reports of the horses so taken up.

By command of Bvt. Major General Edward Hatch:

HERVEY A. COLVIN,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY, Numbers 100.
Louisville, Ky., June 15, 1865.

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3. The One hundred and fifty-third Indiana Infantry, having arrived at this post, the commanding officer will report with his command to Colonel J. E. Farnum, commanding at Taylor Barracks, for duty.

4. Colonel C. H. Carlton, Eighty-ninth Ohio, is relieved of the command of the Western District of Kentucky, and will report to Camp Dennison, Ohio. Quartermaster's department will furnish transportation for one horse. Colonel S. G. Hicks, Fortieth Illinois, will relieve Colonel C. H. Carlton and assume command of the district.

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By command of Major General J. M. Palmer:

E. B. HARLAN,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.