CAPE GIRARDEAU, January 23, 1865.

Major H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General:

The aggregate force at Bloomfield is: Infantry - Aggregate, 89; present for duty, 53. Cavalry - Aggregate, 218; present for duty, 182. The time of one company os already out, another company is out on the 28th, and the time of the three companies of cavalry is part out now.

J. B. ROGERS,

Colonel, Commanding.

SAINT LOUIS, January 23, 1865.

Colonel ROGERS,

Cape Girardeau:

The expedition you desire to make can be made. State how many mounted men you can raise, and how many you want from the Third Sub-District, and where you want them to meet you, and when.

By order of Brigadier-General Ewing:

H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT,
Saint Louis, January 23, 1865.

Colonel ROGERS,

Cape Girardeau:

You can withdraw one cavalry company from New Madrid temporarily, if advisable.

By order of Brigadier-General Ewing,

H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

SAINT LOUIS, January 23, 1865.

Colonel BEVERIDGE,

pilot Knob:

How many mounted men can you spare to co-operate with an expedition starting from Cape Girardeau? What do you hear from that expedition sent out by you, and do you know if they met at Van Buren according to plan?

By order of Brigadier-General Ewing:

H. HANNAHS,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ROLLA,
Rolla, January 23, 1865.

Major J. W. BARNES,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Saint Louis:

MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose a copy of General Orders, Numbers 3, from these headquarters which, l if approval by the major-general commanding, please send to the printers, with an order to print and for-