The national Republican., 1861-10-05
Granting Passes-our Forts oHiciaIly
Named.

Commanders is called to the requirements oil
General Orders, No. 2, from the Headquarters
Of the Division Of the Potoma,, Of July 80,
1861, which have of late been, to Certain cx-
tent, disregarded. No officer or soldier can
absent himself from his camp aid visit Wash
iuSton, except for the performance of some
public duty, or for the transaction Of import
,ut private business for which purposes writ |
ten permits will be given by Brigade Com
nanders. The permit will state the object Of
the visit. The number of passes granted at
present is far too great. Brigade Command
3r3 will hereafter limit their approvals to
hose permits which are clearly within the
restrictions Of the order
Brigade Commanders will OBJ erve that they
can only give passes to the troops, or to other
persons connected with the army. They are
prohibited giving passes to citizens having no
connection with the troops.
2. The publication Of orders is neglected in
| certain portions of this Army. 1t is directed
hat hcncetorth every Geeeral Order be read
1t the head of each regiment. Division ard
Brigade Commanders will see that the printed
orders sent TO them arc distributed without
delay. Care will be also taken at Division
and Brigade Headquarters to furnish copies Of
| Special Orders, received from these or other
uperior Headquarters, to the individuals con-
cerned, through their Immediate commanders
as soon as practicable. Orders for any body
| of troops win b addressed 10 the commander,
| aud will be opened and executed by the com
mander present, and published or distributed
| by him when necessary.
3. Division and Brigade Commanders will
report weekly through the chief ordnance
| officer at these Headquarters the amount OF
ammunition on hand in their commands and
the amount in the cartridge boxes of the troops.
| 4. The Light Batteries assigned TO each Di.
vision of this Army will be commanded by the
| senior battery officer present with them, who
will report directly to the Division Commander.
| The Divisional Batteries will not be assigned to
Brigades, except Tor temporary service.
| 5. The armament Of the Field Batteries hay
ing been fixed by the Chief Of Artillery, will
| not be altered even in the slightest respect,
except by his permission and order.
6. The Commander of every Field Battery
will send TO the flee Of the Chief OF Artillery.
| on ihe lst and 10Th of each month, a return of
| his Battery, Of the same form rs the usual.
| I. Wherever Field Battery is engaged with
| the enemy, a full report uf the same ia writing
will be made, with as little delay rs possible,
by the Battery Commander, 10 the Chief of Ar
| 'ilery, stating in detail, blsides the ordinary
w0tters of such reports, the loss or damage of
material as we'll rs personnel.
| 8. All acquisitions for ordnance, and ordnance
stores for Field Batteries, will be made direct
| to the Chief Of Artillery.
| .. Hereafter, all subsistence stores condemned
by Board Of Survey, or by other compete mt
authority within this command, will be turned
iuto the principal depot Of supplies ncar' st the
| point of such condemned stores--to be dis
posed Of by the Depot CommiSsary according
| TO Army Regulations and orders on the sub
jcct. A copy Of The proceedings of the Board
of Survey, or Inspection Report, will be fur
nished the Commssary receiving the con-
demned stores.
| TO- Payment for the ratons saved by com.
panics as directed in General Orders No 81,
Of September %, 1861 from the War Depart
mcnt, will be made only by tho officers or
agents in charge Of the principal subsistence
depots within this command.
H. The works in tho vicinity OF Washington
arc pamed as follows:
The work south of Hunting Creek, Fort
Lyon.
| That OH Shooter Hill, Fort Ellsworth.
That to the left of the Seminary, Fort Worth.
That in front OF Blcnker's brigade, Fort
| Bcnker.
That in front OF Lees house, Fort Ward.
That near the mouth of Four mile Creek
Fort Scott.
That on Richardson's Hill, Fort Richardson.
That now known as Fort Albany, Fort Al
bauy.
That near the end oi Long Bridge, Fort Run
yoD.
The work next on the right OF Fort Albany,
Fort Craig.
The next on the light of Fort Craig, Fort
Tillinghast.
The next on the right OF Fort Iillinghast,
Fort Ramsay.
The work next on the right OF Fort Ramsay.
Fort Woodbury..
The next on the right Of Fort Woodbury.,
Fort DeKalb,
nv ;,, Cnr and
canal, Fort Hsggerty.
That now known us Fort Corcoran, Fort
Corcoran.
That to the north of Fort Corcorun, Fort
Bennett.
That south of Chain Bridge, on height, Fort
Ethan Allen.
That near the Chain Bridge, on Lcesburg
road, Fort Marcy.
That on the cliff north Of Chain Bridge, Bat
terry Martin Scott.
That on height near reservoir, Battery Yer.
, mont.
That near Georgetown, Battery Cameron.
That on the lett OF TennallytOwp, Fort
Gaines.
That at Tennallytown, Fort Pennsylvania.
That ut Emory's Chapel, Fort Massachusetts,
That near camp of second Rhode Island regi
mont, Fort SloCum.
That on Prospect Hill, near Bladensburg
Fort Lincoln.
hat next Oh the left Of Fort Lincoln, Fort
Saratoga.
That next on the left OF Fort Saratoga, Fort
Bunker Hill.
, That on the right Of General Sckes's camp,
Fort Stanton.
That on the right OF Fort Stanton, Fort Car
roll
That on the left, towards Bladensburg, Fort
= Grebe.
By command Of Major General Mcclellan:
n $. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adutant General.
Official
RcuD B, IRWIN Ad-de.camp.