Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-04-23

HEADoUARTERs ARMY or THE Potomac,
bendgy, april 20, 1863.
The following order was publ shed to-day
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE Potomac,
Monday, dprH 20, 1863
10 order that Misunderstanding may exist the
to be pu sued regard regiments whose
Of service about expiring the following rules will gov
ern the actin of corps commanders aud others in the
matter:
First Where companies and regiments re-enlist after
the expiration OF their present tenn Of service ia accord
with the provisions OF General Order No S5 OF April
g 1868 frcm the War Department the regimentaI and
company officers will be retsined The regiment will have
uroUgh for the time specified in the order, and will be
allowed to proceed at the public expense with their
ard equipments to the place Of their enrollmen-the date
Of the urough being nire mOnths the
may be- from the date ci the original muster into the
vice Of the United States
Second Where the regiments in body decire to re-
enlist the cers aud men will bs mustered out at the
paon Of two years pine months from the date OF their
actual muster into the of the United States Their
AID equipments W be turned in to the ordnance
officer of the division TO which the troops belong aud trans
pUraton and subsistence will be furnished them to the
place of their enrolment by the Qusrtemasers and Sub
sstence Departments.
Third In cases where less than one half Of the
enlist the proportion Of officers to be retail cd and the
lection Of those to be retained in the service will be deter
mined by corps commanders, IN accordance with the pro-
visions Of paragraph three Of General Order No 50, OF
April ?, 1868 from the War Department The rank pro-
portion and number Of officers be- retained with reg-
ments where reensment partial are lett to the dlscre
ton OF corps commanders.
Order No 80 April 2 1868, from the War Department,
for reensment will be entered upon the muster.ro u
be paid first payment ster the return OF the men from
furough
Fifth In regiments where two years and men
sted for three years the associated together
special may be made to these hesdquar-
ters for uroghs 10 the latter when the number of
years re-enlstng may, in the opinion of the corps
commanders, justify the indulgence
SIKH Where the two years regiments do not re-enst
above provided for corps commanders will direct the
transfer o enlisted for three years the such
regiments 10 three years regiments from the State
il their numbers sufficient, these may Mt the
discretion of the corps commanders be formed into
taloDs.
Seventh This order well the order from the War
Department will bs read the head Of each company of
the two years and nins months regiments serving in
this army.
by command Of Msor General HOOKER:
s. WILLIAMS, A. A. G.
New York, April 20--The Post las a report from an
officer who left the Army Of the Potomac on Saturday
that Gen Stoneman heard from on the afternoon
that day that the latter had reached Cupeper Court
house. where three thousand rebels surprised and captured
number Of the Harris Light Cavalry, at place where
some cavalry killed in previous skirmish.
As there difficulty in ascertainng with particularly
accounts Of events rausprng the Rappahannock thu
above IL not true may TO show the version Of affair
at point distant from the Army Of the Potomac Rep