The Portland daily press., 1864-10-05
Letter from the State Capital,

AUGUSTA, October 8, 1864.
To the Editor Of the Press eM
The following commissions have been issr-
ed since my last, viz; ~
First Regiment Ca1alry.-0rrin S. Haskell,
I,eyant, Isl Lieut.. Co. A; Ansel Drew, Orc
no, 2d Lit. Co. A. = p f = = ~
Ninta Regiment Iafantry.--Ro Robert ]. Gray,
Houlton, Lieut.. Col. q
Thirteenth Regiment Infant,y-wil
q. 81. Walker, Newburg, Captain Co. E Geo.
E. Moulton, Westbrook, 1st Lieut.. Co. A.
Tcentieta Regiment Iafantry.-Royal B.
Decker, Lagrange, I'd Lieut.. Co. B George
II. Wood, Hartford, 81 Lieut.. Co. C; Arad
Thompson, Livermore. 81 Lieut.. Co. K.
Battalion Of Sharpshooters.- Hiram T.
Strout, Waldoboro', ID Lieut.. and Recruiting
officer; Samuel W. Scofeld, Whitneyville, I'd
Lieut.. and Recruiting officer.
Unassigned Infdntry.-A D. Brock,
Bangor, Capt. 4th Co. AFRO G. Hib5ard, Lew
iSton, 1st Lieut.. 4th Co.
The battalion of Sharpshooters is to COM
prise five companies under the command o.
Capt. Jacob Mcclure, of Rockland, formerly
of the company of Sharpshooters sent from
this State in 1851. Capt. Brooks well known
to newspaper men 10 this State, he having
had charge, in addition to other papers, of the
Bangor Daily Evening Times, and more re-
Gently Of the Wing and Courier. Ii he proves
as successful with the sword as he has with
the pen, he will make splendid officer. .
! : Official notice has been received of the fol-
lowing discharges:
Resigned.-1st Lieut. Andrew ]. Nichols,
] Co. B, 81 Cavalry; 1st 1t. Cyrus Z. Bridges,
Co. M, list Heavy Artillery; Capt. John c.
Perry, Co. D, 18th Infantry; Surgeon JOSEF b
d. Mitchell, Slst Infantry; LIST 1t. Stephen G,
Dorman, Co. K, 32i Infantry; Asst Surgeon
Alexander M. Parker, 1st Cavalry; Lieut.
Col. John M. Brown, 32d Infantry; Captain
Loring Farr, Co. F. 10Th Infantry; LIST Lieut.
Samuel A. James, Co. A, 32d Infantry.
Discharged for disability.-Ca Thomas
Foster, Co. L, 1st Heavy Artillery; LIST Lit
Thos. R. Barclay, Co. 81, 9th Infantry; Capt
John M. BeaI, Co. Z, 10Th Infantry; I'd Lieut.
James B. Currier, Co. G, 32i Infantry; ii
1t. Frederick A. Sawyer, Co. E, 18th Infantry
lst Lieut.. Charles W. Keyes, Co. E, SD In.
fantry.
For Promotion. Capt. John B. Cook, Co
|, 7th Infantry. -
Mustered out from date of muster in.-1st
Lieut.. Lucius M. Coffin, Co. K, 3lst Infant
ry.
Most Of the designations were on surgeon,
certificates of disability.
The consolidated forces of the 9Th, 9th ant
7th regiments have been designated by thu
War Department as the 4" LIST Maine Veteran
Volunteers"
There are many soldiers in the State, fur
ioughed from Hospitals in New Orleans and
its vicinity, who were members of those o
our regiments in the Department Of the Cult
By the terms of their fdrloughs they were t.
report, at their expiration, back to the hos
pitals whence they came, but as the regiments
to which they belonged had been transferred
to the Army of the Potomac, it seemed idle
to send them back to New Orleans, and Gov.
Cony so wrote to the Secretary of War and
requested an order authorizing such men to
| repoEb 10 hospitals III tnlS Otate lnSteau Oh IT,
i turning to those from which they came. He
has been informed by Secretary Stanton that
4 =, z" orders have been issued directing such Of
these men as are able for duty to report to
their respective regiments in the field. Such
as are unfit for duty and able to travel viii
report to the Medical Director, Washington,
D c., and such as are unable to travel will re-
port by letter, with a proper certificate stat
ilg condition, to the Medical Director, De-
prtment of the East, for assignment to hos
pitfalls in the State of Maine"
The Executive Council are In session to-
day. Yours truly, HELIos.