The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-31


General Orders No 10
L The following order has been re-
ceived from the War Department:
WAR DEPARTMEST,
ADJUTANT GENERAL's OFFICE,
Washington, Wednesday, March %
General Orders No. 415.
FlTst-By direction of the President
of the United States, the number of
army corps composing the Army Of the
Potomac will be reduced to three, viz :
The 2d, 9Th and 9th corps The troops
of the other two corps, viz. e: The lst
and Sd corps, will be temporarily re
organized and distributed among the
ID, 9TH and 9th, by the commanding
General, who will determine what ex-
isting organizations viii retain their
corps, badges and other distinctive
marks. The staff officers of the two
corps, which are temporarily broken
up, will be assigned to vacancies in the
other corps, so far as such vacancies
MAJ exist. Those for whom there are
no vacancies will cease to be considered
as officers of the general staff of army
corps.
iSscoad-Mai Gen. G. w. Warren is
assigned by the President to the com
mand of the 9TH corps
Thjrd-The following General Officers
are detached from the Army of the
Potomac, and will report for orders to
the Adiutant of the Army, viz:
Maj-Gen. George Sykes, L. S. Vols
Mai i-Gen w H. French, U. S. Vols.
Mai-Gen. John Newton, L. S. Vols
Brig. Gen j. r. Kenly, L. s Nols
Brig Ten +. Spinola, L. S Vols.
Brig zen Solomon Meredith, L. S
Vols.
BY order of the Secretary Of War.
Z. D. TOwNsEXD. A. \. G.
Sscond-The following arrangements
are made to carry out the provisions of
the foregoing order. The ID, 9Th and
9th Army corps will be consolidated in
to two divisions. The first and second
divisions of the Sd corps are transferr-
ed 20 the ID corps, preserving their
badges and distinctive marks. The
third division of the Sd corps Is trans
ferred permanently to the 9th corps.
The three divisions now forming the lst
corps, are transferred to the 5th corps,
preserving their badges and distinctive
marks, and on joining the 9TH corps
they will be consolidated into two divi-
sions. The commander of the division
transferred to the ID, 9TH and 9th
corps, will at once report to the com
manders of those corps for Instructions.
Brigadier-GeneralJ J. B. Carr viii report
to Major-General Hancock, command
ing the I'd corps, and Brig-Gen H.
Prince to Mai Gen. Sedgwiek, com
manding the 9th corps. The chief Of ar
tillery Will assign eight batteries each
to the I'd, 9TH, and 9th corps, these bat
teries to be taken from those now with
the corps, and with the lst and 81
corps. The batteries with the several
corps, in excess of the above allowance,
will Join tho artillery reserve. The
consolidation of divisions called for in
this order, will be made by the corps
commanders concerned who are au-
thorized to re-arrange the brigades OF
their respective commands in such man,
ner as they may think best for the ser.
vice. The re-assignment of officers oi
the staff departments, consequent upon
the the re-organizations of the army
will be made upon the nominations oi
the chiefs of staff departments at these
headquarters Special Instructions will
be given hereafter with respect TO staff
officers of the two corps temporarily
broken up.
THird-The MajOr-Genreal command.
ing avails himself of the occasion to say
that in view Of the reduced strength OF
nearly all the regiments serving in this
army, the temporary reduction Of the
army corps to three Is a measure i'm
peratively demanded by the best inter
ests of the service, and that the reason
for attaching the First and Third Corps,
for the time being, to other corps, We're
in no respect founded upon any suppo-
sed inferiority of those to the other
corps OF this army. All the corps have
equally proved their valor on many
fields, and all have equal claims to the
confidence of the Government of the
country. The First and Third Corps
will retain their badges and distinctive
marks, and the Major-General COM
manding indulges the hope that the
ranks of the army will be filled at an
early day, so that those corps can again
be reorganized
By command of
Mai.-Gen. MEADE.
(Signed) s WILLIAMS, a. \. g.