Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-14
Impor.ant Military Oreaer.


portant order was, issued to-day
Var Department, Adjmant- Generals Of
tce, JJaShingtoR, Oct. 9, l865.-General
Orders No. 144.-fhe regiments of regular
artillery, except the mounted batteries of each,
will be distributed as ollows:-Third United
states Artillery, Fort Sullivan, PASSPORT, Maine,
one company; at Fort Preble, Portland, Maine,
one company; at Fort Constitution, Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, one company; at
Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts, head
quarters and three companies; at Fort indie
pendence, Boston, Massachusetts, one COM
pany; at Fort Adams, Newport, r. l., three
companies. The six dismounted companies
now in the Department Of Washington will be
sent without delay to report to Major General
Hooker, commanding Department Of the East,
for assignment to Forts Sullivan, Preble, Con-
stitution and Warren. The head quarters of
the regiment will be forthwith transferred to
Fort Warren.
First United States Artillery-Fort Trum-
bull, New London, Conn, one company: Fort
Schuyler, New ork. three companies; Fort
Lafayette, New York harbor, one company;
Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, two COM
panies; Fort Richmond and Batteries Hudson
and Morton. New York harbor, two compa-
MES; Sandy Hook, n. j., one company. The
five dismounted companies now in the Depart
ment of Washington, one company in the De
partment of Virginia and one in the Middle
Department will Immediately be put en- route
ior New DIRK city, to report to Major General
Hooker, commanding department of the East,
who will assign them to Forts Trumbull,
Schuyler, Hamilton, Richmond and Sandy
Hook. The headquarters Of the regiment will
be transferred to Fort Hamilton.
Fourth United States Artillery-Fort Della
ware, Delaware, two companies: at Fort Nc
Henry, Baltimore, Maryland, two companies:
at Fort Washington, Maryland, head quarters,
and one company at Fort Foote, Maryland:
one company at the city of Washington, D.
G.; four mpanies-Companics X, in the
Department Of Washington and l., in the De-
partment of Virginia, will be sent without de-
lay to Fort Delaware; Companies l. in the De
partment of Georgia, and NJ in the Depart
ment of Tennessee, will be Immediately put
en- route without horses or batteries, for Fort
McHenry, Baltimore, Nd.
Fifth United States Artillery to Fortress
Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, head
quarters, and four companies at Fort Taylor
Key West, Florida; two companies to Fort
Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida; four com
panes at the headquarters; one company in
the Department of Virginia; one in the Mid
die Department; one in the Department of the
East, and one of the companies now in the
Department of Washington, will be sent with
out delay, under command of Brevet Briga-
dler General B. H. Hill, Lieut. Col. of the
ruth Artillery, to garrison Fort Jefferson,
lortugas; the two companies of the regiment
IN the Department of Tennessee and South
Carolina, will be put Ell route without delay
Tor Fort Taylor, Key West
The Second United States ARTILLERY has
been assigned to the Division of the Pacific
ne Second United States Cavalry will be i'm
medlately put en- route to report to Major Cen
eral Sherman, commanding the Division of
| the Mississippi, for assignment. The Sixth
| United States Cavalry, without horses or
| equipments, will be sent, via New York, to
New Orleans to report for orders to Major
General Sheridan, commanding Division of
the Gulf
The Fourth Regiment United States Infan.
try has been assigned to posts as follows =
Fort Brady, Sault St. Marie, Michigan, two
companies; to Fort Wayne, Detroit Michigan,
Headquarters, two companies; to Fort Niagara.
New Y ork, one company; to Madison Bar
racks, Sacketts Harbor, New York, two com.
panies; to Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York;
one company; to Rouse's Point, New York,
two companies. Special orders have been al
ready given for the movement of these regi-
ments The Third Regiment Pennsylvania
Heavy Artillery, at Fort Monroe, Virginia,
and the 16lst Regiment New York Volunteers,
at Fort Jefferson, Florida, will be mustered
out of service as soon as relieved by the Fifth
United States Artillery.
The volunteer cavalry east of the Mississippi
river will be forthwith mustered out of service.
All seacoast forts south of Fortress Monroe,
Va, except Forts Taylor and efferson, Florida,
will be garrisoned by colored troops. The re-
quisite number of regiments having been Sc.
lected for this purpose by the department COM
manders, all other colored troops will be
mustered out of the service as fast as they can
be dispensed with. Department commanders
will report to the Adjutant General by tele.
graph the number of colored troops required,
but not already in their command, or the sur.
plus number not required to carry out this Or
der, that particular instructions may be given
accordingly for the transfer or muster-out of
regiments.
By command Of Lieutenant General Grant.
(signedl E, D. TOWNSEND,
| Assistant Adiutaat General,