The Portland daily press., 1866-08-10
From Washington.

From Washington.
81 4 WASHINGTON, Aug. o.
A War Department order has remodelled the
departments as follows:9 LIST, Department Of
the East, headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa,
MAJ Gen. Geo. u. Meade to command it, will
embrace the New England States, New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
I'd, Department of the Lakes, Headquarters
at Detroit Mich. Brigadierl and Brevet Maj
Gen. Joseph Hooker to command it, will en-
Illinois and Missouri. oIniF;.r fYflIlg,ilf q,
I'd, Department of the Potomac headuuar-
ters at Richmond, Va, Brevet Mai Gen. John
M. Sehofeld to command. 1t will embrace the
States of Virginia and West Virginia. T.
4th, Department of the South, Headquarters
les to command it, will embrace the States of
North and South Carolina. M
5th, Department. Of the Tennessee headouar-
ters at Nashville, Tenn, Maj Gen George III.
Thomas to command, will embrace the States
of kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi.
9th, Department Of the Gulf headquarters at
New Orleans, Mai. Gen. Philip Sheridan to
command, will embrace the States of Florida.
Louisiana and Texas. T. els-la .allI =
ters at Little Rock, Ark, Brigadier and Brevet
Maj. Gen. Q. c. Ord to command. 1t will en-
brace the State of Arkansas and the Indian
territory west a -
9Th, The Department of the Missouri head
quarters at Leayenworth, Kan, Mai. Gen. Win
held 2. Hancock to command, with the same
boundaries as now constituted, except such as
may be detached to form a new Department to
be erected. zee a9tl .tssTi. lBl.I-ll -
9th, The Department of the, Platte, head
quarters at Omaha, Nebraska, Brig. Gen. F. st.
George Cooke to command with the same
boundaries as now constituted, except such as
may be detached to form new department to
be created. A siHs x ,4tsa-li-n-'A ~ li'
lot Department of California, Brevet Mai.
Gen. Irwin Mcdowell to command. 1t is the
same as now constituted. Af if'9 I'D
11th Department of the Columbia. headuuar-
ters at Portland, Oregon, Brigadier and Brevet
Maj. Gen. John Pope to command tits the
same as now constituted. = efWaa
18th, Brigadier and Brevet Mai. Gen. Alfred
Il. Terry will report to Lieut. Gen. Sherman
to take command of the department to be Gre
ated out of the Department. of Missouri and
Platte, according to his Judgment subject to the
approval of the Secretary of War;
!. 18th, Lieut.. Gen. VIM. T. Sherman is assign
ed to the general commend of the Departments
of the Arkansas, the Missouri, the Platte and
the new Department to be created. The style
of Lieut.. Gen. Sherman's command will be the
Military Division of the Missouri, headquarters
at st. Louis, Moo > II 81 u. ra y
14th, The Department Of California and the
under Nal Gen. Henry w. Halleck, to be CALI
ed the Military Division Of the Pacific, head-
quarters at San Francisco, Cal IA "a s4lil Ia
18th, The. Department of Washington, with
its present limits and the States of Delaware
and Maryland, headquarters, al, Washington,
Brlgadier and Brevet Maj. Gen. Ed. r. s. Can:
by to command ~
The Governor of Wisconsin has issued proc
lamation urging upon the public Of his State
Of 81 sfh{hitigg their mineral and
Advices from Chihuahua of July 9th, state
that Juarez rejects Santa Anna's services.
1t is announced by the Treasury Department.
that Canadian vessels shipping goods to any
part of the United States on the northern from
tier with the intention of reshipping them from
with intent to. .evade the provisions of the nav
igation act will be guilty of direct violation of
the recent law for the prevention of smuggling,
and render their goods liable to forfeiture.