The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-10
WASHING ON.
Changes In the Divisions and Depart
mentS Of the Army.
Rumor AppointsGeneral Slocum
Naval OnAcer at This Port.


Santa Anna's Services Declined BY the
Mexican Government.
10. DO. g.
WASHINGTON, August = 1884
Changes In Army Arrangements.
Tho following general order has been isssed:-
GENERAL oRDzRs-xo 50.
wAa DErAarnsI AnJurAM GEssAI,s o.n1l
By direction Of the President The present sranrsmsse
Of military dvisions and departments hereby disoo
tnued and the following divisions and commands -
NraLpspartmsnt Of the East, headquarters .. Pm,
dslpni. Pa, Major General George Q meade Y co..
%snd viii embrscs the New England States Now Yos.
ssoond-Departmsn, Of the Lakes headquarters =
Detroit, Mch Brigader and Brevet Major General Jo-
seph Hooker TO command will embrace the States q
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Richmond, Va, Breve. Major General John " schoss1
to command, will embrace the States Of Virginia snl
ErstA.Department OF the South, headquarters =
Charleston, g G., Major General Daniel E. Sickiss
command win embrace the States Of North Carolina an
FTth-Department OF the Tennessee, headquarters
Nashville Tenn. wajor General George h Thomas =
command. will embrace the States Of Kentucky Ten
nessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
Sir,h-Department Of the Grlf, headquarters at New
a., n.
mand win embrace the states Of Florida Louisiana sad
Texas
Sv~ntA-Derartmen, Of the Arkansas headquarters =
Little Rock, Ark, Brgadier and Brevet Major Gceera
'rd to command will embrace the States OF Aran-
and Indian Territory West.
Leavenworth Kansas, Major General Winfield s. HaA-
cock command with the same boundaries now oon-
stlted, except such may be detached to form new
department TO be created
neutrality-suspicious. Of the Platte, headquarters Oms-
ha Nebraska Brigadier General Philip st. George Cooke
tn m
except such as may DO detached to form new depart
ment to be created.
! T.nh- Department Of California, headquarters 6as
Francisco, California, Brcvet Major General IRWIN No
Dowel to command, the same az now constituted.
EIev nth-Derartmen OF the Columbia, headquarser.
Portland Oregon, Brgad er and Brevet Major Genera
John Pope to command, the same o. now constituted
Terry will report to Lieutenant General Sherman to teks
command o. department TO be created out OF the y.
partment of Missouri and the Platte according 70 BIZ
ind men subject TO the approval Of the Secretary Of
War
Tsireen'A-Iieutenant General William 7. Shermaa =
assigned to the command Of the Departments a
the Arkansas the Missouri the Platte and the new d.
parment created The style Of Lieutenant Gene.
Sherman's command will he Military Division q too
Mi ssouri; headquarters St LOUIS ssouri.
fbm,eenA-vhe Departments Of california and the o.
General Horny W. Halleck 10 be called the Military
division Of the Pacc headquarters San Francisco Ca
rfe rsh--The Department Of Washington. with ~
rr.sen. limits and The States q Delaware :pd h.rylssS
S &c 1S EDWARD r. s. Candy 70 Command 49,
ny order OF tho PasmDsxr or rHa UMrHD STAT
T. D. TOWNSEND, Assisans Adjutant Geasral
Some changes have been made, or are about bsino
made, that do mot appear in the above order
General Aasur lately in command Of the DsparsmesA
Of Washington and By the arrangements isfs with
out department is to Be assigned TO the command u
the Military Academy q West Point $780,
General Beard has bcen relieved from the command q
the State Of Louisiana because Of his neciency IN ~
late riot and his manifest sympathy with the rsvos-
tonets Of that State He will 10 succeeded BY Gsasrsl
Stoneman, OF cavalry fAme.
Major General DslAn-d chief Of the Engineer corps q
tho army placed the retired lIst be having ssrvsS
nfytwo years In the srmy all Of that time In the EnG
corps He will Be succeeded BY Lsusspant Colsas
stan 10 General Meade.
IL 10 noticeable circumstance that Major Genera D.
z. scklss d the only volunteer ocsr retained IN ~
portant command The order reaaslgning him 70 Ne
command q the Department Of the South gives him ,
full unteer rank while Hooker schoAeld, Ord, Cooks,
Mcdowell Pope and Terry Ioss their volunteer rank as1
assigned bgadisn and brevet major generals The
rank they hold In the regular army thus becoming in
rior In this respect 10 that Of Sckles II Il reported y
army circles that sickles will be appointed brga
der general in the regular army and Immediately bss
vet,ed major general, placing him footing with
the other department commandera se.
The Object of General sIocum's Presence as
Washington n Mystery.
Tho protractcd stay OF General SIocum 10 washingtoa
and his frequent prolonged interviews with Official per-
sonagcs, including the President, give rise TO much
speculation To-day the report assigns him 70
the vacant Naval Once at New York, in filling which
thero seems TO be so much trouble.
The Philadelphia Convention.
Cuthbert Buliitt, United States Marshal at New o.
leans arrived here to-day with self constituted delsa.
ton to the Philadelphia Convention, composed mAialy
OF federal oacehoders in that region Built and hh
associates very bitter In their denu OF those
who conspicuous In breaking up the recent atemps
at revolution In that State. #w
santa Annals Services Not Appreciated b.
the MexicRns.
Mr.. Romero, the Mexican Minister, received to-day
Official dispatches from his government, dated q
Chihuahua, up 70 the 9Th ut Tho Mexican govern
ment had taken In consideration tho tender OF Gensrai
santa Anna services made to Pesden, Jusrcs sndcou
cludcd not to accept them, assigning tho following
rcasons.-
Because santa Anna one Of the orignators an
promoters Of the plan take foreign intervention 70
now; because the Mexican people have lost con
ndcnce In MIN, and cannot THEREFORE place any rsi-
ance him. His presence In Mexico would only excite
and Fears and would only an elsment q a.
cord and weakness
The next copy Of the Official papers Of Chihuahus
will publish all the papers in connection with this AMIR
and among them will be very able letter from ~
Secretary Of State Of Mexico setting forth his
for declining Santa Annals services sr
The Paris Exposition.
Governor Fairchild Of Wisconsin, has issued prccs-
nation referring TO the request made by Congress In ~
Joint resolution Of the 5th Of July that the Governors a
the several States would invite their patriotic people 10
take part In the Exposition. The Governor says:-
urge upon the people Of the State the great advsn
taEe that must follow from full exhibition Of the pro-
ducons OF her mines her agriculture and her mechan
cal skill NJ time when the wealth and Industry Of the
whole world are TO have universal exposition. pro
per representation Of her yet but partially
developed cannot fail TO bring both capital and immga
ton, and to add greatly 10 her wealth.
This Ia considered wise step the part OF Governor
Fairchid and II s thought desirable that similar pro
ion Ia "A bv hc Erer