The Portland daily press., 1869-04-29
WASHINGTON,

RECRUITING TO BE RESUMED
a W;AsHlNGToN, a April 2S.-The following or
der Is issued to-day:
General Orders No. 49,
o;saa aseoo91a1ters Of the Army, AdjVtant Generals
CUtce, W0ShlngtOn, ApTl 26 1S69-By direc-
uon OF the War Department the recruiting
service Is hereby resumed. The rsgimental re-
cruiting VIII be conducted under the direction
oi the Ieglmental commanders, according to
the general regulations of 1868, paragraphs
9o5, 986, 987 and 988. The general service will
be conducted under four general superintend-
ents, viz. at New York city, Cincinnati. st.
Louis, No., and San Francisco, Cal. There
will be four depots for collecting and instruct
ing the recruits: Governors Island. New York
harbor, Newport Barracks, Kentucky. Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, and Bepecia. Cal The
general superintendents will report direct to
the AdJutant General of the Army. and re-
celve all orders from him. The commanding
generals Oh the military departments in which
tne depots are located, will designate the bar
racks TO be used by the recruits and officers on
DUTY with them, which will not be changed in
any cnange OF commanders and they will have
tne general supervision of their discipline as
Weil as command them on occasions requiring
tnelf service at the depots, but in no event Will
they remove recruits from the depots without
orders from the headquarters OF the army.
The following details are hereby made, and
o1ncers named will proceed to and relieve the
officers now in charge of the superintendencies
and depots: Brevet Brig. Gen. j. Y d. Reeve.
Colonel q. s. Army, at New York city: Bre-
vet Brig. Gen. I. ii. Neill, Lieut.. Col. u. s.
Army, at the depot on Governors Island. New
York harbor; Breyet Brig. Gen. j. B. Kiddoo,
vet Brig. Gen. Sidney Burbank, Colonel q. S.
Army, at Cincinnati; Brevet Brig Gen. ii.
W. VESSELS, Lieut.. Col U. S. Army, in
cnarge OF the depot at Newport berracks, Ken
lucky; Breyet Brig. Gen. L. Trodsnborough,
MAJOR U. ): Army, for assignment; Brevet
Hnffu Go1 T %
St Louis, Mo-; Brevet Brig. Gen. w. H. Sill
dell, Lieut. Col q. S. Army, in charge of the
depot at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Brevst
Lieut.. Col I. M. Anderson, Maj. U. S. Army,
for assignment; Brevet Maj. Gen. Abner
doubleday, Colonel U. S. Army, at San Fran
cisco, CAL; Brevet Col. NJ Maloney, Lieut.
Col. U. 8. Army, at the depot at Beneeia, CAL
A suitable number of captains and subal-
terms from the list awaiting orders will be an
nounced for recruiting as soon as the infantry
regiments are consolidated, according to Gen
eral Orders No.7 current series, from this Of
ice. In the meantime the officers now on re-
crultlng service will remain on duty until
promptly relieved.
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, are named as depots for
the collection and instruction OF cavalry and
light artillery recruits.
BY command of General Sherman.
e. ID. TOWNSEND,
Adjutant General.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The statement that the House COMMITTEES on
fore'gn Affairs has made arrangements to
visit st. Domingo and other islands of the
Gulf, Is pronounced by the charm an to be
without foundation. The committee has been
IN session seventeen days getting testimony
relative to the affairs of the American Lega-
ton at Paraguay, and will meet in autumn for
the purpose OF taking the testimony of the
members OF the Brazilian Legation, officers of
the South Atlantic squadron and other parties
who have been summoned, which it is suppos-
ed can be done in ten days.
INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINTMENTS.
Since the 4th of March 119 Assessors and 122
Collectors OF Internal Revenue have been ap-
pointed.
PROPOSED EXCURSION OF PRESIDENT GRANT.
PRESIDENT Grant, accompanied by Secretary
6orle and Others, contemplate short cruise
gown tne fotomac tomorrow in the United
states steamer Tallapoosa now at Washington
navy yard
FORFEITURE OF LAND ENTRIES
The Secretary of the Interior has decided an
actual change of residence or abandonment of
land entered under the homestead act for more
tnan SIX months at any time works q forfeit
ure thereof to the government.
VISITOR TO NAVAL ACADEMY.
The Secretary of the Navy has appointed s.
D. Chttenden member of the Board of Visit
ors to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in
place of Cornelius Vanderbilt, declined.
REDUCTION OF FORCE IN THE DEPARTMENTS
/ The work Of reducing the force in the vari-
GUS bureaus of the Treasury Department is
progressing. About 500 clerks will be dismiss
ed, but it is announced no appointments can
De made at present to fill vacancies, it being
the desire OF the Secretary to have the force
reduced as low as possible in order to properly
conduct the businers of Department with the
least possible expense. The work of diminish
ing the Post Office Department continues
Twenty clerks were removed to-day.