The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-17
WASHINGTON.
General order by the War Deparf-
ment-FiSB Qualities as Secretary
Of State designations sent III
Sumpr0us ADniirants for Office
Resignation vE hidshipmeD.

WASHfEGToN. March l6.-The OBJ
ieets OF tie Joint resolution passed by
the Senate to day, ,pOstpOnlng removals
in civil Offices IN the provisional gov
ernment OF Virg; MIA till thirty days,
are good from aud after its passage,
a. 10 afford time to make such re-
movals. as the limit N the former
mint resolution expires this week.
Cen. Stoneman, who is now to be
succeeded by Gen. Candy, will not
have time to make the changes before
| his retirement.
The following general order has
been issued by the War Department:
WASHINGTON, March 10.
| In eompliance with section two, off an
| act of Congress entitled an act making
| appropriations for the support Of the
/ army. for the year ending June 3Oth,
! 1870 and for other purposes, approved
March 81, 1869, the infantry OF the
army will be consolidated into twenty
five regiments, as follows: the forty
| third regiment will be consolidated
with the first, the sixteenth regiment
with the second, half of the thirty
seventh with the third, the thlrtieth
with the fortieth, half of the thirty
seventh with the fifth, the forty-sec-
ond with the ssixth, the thlrty-sIXth n
with the seventh, the thirty-thlrd
with the eighth, the twenty seventh
with the ninth, the twenty-second
with the tenth; the twenty fourth
with the twenty ninth, and Will be
.desivnated as the eleventh: the forty
fnhT with the Fourteenth, the twenty
ffth with the fifteenth; the eleventh
, with the thirty fourth, and thereafter
will be designated as the sixteenth the
2 fortv-fourth with the seventeenth, tht
twenty fifth with the eighteenth, the
twenty eighth with the nineteenth
the thirty-second with the second, the
!. thirty first with the twenty-secQnd
/ the thirty eighth with the forty first
: and thereafter it will be designated a;
t the twenty fourth; the thirty nlntt
5 with the foftieth, and thereafter l
y will be designated as the twenty nth
c Second. The field officers of tn,
/ twenty-fifth regiment will be selected
: hereafter, aud will be announced IL
d general orders from the headquarter.
of the army.
le Third. The senior company officer
: Of each grade present for duty wit
y anv two regiments to be consolidated
$ and fit for active service, will be th
e. officers of the consolidated regimen
'' The supernumary officers will b
ordered to their homes to await fur
ther orders. Non commissioned Oft
&C GERS will be honorably discharge
y unless they elect to remain IN the SCI
a vice on lower grade.
es Fourth. The p aces of all officers
IN the first twenty five regiments wh
It are absent from their regiments on d'
n tached service or leave of absen'
~ more than thirty days, will be regar'
n ed vacant, aud be filled as provide
By FIR above. ...#
On Fifth. All vacancies that may her
n after occur in the twenty-five Ii
fautry Regiments will be filled by a
9 signment OF the senior officers OF Il
e, same grade sf'm the list of oific
he awaiting nrdrrS
Sixth. No new cn.iSiments will
MADE until the number OF men Is 7
ER duced 10 the maximum now autho
nd ized by law for twenty five regiment
20 but re-enhstments will continue to