efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major Frederick Barton, Captain of the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major Charles M. Bartruff, Captain of the Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Major Gustavus M. Bascom, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 4, 1865. Brevet Major Richard N. Batchelder, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major E. P. Bates, Captain of the One Hundred and Twentyfifth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major James A. Bates, Captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 19, 1866.

Surgeon J. H. Baxter, of the United States Volunteers, for meritorious and faithful services in the recruitment of the armies of the United States, to date from March 30, 1865.

Surgeon John P. G. Baxter, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from October 16, 1865.

Surgeon John M. Bayne, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from January 16, 1866.

Brevet Major Theodore W. Bean, Captain of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for distinguished services throughout the late campaign, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Eugene B. Beaumont, Assistant Adjutant General of Volun. teers, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent campaign in Tennessee, to date from March 13, 1865.

Additional Paymaster John W. Beazell, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from August 23, 1865.

Additional Paymaster Edwin Beecher, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 27, 1865.

Brevet Major George R. Bell, Captain of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from November 30, 1865.

Major John Bell, of the Fifteenth Michigan Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from May 24, 1865.

Brevet Major Joseph McC. Bell, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for distinguished services in the campaign of the Army of Virginia, and in the Department of the Northwest and Military Division of the Missouri, to date from March 13, 1865.

Additional Paymaster Samuel Bell, jr., of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 24. 1865.

Brevet Major Edgar C. Beman, Commissary of Subsistence of Volun- · teers, for meritorious services in his department, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon Abel C. Benedict, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 1, 1865.

Major Benjamin Bennett, of the Twenty-second New York Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major Edwin C. Bennett, Captain of the Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major J. F. Bennett, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for efficient and meritorious ervices during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon Edwin Bentley, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Edward H. Bergman, of the First New Mexican Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services in New Mexico, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major George A. Bernard, Captain of the Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865. Additional Paymaster Charles L. Bernay, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 24, 1865.

Brevet Major John D. Bertollette, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for gallantry and distinguished services at Fort Steedman, Virginia, to date from March 25, 1865.

Brevet Major Marcus P. Bestow, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for gallantry at the battle of Nashville, Tennessee, and the subsequent pursuit of the insurgent army under General Hood, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon James K. Bigelow, of the Eighth Indiana Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major H. H. Bingham, Judge Advocate, United States Volunteers, for highly meritorious services during the recent campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Brevet Major H. C. Blackman, Captain of the Forty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon J. V. Z. Blaney, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from October 6, 1865.

Major Edward B. Blasland, of the Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon D. W. Bliss, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major John S. Bliss, Captain of the Sixty-seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the march of General Sherman upon Atlanta, and at the battle of Rocky-face Ridge, before Dalton, at Resaca, Adairsville, and at New Hope Church, Georgia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon Zenas E. Bliss, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from January 26, 1866.

Brevet Major Henry B. Blood, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major Asa P. Blunt, Assistant Quartermaster, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 9, 1865.

Surgeon John S. Bobbs, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from August 15, 1865.

Surgeon Jacob Bockee, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from December 23, 1865.

Major Emil Boedicker, of the Eighty-fourth Regiment United States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major E. Bogg, of the One Hundred and Seventeenth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Archibald Bogle, of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major John A. Bolles, Additional Aide-de-Camp, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major George A. Bolton, of the Thirty-first Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Surgeon R. B. Bontecon, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Major William M. Boone, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for long-continued and meritorious services in the Adjutant General's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major Charles A. Booth, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Alexander Bott, of the Two Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault upon the enemy's lines in front of Fort Sedgwick, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Surgeon James H. Boucher, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major A. H. Bowen, of the Sixth Regiment United States Colored Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in Western Virginia, to to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Lot Bowen, of the Third West Virginia Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon Charles Bower, of the Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major Francis E. Boyd, of the Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, for gallant conduct at Port Hudson, Louisiana, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major J. F. Boyd, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major A. B. Brackett, of the Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Battalion,

for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Major A. W. Bradbury, of the First Maine Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major David Braden, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lebanon, Tennessee, with General John Morgan, and for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865

Brevet Major George W. Bradley, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Surgeon John Bradley, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from October 6, 1865.

Major Allen G. Brady, of the Twentieth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for meritorious services, to date from August 7, 1865.

Major William R. Brazie, of the Fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Major Marcus P. Breckenridge, Captain and Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from December 26, 1865.

Surgeon Bowman B. Breed, of, the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from August 15, 1865.

Additional Paymaster Frank Bridgeman, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 24, 1865.

Surgeon Daniel G. Brinton, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from August 15, 1865.

Additionel Paymaster Nathan S. Brinton, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful, and meritorious services during the war, to date from August 4, 1865.

Major R. M. Brinton, of the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, for gallantry in the battle of Five Forks, Virginia, to date from April 1, 1865. Major S. P. Brockway, of the Ninth Michigan Cavalry, for gallant services at the battles of Jonesboro', Bean's Station, Dandridge, Tennessee, and near Sisters' Ferry, Georgia, and for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Additional Paymaster J. A. Brodhead, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful services in his department, to date from December 27,