Captain R. E. Beecher, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for meritorious and distinguished services, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain J. H. Belcher, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Frank Bell, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain George R. Bell, of the Twenty-fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from November 30, 1865.

Captain J. McC. Bell, 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 Missouri, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Molyneux Bell, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for efficient and meritorious services, to date from July 16, 1865.

Captain A. M. Beman, of the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and 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.

Captain Edgar C. Beman, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain James Benedict, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from February 13, 1866.

Captain Charles H. Bennett, of the Thirteenth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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

Captain Joseph F. Bennett, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain O. W. Bennett, of the One Hundred and Second Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Samuel A. Bennett, of the One Hundred and Seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain George W. Bentley, of the Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain E. Francis Berier, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Captain Carl Berlin, of the United States Volunteers, and First Lieutenant of the First New York Light Artillery, for gallantry and good conduct during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Virginia, and the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Brevet Captain E. A. Berry, First Lieutenant of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Merritt B. Bessey, of the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain Marcus P. Bestow, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain Charles H. Bewley, of the Sixty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Captain F. A. Bicknell, of the Thirty-sixth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain William B. Biddle, of the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteers, for meritorious services during the campaigns of the past year, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Ambrose G. Bierce, of the Ninth Indiana Volunteers, for distinguished services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain George W. Bigelow, of the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain Simon H. Biggs, of the Twelfth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, for gallant conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Captain George L. Binney, First Lieutenant of the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Horace Binney, of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant conduct during the war, to date from June 1, 1865.

Assistant Surgeon Samuel Birdsall, of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 18, 1865.

Captain Alva C. Bishop, of the Eighth Illinois Infantry, for meritorious and faithful services in the campaign against Mobile and its defences, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain William I. Bishop, of the Tenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Captain John D. Black, First Lieutenant of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for conspicuous bravery and valuable services, and for meritorious conduct during the recent campaign, terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Captain P. W. Black, of the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry in the engagement near Boydton plank road; for efficient services on all subsequent occasions, and for particularly meritorious services during the campaign te minating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

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

Captain John M. Blair, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Granville Blake, of the Twenty-ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain William E. Blake, Aide-de-Camp United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Cyrene H. Blakely, Commissary of Subsistence of Volun. teers, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Albert Bliss, jr., of the Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain John S. Bliss, of the Sixty-seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and distinguished services at the storming of the Marye Heights, at the battle of Salem Heights, and other operations of the Chancellorsville campaign, and also at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn

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

Captain C. E. Bliven, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful services, to date from March 5, 1866.

Captain Benjamin G. Blowney, of the Ninety-sixth Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 20, 1865. Captain Asa P. Blunt, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 9, 1865.

Captain D. C. Boggs, of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, for distinguished gallantry during the campaign before Richmond, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain James P. Boggs, of the Eleventh Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, for gallant conduct at the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Captain A. V. Bohn, First Lieutenant of the Fifteenth Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 20, 1865.

Captain A. W. Bolenius, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Bull Run (second) and Fredericksburg, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain L. H. Bond, of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from October 18, 1865.

Captain George H. Bonebrake, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from August 30, 1865. Captain George W. Bonét, of the Third Vermont Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Captain Richard Boone, of the Two Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at Forts Steedman and Sedgwick, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Captain William M. Boone, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to date from March 13, 1865.

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

Captain Thomas R. Booth, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for meritorious services in his department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain H. H. Bosworth, of the One Hundred and Forty-second New

York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain William R. Bourne, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain E. C. Bowen, of the One Hundred and Seventy-ninth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Captain Theodore C Bowles, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Henry Bowman, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain E. B. Boyd, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain Joseph F. Boyd, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Captain L. Curtis Bracket, of the Fifty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry in the attack on Fort Steedman and Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

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

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

Captain James F. Bradley, of the One Hundred and Second Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious conduct, to date from September 30, 1865.

Brevet Captain James M. Bradley, First Lieutenant Fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Captain William F. Bradley, First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Fourth Michigan Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war to date from March 13, 1865.

Captain Thomas W. H. Bradley, of the One Hundred and Twentyfourth New York Volunteers, for 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.