Brevet Colonel George D. Wise, of the United States Volunteers, and Chief of the Third Division, Quartermaster General's Office, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Colonel Langhorne Wister, of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; also for gallant conduct at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, and for meritorious services during war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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Colonel Oliver Wood, of the Fourth Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel William D. Wood, of the Eleventh Missouri Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel Daniel Woodall, of the First Delaware Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from June 15, 1865. Colonel Stewart L. Woodford, of the One Hundred and Third Regiment United States Colored Troops, for zeal, efficiency, and generally meritorious conduct in the discharge of his duties, to date from May 12, 1865.

Brevet Colonel Maxwell V. L. Woodhull, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel O. S. Woodward, of the Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Colonel John Woolley, of the United States Volunteers, and Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifth Indiana Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Colonel Edward Wright, Lieutenant Colonel of the Twentyfourth Iowa Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel John G. Wright, of the Fifty-first New York Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel Henry Yates, jr., of the One Hundred and Sixth Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel S. B. Yoeman, of the Forty-third Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Louis E. Yorke, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel Thomas L. Young, of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Resaca, Ga., to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel George M. Ziegler, of the Fifty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel George Zinn, of the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, for good conduct and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 6, 1865.

Colonel Samuel M. Zulick, of the Twenty ninth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, for bravery and efficiency as an officer, to date from March 13, 1865.

TO BE COLONELS BY BREVET.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Adams, of the First Minnesota Volunteers, for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George W. Adams, Captain of the First Rhode Island Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel William Allabaugh, of the Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers, for long, faithful, and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Allcock, of the Fourth New York Artillery, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Reams' Station, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel James Allen, of the Second West Virginia Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Theodore F. Allen, Captain of the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George L. Ames, Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Subsistence Department during the war, to date from March 30, 1866.

Lieutenant Colonel Albert S. Andrews, of the Twentieth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and efficient services in the battles before Petersburg, Va., to date from March 25, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong, Major of the First Nebraska Cavalry, for meritorious services in the field, on the frontier, while Inspector General of the district of Nebraska, in operations against hostile Indians in the summer of 1865, to date from August 1, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Arnold, of the One Hundred and Thirtysixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Asmussen, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the campaigns through Georgia and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Atchison, Captain and Additional Aide-de-Camp, United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from November 17, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Avery, of the One Hundred and Second New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert Avery, Major, Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Ira Ayer, jr., of the Tenth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, for gallant conduct at the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel A. S. Badger, of the First Louisiana Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services during the campaign against the city of Mobile and its defences, to date from March 26, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Baldwin, of the Eighty-third Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the campaign against the city of Mobile and its defences, to date from March 26, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Balloch, Inspector of the Subsistence Department, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Gersham M. Barber, of the One Hundred and Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Tillotson A. Barker, of the Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George M. Barnard, jr., Captain of the Eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John W. Barnes, Major and Assistant Adjutant General United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Milton Barnes, of the Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Simon F. Barstow, Major and Assistant Adjutant General United States Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Virginia, and the surrender of the insurgent army under General R. E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Wilson Barstow, Major and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for efficient and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Gustavus M. Bascom, Major and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from November 4, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel E. P. Bates, Captain of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel William H. Baumer,, of the First Nebraska Cavalry, for gallant conduct at Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1863, and for good conduct throughout the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Baxter, Surgeon United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William H. H. Beadle, Major of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Eugene B. Beaumont, Major and Assistant 'Adjutant General, United States Volunteers, for gallant and distin

guished services in the battle of Selma, Alabama, to date from April 2,1865.

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

Lieutenant Colonel John H. Bell, of the Twelfth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from November 30, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Bell, of the Eighth Iowa Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the campaign against the city of Mobile and its defences, to date from March 26, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel John M. Benedict, of the Eighteenth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel S. C. Benham, Chief Commissary of Subsistence Department of Arkansas, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from September 6, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Clarence C. Bennett, of the First California Cavalry, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel D. T. Bennett, of the Seventh Maryland Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Five Forks, Virginia, to date from April 1, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John D. Bertolette, Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, United States 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.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 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.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel James C. Biddle, of the United States Volunteers, Major and Additional Aide-de-Camp, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond and the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel J. Biggs, of the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, for long, faithful, and gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865.