No. 55. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, February 12, 1864. Upon the death of a Commissioned Officer, in a general hospital, the Surgeon in charge, besides forwarding to the Adjutant General the required inventory of his effects, will immediately inform the nearest relative of the officer what effects were left by him. If at the expiration of two months the articles are not called for by a person authorized to receive them, they will be sold at auction, and the proceeds sent to the Treasury, as prescribed by Regulations for the effects of enlisted men. Swords, watches, trinkets, and articles of that class will not be disposed of in this manner, but will be properly labeled with the name, rank, and regiment, and date of death of the owner, and sent to the Adjutant General's Office, to be deposited with the Second Auditor of the Treasury to await the application of the heirs. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: No. 58. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Alton, Illinois, attached to the Department of the Missouri, in General Orders, No. 135, of September 19, 1×12, is hereby re-transferred to that Department, from the Northern Department. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: III..PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 9. A RESOLUTION expressive of the thanks of Congress to Major General Jo Hooker, Major General George G. Meade, Major General Oliver O. Howard, the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Un States of America in Congress assembled, That the gratitude of American people, and the thanks of their representatives in Congr are due, and are hereby tendered, to Major General Joseph Hooker, the officers and soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, for the sl energy, and endurance which first covered Washington and Baltim from the meditated blow of the advancing and powerful army of reb led by General Robert E. Lee; and to Major General George G. Mea Major General Oliver O. Howard, and the officers and soldiers of t army, for the skill and heroic valor which, at Gettysburg, repulsed, feated, and drove back, broken and dispirited, beyond the Rappaha nock, the veteran army of the rebellion. Approved January 28, 1864. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. OFFICIAL: Assistant Adjutant General. |