GENERAL ORDERS HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, December 23, 1863.

No. 85.

Commanders of Corps, Divisions, Brigades and Regiments will give their personal attention to the re-enlistment of veteran volunteers, and will see that the officers and men under their command are fully informed of the advantages offered by the Government to this class of soldiers. They will make the necessary requisitions for blanks, and see that all facilities are furnished for the prompt organization of veteran regiments.

In order to secure to those regiments which shall enrol themselves as veterans the indulgence contemplated by the Government, at least two such regiments shall be allowed furloughs in a body, from each Army Corps serving in this Department every thirty days; such furloughs to be of sufficient length to allow the soldiers thirty days within the State in which the regiments were raised, exclusive of the time expended in transportation from and to this Department.

Commanders of Army Corps will promptly report to these Headquarters all regiments which may enrol as veterans, and will recommend the order in which they shall be allowed their furloughs-having due regard, in these recommendations, to the age of the regiment in service, and the spirit of patriotism manifested by the men in the enrollment.

Carefully prepared returns of all veterans will be made and transmitted to these Headquarters, when mustered in, stating their names, regiments, companies, and residences, in order that returns may be made to the respective Governors of States, and that the enlistments may be credited to the proper States, counties and towns, in making up the several quotas. This is also necessary, in order that the enlisted men and their families may have the benefit of any allowances made by the local authorities and communities to soldiers enlisting from those localities.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BANKS:

OFFICIAL:

G. NORMAN LIEBER,

Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

No. 86.

New Orleans, December 24, 1863.

The following General Orders from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office, are republished to the Army of the Gulf:

GENERAL ORDERS

No. 377.

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, November 21, 1863.

I. Before a General Court Martial, which convened at Barrancas, Florida, June 26, 1863, pursuant to General Orders No. 25, dated Headquarters, Troops in West Florida, Barrancas, Florida, June 25, 1863, and of which Lieutenant Colonel D. B. PECK, 7th New York Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and tried:

Private Henry Wright, Company C, 7th Vermont Volunteers.

CHARGE" Sleeping on Post."

SPECIFICATION- "In this that the said Private Henry Wright, of "C" Com. pany, 7th Vermont Volunteers, after being regularly posted as sentinel on post No. 2, did go to sleep on his post, and was found sleeping by the corporal of the guard. This at the Redoubt, Barrancas, Florida, on the morning of June 23d, 1863, between the hours of one and three o'clock."

To which charge and specification the accused, Private Henry Wright, Company C, 7th Vermont Volunteers, pleaded" Guilty."

FINDING.

The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused, Private Henry Wright, Company C, 7th Vermont Volunteers as follows:

Of the specification--"Guilty."

Of the charge--" Guilty."

SENTENCE.

And the Court does therefore sentence him, Private Henry Wright, Company C, 7th Vermont Volunteers, "to be shot to death with musketry, at such time and place as the Commanding General may direct---four-fifths of the members of the Court concurring."

II Before a General Court Martial, which convened on board the steamer Tecumseh, off Port Hudson, Louisiana, July 31, 1863, pursuant to Special Orders

No. 28, dated Headquarters, Herron's Division, July 30, 1863, and of which Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Leake, 20th Iowa Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and tried:

Private John Campbell, Company D, 26th Indiana Volunteers.

CHARGE" Murder."

SPECIFICATION" In this: that said Private John Campbell, Company D, 26th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, did wilfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, kill one Moses H. Hughes, Private, Company D, 26th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. All this at Camp Herron, near Pilot Knob, State of Missouri, on or about the 28th day of May, A. D. 1863.”

To which charge and specification the accused, Private John Campbell, Company D, 26th Indiana Volunteers, pleaded" Not Guilty."

FINDING.

The Court having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused Private John Campbell, Company D, 26th Indiana Volunteers, as follows:

Of the specification-"Guilty."

Of the charge--" Guilty."

SENTENCE.

And the Court does therefore sentence him, Private John Campbell, Company D, 26th Indiana Volunteers, "to be shot to death with musketry, at such time and place as the General Commanding the Department may designate--two-thirds of the members concurring therein."

III. Before a General Court Martial, which convened at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 27, 1863, pursuant to General Orders No. 24, dated February 28, 1863. and Special Orders No. 45, dated March 6, 1863, Headquarters, 3d Division, and of which Lieutenant Colonel John A. Foster, 175th New York Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and tried :

2d Lieutenant George D. Wiseburn, 133d New York Volunteers.

CHARGE 1st-" Using contemptuous and disrespectful language against the President of the United States.

SPECIFICATION "In this: that he, the said George D. Wiseburn, Second Lieutenant, 133d New York Volunteers, did use the following disrespectful words against the President of the United States, to wit: The Executive has seen proper to make it [the Army] the emancipation of the negro slaves.' This at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on or about the 4th day of February, 1863."