I. Division Staff.

II. Requisitions.

III. Dates of Colonels' Commissions.

IV. Transfers from Volunteers to Regulars.
Correspondence.

V.

GENERAL ORDERS

No. 10.

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, January 15, 1863.

I. Each Division Commander will detail from the Captains or Lieutenants of his command an Acting Assistant Inspector General and a Judge Advocate, and from among the Lieutenants of his command an Ordnance Officer, for duty on the Staff of such Division. These officers will perform their duties under the direction of the Inspector General, Judge Advocate, and Chief of Ordnance of the Department, respectively. The Judge Advocate will preferably be detailed on all General Courts Martial appointed at Division Headquarters. The names of the officers so appointed will be immediately reported to these Headquarters.

II. All requisitions transmitted to these Headquarters will be presented to the Chiefs of the Staff Departments concerned, viz:

For all supplies furnished by the Quartermaster's Department, to the Chief Quartermaster.

For Subsistence Stores, to the Chief Commissary.

For Medical and Hospital Supplies, to the Medical Director.

For Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, to the Chief of Ordnance.

III. Colonels of Regiments will immediately report direct to these Headquar ters the dates from which they take rank as such.

IV. All enlisted men of the Volunteers, wishing to transfer into the Regular Army, will record their names at the Adjutant's Office of their regiments at once, or before the 1st of March next. Lists of the names so recorded will be forwarded weekly to Brigade or Division Headquarters. Regular officers desiring to enlist soldiers from the volunteer service, will hereafter apply at the Brigade or Division Headquarters for such lists, and will also apply at the same Headquarters for permission to visit the regiments to recruit the men. No Regular Officer will hereafter enlist any volunteer soldiers, whose names are not on such lists, and care will be taken not to take from any one regiment more than the number authorized by General Orders No. 162, of 1862, from the War Department, Adjutant General's Office.

V. The special attention of all officers in this Department is directed to paragraph 451, Revised Army Regulations, of 1861, the requirements of which are too generally disregarded, viz:

"All official correspondence between the heads of the different departments of the staff of any command and its commander, must pass through the Adjutant

General, Assistant Adjutant General, or Adjutant of his command, as the case may be. Communications to and from a commander and those under his command must pass through the Adjutant General, Assistant Adjutant General, or Adjutant on duty with it; excepting only such communications between a disbursing officer and the chief of his particular branch of the staff, as relate exclusively to the ordinary routine of business in their own department. All communications, whether from an inferior to a superior, or vice versa, are, as a general rule, to be passed through the intermediate commanders. The same rule governs in verbal communications; for example: A Lieutenant seeking an indulgence, must apply through his Captain, the Captain through the Adjutant, and so on."

Experience has abundantly shown, that a strict observance of these provisions is essential to the discipline and efficiency of a command; a violation of them has ever proved the fertile cause of jealousy, misunderstandings and miscarriage.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BANKS:

RICHARD B. IRWIN,

Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General.

New Orleans, January 26, 1863.

No. 11.

I. Before a General Court Martial, which convened at the Headquarters of the Regular Artillery Battalion, Metairie Course, Louisiana, pursuant to Special Order No. 456, of October 16th, 1862, from these Headquarters, and of which Captain R. C. DURYEA, 1st Artillery, is President, were arraigned and tried

1.

Private George A. Nutter, Company F, 1st Artillery, on the following charge and specification:

CHARGE- Absent without Leave."

Specification" In this, that said Private George A. Nutter, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, did remain absent from camp without permission, from the evening of the 10th until the evening of the 12th of October, 1862. This at or near the camp, on Metairie Race-course, La."

To which the accused pleaded as follows:

To the specification—“ Guilty.”

To the CHARGE-"Guilty."

The Court, after mature deliberation, finds the accused as follows:

Of the specification-"Guilty."

Of the CHARGE-" Guilty."

And does therefore sentence the said Private George A. Nutter, of Company F. 1st Artillery, "to forfeit to the United States thirteen dollars of his monthly pay."

2. Private William Morrow, Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery.

CHARGE " Absent without Leave."

Specification" In this, that said Private William Morrow, Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, did absent himself from company and quarters without permission and remain absent from the evening of the 10th of October, 1862, until the morning of the 15th of October, 1862. This at or near the camp on Metairie Race-course, La." To which the accused pleaded as follows:

To the specification-"Guilty."

To the CHARGE" Guilty."

The Court, after mature deliberation, finds the accused as follows:

Of the specification—“ Guilty.”

Of the CHARGE- Guilty."

And does therefore sentence him, the said Private William Morrow, "to forfeit to the United States eight dollars of his monthly pay for two months."

3. Private Albert G. Philbrick, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery.

CHARGE- Absent without Leave."

Specification" In this, that said Private Albert G. Philbrick, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, did absent himself, without permission, from his camp, and did remain absent from the evening of the 10th until the evening of the 12th of October, 1862."

To which the accused pleaded as follows:

To the specification—“ Guilty."

To the CHARGE--"Guilty."

The Court, after mature deliberation, finds the accused as follows:

Of the specification" Guilty."

Of the CHARGE-"Guilty."

And does therefore sentence him, the said Private Albert G. Philbrick, of Company F, 1st Artillery, "to forfeit to the United States thirteen dollars of his pay."

4. Private Adolphus Marion, Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery.

CHARGE "Gross neglect of duty."

Specification" In this, that the said Private Adolphus Marion, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, having been sent in charge of a team to be shod, did leave and neglect his team, and became so drunk as to be unable to take care of it. This at or near New Orleans, La."

To which the accused pleaded as follows:

To the specification-" Guilty."

To the CHARGE" Guilty."

The Court, after mature deliberation, finds the accused as follows:

Of the specification--" Guilty."

Of the CHARGE-"Guilty."

And does therefore sentence him, the said Private Adolphus Marion, of Company F, 1st Artillery, "to forfeit thirteen dollars of his pay."

5. Private Patrick Dorsey, Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery.

CHARGE 1ST" Absent without Leave."

Specification- "In this, that said Private Patrick Dorsey, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, did absent himself, without permission, from his company and quarters, and did remain absent from the morning of the 8th until the evening of the 11th of October, 1862."

CHARGE 24-Gross Neglect of Duty."

Specification" In this, that said Private Patrick Dorsey, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, having been sent in charge of a team to be shod, did leave and neglect his team, and became so drunk as to be unable to take care of it. This at or

near New Orleans, La."

To which the accused pleaded as follows:

To the specification to the FIRST CHARGE—“ Guilty."

To the FIRST CHARGE-66
-"Guilty."

To the specification to the SECOND CHARGE--“ Guilty."

To the SECOND CHARGE--" Guilty."

The Court, after mature deliberation, finds the accused as follows:

Of the specification to the FIRST CHARGE—“ Guilty."

Of the FIRST CHARGE--" Guilty."

Of the specification to the SECOND CHARGE--" Guilty."

Of the SECOND CHARGE" Guilty."

And does therefore sentence him, the said Private Patrick Dorsey, of Company F, 1st Artillery, "to forfeit eight dollars of his monthly pay for two months."

6. Private Francis 0. Ricker, Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery.

CHARGE" Absent without Leave."

Specification "In this, that said Private Francis O. Ricker, of Company F, 1st U. S. Artillery, did absent himself from company and quarters, without permission, and remained absent from the evening of the 29th of September until the morning of the 4th of October, 1862. This at or near the camp, on Metairie Race-course, La." To which the accused pleaded as follows:

To the specification-" Guilty."

To the CHARGE-" Guilty."

The Court, after mature deliberation on the evidence adduced, finds the accused as follows:

Of the specification-" Guilty."

Of the CHARGE-" Guilty."

And does therefore sentence him, the said Private Francis O. Ricker, of Company

F, 1st Artillery, "to forfeit thirteen dollars of his pay.”

7. Private Daniel O'Sullivan, of Company C, 2d Artillery.

CHARGE" Absence without Leave."

Specification" In this, that Private Daniel O'Sullivan, Company C, 2d Artillery, being sick in quarters, on the 8th day of October, did leave the camp of his company, without permission from the proper authority, on the evening of the 8th of