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He has important business to perform, which may detain him on shore most of the night, and it is absolutely necessary, for the successful accomplishment of his mission, that he should not be interfered with. Very respectfully, your obd't serv't., DAVID D. PORTER, Rear Admiral, Com'd'g Miss. Squadron. U. S. Provost Marshal, Alexandria, La.
Col. Third N.C. Vol. Inf. Com'd'g. Brigade. Headquarters Second Division, First Army Corps, Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1898. Respectfully returned to the Commanding General, Third Brigade. The enclosed communication is in form and substance so contrary to all military practice and traditions that it is returned for file at Regimental Headquarters, 6th Va. Vol. Infantry.
Further comment seems as unnecessary as the application itself is useless. Lt. Col. 6th Va. Vol. Inf. Com'd'g. Headquarters Third Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps, Camp Poland, Tenn., Oct. 29, 1898. Respectfully forwarded. Disapproved as under the law creating the present volunteer forces the Governor of Virginia is the only authority who can appoint the officers of the 6th Va. Vol. Inf.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. MAJ.-GENERAL GEO. G. MEADE Com'd'g Army of the Potomac. For information and as instruction to govern your preparations for the coming campaign, the following is communicated confidentially for your own perusal alone. So far as practicable all the armies are to move together, and towards one common centre.
JOHN GIBBON, Colonel Seventh Infantry, Com'd'g Dist. Montana. One officer since died. One enlisted man since died. Post guide at Fort Shaw. The fact has been repeatedly stated, as showing the highly civilized condition of the Nez Percés, that they did not scalp or otherwise mutilate the bodies of the soldiers who fell within their lines.
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