while on such journeys will be entitled to transportation and allowances provided for by paragraphs 729 and 730, Army Regulations.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MILES:

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 170.

H. C. CORBIN,

Adjutant General.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, October 20, 1898.

By direction of the Secretary of War, so much of paragraph 1, General Orders, No. 130, August 29, 1898, from this office, as relates to commissioned officers of volunteer organizations, amended by paragraph II, General Orders, No. 139, War Department, Adjutant General's Office, September 7, 1898, and further amended by paragraph II, General Orders, No. 155, September 27, 1898, from this office, is still further amended so as to direct such officers who belong to organizations furloughed for thirty days to await orders for their own convenience for that period, instead of granting them leaves of absence.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MILES.

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 171.

H. C. CORBIN,
Adjutant General.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, October 21, 1898.

I. By direction of the President, the 7th Army Corps is reorganized by the Secretary of War as hereinafter specified:

7th U. S. Cavalry;

8th U. S. Cavalry.

Cavalry Brigade.

FIRST DIVISION.

First Brigade-1st Texas Infantry; 2d Louisiana Infantry; 3d Nebraska Infantry.

Second Brigade-9th Illinois Infantry; 2d South Carolina Infantry; 4th Illinois Infantry.

SECOND DIVISION.

First Brigade-161st Indiana Infantry; 2d Illinois Infantry; 1st North Carolina Infantry.

Second Brigade-4th Virginia Infantry; 49th Iowa Infantry; 6th Missouri Infantry.

II. The following assignments of general officers by the President, and of staff officers by the Secretary of War, to the 7th Corps, are announced:

Major General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding;

Assistant Adjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Dorst;

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Edwin St. J. Greble; Chief Quartermaster, Lieutenant Colonel George E. Pond; Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver E. Wood;

Chief Surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel Louis M. Maus;

Inspector General, Lieutenant Colonel Curtis Guild, jr.; Judge Advocate,

;

Chief Signal Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E. Maxfield;

Chief Engineer Officer, Lieutenant Colonel William R. Liv

ermore;

Chief Ordnance Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Rogers Birnie, jr.

FIRST DIVISION.

Major General J. Warren Keifer, commanding;

Assistant Adjutant General, Major William S. Scott;

Inspector General, Major John G. Evans;

Chief Quartermaster, Major Noble H. Creager;

Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Major James M. Moody;

Engineer Officer, Major Hugh H. Gordon;

Ordnance Officer, Major John L. Chamberlain;

Chief Surgeon, Major Jefferson R. Kean.

First Brigade, First Division.

Brigadier General Loyd Wheaton, commanding;

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Charles H. McGill; Quartermaster, Captain Oscar C. Guessaz;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain James E. B. Stuart; Surgeon, Major George B. Bunn.

Second Brigade, First Division.

Brigadier General Edward B. Williston, commanding ;
Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Jacob E. Bloom;
Quartermaster, Captain George L. Goodale;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain William B. Hale;
Surgeon, Major Francis C. Ford.

SECOND DIVISION.

Major General Francis V. Greene, commanding; Assistant Adjutant General, Major Robert E. L. Michie ; Inspector General, Major Benjamin H. Cheever;

Chief Quartermaster, Major James L. Wilson;

Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Major Robert L. Longstreet;

Engineer Officer, Major Hugh J. McGrath;
Ordnance Officer, Major Frank H. Edmunds:
Chief Surgeon, Major George R. Fowler.

First Brigade, Second Division.

Brigadier General Henry T. Douglas, commanding; Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Robert G. Paxton; Quartermaster, Captain Frederick W. Cole;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Theodore B. Hacker; Surgeon, Major John G. Davis.

Second Brigade, Second Division.

Brigadier General Henry C. Hasbrouck, commanding;
Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Hugh D. Wise;
Quartermaster, Captain William G. Ball;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain James C. Baldridge:
Surgeon, Major William S. Bryant.

Cavalry Brigade, Huntsville, Alabama.

Brigadier General Louis H. Carpenter, commanding; Assistant Adjutant General, Captain John E. McMahon; Acting Quartermaster, Lieutenant C. J. Symmonds, 7th Cavalry;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain William M. Loveland; Surgeon,

The travel enjoined in the execution of this order is necessary for the public service.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MILES:

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 172.

H. C. CORBIN,

Adjutant General.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, October 22, 1898.

By direction of the Secretary of War, the following assignments of staff officers to brigades of the 1st, 2d, and 4th Army Corps are announced:

FIRST CORPS.

First Brigade, First Division-Atlanta, Georgia.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain William F. Hancock;
Quartermaster, Captain Samuel A. Smoke;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain John M. Tobin;
Surgeon, Major John C. F. Martin.

Second Brigade, First Division-Macon, Georgia. Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Theodosius Botkin; Quartermaster, Captain Lewis V. Williams;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain William B. Cowin; Surgeon, Major Charles M. Drake.

Third Brigade, First Division-Macon, Georgia.
Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Sherrill Babcock;
Quartermaster, Captain Samuel Baird;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Charles E. Cabell;
Surgeon, Major Elmer E. Heg.

First Brigade, Second Division-Columbus, Georgia. Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Frederick J. Kountz; Quartermaster, Captain Moses Walton, jr. ;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Wilson I. Davenny; Surgeon, Major John L. Macumber.

Second Brigade, Second Division—Americus, Georgia.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Willard A. Holbrook; Quartermaster, Captain Walter Allen;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Charles E. Golden; Surgeon, Major Frank Bruso.

Third Brigade, Second Division-Albany, Georgia.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain William R. Sample; Quartermaster, Captain Abraham S. Bickham; Commissary of Subsistence, Captain James C. Grant; Surgeon, Major Robert Burns.

SECOND CORPS-CAMP MEADE, PENNSYLVANIA.

First Brigade, First Division.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Lucien G. Berry;
Quartermaster, Captain Laurence C. Baker;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain John Landstreet;
Surgeon, Major William T. Wakeman.

Second Brigade, First Division.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Arthur F. Cosby;
Quartermaster, Captain John C. Breckinridge;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Morton J. Henry;
Surgeon, Major Henry I. Raymond.

Third Brigade, First Division.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain A. Wilson Norris;
Quartermaster, Captain Giles H. Holden;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Harlow L. Street;
Surgeon, Major William B. Banister.

First Brigade, Second Division.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain James A. Colvin;
Quartermaster, Captain Chester B. Worthington;
Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Frank H. Lord;
Surgeon, Major Philip Wales.

Second Brigade, Second Division.

Assistant Adjutant General, Captain Daniel B. Devore;
Quartermaster, Captain Richard J. Fanning;

Commissary of Subsistence, Captain Joseph N. DuBarry, jr. ;
Surgeon, Major Joseph K. Weaver.