11 DISMISSED (6). Major Charles E. Norris, First Cavalry, February 10, 1870. Captain George A. Armes, Tenth Cavalry (Brevet Major), June 7, 1870. First Lieutenant David W. Wallingford, Seventh Cavalry, May 10, 1870. First Lieutenant James M. Waite, Twenty-fifth Infantry, March 2, 1870. First Lieutenant Hamilton C. Peterson, unassigned, late Twenty-sixth Infantry, April 16, 1870. First Lieutenant James D. Vernay, unassigned, late Thirty-fifth Infantry (Brevet Captain), April 18, 1870. CASHIERED (8). Captain Robert Sweatman, Fifth Cavalry, January 3, 1870. Captain Robert H. Chapin, Eighth Cavalry (Brevet Major), May 26, 1870. First Lieutenant Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz, Third Cavalry, July 8, 1870. First Lieutenant Benjamin F. Ryer, Second Artillery, April 13, 1870. First Lieutenant Allen Almy, Sixteenth Infantry, April 20, 1870. First Lieutenant Peter A. Lantz, unassigned, late Thirtieth Infantry, February 14, 1870. Second Lieutenant José A. A. Robinson, First Artillery, April 15, 1870. Second Lieutenant Stanley D. Humason, Sixteenth Infantry, March 2, 1870. VI.-CASUALTIES IN THE VOLUNTEER FORCE RAISED UNDER THE ACTS APPROVED JULY 5, 1838; JULY 22 AND 25, AND AUGUST 5, 1861; MAY 20 AND JULY 17, 1862; AND MARCH 3, 1863. RESIGNED (1). Brigade Surgeon Robert Roskoton, August 25, 1862, instead of July 25, 1862, as announced in General Orders No. 181, of November 1, 1862. HONORABLY MUSTERED OUT (1). Captain R. C. Rutherford, Assistant Quartermaster (Brevet Colonel), August 1, 1867, instead of July 17, 1867, as announced in General Or VII.-Officers have been arranged in the foregoing order to the companies to which they succeeded in the natural course of promotion, or to which they have been assigned by competent authority. VIII.-Acceptance or non-acceptance of appointments, and, in case of acceptance, the birthplace of the officer appointed, his age and residence when appointed, and his full name correctly written, will in all cases be promptly reported to the Adjutant General. IX.-In case of the death of an officer, it is hereby made the duty of his immediate commanding officer to report the fact at once, direct to this office, stating the cause, date, and place. When an officer away from his command dies in hospital, or under treatment, the medical officer in charge will forward the report as above required; if not under treatment by an army medical officer, the report will be made by any officer having cognizance of the fact. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY Of War: OFFICIAL: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General. GENERAL ORDERS No. 100. WAR DEPARTMENT, The following Resolutions of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned : I..[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 83.] A RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary of War to take charge of the Gettysburg and Antietam National Cemeteries. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, directed to accept and take charge of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Antietam National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Maryland, whenever the commissioners and trustees having charge of said cemeteries are ready to transfer their care to the General Government. That when the aforementioned cemeteries are placed under the control of the Secretary of War, that they be taken care of and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to establish and protect national cemeteries," approved February twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Approved July 14, 1870. II..[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 92.] JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the donation of certain property of the United States, in the city of Galveston, State of Texas, to said city. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the buildings, barracks, fences, sheds, cisterns, and so forth, the property of the United States, in the city of Galveston, State of Texas, now abandoned by the United States troops, and ordered to be sold at public auction, under the direction of the Quartermaster's Department, be, and the same are hereby, donated as hereinafter provided to said city of Galveston, for the purpose of aiding the said city in holding agricultural, mechanical, and horticultural fairs, and in developing the agricultural and mechanical resources of said State; or for such other public uses as may seem good to the authorities of said city of Galveston: Provided, That this resolu the said buildings, barracks, fences, sheds, cisterns, and so forth, are situated, or any authority to demolish or destroy the same, but to be held to be returned to the United States whenever required for any purpose for the use of the Government. GENERAL ORDERS No. 101. WAR DEPARTMENT, The following Acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned : I..[PRIVATE-No. 93.] AN ACT for the relief of Francis A. Conwell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be directed to cause to be paid to Francis A. Conwell the full pay and emoluments of a chaplain of the first regiment Minnesota volunteers, from the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to the twenty-seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. Approved July 14, 1870. II..[PRIVATE-No. 96.] AN ACT for the relief of Captain David Beaty's company of independent scouts. Whereas David Beaty, of Fentress county, Tennessee, did, on the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, organize a company of independent scouts, numbering one hundred and two men, including himself as captain, and his first and second lieutenants; and whereas said company was on continuous duty engaged in the work of suppressing the rebellion from the date of its organization until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, serving under the orders of the commander of the Army in Tennessee; and whereas said company was never legally mustered into the service of the United States by any properly authorized mustering officer, and neither officers nor privates of said company have ever received any compensation for said services from the Government of the United States: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the organization set forth in the foregoing preamble be, and the same is hereby, recognized as a part of the military force of the United States engaged in suppressing the |