“This virtually places Major General O. O. Howard on the staff of General Grant; Brevet Major General R. K. Scott, and all other assistant commissioners, de facto, on the staffs of the major generals commanding the military districts; brings the entire volunteer officers, retained in the service, under and subject to, without being in, the regular army; and cements a perfect harmony between these two branches of the government which nothing can detract.
“In this stride of statesmanship, will it be presumed that the American army, or the military branch of the government, has no statesmen as competent counsellors of the executive?”
Headquarters Second Military District,
Charleston, S. C., December 4, 1867.
General Orders. No. 140.
The following general orders, from the headquarters of the army, are republished for the information and guidance of all concerned.
Headquarters of the Army, Adjt. Gen. Office,
Washington, November 26, 1867.
General Orders. No. 101.
The following orders have been received from the War Department, and will be duly executed:—
Extract.