5 fl lj9U Duke University Libraries Communication f Conf Pam #430 DTTDflEbD7+ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 2S, 1854.— Uid on the table and ordered to be printed. [By the Chair.] MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. Richmond, Va., Maj 88, 1864- To the House of Representatives : In response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th January last, I herewith transmit, for your information, a com- munication from the Secretary of War, covering a list of those who have been retired from the military service, ** in accordance with the provisions of the act for ridding the army of ignorant, disabled and incompetent officers." JEFFERSON DAVIS. COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. Confederate States of America, War Department CA, ^ 64.) Richmond, Va., May 26, 1864 To the President of the Confederate States : Sir : I have received the following resolution of the Houde of Representatives, adopted on the 15th of January, 1864, and referred by your Excellency to this Department : ** Evolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House the number of officers, of different grades, who have been re- tired or dropped from the army, in accordance with the provisions of \he act for ridding the army of ignorant, disabled and incompetent officers." In response, I have the honor to transmit the accompanying list of such officers, which has just been furnished by the Adjutant and In- spector General, from the records of his office. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War. LETTER FROM THE ADJT k INSPR GENERAL. Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, May 21, 1864. Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War : Sir : In answer to your letter of the 16th of January, 1864, I have the honor to enclose a list of the officers who have been retired or dropped from the army, in accordance with the provisions of the act for ridding the army of ignorant, disabled and incompetent oflBcers, to be forwarded to the House of Representatives, in accordance with a resolution of that body, a copy of which is herewith enclosed. - I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, S. COOPER, Adjutartt and Inspector General. Copy of a Besolution of the House of Represemtatives of the \5th of Jan- uary, 1864 ; " Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate to this House the number of officers, of different grades, who have been re- tired or dropped from the army, in accordance with the provisions of the act for ridding the army of ignorant, disabled and incompetent officers." Official copy : JOHN WITHERS, Aisistant Adjutant General, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, May 21, 1864. I The following is a list of officers of different grades who have been dropped from the rolls of the army, in accordance with the provisions of the act for " ridding the army of ignorant, disabled and incompe- tent officers," by orders from Adjutant and Inspector General's office: First. Lieutenant J. M. Terrill, company E, forty-eighth North Carolina regiment, October 21, 1862. Second Lieutenant 0. R. Harrell, company E, forty-eighth North Carolina regiment, October 21, 1862. Captain John T. Chambers, company I, nineteenth Georgia regi- ment, October 28, 1862. Lieutenant L. A. Nash, company C, fourth Georgia regiment, Oc- tober 29, 1862. Surgeon O'llagan, thirty-fifth North Carolina regiment, Novem* ber 1, 1862. Captain Lefi J. Knight, twenty- ninth Georgia regiment, May 28, 1863. Second Lieutenant Thomas Brander, company B, twenty-seventh Virginia regiment, June 10, 1863. Second Lieutenant A. T, Culpepper, company C, sixteenth Vir- ginia regiment, July 31, 1863. Captain J. D. McKinney, company E, first Florida cavalry, Au- gust 6, 1863, m^rst Lieutenant W. G. Stokely, company E, first Florida cavalry, August 6, 1865. Second Lieutenant C. D. Craig, company E, first Florida cavalry, August 6, 1863. First Lieutenant Michael Doherty, company C, nineteenth Virginia battalion, August 27, 1863. First Lieutenant P. J. Cummings, company D, thirty-third Ten- nessee regiment, September 30, 1863. Second Lieutenant Marshall Munroe, company F, second Virginia regiment, December 1, 1863. Second Lieutenant J. D. Bryant, company B, forty-ninth Georgia regiment, December 1, 1863. Captain Thomas M. Gobble, company I, forty-eighth Virginia reg- iment, December 1, 1863. • First Lieutenant M. T. Swint, company C, forty-ninth Georgia . regiment, January 19, 1864. Lieutenant L. 0. Kirk, company K, sixth Louisiana regiment, Jan- uary 19, 1864. Assistant Surgeon George Armstrong, twenty-fifth Virginia regi- ment, January 23, 1864. Captain T. M. Hewitt, Assistant Quartermaster, Army of Northern Virginia, April 14, 1864. Lieutenant Calvin Dickinson, company D, tenth North Carolina battalion of artillery, May 18, 1864. Captain A. Kilpatrick, company A, thirty-second x\labama regi- ment, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant L. D. Alexander, company F, sixteenth North Carolina regiment, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant 0. C. Bryan, company F, forty-eighth Virginia regiment, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant J. P. Ray, company B, sixteenth North Car- olina regiment, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant John H. Sale, company B, eigthteenth Virginia battalion, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant C. R. Walden, company E, forty-ninth Georgia regiment, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant J. T. McGahee, Patterson's Alabama cavalry, May 18, 1864. Oflicial: • JOHN WITHERS, AssH Adfl GenH. 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