C.-Position and distribution of the troops in the military division of the Missouri, commanded souri, taken from the latest returns on Posts. Situation. Commanding officers. Military division of the Missouri, including the departments of the Missouri, Dakota, and the Platte.. Fort Riley, Kansas.... Camp Davidson, Ks... Camp on Cottonwood creek, Kansas. Fort Dodge, Kansas... On the east bank of the Pawnee river...... Near the mouth of the Little Arkansas river, one mile from Wichita City. On Cottonwood creek On the north bank of the Arkansas river, on the Fort Harker, Kansas.. On the Smoky Hill river, 35 miles west of Saline. Fort Wallace, Kansas. Opposite the mouth of Rose creek.... .... A., (headq'rs Ft. Leavenworth, Ks.)| Bvt. Maj. Gen. Alfred Gibbs, maj. 7th cavalry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. T. C. English, .... ..... Major Henry Douglass, 3d inf .......... Bvt. Lieut. Col. F. M. Benteen, captain 7th cavalry. Major John E. Yard, 10th cavalry Bvi. Maj. Henry Asbury, captain 3d infantry. Bvt. Col. H. C. Bankhead, cap tain 5th infantry. 1st Lieut. Aug. Kaiser, 3d infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. H. Penrose, captain 3d infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. John G. Tilford, major 7th cavalry. Major H. B. Fleming, 37th inf Bvt. Maj. Gen. George W. Getty, colonel 37th infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. N. Grier, colonel 3d cavalry. Bvt. Lient. Col. H. C. Corbin, captain 38th infantry. Capt. Ezra P. Ewers, 37th inf Bvt. Lieut. Col. Edw. Bloodgood, captain 38th infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. John R. Brooke, lieutenant colonel 27th infantry. Bvt. Maj. Louis T. Morris, captain 37th infantry. Bvt. Col. H. C. Merriam, major 38th infantry. Fort Wingate, N. M... Twenty-one miles southwest of Mount Taylor.. Bvt. Lieut. Col. V. K. Hart, cap tain 37th infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Edward Moale, captain 37th infantry. Bvt. Maj. Alex. Moore, captain 38th infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. J. C. Gilmore, captain 38th infantry. Bvt. Maj. M. Bryant, captain 6th infantry. Major James P. Roy, 6th infantry. Major J. H. Elliott, 7th cavalry... Major M. H. Kidd, 10th cavalry. Bvt. Maj W M. Beebe, jr., captain 38th infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Thomas Duncan, lieutenant colonel 5th cavalry. by Lieutenant General W. T. Sherman, United States army, headquarters at St. Louis, Misfile in the Adjutant General's office. C.-Position and distribution of the troops is Posts. Situation. Commanding officers. Department of Dakota, commanded by Brevet Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry, (headquarters St. Paul, Minn.)... Fort Snelling, Minn... Fort Ripley, Minn Fort Wadsworth, D. T. Fort Ransom, D. T... Fort Dakota, D. T.... Fort Randall, D. T.... Fort Sully, D. T.... Fort Rice, D. T....... Fort Stevenson, D. T. Fort Buford, D. T.... About five miles below St. Paul... Fort Totten, D. T.... On Devil's lake Fort Shaw, M. T..... Camp Cook, M. T On Sun river, 82 miles north of Helena Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. B. Alexande I colonel 10th infantry. Captain T. H. French, 10th inf. Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. H. Sidell, llar tenant colonel 10th infantry. Bvt. Maj. J. A. P. Hampson. cap tain 10th infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Robert H. Hall, Bvt. Lieut. Col. Wm. A. Olmstead Bvt. Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley Bvt. Col. E. S. Otis, lieutenast Bvt. Brig. Gen. P. R. De Trobr Bvt. Col. J. N. G. Whistler, major, Bvt. Col. Geo. L. Andrews, lieutenant colonel 13th infantry. On Missouri river, near the mouth of Judith river. Major Wm. Clinton, 13th infantry. Capt. R. S. La Motte, 13th inf. 12th inf., (headq'rs Omaha, Neb.).. Bvt. Col. D. R. Ransom, captain 3d artillery. Major George W. Howland, cavalry. Col. H. B. Carrington, 18th inf Bvt. Brig. Gen. A. J. Slemmer, lieutenant colonel 4th infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessels, lieutenant colonel 18th infantry. Byt. Brig. Gen. J. H. Potter, lientenant colonel 30th infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. D. Stevenson, colonel 30th infantry. Bvt. Col. Wm. McE. Dye, major 4th infantry. Byt. Col. H. A. Morrow, lieutenant colonel 36th infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. W. H. Lewis, major 36th infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. J. H. Knight, captain 36th infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen. L. P. Bradley, lieutenant colonel 27th infantry. C.-Position and distribution of the troops in the Posts. Situation. Commanding officers. A., (headq'rs Ft. Leavenworth, Ks) Bvt, Maj. Gen. Alfred Gibbs, maj. ¦ 7th cavalry. Military division of the Missouri, including the departments of the Missouri, Dakota, and the Platte. Camp on Cottonwood Fort Harker, Kansas.. Fort Hays, Kansas.... Fort Wallace, Kansas. Fort Reynolds, C. T.. Near the mouth of the Little Arkansas river, On Cottonwood creek On the north bank of the Arkansas river, on the On the Smoky Hill river, 35 miles west of Saline. On Big creek, 70 miles west of Fort Harker.... On Walnut creek, two miles from the Arkansas On Purgatory river, near Bent's fort Near Pueblo, C. T Bvt. Lieut. Col. T. C. English, Capt. Martin Mullins, 5th inf.... Major Henry Douglass, 3d inf Bvt. Lieut. Col. F. M. Benteen, | captain 7th cavalry. Major John E. Yard, 10th cavalry.. Bvt. Maj. Henry Asbury, captain 3d infantry. Bvt. Col. H. C. Bankhead, cap tain 5th infantry. 1st Lieut. Aug. Kaiser, 3d infantry. Bvt. Brig. Gen W. H. Penrose, Major H. B. Fleming, 37th inf.... Bvt. Brig. Gen. W. N. Grier, colonel 3d cavalry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. H. C. Corbin, cap. Capt. Ezra P. Ewers, 37th inf..... captain 38th infantry. lieutenant colonel 27th infantry. Bvt. Maj. Louis T. Morris, cap | tain 37th infantry. Bvt. Col. H. C. Merriam, major 38th infantry. Fort Wingate, N. M... Twenty-one miles southwest of Mount Taylor.. Bvt. Lieut. Col. V. K. Hart, cap Fort Lowell, N. M.... On the Chama river....... Fort Cummings, N. M. Fort McRae, N. M.... At Cook's Springs, 60 miles west of Messilla.... At the Ojo del Muerto, 35 miles south of Fort Fort Gibson, C. N..... Three miles above the mouth of the Neosho river. Fort Arbuckle, C. N.. Four miles south of the Washita river... Do... Do. Do... Total department of the Missouri.. tain 37th infantry. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Edward Moale, Bvt. Lieut. Col. J. C. Gilmore, Major James P. Roy, 6th infantry. |