IV. Major-General George G. Meade is assigned to the command of
the Third Military District, and will assume it without delay. The
Department of the East will be commanded by the senior officer now
on duty in it until a commander is named by the President.
V. The officers assigned in the foregoing orders to command of military
districts will exercise therein any and all powers conferred by acts of
Congress upon district commanders, and also any and all powers
pertaining to military-department commanders.
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By command of General Grant:
E.D. TOWNSEND,
_Assistant Adjutant-General_.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 10.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington, February 12, 1868_.
The following orders are published for the information and guidance of
all concerned:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
_Washington, D.C., February 12, 1868_.
General U.S. GRANT,
_Commanding Armies of the United States, Washington, D.C._
GENERAL: You will please issue an order creating a military division, to
be called the Military Division of the Atlantic, to be composed of the
Department of the Lakes, the Department of the East, and the Department
of Washington, and to be commanded by Lieutenant-General William T.
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