_ GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, No. 176. Washington, April 22, 1864.

The following act of Congress is published for the information of al! - concerned:

PuBLic—No. 51.

_ AN ACT to amend an act for enrolling and calling out the national forces so as to ‘ increase the rank, pay, and emoluments of the Provost Marshal General.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 7 States of America in Congress assembled, That the rank, pay, and emoluments of the Provost Marshal General, authorized by section five fot f said act, shall be those of a Brigadier General.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- “co nsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

4 4 Approved April 21, 1864. BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:

E. D TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General.

Assistant Adjutant General.