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CIRCULAR. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Adjutant  General’s  Office, 

Washington ,  June  5,  1863. 

On  the  application  of  a  Provost  Marshal  for  military  aid  in  the  per¬ 
formance  of  the  duties  imposed  on  him  by  law,  the  commanding  officer 
of  a  Military  Department  will  furnish  such  force  as  he  may  deem 
necessary.  If  he  cannot  supply  the  force  asked  for,  or  does  not  deem 
it  necessary,  he  will  immediately  so  inform  the  Provost  Marshal,  in 
order  that  the  latter  may  properly  advise  the  Provost  Marshal  General. 

By  command  of  Major  General  Halleck. 

E.  D.  TOWNSEND, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General.