judicious course, while exercising command in Saltillo.

The medical staff, under the able direction of Assistant Surgeon
Hitchcock, were assiduous in attention to the wounded, upon the
field, and in their careful removal to the rear. Both in these
respects, and in the subsequent organization and service of the
hospitals, the administration of this department was every thing
that could be wished.

Brigadier-General Wool speaks in high terms of the officers of
his staff, and I take pleasure in mentioning them here, having
witnessed their activity and zeal upon the field. Lieutenant and
Aid-de-camp McDowell, Colonel Churchill, inspector-general,
Captain Chapman, assistant quarter-master, Lieutenant Sitgreaves,
Topographical Engineers, and Captains Howard and Davis, (p. 346)
volunteer service, are conspicuously noticed by the general for
their gallantry and good conduct. Messrs. March, Addicks Potts,
Harrison, Burgess, and Dusenbury, attached in various capacities
to General Wool's head-quarters, are likewise mentioned for their
intelligent alacrity in conveying orders to all parts of the
field.

In conclusion, I beg leave to speak of my own staff, to whose
exertions in rallying troops and communicating orders I feel
greatly indebted. Major Bliss, assistant adjutant-general,
Captain J. H. Eaton, and Lieutenant R. S. Garnett, aids-de-camp,
served near my person, and were prompt and zealous in the
discharge of every duty. Major Munroe, besides rendering valuable
service as chief of artillery, was active and instrumental, as
were also Colonels Churchill and Belknap, inspectors general, in
rallying troops and disposing them for the defence of the train
and baggage. Colonel Whiting, quartermaster general, and Captain
Eaton, chief of the subsistence department, were engaged with the
duties of their departments, and also served in my immediate
staff on the field. Captain Sibley, assistant quartermaster, was
necessarily left with the head-quarter camp near town, where his
services were highly useful. Major Mansfield and Lieutenant
Benham, engineers, and Captain Linnard and Lieutenants Pope and
Franklin, Topographical Engineers, were employed before and
during the engagement in making reconnoissances, and on the field
were very active in br