_Assistant Adjutant-General_.
[Footnote 3: Brevet Brigadier-General James A. Ekin substituted; see
Special Orders, No. 216.]
[Footnote 4: Brevet Colonel C. H. Tompkins substituted; see Special
Orders, No. 216.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, _Washington City, May 7, 1865_.
Brigadier-General Holt, Judge-Advocate-General, having designated the
Hon. John A. Bingham as a special judge-advocate, whose aid he requires
in the prosecution of Herold and others before the military commission
of which Major-General Hunter is presiding officer:
_It is ordered_, That the said John A. Bingham be, and he is hereby,
appointed special judge-advocate for the purpose aforesaid, to aid the
Judge-Advocate-General, pursuant to the order of the President in
respect to said military commission.
By order of the President: