_United States Army_.
General Emory called at the Executive Mansion according to this request.
The object of respondent was to be advised by General Emory, as
commander of the Department of Washington, what changes had been made in
the military affairs of the department. Respondent had been informed
that various changes had been made which in no wise had been brought to
his notice or reported to him from the Department of War or from any
other quarter, and desired to ascertain the facts. After the said Emory
had explained in detail the changes which had taken place, said Emory
called the attention of respondent to a general order which he referred
to, and which this respondent then sent for, when it was produced. It is
as follows:
GENERAL ORDERS, No, 17.