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212.-military Departments.
Department of the East.--This department has been subdivided into three parts, as follows:
Department of Washington.--The District of Columbia, according to its original boundary;
Fort Washington and the country adjacent; and the
State of Maryland, including
Bladensburg and
Baltimore.
Head quarters at the
National Capital.
Department of the South.--
Eastern Virginia,
North Carolina, and
Tennessee.
Headquarters
Fort Monroe,
Virginia.
Department of Annapolis.--The country for twenty miles on each side of the railroad from
Annapolis to the city of
Washington, as far as
Bladensburg, Maryland.
Headquarters at
Annapolis.
Department of Pennsylvania.--The
State of Pennsylvania; the
State of Delaware; all of
Maryland not embraced in the foregoing department.
Headquarters at
Philadelphia.
Department of the West.--The country west of the
Mississippi River and east of the
Rocky Mountains, except those portions of it included within the limits of
New Mexico.
Headquarters at
St. Louis, Missouri.
Department of Texas.--The Government not having issued any new orders relative to this department, and the forts having been evacuated, it may be said to remain in
statu quo.
Department of New Mexico.--The Territory of
New Mexico.
Headquarters at
Santa Fe.
Department of the Pacific.--The country west of the
Rocky Mountains.
Headquarters at
San Francisco.
Department of Utah.--The Territory of
Utah, except the portion of it lying west of the 117th degree of west longitude.
Headquarters at Camp Floyd.
There will probably be three or more subdivisions of the late Department of the East, to meet the requirements of the service.--
National Intelligencer, May 29.
