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The Daily Dispatch: March 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 11 (search)
ervisor of telegraphic messages throughout the United States. Anson Slager is made Military Superintendent of all telegraphic lines and offices in the United States. Fifth--This possession and control of the telegraph lines is not intended to interfere in any respect with the ordinary affairs of the companies or with private business. By order of the President. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. A Provost Marshal General. A recent order from Gen. McClellan appoints Gen. Andrew Porter Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac. The following is an extract from the order: The duties of the Provost Marshals, general and local, relate to the general police of the army, and embrace the following subjects: Suppression of marauding and depredations, and of all brawls and disturbances; preservation of good order and suppression of drunkenness; beyond the limits of the camps, prevention of straggling on the march; suppression of gambling-houses, drinking