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[[marginalia]] Copy AL [[/marginalia]] Head Quarters Behring Straits and Norton Sound Division of Western Union Teleg. Company. Sept. 1st 1866. General Order } No. 1. } From and after this date Second Lieutenants George R. Adams, Jay B. Chappell and Fred. M. Smith, will take rank and pay as Pioneer 1st Lieutenants. The same being given them for services rendered in this Division. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By Order (signed) Wm. H. Ennis Capt. Comdg. Division Thos. S. Denison Adjutant.