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HEADQUARTERS 4TH MILITARY DISTRICT, (DEPARTMENT OF MISSISSIPPI.) Vicksburg, Miss., August 17, 1868. SPECIAL ORDERS } No. 166 } [EXTRACT] I. A Military Commission is hereby ordered to convene at these Headquarters at 10 o'clock, A. M., the 1st proximo, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of such prisoners as may be properly brought before it. DETAIL FOR THE COMMISSION : 1. Brevent Major General G. Pennypacker, Colonel 34th Infantry. 2. Brevet Brigadier General E. Swift, Surgeon U. S. Army. 3. Brevet Colonel J. G. Chandler, Quartermaster U. S. Army. 4. Brevet Major Lynde Catlin, Captain 24th Infantry. 5. Brevet Major A. W. Allyn, Captain 34th Infantry. 6. 1st Lieutenant Warren C. Beach, 24th Infantry. 7. 1st Lieutenant William E. Kingsbury, 24th Infantry. Brevet Major Merritt Barber, 1st Lieutenant 3th Infantry, Judge Advocate. The Commission will sit without regard to hours. * * * By Command of Brevet Major General ALVAN C. GILLUM : JOHN TYLER First Lieutenant 43d Infantry, Brevet Major U. S. A., Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Official John Atwood First Lieutenant 19th Infantry, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Assistant Commissioner Bureau R.F. & A.L. State of Mississippi Vicksburg Mississippi