GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 25. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, March 15, 1862. 
The Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Potomac, and his 
subordinates, will turn over to Brigadier General Wadsworth, Mili- 
tary Governor of the District of Columbia, the buildings and premises 
occupied in the city of Washington, and all the public property belong- 
ing thereto; and from and after it being so turned over, the Provost 
Marshal’s office will be withdrawn from the city of Washington, and 
all the force employed in the Military Police of the city will be hence- 
forth under command of Brigadier General Wadsworth, as Military 
Governor of the District. General Wadsworth will establish his Head- 
quarters in the building heretofore used and occupied by the Provost 
Marshal in the city of Washington. 
The Provost Marshal General, and his subordinates, will also turn 
over to Brigadier General Wadsworth, as Military Governor of the 
District of Columbia, all the military prisons and prisoners within the 
District of Columbia, and all contrabands now in custody, and the 
same shall henceforth be under command of the Military Governor of 
the District of Columbia. General Wadsworth will forthwith assume 
command as Military Governor of the said District. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
. Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.