GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 144. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, Sept. 27, 1862. 
By direction of the President, Major John J. Key, Additional Aide- 
de-Camp, U. S. Service, is hereby dismissed for uttering disloyal 
sentiments. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.