GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 146. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, September 30, 1862. 
No officer will hereafter be relieved from his command and sent to 
report in this city without the authority of the War Department. 
Where subordinate officers are guilty of military offences, or are 
negligent, or incompetent, it is the duty of the Commander to have 
them tried for their offences, or examined in regard to their incom- 
petency, by a proper court or commission; and this duty cannot he 
evaded by sending them to Washington. Hereafter, officers so sent 
to Headquarters will be immediately ordered back, and those who send 
them will be deemed guilty of disobedience of orders. 
By command op Major General Halleck: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.