GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 148. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, October 1, 1862. 
Simeon Draper, Esquire, of New York, lias been appointed, fiom 
this date, Provost Marshal General of the War Department, under 
the provisions of “General Orders,” No. 140. He will be respected 
accordingly. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.