GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 196. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, November 25,1862. 
By direction of the President the following officers are dismissed the 
service of the United States: 
Major D. Henry Burtnete, Additional Aide-de-Camp, for absence 
without leave, breach of arrest, and other conduct unworthy an officer; 
to take effect October 19, 1862. 
Captain P. H. Breslin, 18th infantry, for drunkenness. 
First Lieutenant T. W. Burton, 2d Cavalry, for misconduct. 
First Lieutenant S. L. Carpenter, 17th Infantry, for desertion and 
embezzlement of public funds. 
Second Lieutenant John C. Long, 9th Infantry, for disobedience 
of orders. 
BV ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.