(lENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 234. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Washington, July 25, 1864. 
[...Brevet Major-General George Crook, U. S. Volunteers, is spe- 
cially assigned by the President to command in the Department of 
West Virginia, with the rank of Brevet Major-General. 
II...By direction of the President, Brevet Major-General W. H. 
Emory, U. S. Volunteers, is assigned to duty according to his brevet 
of Major-General. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.