GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 67. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, March 17, 1863. 
It is hereby ordered: 1st..That Colonel James B. Fry, Assist- 
ant- Adjutant General U. S. Army, be, and he is hereby detailed as 
Provost Marshal General of the United States, in pursuance of section 
5 of the Act approved March 3, 1863, “ for enrolling and calling out 
the National forces, and for other purposes.” He is accordingly 
authorized and required to perform all the duties of Provost Marshal 
General set forth in the said Act, and such other duties as may 
properly pertain to his office. All communications relating to the 
business of Provost Marshals, and the provisions of the Act of Con- 
gress aforesaid, will be addressed to him. 
2d..That all appointments which have been heretofore made of 
Provost Marshals are hereby revoked. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 
L. THOMAS, 
Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.