GENERAL ORDERS, 
NO. 164. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, April 17, 1864. 
I..By direction of the President of the United States, the Indian 
Territory and Military Post of Fort Smith, included in the Department 
of Kansas by General Orders, No. 1, current series, are hereby trans- 
ferred to the Department of Arkansas. 
II..Major General Blunt, U. S. Volunteers, will repair to Fort 
Leavenworth, and report to the Commanding Officer, Department of 
Kansas, for orders. 
By ORDER OP THE SECRETARY OP WAR: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General