general orders, 
No. 280. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE, 
Washington, July 16, 1864. 
1.. William M. Dunn, Assistant Judge Advocate General, 
will take post at Louisville, Kentucky, at which place the office of 
Assistant Judge Advocate General is hereby established. 
All records of Courts Martial and Military Commissions, which 
are required by Regulations to be forwarded to the Judge Advocate 
General, will be sent by officers ordering such Courts or Commis- 
sions, within the Military Departments of the Ohio, the Tennessee, 
the Cumberland, the Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas, to the Assis- 
tant Judge Advocate General, at Louisville. 
With reference to records of Courts and Commissions, it will be 
the duty of the Assistant Judge Advocate General to call for such 
as are not forwarded in due season, to examine them, to return for 
correction such as are incomplete, and to give immediate notice of 
fatal defects to the proper commander, that sentences may not be 
illegally executed. He will forward all complete records to the 
Judge Advocate General, but will not be expected to prepare re- 
ports on them unless specially instructed to that effect by the Judge 
Advocate General. 
11.. Assistant Judge Advocate General will be allowed the 
number of rooms as office, and fuel therefor, assigned to an Assis- 
tant Quartermaster General, in Paragraph 1068, General Regula- 
tions. 
By order of the Secretary of War : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official: 
Assistant Adjutant General.