Chinaman who wore a yellow, silken robe. His face, it was

Quartermaster I should control the transportation, and thus obviate

all possible chances of discord between the two staff departments; a

condition which I deemed essential to success, especially as it was

intended that Curtis's army should mainly subsist on the country.

This argument impressed Halleck, and becoming convinced, he promptly

issued the order making me Chief Quartermaster and Chief Commissary

of Subsistence of the Army of Southwest Missouri, and I started for

Rolla to enter upon the work assigned me.