The Chair presented the following message from the President, nominating officers in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States:

Richmond, January 24, 1862.

To the Congress of the Confederate States:

I nominate the officers on the accompanying list to the rank affixed to their names, agreeably to the recommendation of the Secretary of War.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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TENTH ALABAMA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Lieutenant-colonel.

J. J. Woodward, of Alabama, to take rank December 20, 1861.

Mjor.

W. H. Forney, of Alabama, to take rank December 20, 1861.

SIXTEENTH ALABAMA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Colonel.

W. B. Wood, of Alabama, to take rank August 15, 1861.

Lieutenant-colonel.

John W. Harris, of Alabama, to take rank August 15, 1861.

Major.

Alexander H. Helvenston, of Alabama, to take rank August 15, 1861.

TWENTY-FIFTH ALABAMA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Colonel.

J. Q. Loomis, of Alabama, to take rank January 8, 1862.

Lieutenant-colonel.

W. B. McClellan, of Alabama, to take rank January 8, 1862.

Major.

George D. Johnston, of Alabama, to take rank January 8, 1862.

FIFTH ALABAMA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Lieutenant-colonel.

Nicholas Davis, of Alabama, to take rank November 25, 1861.

Major.

W. D. Chadick, of Alabama. to take rank October 29, 1861.

FIRST FLORIDA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Lieutenant-colonel.

Joseph Finegan, of Florida, to take rank January 14, 1862.

EIGHTH GEORGIA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Colonel.

L. M. Lamar, of Georgia, to take rank November 14, 1861.

Lieutenant-colonel.

John R. Towers, of Georgia, to take rank November 14, 1861.

Major.

E. J. Magruder, of Georgia, to take rank November 14, 1861.

THIRTEENTH GEORGIA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Colonel.

Walton Ector, of Georgia, to take rank July 8, 1861.

Lieutenant-colonel.

Marcellus Douglass, of Georgia, to take rank July 8, 1861.

Major.

James M. Smith, of Georgia, to take rank July 8, 1861.

THIRTY-FIFTH GEORGIA REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Colonel.

E. L. Thomas, of Georgia, to take rank October 15, 1861.

Lieutenant-colonel.

Gustavus A. Bull, of Georgia, to take rank October 15, 1861.

Major.

Bolling H. Holt, of Georgia, to take rank October 15, 1861.

FOURTH LOUISIANA BATTALION, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Major.

John McEnery, of Louisiana, to take rank January 10, 1862.

ZOUAVE BATTALION, LOUISIANA, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Second lieutenants.

Jules Dupuy, of Louisiana, to take rank December 3, 1861;
Eugene Hardy, of Louisiana, to take rank January 13, 1862.

TWENTY-FIFTH MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT, PROVISIONAL ARMY.

Colonel.

John D. Martin, of Mississippi, to take rank August 10, 1861.

Lieutenant-colonel.

Edward F. McGehee, of Mississippi, to take rank August 10, 1861.

Major.

T. H. Mangum, of Mississippi, to take rank August 10, 1861.

 

Brigade quartermasters, with rank of major.

Henry Hill, of Virginia;
W. H. Govan, of Arkansas;
William F. Nance, of South Carolina;
P. M. Leath, of Kentucky;
J. L. Morgan, of--;
David Sullens, of Tennessee;
L. O. Bridewell, of Arkansas;
A. H. Cole, of Florida.

 

Assistant quartermasters, with rank of captain.

W. M. Cargill, of Kentucky;
John Sinclair, of Virginia;
J. M. Adams, of South Carolina;
Robert W. Reed, of Virginia;
W. S. Rogers, of Kentucky;
William A. Eliason, of North Carolina;
A. M. Ward, of Arkansas;
H. S. Crawford, of Georgia;
Napoleon B. Mardis, of Alabama;
William M. Harrison, of Texas;
James F. Gresham, of Mississippi;
Jerome C. Cornwell, of Tennessee;
A. Coppens, of Louisiana;
William M. Price, of Arkansas;
William W. West, of Texas;
C. G. Merritt, of Virginia;
R. M. Mason, of Tennessee;
Giles L. Cobb, of Kentucky;
S. F. Turbeville, of Tennessee;
R. A. Hutcherson, of Tennessee;
T. H. Tutwiler, of Virginia.

 

Brigade commissaries, with rank of major.

Charles F. Force, of Alabama;
James Dawson, of Texas;
John Reid, of Missouri;
John F. Edwards, of Georgia.

 

Assistant commissaries, with rank of captain.

J. H. Cowan, of Tennessee;
David Lewis, of Florida;
J. H. Butt, of Alabama;
J. B. Read, of--;
R. E. Cowan, of Virginia;
James F. Moffett, of Tennessee;
John Walker, of Mississippi;
William W. Fayette, of South Carolina;
Wiley G. Kirby, of Tennessee;
Joel J. Vandiver, of Alabama;
Thomas J. Santley, of Texas.

 

Chaplains.

James B. Simpson, of North Carolina;
Thomas Hume, of Virginia;
R. F. Bunting, of Texas;
H. C. Cheatham, of North Carolina.

 

Adjutants, with rank of first lieutenant.

W. H. Wall, of Mississippi, to take rank December 10, 1861;
William Bell, jr., of Kentucky, to take rank December 1, 1861;
E. Badger, of Florida, to take rank September 29, 1861;
C. S. Douglas, of Tennessee, to take rank October 22, 1861;
W. L. Moon, of Alabama, to take rank January 13, 1862;
Thomas Massenberg, of Virginia, to take rank January 4, 1862;
George A. Merrick, of Arkansas, to take rank January 18, 1862;
William D. Jones, of North Carolina, to take rank January 18, 1862;
Jonathan Stout, of Alabama, to take rank January 18, 1862;
John J. Spann, of North Carolina, to take rank January 18, 1862;
A. Tunstall, jr., of Virginia, to take rank December 3, 1861;
Thomas M. Scott, of Texas, to take rank November 21, 1861;
Greenlee Butler, of Georgia, to take rank December 1, 1861.

 

Aids-de-camp, with rank of first lieutenant.

J. T. Tosh, of Virginia, to take rank January 4, 1862;
J. Barroll Washington, of Maryland, to take rank August 31, 1861;
Langdon C. Haskell, of South Carolina, to take rank January 18, 1862;
Miles C. Selden, jr., of Virginia, to take rank January 22, 1862.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Captains.

George G. Garrison, of Virginia, to take rank January 4, 1862;
J. Shelby Williams, of Tennessee, to take rank January 10, 1862:
Henry A. Whiting, of Alabama, to take rank November 28, 1861;
Henry Bryan, of Virginia, to take rank January 14, 1862;
Robert C. Newton, of Arkansas, to take rank December 1, 1861;
Alexander C. Haskell, of South Carolina, to take rank January 18, 1862.

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The communication was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.