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in the garrison, and the order Of taking pos.
session.


Orders No. 10. HEADQUARTERS,


2i Brigade, Camp Washington,


near Vera Cruz, March, ..


lsl. The Brigade. eIeep, the guards Of
all descriptions, will be under arms at 5 4
VI. tomorrow morning, canteens filled aud
hasersaeks supplied as prescribed.


81 IL. Col. Dunean's light battery will
take the head ol The column, and BE- pre-.
pared TO lire 4 salute Of - guns.


3D. One company of % Artillery, aud
one company Of sIh Infantry under Major
Wright will occupy Fort Conceptions;
company Of ID Artillery and | company Of
Infantry under Major Scott will occupy
FoH ST. Jago; company Of Artillery aud
| company iih Infantry, company 6lb
Infantry and company slh Infantry under
II. Col. Bolton will occupy the Castle OF
san Juan de Ulua, the remainder OF the
Brigade not on duty will be marched to
the Plaza.


ilh. At . o'clock 7. VI. the flag Of the
u. 5. will bo hoisted on the several named
works, and a salute of 25 guns fired from
each. beginning al Fort St. Jago-nen
Fort Conceplion-neIt San Juan DE ulUa
and finally from the ligh, battery of the
Plaza


9th. Not an officer OF soldier will be- al.
lowed 10 leave their ranks or station un'il
further orders.


9Th. During the ceremony Of The .urrcn
dering Of the Mexican troops, not the slight.
81 noise or cheering will be permitted
When our flags are hoisied, IN addition To
batteries, they may be salu,od with cheers
by soldiers not under arms.


By order OF Brig. Gen. Worm.
lSigncd) w. w. MACKALL, A. A. q.


At0 o'clock, Gen. woHh's AMI Gen
Pillows Brigade formed about 900 yard,
apart. opposite each other. and the AIcli.
cans marched out, stacked their arms aud
marched oil. Our troops Then moved in col.
umn into the city at o'clock. planicd the
Star Spnnslrd Banner on the walls where
Int a ,hoH time previous had waved iha, Of
vain aud conceitcd Toe. The Stars aud
Stripes went up first on Fort Santiago. then
nn Fort Conception aud then on the Castle
u ID other places. Each ilag rs Il went up
received the national salute, which was
answered by the Squndron-the yards Of
the vessels were manned and our co.ors
hailed with three cheers.


Com Perry was present IN the Musqli.
10 Fleet under Capt Tatnal at the eyacua
ton aud surrender.


The Nr,icans vnriously estimated their
lnss al from 5lO tn 1000 killed and wound.
ed hut all agree that the loss among the sol.
dirry IA comparatively small aud the dcs.
lniciion among the wonen and children Is
very great. Among the killed is Gen. Fe.
liG Valdez. an officer Of some celebrity
Oar los, in the Army and Navy IL about 90
killed aud about 10 wounded. but many Of
them slightly. Among our killed are two
officers Of the army and one Of navy
Captains AIblHis aud Vinion Of the anny
and Midshipman shubrek Of the navy.


Lieut. Col. Dickinson, Lieuts. Neil and
Baldwin, am happy to state are recover.
ing last, and he wounded generally aro
doing we'll.


At the time Of the surrender, the MeSi.
cans had but . days ammunition and three
days subsistence, which accounts for their
generally Withholding their fro during the
night.


Dnring the bombardment, our army have
thrown the following number and size shot;