Headquarters Of The Army,
Washington, May 20, 1861.
General George B. McClellan, U. S. Army,
Cincinnati, Ohio:
Your letter of May 14 is received. The General-in-Chief says you have by this time General Orders, No. 19, extending your command over Western Virginia and Pennsylvania north of the Great Kanawha, &c. Your authority is ample within your command.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.