_Washington City_, March 25th, 1803.

His plan of organization is here given, but it was never fully
consummated:

GENERAL ORDERS}
No. 47}

Corps d'Afrique.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
19TH ARMY CORPS,

_Before Port Hudson_, June 6th, 1863.

I.--The regiments of infantry of the Corps d'Afrique,
authorized by General Orders No. 44, current series, will
consist of ten companies each, having the following minimum
organization:

1 Captain, 1 First Lieutenant, 1 Second Lieutenant, 1 First
Sergeant, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 2 Buglers, 40 Privates.

To the above may be added hereafter, at the discretion of
the Commanding General, four corporals and forty-two
privates; thus increasing the strength to the maximum fixed
by law for a company of infantry.

The regimental organization will be that fixed by law for a
regiment of infantry.

II.--The Commissary and Assistant Commissaries of Musters
will muster the Second Lieutenant into service as soon as he
is commissioned; the First Lieutenant when thirty men are
enlisted; and the Captain when the minimum organization is
completed.

III.--The First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments of
Louisiana Native Guards will hereafter be known as the
First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments of Infantry of the
Corps d'Afrique.

IV.--The regiment of colored troops in process of
organization in the district of Pensacola will be known as
the Fifth Regiment of Infantry of the Corps d'Afrique.

V.--The regiments now being raised under the direction of
Brigadier General Daniel Ullman, and at present known as the
First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Regiments of Ullman's
Brigade, will be respectively designated as the Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Regiments of Infantry of
the Corps d'Afrique.

VI.--The First Regiment of Louisiana Engineers, Colonel
Justin Hodge, will hereafter be known as the First Regiment
of Engineers of the Corps d'Afrique.

BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL BANKS:

RICHARD B. IRWIN,
_Assistant Adjutant General._

OFFICIAL:
_NATHANIEL BURBANK, Acting Assistant Adjutant General._