APPENDIX.

THE TWO BLACK REGIMENTS.

THE FIELD OFFICERS ARE SELECTED FROM THE REGULAR ARMY-LINE OFFICERS ARE AFRO-AMERICANS-NAMES OF OFFICERS FIRST BLOOD FOR THE AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS.

(FROM THE NEW YORK SUN.)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—An order for the organization of two Negro regiments of volunteers was issued by the War Department this afternoon, and the officers selected were announced. All the field officers, Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors, are from the regular army, and were in the Santiago campaign except Col. Duval. All the Captains, First Lieutenants and Second Lieutenants are colored men.

The regiments will be designated as the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Regiments of Infantry, United States Volunteers. The Forty-eighth Regiment will be organized at Fort Thomas, Ky., and the Forty-ninth at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

The appointments are as follows:

To be Colonel of the Forty-eighth Regiment, William P. Duvall, Captain First Artillery; to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Thaddeus W. Jones, Captain Tenth Cavalry; to be Majors, Sedgwick Rice, First Lieutenant Seventh Cavalry; Alexander L. Dade, First Lieutenant Third Cavalry and John Howard, First Lieutenant Nineteenth Infantry.

To be Captains.-John Buck, First Sergeant Troop B. Tenth Cavalry; Thomas Campbell, late First Lieutenant Company L. Seventh United States Volunteers; William

H. Brown, Sergeant-Major Ninth Cavalry; Carter P. Johnson, Tenth Cavalry; Thomas Grant, late First Lieutenant, Company F. Tenth United States Volunteers; Robert R. Rudd, late Captain Company A. Ninth Battalion Ohio Volunteers; James E. Hamlin, late Captain Third North Carolina Volunteers; Pleasant Webb, late Captain Sixth Virginia Volunteers; Wm. A. Hankins, late Captain Sixth Virginia Volunteers; Leon W. Denison, late Captain Company K. Eighth Illinois Volunteers; Stephen Starr, late Second Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Alexander Richardson, late First Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry.

To be First Lieutenants.-L. M. Smith, First Sergeant Troop M. Tenth Cavalry; Peter McCowan, First Sergeant Troop E. Tenth Cavalry; William H. Allen, Sergeant Company A. Ninth Cavalry; John H. Anderson, Squadron Sergeant-Major Ninth Cavalry; Charles O. Thoms, late Lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Jerry M. White, late First Lieutenant Twenty-third Kansas; Jas. F. Powell, late Second Lieutenant Indiana Volunteers; H. B. Brown, late First Lieutenant Third North Carolina; H. J. Parker, late First Sergeant Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; Jacob C. Smith, late Second Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; John W. Brown, late Second Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Charles C. Caldwell, late First Lieutenant Company B. Ninth Battalion Ohio Volunteers.

To be second Lieutenants.-Walter Green, First Sergeant Company K. Tenth Cavalry; C. B. Turner, Commissary Sergeant Tenth Cavalry; Joseph Moore, First Lieutenant Company B. Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; J. B. Coleman, late First Lieutenant Company E. Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry; Lincoln Washington, Sergeant-Major Ninth Cavalry; David B. Jeffers, late Sec

ond Lieutenant Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; Wilson Ballard, late Second Lieutenant Ninth Battalion Ohio Volunteers; Joseph C. Andrews, Private, Company L. Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers; Frank R. Chisholm, late Private, Company L. Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers; John K. Rice, late First Lieutenant Sixth Virginia Volunteers; George W. Taylor, non-commissioned officer Third North Carolina Volunteers; Green F. Marion, late Sergeant Third Alabama Volunteers.

To be Colonel Forty-ninth Regiment, William H. Beck, Captain Tenth Cavalry; to be Lieutenant Colonel, Arthur C. Ducat, Captain Twenty-fourth Infantry; to be Majors, Ernest Hinds, First Lieutenant Second Artillery; George W. Kirkman, Captain Twenty-third Infantry, and James E. Brett, Captain Twenty-fourth Infantry.

To be Captains.-William E. Edwards, Sergeant Company A. Tenth Cavalry; Charles W. Jefferson, First Sergeant Company B. Ninth Cavalry; Floyd H. Crumbly, late First Lieutenant Company A. Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; Edward L. Baker, late Lieutenant Company B. Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; John O. Proctor, late First Lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Emanuel D. Bass, late First Lieutenant Company D. Ninth Battalion Ohio Volunteers; W. M. Hawkins, late Captain Twenty-third Kansas Volunteers; Benjamin Graves, late Captain Sixth Virginia Volunteers; William R. Staff, Sergeant-Major Twenty-fourth Infantry; Frank R. Steward, late Second Lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Robert G. Wood, late Second Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Robert Gage, late Captain Third Alabama Volunteers.

To be First Lieutenants.-Charles Perry, First Sergeant Troop L. Tenth Cavalry; L. H. Jordan, First Lieutenant Company K. Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry;

Charles S. Spurlock, Sergeant Company E. Tenth Cavalry; Ebert W. Maden, Sergeant Company E. Ninth Cavalry; Charles H. Robinson, First Lieutenant Sixth Virginia Volunteers; Jas. H. Thomas, late First Lieutenant Indiana Volunteers; David J. Gilmer, late Captain Third North Carolina Volunteers; Robt. Blakeman, late First Sergeant Company H. Eighth Illinois Volunteers; Hamilton H. Blunt, late First Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Thomas C. Butler, late Second Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer Infantry; Macon Russell, late Second Lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; late Quartermaster Sergeant L. A. Tilman, Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry.

To be Second Lieutenants.—A. M. Ray, Sergeant Company F. Tenth Cavalry; Robert L. Gough, Company D. Twenty-fourth Infantry; Wyatt Huffman, late Second Lieutenant Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry; Beverly Peaca, late First Lieutenant Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry; Henry F. Walls, Commissary Sergeant Ninth Cavalry; William Blaney, late Second Lieutenant Tenth United States Volunteer Infantry; Horace F. Wheaton, Private, Company L. Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers; Frederick C. Wilson, Private, Company L. Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers; George E. Payne, Second Lieutenant, Twenty-third Kansas; Leander W. Hayes, late Sergeant Third North Carolina Volunteers; Gilford E. Campbell, late Sergeant Eighth Illinois Volunteers; Edward B. Johnson, Tenth Cavalry.—N. Y. Age.