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Show Troops for tho South. Washington. 8. In compliance with the request of Secretary Belknap made yesterday upon General Sheridan Sheri-dan to detach a regiment of troops from his department for duty in the South, General Sheridan has issued orflers directing the thirteenth infantry, infan-try, comniflnded by Colonel P. R. Detrobriand, to report for duty in that department. The Secretary this morning received a telegram announcing an-nouncing that six companies of the regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Morrow had started for the South, and that other companies will follow as soon as the yean be collected. |