The Chicago Tribune of the 30th, says...

...that one reason why General Butler was removed from command was that the French Government demanded it.

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It is remored that Gen. Butler is to go into the Cabinet as Secretary of War, and that Gen. Fremont is to be Commander-In-Chief in place of Hallack [sic].

– Published in the Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, January 1, 1863