Abraham Lincoln actually said...
Ordered, first. That Major-General William F. Smith and the Hon. Henry Stanbery be, and they are hereby, appointed special commissioners to investigate and report, for the information of the President, upon the civil and military administration in the military division bordering upon and west of the Mississippi, under such instructions as shall be issued by authority of the President and the War Department.
Context
Executive Order—Appointing Commissioners to Investigate the Military Division West of the Mississippi
12/09/1864