The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 248
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
come forward and report themselves; and it has been thought neces-
sary in addition to the provisions of that order to ask the vigorous
co-operation of the Governors of States in finding out and sending
men to join their comrades in the field.
I am directed therefore respectfully to ask Your Excellency to
adopt such measures for this purpose as may seem to you most efficient
and proper.
A system of committees appointed throughout your State from
among the most reliable and influential of your citizens, who, acting
under your official sanction, would be willing to give to their country
a few weeks of time and labor, would be extremely useful in this mat-
ter, as well as in exerting a wholesome influence on the volunteer
recruiting service.
With this single suggestion, and without any intention to dictate
to Your Excellency, this Department leaves the matter in Your Excel-
lency's hands with entire confidence that no effort will be wanting on
your part to bring back promptly to the Army the able men whose
vacant places in the ranks call them to share its duties and dangers.
General Orders, No. 65, current series, contains full instructions as
to the method of providing for the care and transportation of the men.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Acdjutant- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., July 23, 1862.
JOHN B. TEMPLE:
Ordered, 1. That authority be and it is hereby given to the presi-
dent of the Military Board of Kentucky, John B. Temple, esq., of
Frankfort, to raise three regiments of cavalry to serve for the term of
one year from the date of being mustered into the service of the
United States; and that he be authorized to make the proper requi-
sitions upon the Quartermaster's and Ordnance and Commissary
Departments for mounting, subsisting, and equipping said force, and
also upon the Adjutant-General's Department for the bounty, &c.
2. That he be and is hereby authorized and instructed to seize and
appropriate the property of rebels and disloyal persons in said State
for mounting said troops and for forage and subsistence.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., July 23, 1862.
His Excellency F. H. PEIRPOINT,
Wheeling, Va. :
SIR: In reply to yours of 17th instant, suggesting that the new
levies asked for from your State be for one-year's troops, I am directed
to say that there is no law providing a bounty for one-year's troops for
new levies.
A recent act authorizes the enlistment of men for one year to fill up
old regiments with a bounty of $50, one-half in advance, if the Presi-
dent shall decide to make such a call. Also for nine-months' troops
(infantry), with a bounty of $25 in advance.248
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/257/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.