The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 29
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UNION AUTHORITIES. 29
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., May 1, 1862.
Major-General HALLECK,
Pittsburg Landing :
The order stopping recruiting was for the purpose of compelling
returns from the respective Governors. They have now been
received. It is the design of the Department to keep the force up to
its present standard.' You may therefore call upon the Governors
of the respective States in your command for recruits to fill up the
regiments now in the field. A general order authorizing such call in
your department will be made to-day.*
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
ORDNANCE OFFICE,
Washington, May 8, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the reference to this office of
a letter from the Secretary of State, inclosing one to him from Whit-
ney Bros. & Co., of Calcutta, who propose to furnish saltpeter, deliv-
ered at New York in bond, for 7" cents a pound, and asking your
views on the subject. In obedience to your instructions indorsed on
said letter I have to report that we have at this time in store of our
stock and recent purchases about 7,556,091 pounds of saltpeter. This
will produce 94,445 barrels of powder. The amount of powder pur-
chased by this department during the year 1861 is about 30,500 bar-
rels. Taking this as a basis, we have on hand a sufficient quantity
of saltpeter for carrying war on the present gigantic scale for a period
of three years after the manufacturers of powder for Government
shall have exhausted their means of supply. In view of these facts,
and also of the want of sufficient and safe store-room for preserving
this dangerous crude material, I am of the opinion that our present
supply of saltpeter is ample and that no more should be purchased
at this time. The letter from the Secretary of State with its inclosures
is herewith returned.
Very respectfully, &c.,
JAS. W. RIPLEY,
Brigadier- General.
HDQRS. NORTHERN DISTRICT, DEPT. OF THE SOUTH,
Edisto, May 6, 1862.
JULES DE LA CROIX, Esq.,
U. S. Agent in Charge of Contrabands:
DEAR SIR: General Hunter, as he is authorized to do by the War
Department, desires to organize in squads and companies, and per.
haps into a regiment, a portion of the negroes that have escaped
bondage and have come into our lines. He intends to have them
paid, fed, and clothed, as well as drilled, in the same manner with
our other troops, and would desire to receive for this purpose all
able-bodied volunteers of proper age and fitness in other respects,
and he would be glad to have you, as the principal agent under the
Treasury Department on this island, examine the negroes to this end,
laying the matter and the general's proposition fully before them.
* See next, ante.
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