The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 396
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
for from this State. They cannot go into camp until tents are pro-
vided, and there is almost nothing else ready. We shall be obliged
to provide local quarters and subsistence for the companies till proper
provisions are made. What shall we do ? Answer.
E. SALOMON,
Governor of Wisconsin.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 15, 1862-5.26 p. m.
Governor SALOMON,
Madison, Wis.:
If you will carefully read the new orders, you will hardly fail to
understand that all persons volunteering to this date will be entitled
to the advance pay and bounty; that volunteers for regiments partly
organized and not filled up will be also entitled to pay and bounty
until the 22d of this month; that volunteers for old regiments now in
the field will be entitled to pay and bounty until the 1st of Septem-
ber. In no other cases will bounty be paid. The meaning of the
orders cannot be expressed more clearly. When you report what
number of volunteers you have, instructions will be given upon the
other matters mentioned in your telegram of this date.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 15, 1862-5.34 p. m.
IHis Excellency E. SALOMON,
Governor of Wisconsin, Madison:
Arms for the twelve regiments have been provided; 4,500 Enfield
rifle muskets of superior quality have been forwarded to-day from
New York. Canvas cannot be had for tents, owing to the scarcity of
cotton, and you must do as you propose-build temporary board
barracks.
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 15, 1862-5.50 p. m.
Governor SALOMON,
Madison, Wis.:
The Department would gladly furnish experienced officers for the
new recruits. But a moment's reflection will convince you that it
would be grossly unjust to soldiers who are in face of the enemy to
deprive them of their officers, and that it is dangerous to the country
to reduce the force before the enemy. The order of the Department
is a military necessity that cannot be overcome. In respect to fire
companies you need have no trouble. The law of Congress exempts
all who are exempted by the State law. But that can only be taken
advantage of by those who were exempted at the date of the Presi-
dent's call. All who have joined fire companies since that date remain
liable to military duty, and cannot evade it by joining a fire company.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.396
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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/m1/405/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.