The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 444
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
His Excellency Governor MORTON,
Indianapolis, Ind. :
You are authorized to raise six batteries of artillery of six guns
each for three years or the war, including those already raised in
your State since the 1st day of May last.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Adjutant- General.
(Same to Governor Tod, Columbus, Ohio, and Governor Yates,
Springfield, Ill.)
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
General JAMES H. LANE,
Commissioner of Recruiting, Leavenworth City, Kans.:
SIR: Your letter of the 17th instant * is received, in which you state
that full companies of infantry organized in Illinois and Missouri are
offered to the recruiting commission to constitute a part of the regi-
ments raised in Kansas, and make the inquiry whether the commis-
sion is authorized to furnish transportation for such companies from
their respective States to the place of rendezvous. In reply you are
informed that the commission is not authorized either to furnish
transportation or to receive them. Officers in one State cannot recruit
in any other, nor receive companies or squads of recruits from another
State.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.
General JAMES H. LANE,
Commissioner of Recruiting, Leavenworth, Kans.:
SIR: Your letter of the 18th instant is received.* You state therein
that the troops being raised by the recruiting commission are given
to understand that they will be permitted to select their own officers,
field and company; that nevertheless Governor Charles Robinson
has intimated that he will disregard the wishes of the men and com-
mission such persons as officers as he may think proper to select. In
reply you are directed to report the names of the officers selected to
the Department. The Governor will be requested by the Department
to commission them. Upon his refusal the President will issue com-
missions.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
* Omitted.444
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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/m1/453/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.