The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 460
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460 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
although directed to do so by act of Legislature, because the Secretary
of War requested me not, as arms would be provided and the State
would be a new competitor in market. I collected and repaired the
old arms in the State, and am directed to furnish them to volunteer
organizations now forming all over the State. Very few of them of
the caliber of the Springfield rifle. I am restrained by an act of
Assembly from permitting volunteers leaving the State without arms.
Will you not order 15,000 Springfield rifles here immediately, as we
will send troops this week as rapidly as last week and week before,
and the arms sent will run out to-morrow? I hope I make myself
understood, and most of all that my fervent wish is to send troops
quickly and in large numbers. Please answer to-day.
A. G. CURTIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 25, 1862.
His Excellency A. CURTIN,
Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg:
A further supply of arms were ordered on Saturday to be sent to
your State. You have had your full share of Springfield arms, and
with the exception of 2,700 Enfield arms for three regiments the
remainder will be Austrian guns for the thirty-eight regiments now
ready.
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
WASHINGTON, August 25, 1862.
Governor SPRAGUE,
Providence, R. I. :
GOVERNOR: Orders have been issued in the Department of the
Mississippi to give all facilities to cotton traders consistent with mili-
tary police and operations, and with the rules adopted to prevent
contraband trade. Government transportation is also given where
not interfering with the supplying of the Army. Officers and men in
the military service are not only forbidden to engage in trade, but
commanding officers are directed to seize and sell all cotton purchased
by them. No special authority will be given to any cotton purchaser,
but all who are trustworthy will have the same facilities and
protection.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in- Chief.
BRATTLEBOROUGH, August 25, 1862-9.40 a. m.
(Received 10.40 a. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
I have interpreted your order of August 14, part second, that
the organization only of the new regiments was required by the 22d
instant. Our two new regiments have been organized for eight days,
but the severe medical inspection was only concluded this morning,
and the men will be ready for muster in a day or two. The regiments
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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/m1/469/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.