The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 469
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 26, 1862.
Governor CURTIN:
No advanced pay or bounty can be allowed to any recruits for new
regiments after the period specified in the order of Department here-
tofore issued. If the regiments are full by the 1st of September they
will be accepted, but without bounty to the recruits enlisted after the
specified date. The condition of enlistments in the different States
requires the order of the Department to remain unchanged.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 26, 1862.
His Excellency Governor CURTIN,
Harrisburg, Pa.:
Your quota of 300,000 drafted men is 45,321. The number of vol-
unteers called for July 2 being the same, if your volunteers for old
and new regiments mustered in from July 2 to September 1 exceed
this number, the excess may be deducted from the number drafted.
If you cannot make the draft on the 3d day of September, make it as
soon thereafter as possible, yourself taking the responsibility of
extending the time.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HARRISBURG, August 26, 1862-10 a. m.
(Received 11 a. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
Mr. Meredith wrote you suggesting that an order be made to
authorize the commissioners in large cities to divide into smaller dis-
tricts, if necessary, to facilitate and hasten the draft, and to appoint
deputies, all to be approved by the Governor of the State. Will you
please to make the order, as I am now appointing commissioners and
surgeons. A good intelligent man can divide a city like Philadel-
phia, and appoint more intelligently than the Governor. I have
appointments enough. Please answer to-day.
A. G. CURTIN.
HIARRISBURG, August 26, 1862-12 m.
(Received 1.45 p. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
I suggest that you authorize to [be] accepted regiments in Phila-
delphia, have men mustered in until 1st September, and instruct
General Wool, commanding this military district, to consolidate all
that do not reach minimum standard on that day. I am fully satis-
fied that many men will be saved to the service by such an order.
Five of the regiments have from 500 to 650 men, and can, I think, be
filled by that time. I make this request with great reluctance, as your
order was made after due deliberation, but am justified by my full
belief that it is justice to the public service. Please answer promptly.
A. G. CURTIN.469
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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/m1/478/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.