The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 484
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484 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
The camps of rendezvous in the different States will be supplied by
the U. S. quartermaster, as follows: Camps in Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Captain McKim, assistant quartermaster, Boston;
Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey (part
of), Colonel Vinton, deputy quartermaster-general, New York; New
Jersey (part of), Pennsylvania, Delaware, Colonel Crosman, deputy
quartermaster-general, Philadelphia. Camps near Harrisburg will
be supplied by requisition upon Capt. E. C. Wilson, assistant quar-
termaster, at Harrisburg. Those near Pittsburg by Maj. A. Mont-
gomery, quartermaster, U. S. Army, at Pittsburg; Ohio, Capt.
J. H. Dickerson, assistant quartermaster, Cincinnati; Indiana, Capt.
James A. Ekin, assistant quartermaster,' Indianapolis; Illinois, Wis-
consin, Capt. J. A. Potter, assistant quartermaster, Chicago; Ken-
tucky, Col. Thomas Swords, assistant quartermaster-general, Louis-
ville; Michigan, Capt. G. W. Lee, assistant quartermaster, Detroit;
Iowa, Capt. H. B. Hendershott, Second Artillery, Davenport; Min-
nesota, Capt. T. M. Saunders, Third Artillery, Saint Paul. Camps
near Saint Louis will be supplied by Maj. Robert Allen, chief quar-
termaster of the Department of the Mississippi.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., August 29, 1862.
Major-General WRIGHT,
Cincinnati :
Great evils attend the issue of ordnance upon requisitions of State
authorities, and it is sanctioned by no law or regulation. You must
either take the responsibility of making specific requisitions yourself,
for the propriety of which you will hold yourself responsible, or you
should qualify your order to Lieutenant Edson to the effect that when
he receives a requisition from State authority he shall first communi-
cate it to the Department for approval before filling it.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, August 29, 1862-7.30 p. m.
(Received 10.05 p. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
I will countermand the order to Lieutenant Edson, which was in
accordance with usage in' many States, and what I understood to be
General Halleck's views. I say, however, that unless.carried out we
risk the loss of many recruits from Kentucky regiments. They are
being formed in districts liable to raids, and they can't defend them-
selves without arms, even if fully organized. I am sensible of evils
to which you refer, but in the condition in which the State of Ken-
tucky now is I am sure they are the lesser. The rebels sent off bodies
of recruits within thirty miles of Louisville while I was there.
H. G. WRIGHT,
Major-General, Commanding.
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