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UNION AUTHORITIES. 491
Mr. Couturie would have done, assuredly, with an earnestness at least
equal, before the very lamentable occurrence of the 10th of May,
what he did a few days afterward of his own motion.
These preliminary facts being thus set forth in relief, there neces-
sarily flows therefrom the conclusion that Mr. Couturie has not
incurred the slightest blame of having exaggerated to himself the
privileges and immunities of the Netherlandish consul and consulate.
And if any mention has not hitherto been made of the absence of
previous demand for information on the part of General Butler con-
cerning the articles deposited in the consulate, it is because a report
is naturally only a narrative of facts which have actually taken place.
Negative facts cannot find a place in it sometimes, except by way of
explanation, elucidation, or justification.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., August 30, 1862--11.30 a. m.
(Received 7.20 p. m.)
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON:
I find here a want of system and a want of supplies; no tents for
the troops. As soon as practicable I will systematize matters and
bring order out of chaos.
W. SCOTT KETCHUM,
Brigadier- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., August 30, 1862.
His Excellency Governor MORTON,
Indianapolis, Ind.:
In reply to your telegram of yesterday the Secretary of War directs
me to say that the Department has no interest nor inclination to dis-
pute with State authorities concerning their respective quotas, and
that having furnished the best information in its power in relation to
the fair proportion, it remains with the Governor of each State to
furnish the troops at his pleasure. That, however distasteful a draft
may be in Indiana, it is a mode of defending the Government author-
ized by law, required for the national safety, and strongly urged by
Governors and citizens of many States, and is not an arbitrary exac-
tion of the Department. He therefore leaves the matter to your
patriotism and discretion.
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier- General and Assistant Adjutant- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 30, 1862.
His Excellency Governor KIRKWOOD,
Davenport, Iowa :
If your quota of 600,000 men, viz, 21,140, is filled by volunteers,
enlisted between July 2 and September 1, there will be no draft unless
ordered hereafter. The order for a draft to fill old regiments has not
yet been issued, but only a notice of such draft.
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
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