The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 650
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
A forced service from them would not tend to the efficiency of the
Quartermaster's Department.
If it applies to these persons it will probably to all persons of African
descent employed by the United States throughout the loyal States
and throughout the naval service. Free colored persons in Northern
States cannot generally be hired at such rates.
In the rebel States, within the sphere of active military operations,
there will probably be no difficulty in carrying out the law, and it was,
perhaps, to fugitives in such territory that the law was intended par-
ticularly to apply.
I respectfully ask that the question be decided by authority whether
the law requires all persons of African descent employed in the
Quartermaster's Department to be paid $10 a month and a ration,
and no more, or whether the officers of the department are at liberty
to continue to pay wages such as the market price of labor requires
to persons of African descent already employed or hereafter employed
and not enrolled into service under special regulations of the Presi-
dent under the law of 17th July, 1862.
M. C. MEIGS,
Quartermaster- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., October 4, 1862.
His Excellency Governor CURTIN,
Harrisburg, Pa.:
The time for filling the cavalry regiments now organizing in your
State is extended to the 20th instant.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, October 5, 186--7.30 p. m.
(Received.9.25 p. m.)
Hon. E. M. STANTON:
The draft is progressing harmoniously. It will amount to about
10,000 in number. I have given authority to all drafted men to
enlist in organized regiments for three years, which I think will dis-
pose of about one-half of the number. This done, I propose then to
ask the balance for one year. Without any well-defined authority
therefor, I have exempted all State and county officers, also members
of religious denominations whose creed forbids taking up arms, upon
payment of $200 each; all of which I ask you to approve. I purpose
using the money thus obtained in hiring substitutes and in caring for
the sick and wounded, through Quartermaster-General Wright.
DAVID TOD,
Governor.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, October 5, 1862.
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Assistant Adjutant- General :
The order for raising three new cavalry regiments does not provide
for advance pay and bounty. Please see directly.
DAVID TOD,
Governor.650
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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/m1/659/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.