The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 844
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
given them until the 1st of January, 1863, to supply the same by vol-
untary enlistment. If this be not done by that time I shall confi-
dently expect positive and immediate instruction from the General
Government in regard to my course of action, either an immediate
draft or an entire reliance on voluntary enlistment. Our old regi-
ments need the men at once, and to prevent disorganization supply
of men must be speedily furnished, and shall, if not forthcoming by
the 1st of January, 1863, be raised by draft, if you so order.
Your obedient servant,
SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 19, 1862.
General C. P. BUCKINGHAM:
The recent order as to what number shall constitute a company of
cavalry embarrasses the organization of the regiments very much.
Can you not relieve me as to the regiments now forming by reinstating
former order ?
DAVID TOD,
Governor.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., November 19, 1862.
His Excellency Governor TOD,
Columbus, Ohio :
A company of cavalry may be mustered into service with seventy
privates and filled up afterward.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 192. Washington, November 20, 1862.
Commandants of corps, divisions, and brigades are hereby required
to have a special inspection of the cavalry of their respective com-
mands within ten days from the date of this order, and report to this
Department the names of all officers whose cavalry horses appear to
have been neglected, or be unfit for duty, to the end that such officers
may be promptly dismissed from the service.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL., November 20, 1862.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON:
There is some uncertainty in my mind on the subject, and I ask to
know whether Government will allow cavalrymen to find their own
horses and equipment or either. If Government would use its
influence to procure an act giving bounty, &c., to all cavalrymen it844
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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/m1/853/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.