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UNION AUTHORITIES.
number and kind of arms with which it was furnished, specifying also
under which call the several organizations were furnished, viz: First,
under the call of April, 1861, for 75,000 men; second, under act of
Congress, for 500,000 men; third, under call of July, 1862, for 300,000
men; fourth, under the draft.
Returns in response to the circulars were promptly made by all the
States except three, of which your own is one.
This Department is greatly embarrassed for want of this informa-
tion, and you are therefore respectfully urged to cause the proper
officers to make the returns called for without delay.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
P. H. WATSON,
Assistant Secretary of War.
(Same to Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, and Governor Morgan,
of New York.)
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December 95, 1862.
Brig. Gen. G. L. ANDREWS,
194 Broadway, New York :
All remaining troops designed for Banks' expedition will rendez-
vous at Fort Monroe, and report by telegram to these headquarters
for orders.
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in- Chief.
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 216. Washington, December 26, 1862.
Hereafter, as soon as the muster into service of any force is com-
pleted the mustering officers will report the fact to the commanding
general of the department in which they are serving. They will, at
the same time, transmit a return of the troops, and state when they
will be equipped and ready to march.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant- General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 417. Washington, *December 28, 1862.
By direction of the President it is ordered that His Excellency
Governor Gamble may, in his discretion, remove from office all officers
of the peculiar military force organized by him in Missouri (except
the major-general, in regard to whom special provision is already
made), and he may accept resignations tendered by such officers, he
notifying this Department of each such acceptance, when his action
thereon will be confirmed. And his previous action in similar cases is
hereby confirmed.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant- General.955
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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/m1/964/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.