MONTGOMERY, May 20, 1861.

Governor M. S. PERRY,

Tallahassee, Fla.:

The regiment armed and equipped will be taken for duty in your State. The companies you mention as being in camp will proceed to Pensacola. As to the two other regiments, we do not want them.

L. P. WALKER.

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TALLAHASSEE, May 20, 1861.

J. MORTON, OWENS, and WARD:

The troops are raised (2,000), and were reported to Secretary Walker on the 13th instant. It will not do to disband them. Florida should be represented on the border by a regiment. Several points on the Gulf and Atlantic are almost entirely defeneseless. Troops should be concentrated at certain points, to be drilled and afford protection. What shall I do with the troops?

M. S. PERRY.

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HEADQUARTERS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
May 21, 1861.

President DAVIS:

DEAR SIR: I inclose the within from General Beauregard that you may see what he desires.* As I have transferred the troops over to the Confederate Government, and the sea-coast is put under the command of the general, I most respectfully suggest that he be allowed to appoint the engineers he designate and detach them for the temporary and specific purposes indicated. They can have the rank of lieutenants only, except one might be captain. They are young men I had appointed, and General Beauregard seems to have a high estimate of their abilities. If any more permanent appointment is to be made, Colonel Trapier is by far the most accomplished and scientific engineer we have had, but he has resigned his State service, and being an unassuming man, is now on his plantation.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, yours, truly,

F. W. PICKENS.

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HEADQUARTERS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
May 21, 1861.

General BEAUREGARD:

SIR: I received yours of the 18th instant, and take pleasure in saying that I will with pleasure retain the engineers for the present (Captain Lee, Lieutenants McCrady, Earle, and Georgie, and Acting Lieutenant Blake), and place them under your orders to execute the work indicated in your letter.

Respectfully,

F. W. PICKENS.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, Numbers 119.
Charleston, May 22, 1861.

Colonel Hagood's regiment of South Carolina Volunteers will be relieved forthwith from duty on Morrisl Island, and will be expected to

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*See May 18, p. 172.

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