from Smyrna, protect from violent or unlawful seizure. You are authorized to arm all the companies which may be at Camp Lee, near Gainesville, for Confederate service during the war, with Enfield rifles, or other choice weapons, and such a proportion of ammunition and caps blankets and shoes as may be necessary, taking from the captains of companies bond and security to redeliver the rifles and other arms upon the demand of the Governor and commander in chief of Florida to any one authorized by him to receive the. You can retain 1,000 Enfield rifles and necessary fixed ammunition at Lake City, or other place you may select in East Florida, to be distributed among those who may be in military service under your command. In all cases take bond and security for the redelivery of the arms upon the demand of the governor and commander in chief. The iron on such parts of the Florida Railroad and the road leading from Jacksonville to Baldwin as may be necessary to prevent the enemy's use of either road to the injury of the State, have removed to Lake City. Place under arrest any who attempt or offer to attempt to prevent it, an dif necessary inform me and I willo proclaim martial law in East Florida forthwitth. After faking for use the arms and ammunition mentioned forward or have forwarded to Tallahassee all the balance of arms, munitions of war, blankets, shoes, &c.

Respectfully,

JOHN MILTON,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

[6.]

[Inclosures to Pemberton to Cooper, March 30, 1862, VOL. VI, p. 421.]

[Inclosure.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF Georgia,
Savannah, March 27, 1862.

Captain J. R. WADDY,

Assistant Adjutant-General, Pocotaligo:

CAPTAIN: I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of two telegraphic dispatches from Major-General Pemberton I relatiton to arms belong ing to the State of Georgia, and herewith inclose statement of Captain Cuyler, ordnance officer, in relation thereto. These arms were all received by Captain Cuyler under directions from the Chief of Ordnance at Richmond as the property of the Confederacy. His attention was not called to any marks upon them, nor to the calim of any one to any portion of them. They were therefore shipped and distibuted in accordance with his instructions. After this was done he was notified that some porttion of them belonged to the State of Georgia. At that time there were only forty left in his hands, and General Jackson was informed through his ordnance officer that tthey would be turned over to him. The only remedy now would seem to be to turn over the proper number to the State authorities out of the next arival from Florida. It is evident from this statement that the arms were never in any sense seized. I am also informed by General Jackson that in the last arrival of arms in Charleston there were 1,980 Enfield rifles for the State of Georrgia, which have been shipped to Richmond and are now claimed by the governor of Georgia. These should also be replaced out of the next arrival.

I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

A. R. LAWTON,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.