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scripts in them during that time; then the four regiments to be disbanded, conscripts in them to be assigned by Secretary of War; others in the regiments not liable to conscription to be then discharged. The four regiments will be ordered to report forth with
to General Beauregard. Will put the militia in condition to be called out.
JAMES CHESNUT. Jr.,
Chief of Military Depertment.
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COLUMBIA, November 4, 1862.
G. W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.:
I suggest to you the propriety of accepting on the same conditions four more regiments, viy, Colonels Bacon, Secrest, Wilson, and Williams. We beg leave, however, earnestly to say that while this is the best we can do, these troops will by no means, either in number or dicipline, meet the requirements of General Beauregard for the defense of the city and the State.
JAMES CHESNUT, Jr.,
Chief of Military Department.
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RICHMOND, November 5, 1862.
Honorable JAMES CHESNUT:
Your telegram has been received, and the four regiments will be accepted. The President thinks it better to accept them for three years or the war. If you have been authorized to tender them for that time, the Presidet, under a special proviso, is authorliyed to receive them. Can you do it?
G. W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War.
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COLUMBIA, November 5, 1862.
Honorable G. W. RANDOLPH,
Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.:
Telegram of 5th instant received. The four regiments of Colonel Bacon, Secrest, Williams, and Wilson, accepten by you on same terms as the first four, will be promptly ordered into Confederate service for ninety days. Do not feel authoriyed to tender them for three years or the war.
JAMES CHESNUT, Jr.,
Chief of Military Department.
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COLUMBIA, November 5, 1862.
President DAVIS,
Richmond:
Accepted before yours was received the proposition made trhrough Secretary of War as to the four regiments of Colonels Cash, Elford, Witherspoon, and Ryan for ninety days, and the regiments are already ordered to rendeyvous at their respective camps preparatory to reporting to General Beauregard.
F. W. PICKENS.
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