this course, as he was cut off from you. I have established a camp here and am organizing them as they come in. As yet very few have reported. Inclosed I send you a copy of my published order.* I am very anxious to have you here to take command, and have only temporarily interfered to aid you in your effort to save the State. I think we will be able to hold this place. We have considerable force already here, and General Bragg is on his way with re-enforcements. I have a dispatch from General Wayne this morning. he is at Oconee, and was fightting Kilpatrick all day yesterday. We still hold the Oconee bridge. As soon as I can get a considerable body of militia organized I will communicate with you and take such action as you direct. Please let me hear from you, and say whether you approve my course. The State stores and powder whiche were sent to this place have been sent on to a place of greater security.

I have the honor to be, respectfully, &c.,

A. R. WRIGHT.

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HEADQUARTERS,
Macon, Ga., November 25, 1864.

It is hereby ordered that a camp for the organization of the militia of this State be established under my proclamation ordering a levy en masse at Macon, one at Albany, one at Newnan, and one at Athens, and that the militia report to one or the other place, as they may find it most convenient, with the least possible delay. Colonel L. N. Whittle will take charge of the camp at Macon and assign to duty under him such assistants as he needs; Colonel B. C. yancey will take command of the camp at Athens, with Colonel S. B. Thurmond as assistant, if he can procure his aid, and such other assistants as he needs; Colonel William Phillips will take command of the camp at Newnan, with Colonel W. S. Wallace as assistant, and such other assistants as he needs; and Lieutenant-Colonel Jones will take command of the camp at Albany, with necessary assistants, unless Major-General Smith has assigned some other officer to said command. In case of a change of commanders of either said camps notice will be given accordingly. The commander of each camp will can upon the Confederate commissaries and quartermasters at the place for all necessary supplies. General Beauregard promises to issue the necessary orders to those officers. It will be the duty of each commandant of a camp to organize as rapidly as possible all who report into companies, battalions, and regiments. In all cases where enough men report they will be formed into a regiment or regiments; when not enough for a regiment they will be formed into a battalion or company. The organizations already formed under my proclamation in Cherokee and Northeastern Georgia will be maintained if they report as organizations, but in case of battalions they must, when it is practicable, unite and form a regiment. All officers not already in commission in these organizations will be elected by the men to be commanded, and the same rule of election will apply in case of all new organizations. Commissions will issue on receipt of returns at the adjutant and inspector general's office at Macon. In the meantime those elected will command as brevet officers. All cavalry organizations will report dismounted. When needed as cavalry in future they may be remounted. They are not needed on horse.

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