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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 24, 1862.
His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF OHIO:
If the regiment called for be completed in thirty days the officers will be paid from the commencement of service.
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
(Same to the Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, New York, Vermont, and Wisconsin.)
HARRISBURG, PA., May 24,1 862.
Honorable EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Your dispatch received. Have sent the adjutant-general to Philadelphia to prepare the regiments of Gray and Blue Reserves and National Guards and detached companies in the First Division of the home guard of that city. I will take other measures for the organization of the military bodies in other parts of the State. I will keep you advised meanwhile. Telegraph further to- morrow, so that I can advise General Russell before he leaves the city to-morrow night. It would greatly facilite my recruiting operations if Captain Dodge were permitted to act as my agent in detailing volunteer officers with proper instructions in this service. Please authorize him so to act.
A. G. CURTIN.
HARRISBURG, PA., May 24, 1862.
General L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General:
The required regiment will be raised within the time mentioned.
A. G. CURTIN.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, May 24, 1862.
His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND, Providence, R. I.:
The three-months" regiment from Rhode Island is accepted. Send it at once to this city.
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., May 25, 1862.
Ordered:
By virtue of the authority vested by act of Congress the President takes military possession of all the railroads in the United States from and after this date until further orders, and directs that the respective
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