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the Army; after which they will not be relieved from such duty, except by orders from the Adjutant-General of the Army.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, June 18, 1862.
GOVERNOR OF MAINE:
We are in pressing need of troops. How many can you forward immediately?
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
(Same to Governors of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas.)
[JUNE 18, 1862.-For Butler to Stanton, inclosing report of Phelps, relating to the condition of the negro, &c., see Series I, Vol. XV, p.485.]
NEW HAVEN, June 18, 1862.
Brigadier General L. THOMAS, U. S. Army,
Adjutant-General, Washington:
SIR: Your telegram is at hand saying that you are in pressing want of troops, to which I have replied. I would add that if you want 2,000 or 3,000 troops for three-month's service, I have no doubt I can raise them in a very few days if you can show our citizens that a necessity exists for such service. In that case they would abandon their business and readily obey your call.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
WM. A. BUCKINGHAM.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C., June 18, 1862.
Brigadier General J. G. BLUNT,
Commanding Department of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.:
SIR: Your letter of May 27, 1862, inclosing copy of instructions to Captain Moonlight, and of Governor Robinson's letter of May 25, 1862, has been received. I am directed to say in reply that subject has been referred to the Attorney-General, together with a copy of Special Orders, No. 80,* and his opinion has been received fully sustaining the authority of the Secretary of War to issue the order. He says:
Giving to the constitutional reservations in favor of the States the most liberal construction which can be claimed for them, they confer no right on the State
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*See April 12,p.16.
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