900 men; Sixty-eighth, Greensburg, 850 men; Sixty-ninth, Richmond, 1,040 men; Seventieth, Indianapolis, 1,200 men; Seventy-first, Terre Haute, 1,040 men; Seventy-second, Lafayette, 1,100 men; Seventy-third, South Bend, 1,040 men; Seventy-fourth, Fort Wayne, 1,040 men; Seventy-fifth, Wabash, 1,040 men; Seventy- seventh (cavalry), 1,250 men; Twelfth Indiana Regiment, reorganizing, 850; Sixteenth Indiana, reorganizing, 700. Another regiment is projected, the Seventy-ninth, which I believe, with all the others, will be full this week. Many of the men recruited are on furlough, but will be in camp this week. All have, however, been mustered in by the lieutenants who recruited them.

O. P. MORTON,

Governor.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 7, 1862.

Governor MORTON,

Indianapolis:

Well done, Indiana.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

CLINTON, IOWA, August 7, 1862.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

Will State authorities in drafting be allowed to discriminate in favor of townships and counties that have furnished their full quotas? This is important, as in some localities volunteering goes on rapidly and in others not at all.

S. J. KIRKWOOD,

Governor.

FRANKFORT, KY., August 7, 1862.

General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Our returns of enrolled militia are nearly complete; will be ready in a few days. I am awaiting instructions. Enlistments are greatly facilitated by the draft. Send me our quota under last call for 300,000 and quota under order to draft.

JOHN W. FINNELL,

Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 7, 1862.

Governor ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jr.,

Augusta, Me.:

SIR: If the enrollment of militia has not been commenced in your State please let it be done immediately. Take the names of all able bodied citizens between eighteen and forty-five years of age by counties. If State laws do not provide officers, appoint them, and the