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United States will pay all reasonable expenses. The lists should contain age, occupation, and all important facts in each case.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
(Same to Governors Nathaniel S. Berry, Frederick Holbrook, John A. Andrew, Andrew G. Curtin, Charles S. Olden, William Burton, Richard Yates, Alexander Ramsey, Austin Blair, Edward Salomon, f. H. Peirpoint, H. R. Gamble, A. W. Bradford, and Honorable J. b. Temple, president Military Board, Frankfort, Ky.)
AUGUSTA, ME., August 7, 1862.
Honorable E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Our enrollment made; contains name, date of birth, and residence, and organized into companies by the election of officers. Regimental organization not completed. Will this enrollment answer? When companies are called out for draft the other facts can be obtained. Do you want full copies of enrollments, including name, &c., furnished your Department? Will the method and form of drafting and the officering of regiments and companies be under the laws of the State or under regulations of the Department? The companies for the fifth regiment are already organized and will be in place of rendezvous by the 15th.
I. WASHBURN, JR.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 7, 1862.
His Excellency ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jr.,
Governor of Maine, Augusta:
Organize the fifth regiment, if it can be done, before the 15th. Recruit the old regiments as fast as possible. The draft will be a strong inducement for volunteering.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D. C., August 7, 1862.
His Excellency ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jr.,
Governor of Maine, Augusta:
The enrollment, if complete as to names, will do. Copies of enrollment are not needed here. The method of drafting will be under the State law, if there is one. The organization will be the same as in the volunteer service.
By order of the Secretary of War:
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.
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