WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 9, 1862.

His Excellency E. D. MORGAN,

Governor of New York, Albany:

Your quota of 300,000 militia is 59,705. Regulations for draft will be forwarded to-day.

By order of the Secretary of War:

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 9, 1862.

Governor TOD,

Columbus, Ohio:

The general order of the Department is to place the arms for distribution in the hands of an officer of the Government who will be responsible for them. This has been rendered necessary by the extreme negligence in some of the States, by which arms have been lost and the troops unequipped. But where, as in Ohio, the distribution of arms will be diligently and promptly attended to, an exception from the general rule can be made. If you prefer, therefore, to distribute the arms to your troops, an order will be given to the mustering officer to turn them over to you for that purpose.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 9, 1862.

His Excellency DAVID TOD,

Governor of Ohio, Columbus:

Your quota of 300,000 militia is 36,858. Regulations for draft will be forwarded to-day.

By order of the Secretary of War:

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, D. C., August 9, 1862.

His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA,

Harrisburg, Pa.:

SIR: You are hereby authorized by the Secretary of War to increase the battalion (two companies) of Pennsylvania artillery at Fort Delaware, and commanded by Major Segebarth, to a regiment. The additional companies will be duly credited as part of the quota from the State, but the authority given by this Department to raise them is under the condition that there is to be no restriction as to the services they are to perform.

I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

T. M. VINCENT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.