WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 18, 1862.

Brigadier General DANIEL TYLER,

Hartford, Conn.

Send on regiments as fast as organized. If not paid before leaving they will be paid here. No time must be lost. An hour's delay may cause great mischief.

By order of the Secretary of War:

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HARTFORD, CONN., August 18, 1862-4.45 p. m.

(Received 5. 20 p. m.)

Major General H. W. HALLECK,

General-in-Chief:

The Eighteenth Regiment leaves Norwich Thursday night. Fourteenth Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth leave as fast thereafter as transportation can be obtained. One or more regiments per day.

DAN TYLER,

Brigadier-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 18, 1862.

His Excellency WILLIAM BURTON,

Governor of Delaware, Dower:

Required to fill up your regiments in the field August 13, 1862, 1,241 men.

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 18, 1862.

His Excellency O. P. MORTON,

Governor of Indiana, Indianapolis:

Required to fill up your regiments in the field August 13, 1862,

22,670 men.

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

OTTUMWA, IOWA, August 18, 1862.

His Excellency SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD,

Governor of Iowa:

SIR: I deem it my duty to call your attention to the condition of things near the southern border of Iowa. Secret societies are being organized to defy the draft and collection of taxes. The traitors are armed. Our soldiers are defenseless. We want arms. Can we not