having now turned over all recruiting to this department, and Kentucky now having a loyal Governor, I trust there will be more regularity hereafter.

Respectfully,

JOHN W. FINNELL,

Adjutant-General of Kentucky Volunteers.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 19, 1862.

Governor ANDREW,

Boston, Mass.:

Mr. Summer has just read me your dispatch. You can have any officer that you designated who is on furlough. It seems to me that it should occur to you that officers who are before the enemy or in the enemy's country are quite as necessary to the men under their command as to new recruits, and that you would regard the rule of the Department as a necessary military exigency and not an arbitrary exaction.

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.

DETROIT, MICH., August 19, 1862-6.15 p. m.

(Received 8. 40 p. m.)

Brigadier General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Ten infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments have been organized under the last call for three-years" men; are all full to the maximum. Have sent none to the field. Waiting for clothing and arms.

By order of the Governor:

JNO. ROBERTSON,

Adjutant-General.

CONCORD, N. H., August 19, 1862.

(Received 11.45 p. m.)

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

Does the call for 300,000 volunteers include the previous call for 75,000? What is our quota for both calls? Is the number required for the old regiments a part of our quota under these two calls? Please answer immediately.

N. S. BERRY,

Governor of New Hampshire.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 19, 1862.

O. F. WINCHESTER,

President New Hampshire Arms Company, New Hawen, Conn.:

SIR: The inquiry made in your letter of the 5th instant whether companies arming themselves with Henry's repeating rifles will be