others than the constituted authorities of the State. You will oblige me if you will order that all requisitions of the Government on Kentucky for troops will be raised under the direction of the military authorities of the State alone.

J. F. ROBINSON.

AUGUSTA, ME., August 23, 1862.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

We can be ready for the draft by September 3, but as State election is the succeeding Monday it will be exceedingly inconvenient. Wish time could be postponed a week or ten days.

I. WASHBURN, Jr.

BOSTON, August 23, 1862.

Brigadier General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

New enrollment, making draft not possible to be correctly taken so soon. We are raising nine-months" men rapidly. Six more three- years" regiments will march this month if supplies ready for them. Delay the draft without fail. Troops are now and will continue raising faster than can be cared for.

JOHN A. ANDREW,

Governor of Massachusetts.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 23, 1862.

His Excellency Governor ANDREW,

Boston, Mass.:

What number of arms will Massachusetts furnish to her troops?

P. H. WATSON,

Assistant Secretary of War.

(Same to Governor Buckingham, Hartford, Conn., and Governor Morgan, Albany, N. Y.)

BOSTON, August 23, 1862-7.30 p. m.

(Received 8.15 p. m.)

Brigadier General C. P. BUCKINGHAM:

Fifteen hundred recruits at Camp Cameron which should move to old regiments.

JOHN A. ANDREW,

Governor.

SAINT PAUL, MINN., August 23, 1862-2 p. m.

(Received 7.15 p. m.)

Major-General HALLECK,

Commanding:

The urgency being great, I have called out a regiment mounted infantry in the service of the United States for three months. Shall I proceed? Please answer immediately.

ALEX. RAMSEY.