WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, August 26, 1862.

His Excellency Governor BUCKINGHAM,

Hartford, Conn.:

Your quota of 300,000 drafted men is 7,145. The number of volunteers called for July 2 being the same,if your volunteers for old and new regiments mustered in from July 2 to September 1 exceed this number, the excess may be deducted from the number drafted.

By order of the Secretary of War:

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

HARTFORD, CONN., August 26, 1862-10.30 p. m.

(received 11.30 p. m.)

Brigadier General C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

Errors have been committed in making returns of our enrollment, and I would like to have the draft postponed to the 15th instant.

Reply.

WM. A. BUCKINGHAM,

Governor.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 26, 1862.

His Excellency Governor BURTON,

Dover, Del.:

Your quota of drafted men is 2,000. If your volunteers for old and new regiments mustered in from July 2 to September 1 exceed 1,440, the excess may be deducted from the number drafted. It you cannot make the draft on the 3rd day of September, make it as soon thereafter as possible, yourself taking the responsibility of extending the time.

By order of the Secretary of War:

C. P. BUCKINGHAM,

Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington City, D. C., August 26, 1862.

Brigadier-General KETCHUM, U. S. Army,

Assistant Adjutant-General:

GENERAL: You have been specially assigned as assistant adjutant general to proceed to the State of Illinois to organize, muster, and dispatch to the field the volunteer troops of that State. You will proceed to that State and confer with Governor Yates and the military authorities, and take such measures as shall with least delay render available to the Government of the United States the volunteer forces there. Your powers are ample, and you will report to this Department for instructions if needed.

Yours, truly,

EDWIN M. STANTON,

Secretary of War.