The Twenty-fourth none. Shall they be kept here and how long, if there are no more cases? I consulted the surgeons before sending the Twenty-eighth. There was no good reason for keeping it back. I cannot get along with Major Gardiner.

I. WASHBURN, JR.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington City, D. C., October 27, 1862.

Colonel S. H. MIX,

Washington, D. C.:

SIR: You are hereby authorized by the Secretary of War to raise a regiment of cavalry in the State of New York. No action, however, is to be taken under this authority until you have received the approval of the Governor of the State. The regiment will be organized as prescribed in General Orders, Numbers 126, from this office. All musters will be made by the regularly appointed U. S. mustering officer in the State, and as directed in the Revised Mustering Regulations of September 30, 1862.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

THOMAS M. VINCENT,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

(Copy of Governor of New York.)

ALBANY, N. Y., October 27, 1862.

Honorable E. M. STANTON,

Secretary of War:

I respectfully but earnestly request the revocation of War Department General Orders, Numbers 154, October 9. Its effects will, in my opinion, be highly prejudicial to the service and to all interests. I fear from it the most serious results.

E. D. MORGAN.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

Washington, D. C., October 27, 1862.

Governor TOD,

Columbus:

The Secretary of War authorizes you to raise two companies of artillery, to be sent to General Cox, in the Kanawha Valley.

H. W. HALLECK,

General-in-Chief.

[OCTOBER 27, 1862.-For Curtin to Lincoln, protesting against General Orders, Numbers 154, as unjust to the people, and asking its revocation, see Series I, Vol. XIX, Part II, p. 500.]

CONFIDENTIAL.] WAR DEPARTMENT,

October 28, 1862.

The GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK,

Albany:

General Banks has established his headquarters in New York to organize a Southern expedition. All the troops in your State not