Special Message
04/04/1862
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The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.
Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...
It winds the whole thing up.