I have the honor to inclose herewith a letter of the 24th instant from the Secretary of War, by which it appears that there are 438 assistant quartermasters, 387 commissaries of subsistence, and 343 additional paymasters now in the volunteer service, including those before the Senate for confirmation.
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Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indicated.
But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.
Now, in order to determine all controversies in respect thereto and to avoid any delay in filling up the armies, it is ordered that the Attorney-General, Brigadier-General Richard Delafield, and Colonel C. W. Foster be, and they are…
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