Abraham Lincoln said...

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of...

The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...

By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep ...

He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.