Volunteers will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the bounty provided by the law for the period of service for which they enlist.
Proclamation 116—Calling for 500,000 Volunteers
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By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep faith with both, and we do but confuse ourselves in questioning the process by which the right result is reached.
He thought this measure was a very fitting if not an indispensable adjunct to the winding up of the great difficulty.
The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration.
Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending call of troops to fill up the armies
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