Abraham Lincoln actually said...

You are also authorized to form a permanent corps of artificers, organized, officered, and equipped in such manner as you may prescribe;

You are also authorized to take possession of and use all railroads, engines, cars, buildings, machinery, and appurtenances within the geogr...

You are hereby appointed chief of construction and transportation in the Department of the Rappahannock, with the rank of colonel, and attac...

I am not aware that a dollar of the public funds thus confided without authority of law to unofficial persons was either lost or wasted, alt...