The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2. Page: 19
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UNION AUTHORITIES.
BRATTLEBOROUGH, April 15, 1862.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War :
Your telegram received. I will direct adjutant-general of Vermont
to prepare and forward immediately full statement of Vermont troops
now in the U. S. service as you request.
FRED. HOLBROOK,
Governor of Vermont.
WHEELING, April 15, 1862.
HIon. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Your telegram received. Will send statement by mail immediately.
H. W. CROTHERS,
Colonel and Aide to Governor.
MADISON, April 15, 1862.
Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Your dispatch received. Statement will be sent immediately.
L. P. HARVEY,
Governor of Wisconsin.
GENERAL ORDERS, ( WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 41. Washington, April 16, 1862.
I. All agents appointed by the Governor of a State under its laws
to obtain from its volunteer soldiers assignments of pay for the benefit
of their families will be recognized as such by paymasters, who will
afford them all necessary facilities for that purpose, so far as is con-
sistent with the public service.
II. Transportation to soldiers on sick-leave may be furnished and
the cost stopped from their pay in the same manner as other stoppages
are made. Necessary transportation furnished to soldiers on sick-
leave by the authorities of any State to which such soldiers belong
will be deducted from their pay and refunded to the State by the
paymaster, whose warrant for making the stoppage will be the cer-
tificate of the proper agent of the State, accompanied by the receipt
of the soldier for the transportation. Where several soldiers of dif-
ferent companies are concerned, separate accounts will be made for
each company.
By order of the Secretary of War:
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, D. C., April 16, 1862.
The HONORABLE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND
MEANS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
SIR: The appropriation at the last session of Congress for the pay-
ment of volunteer troops enlisted in the service of the United States19
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/28/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.