* I f\ C%C") Duke University Libraries "~y ^/y _p7T Communication f 5 r "^ Conf Pam 12mo #199 CoYtf D c nDE7257 + MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. Richmond, Va., January 11, 186 4. To the House of Representatives: , In partial response to your resolution of the llthult,, I herewith transmit, for your information a communication from the Secretary of A r r, showing 'Mho number of officers and men, including the po lice and mounte 1 guard, employed in executing the conscript law," in the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor- gia. Fuithcr information on the :-ubject will be furnished when re- ceived. JEFFERSON DAVIS COMMUNICATION FROM SECRETARY OF WAR, War Department, C. S. A., ) Richmond, Jan. 9, 1864. ] To the President of the Confederate States: Sir : I have received the following resolution of the House of Rep- resentatives, referred by your Excellency to this Department: " Resolvd, That the President be requested to communicate to th?3 House the number of officers and men, including '.he police and mounted guard, employed in executing the conscript law, distinguish- ing the number in each congressional district." In response, I have the honor to transmit the accompauying report of Col. J. S. Preston, Superintendent of Conscription, which conveys the desired information with regard to the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina* and Georgia. A further report will ba made should the returns be received from the other States before the adjournment of Congress. Verv respectfully, your obeiient servant, JAMES A, SEDDON, Secretary of War. j*w> y^»tv *a Bureau of Conscription, C. S. A,. > Richmond, Va. y Dec. 31, 1863. ) Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War : Sir : The following resolution of the House of Representatives hag been referred to this bureau : " Resoled, That the President be requested to communicate to this House the number of officers and men, including the police and mounted guard. employed in executing the conscript law, distinguish- ing the number in each congressional district. In reply, I have the honor to submit the accompanying papers marked, respectively, Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia, the four states over which the jurisdiction of this bureau ex- tended at the date of the resolution. In addition to the matter of conscription proper, this bureau is- charged with duties requiring, perhaps, ten-fold the labor and force demanded for the full performance of that service. 1st. The arrest and return of all deserters and absentees without leave from the army, amounting, at this day, to so frightful a per cen- tage that it may not be prudent to express even a conjecture. 2d. The whole matter of furloughs and details outside of the array, the details alone reaching thirteen thousand. 3rd. The whole matter of substitution, of which there are now over fifteen thousand cases under investigation. 4th. The general external police of the army in all its branches. In the performance of these duties the officers and men herewith returned are employed and distributed. The fallowing is the sum- mary of the matter demanded in the resolution, the specific charac- ter may be seen by reference to the papers indicated : VIRGINIA. Conf oript offi e i and ] camp instruction. Enrolling Officers Mfdic.il Ercamini ig Board. Districts. CO E a 5 m O E 5 o o p i B . 00 SI OS 1 • o | a CQ IS •<72 ■a * * a 5N- Aggregate. l8t 31 8 8 9 6 5 7 6 16 3 7 10 5 "i "V" 3 3 3 8 7 11 6 15 8 1 15 13 17 48 58 30 86 91 100 39 39 26 53 K.7 46 ..... 1 1 I 1 ....... ....... 1 2 2 2 2d 3rd 4th ...... 5th ... "i" "i" 2 2 2 2 2 2 6th 7th 8th and 9th .. . lOi.h .~ 11th 12th 13th Total 31 90 8 107 676 7 4 20 943 ■ . NORTH CAROLINA. Conscript officer and camp in- Enrolling officers, struction. Medical Examining Board. lv..r:irk8. District Officer*. Officers. Soldiers. Cons'ptri Burins. Physi'n Aggr'ate. The men n\ Camps 11* and Vanm ••» r • 3. 1 2 6 7 7 8 2 4 2 47 1 1 1 1 1 I i 2 2 2 | 3 2 ' < 0 9 '1-eu for :t; rv&tb'g 10 ... :::::::: :« Oh aod 7th ois- Total 14 70 9 IS 870 SOUTH CAROLINA. Conscript office and camp in- struction. Enrolling officers. tfedlcal Examining L5o rd. District. Officers. Officers Soldiers. Cons' pt s. Surg'ns A-'tSu- L'tays'ns. 2 s 8 2 3 9 9 3 T 2 . 7 64 1 18 4 ■ 12 SO 1 1 .... 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 o 4 1 6 1 Total 8 £9 4 10 GEORGIA. C <>n script ■ office nnd camp i li- fe struci.ion. Totfll,! 30 Enrolling officer Lees battalion. 22 .*:. 30 | .::::: Medicil Rxnrn- ing Board.. •« I if 1 2 ) 2 1 2 1 o 1 2 1 o 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 I 20 REMARK-:. A number of men in Vnjor Lee's bat- talion have been detailed under trenersl order 96, A. and I. G. O., 802, bein-.r unfit for field service by n a^oos of wounds. This bf ttalion ; s not distributed among the congressional district*, bat is ordered where most, > ee led. It ie corn posed of exempts a".d d tailed imn mostly. SUMMARY c nffi -e Bnro 1 i 1 1 tr D Ifedk ..I I'd, Board Ining 1 ; i i X 3 v. o E 4 c & ■7. <5 5 Agui Virki >i • ... N. Oar 8. Oa Georgia ... 91 32 47 s , s 7 14 750 | 9 84 '. , 4 ' 683 1 1 1 516 1 30 4 4 IS OS 94:t -T I 219 ■J R13 In addition to these returns, I also enclose a part of the instruc tions of this bureau concerning the mutters involved. I have the honor to be. •■ respectfully, your obedient servant, JNO. S. PRESTON, Colond and Superintendent, ku ov OoNSCP.nvnov, *i !, Va . Jiine 25, (.133. $ Bureau op OoNscRrr-nnv. Richmond. To Gen S Cooper, A. fy I. Gtneral : Sir; The evil of desertion from. the army, with the determination to avoid nnd even resist future service, appears of late, on the in- crease; and it more difficult to deal with, that the soldiers now bring with tl vern men t arms and ammunition, banding among them-- selves and with evaders of conscription. The enrolling officers are sometimes shot by them, and the commu- nity kept, in tenor. This state of tilings exi its, more or les3, in e ich of our Atlantic States especially. The various mischief resulting, apart from the loss of soldiers to the army, are such as alt good citizens ar*> Entrusted in putting down ; and there is a general desire growing up to aid- the Government in the matter. The War Department looks to the agences of conscription to apply the remedies. The resources at xiommand of the authorities of conscription are insufficient in number and in character, for the repressive measures needed. Application for aid, to the military commanders, are usually un- successful ; occupied with the enemy, the general expects these mat- ters to be somehow provided for by home authorities, and are not •tempted to even a brief loan of force, by the prospect of return in an addition to their numbers. There many objections to asking special organizations for the purposes in view. It is therefore suggested 1. That co'-«criptH enough he retained, from among those present- ing themselves, as owning horse- for cavalr^ service, to sti| the necessities of patrol- in . ach State, ami be allowed, while so ei »ed, cavalry pay and commutation of forage and rations No - >oal officers will be needed, only an aurhmity to draw arms 2. That the commandants of conscripts for States, be autlu d to order payment to citizens, while aiding in this busines, 'of r lire for their horses and actual expenses i»f travel and foiage, ul hire horses, when ruoes*an, to uioui t emolling officers or eo - ipts. This authority would need to bo exercised for a time, on a somewhat larg" scale, but the ultimate economy and public advantage of -p.-edy repression, before this new evil can le spread into hr^ei proportions, would be very great. The commandants are very judicious and dis- creet officers. 3. That when Governors of States may conset, small bodies of militia may he taken into temporary service (under those command- ants) and paid as infantry or cavalry ,. according to the duties required For example, at tin ftrries over some of the streams in "Virginia, guards are very necessary to stop soldiers escaping from 'he army into North Carolina and-Tennes^ee The militia might furnish th se, s«y, for the moment. In order to act vigorously at once, an average of fifty m n to each congressional district. 4. As a mere suggestion, (liible perhaps to objection in other re- spects) I inv:te consideritioo whether a call may not be mile on the men between for y and forty-five, for this home service only, ( under the commandants of c^ngcripts) which is important to the police and peace of :he home commun t > the army. If these measures be adopted, my information it dines m" to be- lieve :hat in a few weVks it will have beco ue known throughout our armies, that borne affords no safety for the individual de trter, *nll less for armed bands of such 1 am, sir, very respectfully. Your obedient servant, G. W. LAY, Luut. Col., A. A. G., acting Chief of Bur au. Endorsed by the War Department as follows: Approved, except the last suggestion, which is not, at tins time deemed judicious. JAMES A. SEDDON, June 30, 18J3 Secretary if War. Official copy to commandant of conscripts for Va. G. W. LAY. Luut. Col., d. A G., act ing Chief of Bureau. Conscript Offck, } Richmond, Dec. 14, 1308. \ Official: Jas. II. Binford, Lievt. ad Adjutant, CIRCULAR. 9 Conscript Office, > Richmond, July 7, 13G3. ) To Disiri t Enrolling OJfiers : The evil of desertion from the army, -with the determination to avoid, and even to resist future service, appears to be on the increase. The War Department looks to the agencies of conscription to arrest the growing evil, and has adopted the following regulations for in- creasing the force at the disposal of the commandant : 1. A sufficient number of conscripts can be retained from among those presenting themselves as owning horsss for cavalry service, to supply the necessity of patrols in each district, and be allowed while try pay and commutation of forage and rations. Iditional officers will be needed, but on application to this office, authority will be given to dr^w arms. 2. The commandant of conscripts is authorized to order payment to citizens while aiding in the service, of a fair hire for their horses N.ud actual expenses of travel and for-dga, also to hire horses, in ex- mount enrolling officers or conscripts. when Governors of States may consent, small bodies of malitia may be taken into temporary service (under the direction and control of the comi t) and pud as infantry or cavalry according to the duties requi The commandant desires that you immediately proceed to organize such force as may he needed in your district, reporting die names and number of persons so employed. In the selection of persons so em- ployed for this service, he is, to a great extent, dependant upon the judgement and liscretion of the district officers; and he entertains the hope that by the selection of suitable assistants, and the exercise of the necessary vigilance and activity, many men may be returned to service, and the evil of desertion effectually stopped. Very respectfully, J. H. BINFORD, Lieut, and Adjutant. Adj't and Insp'r General's Office, ) Richmond, October 29, 18G3. J General Ordeks, ) No 141. \ \. The practice of relieving officers from commands to which thsy fhave been appointed and assigned, and ordering them to report in per- son to this office for further assignment, will cease, unless specially a-eqireud by orders from this office. II. Soldiers returning home on furlough, or on reaching places at which they will stay during furlough, will immediately report to the nearest enrolling officer, who will keep a register of their names, de- scriptive list, place where stationed, by whom the furlough was granted, and the time at which it expires. III. When at the expiration of his furlough, and being at a distance from any Hospital Examining Board, a soldier is unable to travel, the enrolling officer will order him before the Board of Examiners for Conscripts, and, the medical officer and one of the physicians em- ployed concurring, they will forward to his commanding General, with a statement of his case, a recommendation for an extension of furlough, not to exceed thirty days, duplicates being also sent to the Surgeon General. But when the soldier is accessible to a general hospital, he will be sent before the Hospital Examining Board, who will conform to the proceeding instructions. IV. In cases of sickness or wounds, which, from any cause, are neglected, or do not receive proper treatment, the disability in conse quence being prolonged, the soldier will be sent, by the enrolling offi- cer, to the nearest camp of instruction, far treatment in hospital. V. Recommendation for extension of leave to officers and furloughs to soldiers, and medical certificates to officers, and certificates of dis- ability to soldiers, will on y be given by authorized Boards >f Exami- ners, as in cases embraced in the first section of Paragraph III, of this order, by the B ardof Examiners for Conscripts. Recommenda- tions or certificates from private phy icians or from -a medical officer singly, will not be received. Paragraphs 171 and 17.3, Gene- ral' Regulations, and paragraph I, general order No. 51, current series from this office, are amended to accord with this paragraph. VI. Furloughed soldiers will not be permitted to go within the lines of the enemy. By order, S COOPER, Adft a?\d Insp'r General. o H H p ! H ♦ -< o o o w H O Ph o - ft,? CO § a K § 2 e g 5 •c a £ o * | ^ ~r . 5 w i- i ■ IH S3 t^ -s <*; x r {sen a 2 .c .- O si ■*■* e i ••-J) ** £ tf £ £ • 5 H k e B'J pq "s g v. a q t3 B "O 9 fe 2 € T. V 1 '£ s o*3 t/ : ^ s c O { a O H r^=^ C5 a 1-2 ■ j O E 00 D > a c as K.-0 »-~ S as 5 S.r° *-i I?.ft *© c 5^5 B a 5= ^ O 5 8 • s i - .- '•i M _ -h.C pi p^Xo.daig . C CS CM CI CM ^ CM "M CN (N a - BUO 1 ■ " s •J : 1 5 pii'irj id job 3 :: <-* <3> O ■- ■«r u-s : : - if -. JO 1 HUH !\" "''■: -'I':!-' | r-i r- ■ '^'i:a;j,i '..::i-o fM»i-i« ■ « •9[UJ hIjoj rH CM . *U1IIU-)Sj»S rl r-< rl ~ C 1 CO Mt 3 ■8;aenajaan 1 ■♦oi-trtowe: ?i o © ■* •a itnuIi^O 1 -* i-H CM rM N iSHNr-H '8JUt«|f | •B[dU0|O0 *~ - 3* nurr r>'n! - , -r •HtU! | M - •no >z..n< j - M Sit fKJf 1 h - :, T[l.t(J '"" : 8*4-1 JUUii'h'D 8[r)HO.Of) ■5 s - - - - 5 C 5 t* c -S 2 • as i CJJ Q «" . i s .e .-s a" 5 „ ~ c a_rfc r . * B j' a" S: S 5 3 5 in- «—( mt <«( rlCNW^iOIOl-CCi-iririrH Conscript Office, Richmond, Dec. 16, 1863". Captain C. B. Duffield, A. A. (7.; Sir: In accordance with your communication of the 1.5th instant,. I have the honor fb send above the report called for. In submitting this report. I respectfully call the attention of the Superintendent of the Bureau to the enclosed copies of authority under which enrolled men have been retained for guard duty. One eighth of this force would be sufficient to enable enrolling officers to discharge the duties of eop-scrip'ion. It was only necessary to employ it to enforce the orders made incumbent upon the agencies of conscription, namely: to return to the army all stragglers and deserters. Recently, by general orders, No. 141, current series, it is made the duty of officers and detachments on conscript service, to revise and report upon all persons absent from the army on fur ough and sick leave, and v. her© the party cannot return inconsequence o continued disability. Thus, it will be observed, that the U/>or of these officers has be.tn largely increased, and which is being performed satisfactorily. I have not been aMe to compile tie returns accurately, but believe that something like four thousand men, improperly absent, have returned to the army since this remedy w;m applied. Recently instructions have been issued to the district officers to toike accurate monthly returns, which have been received in part. Four districts still to be reported. The number returned during the month of November from the districts reported wag forwarded to the Bureau on the fourteenth of the present month, Making a reasonable estimate; for the districts not heard from, the number for NYvcmb t will bo six hundred. Stragglers and deserters from the army still continue, and it will be impossible for the -enrolling officers to return such persons, unless they have a supporting force. Inspection is now goin ; with a viev of diminishing the number, if possible, aid every proper inducement offered 'o persons not liable to enter this sper* al sn vice as directed in circular, No 33, from the Bureau of Conscription, ft a force can be raised on ler the provisions of the circular referred to, then the men now retained will be forwarded to the camps of instruc- tion for assignment. I am, Captain, very respectfully. Your obedient servant, J. C. SHIELDS, Colo nd Co m m a n di n g . REPORT OF THE DUMBER OF MEN EMPLOYED ON CON- SCRIPT DUTY IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Conscript Office, ) Uckiji, N. C, Dec. 17, 1363. J Capt, C. B. DuFFiLLD, A. A. G., Bureau of Conscription, Richmond, Va. : Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 3 oar commu- nication of the I5tb instant, requiring an immediate report of the " officers and men, including the police and mounted guards, employed in executing The Conscript Law, distinguishing the number in each Congressional District/' and beg leave respectfully to submit the following, to wit: s 5 In c 00 ft I c ! 2 00 00 00 5 00 1 6 01 00 REMABKS. So. 1 M 2 " 3 " 4 6 " C :; s " 9 Turned over to State authorities, except four counties. The officers In this dtHtrict operate in four counties of the Srst district. The men disabled soldiers assistance, when required, from the Qreneral commanding. Camp Holmes, located in this district; 500 men, used whenever reqn'red. 56th N. C , regiment, Colonel Falpon, and detachment of 60 men from Camp Holmes, are operating in thia district. 68to X. U. regiment, Co'ooel Faison, and detachment of 60 men from Camp Holmes, are operating in this diat.yict. The men disabled soldh r- Camp V»nce, locate I in this district; 250 men, used in enforcing the law in iatriot. Total, 47 ) 14 In addition to the officers and men enumerated in the above table, there are at Camp Holmes sixteen officers and one surgeon and one assistant Burgeon, and at Camp Vance eight officers and one assistant, surgeon ; and in each district one surgeon and two private physicians, who constitute a board of medical examiners. Besides the six companies of mounted men, now being organized by Captain McRae, there is no police or mounted guards employed in the execution of the law in this State. ^ The seven hundred and fifty (750) men, comprising the six Camp Guard companies, together with the six companies now being organized as a supporting force by Captain McRae, and five officers attached to the office of the commandant, compose the entire foice employed for the purposes of conscription in this State, except the forty-seven officers and fourteen disabled soldiers enumerated in the above table. I am, Captain, yqtj respectfully, your obedient servant, PETER MALLETT, Colonel, Commandant of Conscripts fur N. C. REPORT OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND MEN EM- PLOYED ON CONSCRIPT DUTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Headquarters Conscript Department, ) Columbia, S. CI, Doc. 24, 1863. $ Colonel John S. Preston, Superintendent of Conscription : Colonel As required by your communication of the — instant, I herewith submit my report of the "number of officers and men, in- cluding the police and mounted guard, employed" in this State "in executing the Conscript Laws," called for under resolution of the House of Representatives of Congress This report, you will observe, exhibits the following numbers : In Enrolling Service, proptr. Officer', commissioned, .-«"-»- Mi-n, conscripts and disabled soldiers, --•-•- In Arresting Deserters, §*c. Officers, commissioned, - - - 3 Men, conscripts and disabled soldiers, - - - 138 CI 141 Total, - 206 Those engaged in "arresting deserters," cannot properly be said to be "employed in executing the Conscript laws," but, being under the direction and control of the enrolling department, it appears pro- per to include them in the report. There is no force used in this State, under the direction of this department, as a "police," or "mounted guard," other than those enumerated as employed "in arresting deserters." The conscripts so used are selected from those w.ho are able to furnish their own horses; and, as a general rule, they quarter at their own homes. Of this class there are seventy-eight in this State—fifty of whom are constantly employed in the mountain districts of Pickens, Greenville and Spartanburg, where alone we encounter much diffi- culty in suppressing desertion. Of the class of disabled soldiers so employed, detailed under paragraph nv , general orders 06, A. and I. G. 0., (1862) — of whom there a&e sixty reported—but few are found to be of much service. They generally cannot mount themselves, and many of them are too much disabled to be efficient. Your mofit obedient, C. D. MELTON, Major, Commandant Conscripts. 12 REPORT of Numbn of Officers and Men, including the Poire and Mounted Guard, ■ i in executing the C Suuth CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Chief jor, 1 ig officer, captains, 2 first lieutenants, ond lie: tenant, 1 conscrip first lieutenant, • 1 soldier, disabled, 1 1 1 Arresting deserters, vol. lief.-, disabled, 1 conscripts, i$ o •i.l, . 16 SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Cbief enrolling officer, in j or, 1 Sub enrolling officer, fiist lieutenant, 1 iug officer, soldiers, disabled, 2 scripts, 1 Tot 5 THIRD CO.NGRESRIONAL DISTRICT. CbieT enrolling officer, major, 1 >lj enrolling officer, captain, 1 first lieutenant, I conscripts, 3 Ass't enrolling offic< r, conscript, 1 f> cVrresting deserters, soldiers, disabled, 1 conscripts, 10 U Total, 17 FOURTH CONGUES.SIONAL DISTRICT. Chief enrolling officer, first lieutenant, I Sub enrolling officer, first lieutenants, 3 second lieutenants, 2 conscripts, 3 8 Arresting deserters, officers disabled, lieutenants 2 soldiers, disabled, 21 conscripts, 1 25 Total. 33 13 riFTII CONGRESSIGNAI DISTRICT < ",'hief enrolling officer, major, Sub enrolling officer, captains, tij st lieutenants, second lieutenant, Ass't enrolling effie-er, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, c-oldiers, disabled, conscript, deserters, officers di^ableu, lieu soldiers, disabled, soldiers, detailed, conscripts, Tot., I, 10 5i r 4 94 SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Chief enrolling officer, major, Sub enrolling officer, major, captains, second lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, disabled, Ass'f enrolling officer, first lieutenant,. conscript, • Arresting deserters, soldiers, di: soldiers, detailed, conscripts, 12 4 3 9 } Via!. tH AT HEAD^UARTEl Colo man d a n t con sc lipls, m <*jor . Assistants, first lieutenants, second lieutenants, non-commissioned officer, detai'ed, conscripts, Total, AT CAMP OF INSTRUCTION. Commandant of camp and quartermaster, major, 1 Assistant, soldier, disabled, 1 Drill master, eccoid lieutenant 1 Total. 14 J1ECAFI7UTATT0N, NO. 1 In enrolii ng ser- in B 1 U-/- Toti vice proper. sertere, fco. First Cong' 1 District, 11 5 16 Second *.* tt 5 t) 5 Third " n 6 11 l? th u a 8 25 35 Fifth " 84 04 Bill " ' ' 16 2S A i .. • qu irU re, 9 — 9 At c cop of instruction. 3 — 3 Totals, Ui RECAPITULATION, NO. 2. in In enrolling ser- In arresting de- Totals, 64 205 Total. vice proper. sorters. &o. Majors, 8 8 Lieutenant Colonel, I — . ! Captains, 9 — 9 First lieutenants, 18 ,9 Ac 20 Second lieutenants, 8 I 9 Non - coir m i - ; sioned o fficer, 1 I Privates detailed, 5 60 65 Conscripts detailed, 14 78 $Z 141 205 RECAPITULATION, NO. 3, Commissioned as enroll- ing officers, Commissioned as drill- masters, Officers of line, disabled, Officers of disbanded battalions, Officers detailed on sur- geon's certificate, Soldiers and non-corn- missioned officers dis- abled, and on special detail, Conscripts detailed, Totals, In enrolling ser- In arresting de- vice proper Berters, &c. 19 — 12 9 6 14 64 Total. 19 12 1 1 60 G6 78 9$ 41 • 205 15 ft EC A?I ILLATION, NO. 4. Commandant of conscripts, 1 Assistants, 8 Commandant of camp of instruction, 1' Assistant and drill-master, 2 Chief enrolling officers, 6 Sub enrolling officers, • 30 Assistant enrolling officers, 16 Total, 64, REPORT OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND ME... [K- CtUDINO THE POLICE AND MOUNTED GUARDS, PLOYED IN ENFORCING THE CONSCRIPT LA v IJS GEORGIA. Headquarters Conscription Georci Macon, Doc. 82, 1864. !. J< HN S. PrESTOV, Superintendent Bur uu of Conscription, Richmond, Va : { ■ onei : 1 have the honor to call your attention to the - report, called for by your communication, under date of i won id s-ate that there are quite a number of men in Major I battali n who have been detailed under general orders 1\ A. an I I G. 0., 1 G2, as unfit for active field duty, by reason of wounds received in action. This battalion is not distribut* .1 the congressional districts, but is ordered, as occasion requires, where *nost needed. I remain, Colonel, very respectfully, CHARLES HARRIS, Mnjor and Commandant Conscripts State of instruction i and mcu belonging to Major 0. \V. Lee's battalion of Etingere for the arrest. 5f desert rs and G/and total. Notb. — The number of surgeons on the examining boards, and ar the camps of instruction i included in the number of officers. The n;un"S of Majors A. II. McLaws and AJ. F. Berry, inspe t >rs of conscription for Georgia, were accidentally omitied, which swells the number of officers to ninety- eight. peRmaliPe® P H 8.5