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and regiments, and permit them to elect their officers, who shall, when so elected, be commissioned by the governor on the certificate of the general commanding.

8. That the governor is authorized to accept the services of squadrons, battalions, and regiments, when tendered as such, and commission the officers elected by the squadrons, battalions, and regiment so organized; the election of officers by any company, battalion, squadron, or regimental shall superintended and conducted by any justice of the peace or judge of the country court who may be called on for that purpose, and such justice or judge shall certify to the military board the names of the officers elected and for what office each is elected, and thereupon said board, if they approve the proceeding, shall certify to the governor the names of the officers elected, and what office that have been respectively elected to fill, who shall issue commissions in conformity to such certificate.

9. That the commanding general shall be entitled to appoint and employ such staff officers, and with such rank, as the inspector-general is empowered to appoint by the fourteenth section of the third article of the act entitled "An act for the better organization of the kentucky militia," approved March 5, 1860; and he shall have the authority conferred on said inspector general by the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth sections of said article of said act.

10. The troops raised under this act shall be organized into squadrons, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, and have the same number of officers for each squadron, battalion, regiment, brigade, and division as are allowed in the Army of the United States, and shall receive the same pay and rations as are the troops of the United States of the same rank and grade. When brigades and divisions are formed out of the troops so raised, they shall be officered according to existing laws.

The brigadier-general commanding calls the attention of the loyal inhabitants in this part of the State to the address of Judge R. K. Williams, of this date, who is authorized to raise a regiment of volunteers for the service of the United State.

By order of Brigadier General C. F. Smith:

THOS. J. NEWSHAM, Assistant Adjutant-General.

CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861.

General GEORGE H. THOMAS, U. S. A., Commanding Camp Robinson, &c.:

My note of yesterday advised you that I had dispatched your letter to Colonel Landram. I saw some of the Home Guards this morning from Madison, and directed them to move a portion of their force to ford of Big Rockcastle, and obstruct the road at once. I suppose the work will be commenced this afternoon.

If you design sending a force to Big Hill by way of Lancaster and Moore's, will it not be advisable to keep the road open north of the river? Yesterday only about 150 of the rebels (according to report) were left in Barboursville; all the rest fallen back to Cumberland Ford. Only some 2,000, according to best information I can get, came as far as Laurel Bridge; perhaps 150 cavalry entered London. Theirs seems to have been a mere marauding expedition. they gutted the houses at barboursville before the infantry left on Monday. We are all safe here.

I hope to return to Camp Robinson to-morrow evening.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

S. P. CARTER, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy (on special duty).

CAMP WILDCAT, October 2, 1861.

General GEORGE H. THOMAS:

Since Genera Carter arrived we have been over considerable country. The general Thinks when the work is completed we will be secure against almost any force. With strangers they could not find passway, but

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