[Inclosure.]

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT,

Richmond, Va., February 22, 1865.

The PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES:

SIR: I have received the following resolution of the House of Representatives adopted on the 25th ultimo, and referred by Your Excellency to this Department for attention:

Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to furnish this House with the number ofo able-bodied males between the ages eighteen and forty-five years, claimed to be exempt from conscription by the Governor, laws, and resolutions of the State of Georgia.

In response I have the honor to transmit herewith a report from the Superintendent of Conscription containing the information called for by the House.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,

Secretary of War.

[Sub-inclosure.]

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,

BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION,

Richmond, Va., February 16, 1865.

Hon. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE,

Secretary of War:

SIR: The following resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo has been referred to this Bureau:

Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to furnish this House with the number oof able-bodied males between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, claimed to be exempt from conscription by the Governor, laws, and resolutions of the State of Georgia.

In pursuance of instructions thereon indorsed, I have the honor to submit the inclosed paper, marked A.

The return is made from the reports of the commandant of conscripts for Georgia, the only source whence this Bureau can obtain the information.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. S. PRESTON,

Brigadier-General and Superintendent.

A. - Number of State officers exempted in the State of Georgia.

Governor and Statehouse officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Judges of supreme court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Clerk of supreme court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Judges of inferior supreme court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Senators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Justices of the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350

Justices of inferior courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660

Solicitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Clerks of superior court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Deputy clerks superior court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Deputy clerks inferior court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Ordinaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Deputy ordinaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Deputy sheriffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Tax collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,350

Tax receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Jailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

County treasurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Coroners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

County surveyors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Militia officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,751

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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,229

THOMAS PINCKNEY,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.