15 Series II Volume IV- Serial 117 - Prisoners of War
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, June 13, 1862.
Major-General DIX, Commanding, &c., Fort Monroe:
Where is General Pettigrew, taken prisoners by Army of the Potomac, now confined?
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, June 13, 1862.
Honorable ANDREW JOHNSTON,
Military Governor of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn.
SIR: I have the honor to informs you that under instructions from the Secretary of War arrangements have been made at Fort Mackinac, Mich., for the reception and safe-keeping of some fifteen political prisoners from Tennessee.
I am, sir, &c.,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, June 13, 1862.
Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN, U. S. Army,
Commissary-General of Prisoners, Philadelphia, Pa.
SIR: In reply to your inquiries* I have respectfully to inform you as follows: State prisoners are under your care to the same extent as prisoners of war. An adjutant and sergeant-major cannot be mustered into service under existing laws for the Sandusky depot. An ordnance sergeant will be ordered there and the Surgeon-General will be requested to detail a hospital steward. The clerks alluded to in your memorandum cannot received extra pay. Sutlers' prices should be regulated. The present commanders of Camps Douglas and Morton may remain, at any rate for the present.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, June 13, 1862.
Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN, U. S. Army,
Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.
SIR: In accordance with your recommendation of May 17 the Secretary of War authorizes you to declare martial law over a space of 100 feet outside and around the limits of the camp where prisoners of war are confined whenever you deem it necessary, and bring to punishment by short confinement or trial by court-martial at the discretion of the commanding officer persons trespassing upon such spaces in violation of orders.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
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