Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Col. Lay” in chapter 25 of J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary:

...pinion in regard to foreigners who have accepted service in our country, viz., that they are liable to conscription. This is in the teeth of the decision of the Assistant Secretary, Judge Campbell, Col. Lay 's father-in-law, and upon which the bureau has been acting, although Gen. Rains, the Superintendent, permitted it with reluctance, upon the assurance of Col. L. that such was the will of the departme...
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