...r Squadron, Virginia; December 17, 1864. To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch. Sir: At the request of many ship mates, I would ask, through the columns of your paper, if, by the laws of the Confederate States , the men in the naval service are entitled to furloughs allowed men in the army? I see no reason why it should be otherwise, as we are all volunteers, enlisted in the same holy cause. There is, h...