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The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
f the war correspondence of the Honorable Secretary of War, to see what his opinion was on the 30th of April last. I call attention to the following letter, addressed by G. W. Randolph, Esq., Secretary of War, to Governor Clark, of North Carolina. Will those who are now so prolific in their courtly censures of Mr. Gilmer examine that letter, and then say how far Mr. Gilmer is in error! Civis. Confederate States of America.War Department.Richmond, April 30, 1862. his Excellency Governor Heary T. Clark, Raleigh, N. C.:Sir: your letter of the 25th inst., was received yesterday. In reply, I have the honor to say that the effects of the Conscription act is to suspend calls on the States for quotas. The number of men between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five is assumed to be precisely in the ratio of population. the first effect of the act is to retain in service all the soldiers who are there on the 16th of April. the next, to fill up the regiments and companies w