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on, in which he sustained every point which the Governor had taken. The following is the concluding paragraph of Mr. Bates's opinion:— In view, therefore, of the foregoing considerations, I give it to you, unhesitatingly, as my opinion, that the same pay, bounty, and clothing are allowed by law to the persons of color referred to in your communication, and who were enlisted and mustered into the military service of the United States between the months of December, 1862, and the 16th of June, 1864, as are, by the laws existing at the times of the enlistments of said persons, authorized and provided for, and allowed to other soldiers in the volunteer forces of the United States of like arms of the service. The opinion of Mr. Bates appears to have settled the question. The colored troops and colored chaplains were placed on an equality with whites, and received the same pay. Growing out of the draft were many questions of a legal nature, which could not be brought before t