C. B. Duffield, December 2, 1864
No. 35. Richmond, December 2, 1864.
Generals commanding reserves in the respective States will proceed forthwith and with the utmost vigor to organize for ”continuous local service to be mustered in for the war” companies to consist of all men found for light duty and not otherwise assigned and actually employed, of men transferred to the Invalid Corps and found fit for the duties hereinafter indicated, and such men as are temporarily disabled for field service. The men of this latter class when found ready for the field to be forthwith restored to their proper commands. These companies, to consist of not less than sixty men, and officers of the Reserve Corps will be assigned by the generals commanding to a thorough inspection of them and the muster-rolls forwarded to this Bureau. Upon their reception the Secretary of War will assign officers to the command of the companies. It is the purpose of the War Department to assign these companies to duty as guards at posts, prisons, camps of instruction, on railroad trains, and such like service.
Prompt action is required of officers charged with the duties herein prescribed.
By command of the Secretary of War:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Resolved, That the President of the Confederate States be respectfully requested to inform the Senate whether any and what restrictions
have been imposed upon the exercise of the right of the Confederate
articles enumerated in the act entitled ''An act to impose regulations
upon the foreign commerce of the Confederate States to provide for
the public defense," approved February 6, 1864. Also, whether the