Letter
Colonel Preston to C. B. Duffield, April 15, 1864
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION,
April 15, 1864.
No. 17. Richmond, Va., April 15, 1864.
Persons detailed for bureau service in accordance with special instructions from the War Department should not be disturbed by the officers of conscription. The orders for the reduction of the details are addressed to the chiefs of the bureaus, and the reductions are to be made by them and under their directions. It is only when the details are terminated that the jurisdiction of this Bureau attaches to such persons so as to authorize their removal. Upon any such case coming to the knowledge of enrolling officers they should report the fact for action by the War Department, giving in full all the circumstances of the case that can be collected.
By order of Colonel Preston, superintendent:
C. B. DUFFIELD,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: Colonel Preston instructs that only bureau chiefs may reduce conscription details and enrolling officers must report unauthorized removals to the War Department for action.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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